GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 16, 2006

GOPUSA Illinois Daily Clips for November 16,2006 include stories and commentaries on topics such as

• Peter Roskam's first week in Washington
• State Senate's approval of $1 minimum wage hike
• whether George Ryan should receive any of his pension
• Justice Bob Thomas' $7 million libel suit verdict

and more . . .

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DuPage is still GOP stomping grounds - Sen. Kirk Dillard, chairman, DuPage Republican Party, Wheaton
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/letters/138010,CST-EDT-VOX16a.article
(DIERSEN: To want the Republican Party to favor government funding of embryonic stem cell research and/or abortion is to want the destruction of the Republican Party.)
USA TODAY
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: USA TODAY puts its spin on Roskam, why he won, and his week in Washington
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-15-roskam-house_x.htm
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune puts its spin on Roskam and his week in Washington
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/politics/16025188.htm
-- Only 14 veterans have joined new Illinois health program - Christopher Wills
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16021160.htm
CBS2
-- State Senate Approves $1 Minimum Wage Hike  Minimum Wage Proposal Must Now Go To State House - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/local_story_319175842.html
(DILLARD: "We do not want working families and parents with children working minimum wage jobs.")
ABC7
-- Jim Thompson: George Ryan should get pension from offices untouched by scandal  Attorney general supports forfeiture - Andy Shaw
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4765698 (Includes video clip)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune puts its spin on Roskam and his week in Washington
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-061115freshmen,1,6084812.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0611160150nov16,1,7033009.story
-- Minimum wage hike plan wins approval in Senate - Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0611160006nov16,1,2363920.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearnorthwest-hed
-- Racism by another name is `diversity' - Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0611160095nov16,1,3144412.story
-- Immigration debate sought  Group calls for discussion of proposed Carpentersville crackdown - George Houde and Tim Kane
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0611160207nov16,1,7950290.story
-- Thompson urges board to restore portion of Ryan's pension - Ray Long and Matt O'Connor
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0611160072nov16,1,3281463.story
-- High court lets extended vote stand  But Kane Election Day case can be revisited by the Circuit Court - William Presecky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-0611160210nov16,1,6928454.story
-- Kane to cover $2 million in county overspending - William Presecky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-0611160209nov16,1,2008661.story
DAILY HERALD
-- High anxiety on both sides over minimum wage plan - John Patterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/kanestory.asp?id=250571&cc=k&tc=&t=
-- Jury awards $7 million in Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas’ libel suit - Tona Kunz
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/kanestory.asp?id=250274&cc=k&tc=&t=
-- Libel verdict could quiet criticism of judges, lawyers say - Tona Kunz and Kara Spak
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/dupagestory.asp?id=250275&cc=d&tc=wht&t=wheaton
-- A warning to go with $7 million award - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/index.asp
-- Justice Thomas kicks columnist Page through a $7 million libel goalpost - Burt Constable
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/constable.asp?id=250690
-- Group issues challenge for immigration debate  Carpentersville village president doesn't accept - Larissa Chinwah
http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=250389
-- Toll road giant eyeing Illinois - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/kanestory.asp?id=250597&cc=k&tc=&t=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald publishes smarmy admonishment of Roskam from Dennis Terdy in Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/fencepost.asp
-- Thanks to voters of county board Dist. 4 - Jerry “JR” McBride, Glen Ellyn
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/fencepost.asp
-- Election results in a half-empty glass - William M. Slater, Mundelein
http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/fencepost.asp
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
-- Rutherford thanks - Dan Rutherford, State Senator
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=382590
DAILY SOUTHTOWN
-- Chicago lawyers won't pursue slavery lawsuit - Kristin Markway
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/136542,3NWS6-15.article
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- DuPage County Board -- What are they Thinking? - Greg Blankenship
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/11/dupage_county_b.html
-- GOP: if we can't trust you to vote right on minimum wage, what can we trust? - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/11/gop_if_we_cant_.html
FAMILY TAXPAYERS NETWORK
-- Illinois GOP ignored every tsunami warning
http://www.familytaxpayers.net/?p=art&id=1010
-- The Sad Truth: Most General Assembly Republicans Love Big Government
http://www.familytaxpayers.net/?p=art&id=1006
CITY JOURNAL
-- Hispanic Family Values?  Runaway illegitimacy is creating a new U.S. underclass - Heather Mac Donald
http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_4_hispanic_family_values.html
GEORGE KOCAN
-- Letter to the Daily Herald: Whom would Jesus deport?
www.gpoillinois.com (11/16/06 News Clip page)
RUSS STEWART
-- GOP suburban collapse spurs Blagojevich win
http://www.russstewart.com/
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Did Bush Sacrifice Republican Majority for Illegal Immigrants?
http://www.rffm.org/default.htm
GOPUSA
-- GOP Needs to Send Right Message in Leadership Decisions - Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=381
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
-- A Gay Conservative? - Cliff Kincaid
http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/5022_0_2_0_C/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Accepting which of the following outrageous arguments has done the most to defeat Republican candidates in Illinois? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
-- Conservative candidates, that is, candidates who support all planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, cannot win statewide offices
-- The more planks in the IRP platform one accepts, the more extremist and the more of a kook one is
-- Anyone in politics to advance the IRP platform is an idiot
-- Making lots of money for yourself, being able to reward those who pander to you, and/or being able to punish everyone else are the only real reasons to be in politics
-- You must destroy anyone who supported any of your opponents in the primary
-- For every conservative that you treat rudely, ten independents and ten Democrats will vote for you
-- Running to the left of your opponent is the only way to win
-- If your record and platform are conservative, argue that you are good, reasonable, mainstream conservative and blast other conservatives as being bad, unreasonable, extremist, kooky, etc.
-- Only team players should have roles in your campaign or in the IRP -- team players include self-professed Yes-Men and Yes-Women, Fifth Amendment takers, people who cover up wrong doing, people who punish those who expose wrong doing, thugs and would be thugs
-- Say TO HELL with the IRP platform and promise voters whatever they want -- if they want government to promote abortion, promise to promote abortion; if they want government to promote homosexual activity, promise to promote homosexual activity; if they want government to promote illegal immigration, promise to promote illegal immigration; etc.
-- If you cannot control a person, destroy that person, especially if that person is an opinion leader
-- Ascribe incompetence, bad judgment, and evil motive to everyone who does not pander to you
-- Look for people to work for you who have major financial and personal problems, like alcoholism and drug addition -- because they have those problems, they have few other employment opportunities and therefore they will do just about anything you want
-- Do everything you can to hire homosexuals to work for you -- they are far more creative, far more intelligent, far more hard working, and far more energetic than others -- they really want Republicans to win, especially Republicans who will advance the homosexual agenda

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