Diersen’s News Clips and Upcoming Events; March 8, 2010

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
March 8, 2010

Fellow Republicans:

News clips and upcoming event information:

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Again, GOPUSA ILLINOIS calls on Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard, Andy McKenna, Adam Andrzejewski, Dan Proft, Bob Schillerstrom, and their supporters to host a world class DuPage County unity rally for Bill Brady – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

Everyone knows that for Bill Brady to win on November 2, he needs to get a tremendous number of votes in DuPage County. Everyone knows that if Brady does not win on November 2, Combine members, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives will blame conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, the base of the Illinois Republican Party. Because the DuPage County Republican Central Committee has not scheduled a unity rally, because in the primary election, 88,523 in DuPage County voted for a gubernatorial candidate other than Brady, and because 867 who voted in that primary did not vote for any gubernatorial candidate, GOPUSA ILLINOIS calls on those who ran against Brady in the primary — Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard, Andy McKenna, Adam Andrzejewski, Dan Proft, Bob Schillerstrom — and their supporters to get together and host a world class DuPage County unity rally for Brady. GOPUSA ILLINOIS pledges $500 to help cover costs associated with the event.

The rally should be similar to the one that the Illinois Republican Party hosted in Chicago on February 3. It should be FREE and scheduled ASAP in a very large centrally located hall. Each and every Republican candidate who appeared on a February 2 Republican ballot in DuPage County — including Mark Kirk, Patrick Hughes, Judy Biggert, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard, Andy McKenna, Adam Andrzejewski, Dan Proft, Bob Schillerstrom, Matt Murphy, Jason Plummer, Steve Kim, Robert Enriquez, Judy Baar Topinka, Dan Rutherford, and Dan Cronin — should attend as well as each and every DuPage County Republican elected official, party leader, precinct committeeman, and contributor. Again, GOPUSA ILLINOIS pledges $500 to help cover costs associated with the event.

27,408 in DuPage County voted for Jim Ryan — if Ryan got 1% of them to attend the rally, that would be 274. 21,566 voted for Kirk Dillard — if Dillard got 1% of them to attend, that would be 216. 18,412 voted for Andy McKenna — if McKenna got 1% of them to attend, that would be 184. 11,129 voted for Adam Andrzejewski — if Andrzejewski got 1% of them to attend — that would be 111. 7,817 voted for Dan Proft — if Proft got 1% to attend, that would be 78. 2,193 voted for Bob Schillerstrom — if Schillerstrom got 1% of them to attend, that would be 22. 274+216+184+111+78+22=885. Again, GOPUSA ILLINOIS pledges $500 to help cover costs associated with the event.

5,246 in DuPage County voted for Brady — 1,198 (23%) in Milton Township, 817 (16%) in York Township, 811 (15%) in Downers Grove Township, 720 (14%) in Lisle Township, 485 ( 9%) in Naperville Township, 404 ( 8%) in Bloomingdale Township, 310 ( 6%) in Winfield Township, 287 ( 5%) in Wayne Township, and 214 ( 4%) in Addison Township. If 10% of them attended, that would be 525. Again, GOPUSA ILLINOIS pledges $500 to help cover costs associated with the event.

SOUTHTOWN STAR

• Is the time right for gaming expansion? – Rich Miller ¹

(DIERSEN: THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM OPPOSES THE EXPANSION OF GAMBLING.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

• DuPage County could take over water commission – Bob Goldsborough ²
• Navistar CEO navigates recession, move to Lisle – Greg Burns ³

NBC5

• Durbin: Insurance Costs Up 60 Percent in Illinois⁴

(DIERSEN: For 2010, my federal retiree family plan health insurance premiums increased by $1,410.36 (42.16%) from $3,345.12 a year to $4,755.48 a year.)

• AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Massive Cuts Coming, Even With Tax Hike “This is what’s really happening,” budget director says ⁵
• Durbin Positions Himself for Majority Leader Run The senior Illinois Senator has a chance for a power grab. – Manu Raju ⁶

DAILY HERALD

• FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION WITH COLOR PHOTOS: DuPage County chairman candidates Cronin and Cheney wary of revenue projections – Jake Griffin ⁷

(DIERSEN: 42,889 Republicans voted for Cronin who had three opponents, 33,607 Democrats voted for Cheney who ran unopposed.)

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Paul Fichtner, chairman of the county board’s finance committee, said the candidates should be concerned. He also has reservations about the current budget because of the increased reliance on a major sales tax revenue recovery and the impact that plays on borrowing for capital projects. “The whole linchpin in this is the (borrowing) program,” he said. “We’re already not making budget on sales tax receipts, so anytime we’re not on budget for revenues that almost paralyzes plans for expenditures.” Fichtner said April and May sales tax figures will play important roles in determining how much spending will take place this year, because those months performed so miserably last year. “We’re definitely going to be waiting until we see what happens with those two months that were tough months last year,” he said.)

• Towns urge residents to help capture new funds by filling out census – Marni Pyke ⁸

(DIERSEN: What is the Daily Herald’s position on the Democrats and RINOs who allow if not encourage illegals to come to a town, to stay in a town, and to be counted in the census so that the town gets more “funds” from the federal government, that is, from Obama, that is, from the taxpayers, that is, from the Republicans?)

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Fabian Lieschke of Washington, D.C. does not want anyone to link Obama with Hitler, but many of Obama’s promoters use many of Hitler’s tactics. For example, they demonize and denigrate conservatives just like Hitler demonized and denigrated Jews. Anti-Americans do everything they can to analogize Americans with the Nazis and analogize the illegals with the Jews.) ⁹
• Obama barking up the wrong tree – Nancy J. Thorner, Lake Bluff ¹⁰
• Video poker won’t solve anything – Guy Turnbull, Algonquin ¹¹

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

• AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Illinois budget to hit schools, police, child care – AP ¹²
• Blago-era pacts to be reviewed by Quinn administration – Mary Wisniewski ¹³
• Blame state lawmakers for pension debacle, critic says $18.5 billion short Economy not only reason for ‘gross underfunding’ – Lisa Donovan ¹⁴
• Media losing credibility, diversity – Laura Washington ¹⁵

(DIERSEN: Washington fails to acknowledge that ever increasingly, the media acts like it is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party. According to the media, something is “news” only if can be spun to promote the Democrat Party platform or to get rid of a problem Democrat. Of course, like in 2007, if an elephant walks in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade behind Congressman Roskam, that is not “news” — just ask the Daily Herald. While the Suburban Chicago News treated it as “news,” it focused on the fact that the elephant went boom boom twice during the parade.)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH

• Brady on ballot gives attention to downstate – Editorial ¹⁶
• Budget debate gives Brady, Quinn chance to spar – Mike Riopell ¹⁷
• DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Anti-American amnesty advocates rally, again ¹⁸

ALTON TELEGRAPH

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bill Brady speaks at Lincoln Day Dinner in Bethalto ¹⁹

HERALD REVIEW

• Politics trumps legislative process – Kurt Erickson ²⁰

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS

• - Aurora is Illinois’ second largest city – Paul Dailing ²¹

(DIERSEN: I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. My first assignment was auditing computer systems at O’Hare Airport. My second assignment was auditing how welfare was being spent in Aurora. How many of those in Aurora today are in America illegally?)

• U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson , D-Crete, has been emphasizing her moderate — even conservative — credentials at a time when she’s been under fire from local Tea Party groups. Her office recently pointed out that Halvorson was ranked the “eighth most centrist” member of Congress in an analysis by National Journal Magazine. Last week, Halvorson announced that she was on the pro-gun side of the McDonald v. City of Chicago case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will decide whether a Chicago ban on handguns should stand. Then, at a Friday event at Silver Cross Hospital, Halvorson made a thinly veiled reference to Sarah Palin when describing her style in Congress. “You know me,” she told the crowd. “I’m a bit of a — I hate to say it — pit bull.”) ²²

CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO

• Phil Rock: Free George Ryan – Sam Hudzik (DIERSEN: Sadly, George Ryan and virtually all of this promoters a) demonize and denigrate conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, the base of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) blame all past, present, and future problems on conservatives, and c) have done, are doing, and will continue to do everything they can to destroy the IRP. Sadly, George Ryan promoters continue to dominate the IRP, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.) ²³

ILLINOIS REVIEW

• What should the IL GOP learn from the 2010 primary? ²⁴
• Brady launches campaign with 8-city fly around Monday ²⁵
• Why I Ran for Precinct Committeeman – Sam Pierce ²⁶

EXAMINER

• Poll: Should Will County GOP’s Kavanagh resign? – Robert Moon ²⁷

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG

• Authorizing Government Spending Without Collateral – Cal Skinner ²⁸

AMERICAN THINKER

• Obama’s health care sob stories vs. tragic truths – Phil Boehmke ²⁹

WORLD NET DAILY

• An epitaph for CPAC – Joseph Farah ³⁰

POLITICO

• Tea party candidates falling short – Alex Isenstadt ³¹

(FROM THE ARTICLE: It wasn’t the first electoral blow for tea party faithful. In last month’s Illinois primary, tea party favorite Patrick Hughes won just 19 percent against GOP Rep. Mark Kirk in the Senate primary, while gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski, who aggressively sought the support of tea party activists and won high praise from conservative outlets like RedState.com, finished a distant fifth place in the Republican contest.)

SEATTLE PI

• GOP shows true colors – Joel Connelly ³²

(FROM THE ARTICLE: A cartoon-decorated page dubbed “The Evil Empire” depicts President Obama as The Joker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Cruella DeVille and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as Scooby Doo. Call it far-right humor, but these illustrations come from a 72-page PowerPoint strategy presentation given last month at a $2,500-a-head Republican retreat at Boca Grande, Fla. It talks about big donors as “ego-driven”, subject to “Peer to Peer pressure, desirous of “access” and “tchochkes. Small donors are summed up under a heading “Visceral Giving.” They are motivated by “fear,” “extreme negative feelings toward existing Administration,” and depicted as “Reactionary.” A party of honorable presidents — the upbeat Ronald Reagan, the steady-handed Dwight Eisenhower, the decent Gerald Ford — has never looked pettier than in this PowerPoint. Republican National Committee finance director Ron Bickhart used it in a Feb. 18 presentation.)

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

• Hatch ashamed of Republican fundraising tactic – Matt Canham ³³

(DIERSEN QUESTION: To what extent should heads of organizations be held responsible for a) their own actions/inactions and b) the actions/inactions of the people they appoint/protect/promote?)

KANSAS CITY

• McConnell, Hatch bash GOP ads ³⁴

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Again, reasons why RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO contributors, RINO etc. might do little or nothing to help elect Brady – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

– They are RINOs
– They reject some, most, or all of the Illinois Republican Party platform
– They are anti-conservatives
– They only help elect candidates who live in their county, in their township, in their municipality, in their precinct, etc.
– They only help elect candidates who promise to hire them, to give them the state contracts they want, to pass the legislation they want, etc.
– They only help candidates who will do their bidding 100% of the time
– They would rather have Quinn in the governor’s mansion – someone who they “can work with”
– They are involved in politics solely to advance themselves personally or they are forever blindly, totally, and solely loyal to one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates who lost

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Why didn’t GOPUSA ILLINOIS endorse any candidate in the primary? – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

While GOPUSA ILLINOIS did everything it reasonably could to promote Republican turnout for the primary, why didn’t GOPUSA ILLINOIS endorse any candidate in the primary? The answer is that for many years, the Combine members, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. have made it very clear that the harder that I work to elect a candidate in a primary, the harder that they will work against that candidate. They know that the more that a viable candidate has demonstrated that if elected, he/she can and will defend and advance the IRP platform, the more that I am motivated to help that candidate win. Those who work against me work against such candidates. Those who dominate the IRP, the DCRCC, and the MTRCC and their operatives work against just about everything that I work for. They a) demonize and denigrate me to anyone who will listen to them, especially voters in my precinct, and b) they blame me for all past, present, and future problems.

I am very proud that of Milton Township’s 109 precincts, with 29%, my precinct had the 9th highest percentage Republican turnout — 129 of the 440 registered voters in my precinct cast Republican ballots. Bill Brady won the gubernatorial race by only 193 votes. If 194 more of my 440 registered voters had cast Republican ballots, and if all of them had voted for Dillard, Dillard, instead of Brady, would be our gubernatorial candidate. What if Combine members, RINOs, and other anti-conservatives didn’t dominate the IRP, the DCRCC, the MTRCC, etc.? What if they hadn’t made it very clear that the harder that I work to elect a candidate in a primary, the harder that they will work against that candidate? What if I had endorsed Dillard? What if I had worked hard to help Dillard win? What if 194 more of my 440 registered voters had cast Republican ballots? What if all of them had voted for Dillard? ANSWER: Dillard, instead of Brady, would be our gubernatorial candidate.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– NEW GOPUSA POLL: If the gubernatorial candidate you voted for had not run, which candidate would you have voted for?

http://www.gopusa.com/illinois/poll.shtml

- Andrzejewski
- Brady
- Dillard
- McKenna
- Proft
- Ryan
- Schillerstrom

UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: www.illinoisreview.com, www.weareillinois.org, and/or www.dupagegop.com

3/8 Event: Legislative forum in Wheaton on autism
3/8 Event: Republican State Senate Campaign Committee Reception in Springfield
3/8 Event: Brady Rally in Peoria
3/9 Event: Geneva Township GOP meeting
3/9 Event: Fort Dearborn Group meeting in Chicago
3/9 Event: DeMonte to speak at Lake County Young Republican meeting
3/10 Event: Caprio and Robling to speak at Townhall meeting in Chicago
3/10 Event: Pro-life lobbying day in Springfield
3/10 Event: Gun Owners Lobby Day in Springfield
3/11 Event: Zediker to speak at NARWO meeting
3/11 Event: RALC meeting in Mundelein
3/12 Event: Senator Cronin’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner at Diplomat West Banquets, Elmhurst
3/13 Event: St. Patrick’s Day parade in Naperville
3/14 Event: Addison Township GOP Annual Brunch
3/15 Event: Keats to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
3/17 Event: Republican Women Legislative Day in Springfield
3/19 Event: Rove to speak at DuPage GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
3/22 Event: Republican Assembly of Northern Cook County to meet in Des Plaines
3/27 Event: RALC Ronald Reagan Day Dinner in Vernon Hills
3/28 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Brookfield
3/31 Event: Grogan to speak at DuPage County Young Republicans Party in Wheaton
4/9 Event: NTRO Annual Pizza Party
4/9 Event: Vernon Republican Candidate Night
4/10 Event: Bill Brady, Dan Sugrue, and Joe Walsh to speak at breakfsat meeting in Grayslake
4/14 Event: Milton Township GOP meeting
4/15 Event: Andrzejewski to speak at TEA rally in Palatine
4/16 Event: Pawlenty to keynote Lake County Republican Federation gala
4/26 Event: Dillard fundraiser in Downers Grove
4/26 Event: Radogno to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
4/28 Event: David Kohn on Theodore Roosevelt at the Union League Club
5/2 Event: Kachiroubas fundraiser in Lisle
5/5 Event: Cinco de Mayo RNHA fundraiser in Aurora
7/4 Event: Wheaton & Glenn Elyn Independence Day parades
7/17 Event: Operation Support Our Troops concert in Wheaton
9/9 Event: RNHA of Illinois Meet the Candidates event
9/18 Event: Glenn Beck to speak at URF event in Chicago area
11/2 Event: General election

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Thanks,
Dave Diersen
Phone: 630-653-0462
Fax: 630-653-9665

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