GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - March 20, 2008
GOPUSA Illinois Daily Clips for March 20, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics:
- Obama, Levine, Rezko, Kjellander
- Republican Party candidates, campaigns, and events
- Republican Party platform issues including limited government, abortion, immigration, gambling, etc.
- Illinois, Cook County, DuPage County, and Chicago budget problems and more . . .
CBS2
-- State Politicians (BEAN, DURKIN, & FOSTER) Still Buzzing Over Obama Speech - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/illinois.politicians.obama.2.681024.html (Includes video clip)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- PAGES 16 AND 17 WITH PHOTOS OF JIM RYAN, LEE DANIELS, GEORGE RYAN, & JOE BIRKETT: Levine's largesse Star Rezko witness gave politicians $1.7 million (Jim Ryan-$792,152, Lee Daniels-$352,650, George Ryan-$69,500, Joe Birkett-$26,000, Illinois House Republican Campaign Committee-$115,000; Illinois Republican Party-$65,000; Republican State Senate Campaign Committee-$13,500; Judy Baar Topinka-$12,000; Jack O'Malley-$10,000; James "Pate" Philip-$7,000; Jim Edgar-$6,500; etc.) -- at least $1.7 million
-- Levine confesses to breaking no laws on D.C. trip It's a rare exception as he offers insider's view of state politics - Mark Brown
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, Mary Mitchell defends Wright
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: TERRORISTS OVERJOYED: 2,500 march in Loop demanding immediate withdrawal from Iraq
-- Hillary in White House during Monica encounters - AP
DAILY HERALD
-- Obama talked of race issues in 1999 debate - John Patterson
-- Levine name-dropping (Birkett, Daniels, George and Jim Ryan) - Rob Olmstead
-- More Levine name-dropping (Cellini, Daniels, DuPage County Airport, Kjellander, George and Jim Ryan, Tommy Thompson, Topinka) - Rob Olmstead
-- Forgot to mention Spitzer is a Democrat? - Jim Morris, Wayne
-- Cook County voters get exactly what they vote for - Bob Laskero, Bensenville
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- AP: Levine testified in his second day on the stand that he had received an invitation from Springfield lobbyist Robert Kjellander, former treasurer of the Republican National Committee, to attend a White House Christmas party on Dec. 3, 2003. He said he brought Rezko and his wife and Springfield Republican bigwig William Cellini and his wife along with him in a chartered plane.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- VERY SAD: Obama mocks McCain on Iraq
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Levine says Kjellander arranged for him, Rezko, and Cellni to attend 2003 White House Christmas reception
CBS NEWS
-- GOP Sees Rev. Wright As Pathway To Victory - Jonathan Martin
ABC NEWS
-- At Rezko Trial, a Surprise Host: George W. Bush Government Witness Testifies Rezko Attended a 2003 Holiday Reception at the White House "Kjellander could not immediately be reached for comment." - Justin Rood and Melissa Murphy
FOX NEWS
-- OUTSTANDING BUT NOT SURPRISING: Obama Campaign Removes New Black Panther Party Endorsement From Web Site
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Media coddles Obama - Kristen McQueary
LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: TERRORISTS OVERJOYED: 200 protest in Deerfield demanding immediate withdrawal from Iraq
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD BUT NOT SURPRISING: Anti-conservative Louis Atsaves blasts conservative Ray True
BEACON NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: TERRORISTS OVERJOYED: 65 protest in Aurora demanding immediate withdrawal from Iraq
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republicans support the candidate who wins the Republican primary. Oberweis won the Republican primary. Richard Dreger of Batavia demonizes Oberweis. So, is Dreger a Republican?
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
-- Righter urges Edgar approach to deficit - Rob Stroud
ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
-- Bill Black wants to ease gas tax - Kathleen Haughney
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Cross warns the Illinois Republican Party's "battling interests"
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
-- Obama's Pastor -- and Populism -- Foster Disunity - Mort Kondracke
TOM ROESER
-- Why the Obama Speech Didn’t Work Despite the Pretty Language
-- Diagnosis Barack Obama - Dan Proft
PAUL CAPRIO
-- The Audacity of Hate
www.gopillinois.com (3/20/08 News Clips page)
(THE COMMENTARY: After hearing Barack Obama's belated defense of his Reverend of 20 years, Jeremiah Wright, I think that Obama has demonstrated his own lack of judgement in dealing with "the audacity of hate" which has been spewed in his own home church for 20 years by Jeremiah Wright. The response to socially justice is not hate as Martin Luther King would have told both Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright. Hate speech, whether hatred of America, hatred of black people, or hatred of white people can never be justified. It must always be confronted as Barack Obama failed to do for nearly 20 years in his own home church. Further more, I find it very disturbing that an attempt has been made to make it appear that Jeremiah Wright and his hate filled anti-white, anti-American rhetoric is somehow representative of the majority of African American Christian Ministers in this country. Fortunately, it is not. This is an unfair stereotype of the Christian African American community which is attempting to work with the white
community to constructively improve racial relations and promote social justice in America. As a Christian, it is time for Jeremiah Wright to repent of his hate filled remarks publicly. Then American can move on and not be further divided by his remarks which Barack Obama is now attempting to excuse and "spin" away.)
community to constructively improve racial relations and promote social justice in America. As a Christian, it is time for Jeremiah Wright to repent of his hate filled remarks publicly. Then American can move on and not be further divided by his remarks which Barack Obama is now attempting to excuse and "spin" away.)
HUMAN EVENTS
-- Obama: Throw Grandma Under the Bus - Ann Coulter
MCCAIN CAMPAIGN
-- Senator Obama's fantasy plan for making us safer
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