When Bush was President, the Democrats told us disagreement and debate was patriotic. Now its racist. Care to comment?
edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
When Bush was President, the Democrats told us disagreement and debate was patriotic. Now its racist. Care to comment?
According to the Sun-Times, a new report shows that Democrat State Rep. Monique Davis "has been occupying a rent-free Chicago Board of Education building for seven years and owes more than $500,000 in rent, leaseholder taxes, and penalties."
Given the usual Democrat entitlement mentality, it is little wonder [...]
According to the report, [...]
Last Thursday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan responded to Minority Leader Tom Cross' query about the legal procedure to sell Thomson Correction Center by affirming Governor Pat Quinn's authority to sell the facility without legislative approval. According to Madigan, the oversight committee must hold at least one public hearing and open [...]
by Andy Haaf
For those of you who do not grasp the title of this post, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was a very popular television show that premiered on the Bravo cable television network.
The show is premised on and plays with the stereotypes that gay men are superior in [...]
Jeffrey L. Junkas (R-Tinley Park), Republican candidate for State Representative in the 37th District, today challenged his primary opponent to a debate.
“Today I issued a challenge to my suspected Democratic plant opponent to debate me. The voters deserve to know the truth about her candidacy and ask questions about [...]
Over 1,859 of you voted in our last poll, which asked which candidate (Hastert or Hultgren) do you prefer in the 14th congressional district GOP Primary. The results are below. Be sure to vote in our new poll.
72.1% Ethan [...]from the Schillerstrom for Governor campaign
NAPERVILLE – Republican Bob Schillerstrom on Monday welcomed the endorsement of Personal PAC, a bi-partisan organization dedicated to electing pro-choice state and local leaders in Illinois.
Schillerstrom noted the support distinguishes him as the only moderate Republican running for Governor, and positions [...]
A new GOP gubernatorial poll including former Attorney General Jim Ryan came out today from Rasmussen Reports, and shows Ryan up by 7 points over Democrat Governor Quinn, giving Ryan the best chance of any of the IL GOP candidates to defeat a Democrat in [...]
Former State Sen. Roger Keats, and Chicago police officer John Garrido were interviewed by the Chicago Tribune's editorial board about their campaigns for Cook County Board President. (see video below)
There's two specific segments in the discussion in which both Keats and then Garrido were put on the defensive. Keats had [...]
Yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), told CNN's "State of the Union" that the Dem-Care health care bill, which passed the Senate, was only reached because of “seedy Chicago politics” which have been established by the new president from Chicago. Graham said, “…You know, change you [...]
House Republicans tell us they have no non-compete district pacts with the Democrats, contrary to what cynical political observers suggest. Non-compete districts pacts are agreements made between parties that they will not run candidates to oppose certain incumbents. It's another one of those nasty Machine insider tricks Democrats and Republicans have' [...]
[Syndicated from TomRoeser.com. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
Obama’s Crafts the Oslo Speech
With popularity numbers falling down around his ankles…and with late night satirists making fun of his winning the Nobel after only a few months in office…Obama had had his two most important operatives concentrate on what [...]
Today's Clout Street political docket has Democrat Gov. Quinn scheduled to "be at the massive Hodgkins package sorting facility today to announce a state investment package to help UPS keep jobs in Illinois."
How about FedEx or other carriers Governor? Oh, that's right, UPS is union.
[...]Computer records, newly obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, offer the latest evidence that former Democrat governor Blagojevich was working out a plan to keep White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's congressional seat warm for him if he [Emanuel] decided to return to fill it [...]
In typical liberal outrage, the media concluded that Coburn was referring to the' [...]
According to former Illinois congressman, and Obama Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, the citizens of Illinois are being downright ungrateful for the government largess he and Pres. Obama are providing us peasants this year. To LaHood, housing dangerous terrorists at the Thomson Correctional Center should be viewed [...]
Politico is reporting that U.S. taxpayers are spending more than $40,000 per month on office space, staff, cell phones and a leased SUV for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, even as he works as a lobbyist for private corporations and foreign governments. Story here.
Hastert spokesman, Brad [...]
by Phil Kerpen
In the dead of night at 1:17 AM the Senate invoked cloture on the "manager's amendment" to the Reid health care takeover bill. This was the first key vote to end debate in the Senate. and it passed on party lines, 60-40, with every Democrat voting to end [...]
If you think we've heard all there is to hear about Obamacare because the U.S. Senate Democrats pushed through a cloture vote while we were all sleeping, you're mistaken. The next step is coordinating the major differences between Nancy Pelosi's US House plan and Harry Reid's US Senate scheme. The [...]
This weekend's stellar interview on Fox News was Mike Huckabee and the Tuohy Family as they talk about the story behind football player Michael Oehr's success in this season's current box office blockbuster, "The Blind Side."
Sunday, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) told Fox News' interviewer Chris Wallace that moving Gitmo prisoners to Thomson Illinois is "a serious mistake," for the Obama Administration.
McCain, who has been an outspoken opponent to harsh interrogation techniques and a prisoner of war for seven years during the VietNam conflict,' [...]
from the Dillard for Governor campaign
(Lisle, IL) - Republican candidate for Illinois governor Kirk Dillard has won the endorsement of the St. Charles Township Republicans, expanding his support in Kane County.
"Senator Dillard's leadership and plans to bring jobs to Illinois, balance the budget and clean up" [...]
There's a vicious and prurient rumor about some Illinois Republican lawmakers that's been steaming up everyone's email this weekend. But before believing what you read or jumping to conclusions, a word of caution...consider the source.
The source is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who first appeared as a promoter of Hillary Clinton's candidacy for President [...]
Earlier in the Democrats' ObamaCare negotiations, Illinois U.S. Senator Roland Burris insisted he would not vote for any version that did not include liberals' health care golden calf "public option." He argued his allegiance to "public option" back to constituents who voiced their opposition to ObamaCare.
Suddenly, Burris backed [...]
State Rep. Jack Franks (D-McHenry) wants to cut off pensions for state lawmakers. At least any new ones that are sworn into office after January 1, 2011, anyway. Last week, the moderate "Blue Dog" Democrat introduced legislation that would cut off one of the most profitable benefits of being a member [...]
Illinois' Tea Party movement has not decided upon one candidate for U.S. Senate, as Illinois Review mistakenly implied Friday in the first sentence of the post "Will Co. Tea Party Alliance plans to "Stop Mark Kirk"," state Tea Party contact Denise Cattoni pointed out Saturday.
"Each individual group can endorse a candidate'" [...]
Pennsylania prolife activists have been holding a prayer vigil outside U.S. Senator Bob Casey's home, praying that he would stand firm against a health care reform that would include taxpayer-funded abortions. Casey has apparently bowed to his Democratic colleagues, and will vote for Reid's bill after praying about it, as the senator's wife expressed her frustration [...]
from Americans for Tax Reform
With the release of Sen. Harry Reid’s Manager’s Amendment, the Senate healthcare bill now contains seven tax hikes on families making less than $250,000 per year.
Each of the seven tax hikes are in violation of President Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any [...]
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today:
"Today we learned that Harry Reid's backroom deals and closed-door meetings have led to a health care bill that will cost American taxpayers nearly a trillion dollars. And get this: Harry Reid and the Democrats are celebrating. '" [...]
A compromise that won Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's support for the Reid health care bill today will do what he previously stated he would not support- use federal funds to subsidize abortions.
Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), stated:
"The Reid bill will put the US government in" [...]
by Phyllis Schlafly
The biggest political issue today and in the 2010 election is that one in six Americans are jobless. The political party that offers a solution has the best chance of victory but, so far, both parties just don't seem to get it.
We are told that the' [...]
Beverly Perlson, head of "The Band of Mothers" was featured on Fox & Friends early Friday morning. The Band of Mothers is coordinating with Tea Party activists to organize a rally shortly before a General Assembly hearing Tuesday, December 22, 1:00 PM at the Sterling High School in Sterling IL.
If you can't' [...]
by Collin Hitt
A Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House have steered stimulus dollars to Democratic districts far more often than they have to Republican districts. This is the finding of an absolutely knockout paper released today by the Mercatus Center.
Authors Jerry Brito and Veronique de Rugy note [...]
UPDATE 1x: Illinois Republican State Party Chairman Pat Brady told Illinois Review that Rasmussen has polling on the Illinois gubernatorial race including Jim Ryan that will be released next week. Stay tuned.
A Rasmussen poll Friday pits the two Democratic Illinois gubernatorial candidates against McKenna, Dillard and Brady, and finds [...]
He killed 11 women, raped at least one other and beat her mercilessly with a 2 by 4. She alone lived to tell about her trauma and suffered through painful rehabilitation. After all that, Andre Crawford still didn't deserve the death penalty a Chicago jury determined today.
When the jury's verdict was announced, [...]
from the Bob Schillerstrom for Illinois campaign:
NAPERVILLE – Republican Bob Schillerstrom on Friday released the following statement in response to longtime State Senator Kirk Dillard threatening to take his name off of legislation to help bring the Navistar International Headquarters and nearly 1,000 out-of-state jobs to Illinois. As DuPage County Board [...]
There's an interesting development in the Cook County Commissioner 17th District race for the seat now held by Republican Liz Gorman of Orland Park. Primary challenger Mark Thompson of DesPlaines is accumulating a growing list of township GOP org endorsements.
Last weekend, Thompson won the Maine Township Republican Organization's endorsement [...]
Think it doesn't matter how you sign your name on a candidates' nominating petition? Think no one will notice or care if you write your name of print it? Guess again.
In IL House District 50, it appears now that three candidates will be on the Republican primary ballot on [...]
Those well-heeled producers of RedSpeed cameras just got a little bad news today from the Chicago Tribune's report today that red light cameras aren't the cure all they're hyped to be. The Illinois legislature votes to permit the expansion of the camera usage, and RedSpeed is [...]
Rasmussen reports this morning that an overwhelming majority think nothing is better than something when it comes to the Democrats' health care reform being debated in the U.S. Senate today, poised for a floor vote on Christmas Eve.
One of the last holdouts of the need 60 votes for cloture' [...]
Looks like starting January 4, WLS 890 AM's afternoon show host Roe Conn may have a new show partner -- one of Illinois conservatives' favorites, Cisco Cotto. Cotto's been doing morning shows with Big John Howell on WIND 560 AM for a couple of years, but, as Robert Feder reports' [...]
In case you're looking for a followup to the McKenna poll controversy, there's no news, the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson tells Republicans statewide. There was a meeting among a few Thursday, we're told, and they're deciding whether "there's anything there" so the rest of us don't have to worry [...]
Illinois' Tea Party movement has found their candidate for the GOP US Senate primary, and it's not front-runner Congressman Mark Kirk, it's attorney Patrick Hughes. On January 5, 2010 the Will County Tea Party Alliance is holding a "Stop Mark Kirk" rally at the Woodbine Country Club in Homer Glen,' [...]
by Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
A detailed analysis of the Obama health care program now before the Senate indicates that it will force big premium increases for all families especially for those under 30 years of age.
The study, by the consulting firm of Oliver Wyman, concludes that premiums for individuals [...]
from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
CHAMPAIGN - State Senator Dale Righter and State Representative Chapin Rose endorsed State Senator Matt Murphy today for Lieutenant Governor.
“Working alongside Matt, I have seen that he is determined to reform Illinois’ financial woes without raising taxes. Most importantly, Illinois needs [...]
from the Schilling for Congress campaign
EAST MOLINE, IL--Bobby Schilling, Republican candidate for the Illinois 17th Congressional District, criticized the so-called "New Deal for a New Economy Act" today, for using false predictions and bogus facts, and for ignoring the input of real people who know how to create real jobs.
"The" [...]
Millions of those involved in the medical industry gathered throughout the nation November 21, 2009 to demonstrate their opposition to the government takeover of health care. One of the speakers at Chicago's rally was Dr. Victoria Harris, who gave a clear, understandable explanation of the controversial public option Senator Joe' [...]
by Nancy Thorner
A Docs4PatientCare Town Hall Meeting was held this past Tuesday at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel in Northbrook, IL. The Town Hall Meeting was attended by 50 concerned citizens, including several doctors.
It was an event that deserves repeating throughout Chicagoland at various venues, as Congress presses [...]
We've been trying to tell those within the DC Beltway about The Chicago Way for a couple of years, but few would listen. There's another Congressman about to become a believer -- U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas. Burgess is expected to file a resolution calling for the White House' [...]
While Iran is building nuclear capabilities, threatening nearby nations, radical Islamists are terrorizing worldwide, H1N1 vaccines being recalled and unemployment over 10%, Barack Obama focuses on energy efficiency and tax credits for caulking. The "insulation is sexy" comment is at 7:13.
[...]
from Maria Rodriquez for Congress, 8th CD
Long Grove, IL - The U.S. House narrowly voted to raise the U.S. debt ceiling by $290 billion bringing the total amount the federal government can borrow to $12.394 trillion. Melissa Bean, the current representative from Illinois' 8th district, voted for the debt increase.
Maria' [...]
Illinois is finally getting public recognition for being the very best in something. The Animal Legal Defense Fund evaluated all 50 states laws for protecting animals, and announced today Illinois ranked "the very best of the best" in anti-cruelty laws for animals.
Not noted in the announcement, though, was the fact [...]
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi’s Stimulus II legislation passed the House today by a vote of 217 to 212.
“As the old axiom goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results. [...]
from the Hultgren for Congress campaign
State Senator Randy Hultgren today received the endorsement of Tax Accountability, the political action arm of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), in his race for Congress.
Jim Tobin, the President of Tax Accountability, said the group is supporting Hultgren “in recognition [...]
from the Hughes for U.S. Senate campaign
"Two months ago Mark Kirk had no problem voting Yes for a H.R. 2892, a bill that would transfer detainees out of Guantanamo Bay and into our backyards. However, now that the detainees are being moved into Illinois and Mark" [...]
from the Hughes for U.S. Senate campaign
"As I have stated before, I oppose the transfer of enemy combatants from Guantanamo Bay to Thomson Illinois. However, because it appears that the transfer is imminent we need to impress upon the Obama administration that Thomson should be converted" [...]
Dear Attorney General Madigan:
As you are aware, last month Governor Pat Quinn announced his intention to consider selling the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government for the purpose of establishing an alternative detention center to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. In the weeks [...]
The rating cuts made by [...]
Chicago School Board members will decide today whether to dump their $24,000-a-year receipt-free expense accounts -- tabs (aka: "slush funds") in favor of submitting receipts for all work-related expenses.
They need to discuss and decide this?
[...]The same people who have brought you 10 percent unemployment, government run health care and a national energy tax are now attempting to bequeath you with another unwanted holiday gift. This time, however, the stakes are even higher as they want to [...]
The Daily Herald is reporting today that Lt. Governor candidate Rickey Hendon (D) thinks there is a conspiracy amongst the Democrat Party powers to "get" fellow Democrat Pat Quinn. According to Hendon, the leader of the conspiracy is none other than Mike Madigan.
If it weren't' [...]
After talking to several Republicans in Cook County who are challenged by primary opponents that have consistently voted in Democrat primaries, given to Democrats and are unknown to Republicans, it just seemed appropo to start out today's Southtown Star column like this [...]
Even though Illinois Review asked the State Party to confirm Michael Sneed's report that the State Central Committee was opening an ethics probe about a poll conducted last April that included McKenna's name, we couldn't get an answer from Executive Director Curt Conrad. And the McKenna' [...]
Liberal Democrat Bobby Rush claims that the “white-dominated” media is ignoring the only African-American candidate running for Obama’s old Senate seat - Cheryle Jackson. In an interview with The Hill, Rush said Jackson's candidacy hasn't gotten more attention because of her race. Noted Rush, "The'" [...]
We cannot afford to take our eyes off of Iraq as we focus more on Afghanistan. If we leave before a stable, functioning government and society have developed, we risk losing not only Iraq but all of the Middle East, including Afghanistan, to extremist [...]
Illinois Churches in Action says Illinoisans should take seriously the Chicago Tribune's editorial warning that state lawmakers may vote in January to stop municipalities from banning video poker in their localities. That means localities should pass bans now, while they have the chance. The editorial reads:
"This list of local government opt-outs" [...]
Federal Observer columnist Rick Biesada finds Governor Pat Quinn's dramatic shift from consistently supporting veterans and honoring fallen heroes to welcoming their murderers to Thomson prison a diabolical change of heart:
Pat Quinn has been an avid supporter of the Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run, whose mission statement [...]
Blogger Liberty Watchman makes the best of what appears to be a done deal between Governor Pat Quinn and Barack Obama, implementing the Chicago Way on the Thomson Prison plan:
Forget the appraisals, Mr Quinn. Figure out how much we paid to build the thing. Then add every dollar we ever [...]
from the Schillerstrom for Governor campaign
NAPERVILLE – Republican Bob Schillerstrom on Tuesday responded to the Illinois Republican Party launching an Ethics investigation into its former Chairman, Andy McKenna:
“I appreciate the decision of the Illinois Republican Party to investigate the conduct of its former Chairman, Andy McKenna. [...]
What the ACLU has to say about Gitmo North ...
NEW YORK – The Obama administration announced today that it will purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois for the purpose of holding some of the detainees currently remaining at Guantánamo. Though the administration is leaving unsaid which detainees [...]
If you're concerned about Obama's plan to move Gitmo prisoners to Thomson, IL and then hold military trial commissions on site, Denise Cattoni of Illinois Tea Party network tells us there's several things you can do:
1. Attend a public hearing Tuesday, 12/22, to determine whether the state of Illinois should sell the' [...]
Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes blasts Democratic gubernatorial opponent Governor Pat Quinn on his early release prisoner program undermines Illinoisans confidence in how he would handle the Gitmo-in-Illinois:
"As I said at the outset, I have full faith that President Obama would weigh this decision carefully and would never endanger the safety" [...]
from the Hughes for U.S. Senate campaign
(HINSDALE) - The Patrick Hughes for U.S. Senate campaign recently did a benchmark survey through Wilson Research Strategies on the Illinois Republican U.S. Senate primary race. The survey polled 600 likely Republican primary voters on December 9th and 10th. The [...]
from the Brady for Governor campaign
Senator Bill Brady, Republican candidate for Governor, released the following statement today:
It’s become abundantly clear in recent days that during his time as Illinois Republican Party Chairman, my opponent Andy McKenna, may have violated the conflict-of-interest ethics rules he himself put [...]
The Sun-Times Michael Sneed reports this morning that the IL GOP State Central Committee, now chaired by Pat Brady, has initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the ILGOP's poll taken last April, while Andy McKenna was the party chairman, and before he decided to step' [...]
Senator Matt Murphy’s campaign for Lt. Governor continued to gain momentum this week with the endorsements of Maine and Libertyville Township Republican Organizations. Maine Township endorsed Murphy with a unanimous vote over his five Lt. Governor contenders.
“I am honored to receive [...]
House Minority Tom Cross sent the following letter to House Speaker Mike Madigan on November 25, 2009. The letter raises questions about the State of Illinois selling the Thomson Correction Center to the Feds for housing Gitmo detainees. It contains a list of questions raised by [...]
from Pulido for Congress (R-5) campaign
Rosanna Pulido, Citizen Candidate for the Illinois 5th Congressional district seat is strongly opposed to the Amnesty Bill legislation being introduced by Representative Gutierrez of the 4th district.
Pulido states that, ‘with one in ten Illinoisans laid off of work ,unemployment rates at the highest [...]
GOP candidate Adam Andrzejewski posted the photo below on his Facebook page with the title "Posterous Photos," something maybe should have been titled "Preposterous Photo"? Nevertheless, it occurred to us that this should be a featured Caption Contest photo for our clever and creative IR readers.
So, in this photo [...]
The Illinois Alliance for Growth today called on Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidates to reassure Illinoisans that they will hold the line against taxes and overcome their credibility gap with voters on the tax issue.
Polling conducted on December 2nd through December 8th on behalf of The Chicago Tribune by the Market [...]
by John F. Di Leo
Nobody can really be a "jack of all trades." As complex as the Presidency is today, it's unfair to expect any candidate to be expert in all of the myriad fields in which the modern President finds himself.
And yet... don't we expect a President to' [...]
Last week, candidates for US Senate, statewide offices, Illinois House and Senate, as well as DuPage and Cook County primary races received notification of Illinois Federation for Right to Life-PAC's endorsements. The full list of endorsements, IFRL-PAC's questions and the candidates' answers are now published at IFRL's website.
Among those listed, IFRL-PAC [...]
Chicago Tribune is reporting tonight that Senator Dick Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn will be in DC tomorrow when the White House announces that Thomson Correctional Center has been chosen to transfer between 35 and 90 Gitmo prisoners being detained for alleged terrorist activities.
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has [...]
The taxpayer-funded Metra folks had to apologize today for refusing to allow 135 children on the Union Pacific line for their pre-paid "Polar Express" ride. Seems the Metra bureaucrats couldn't get their signals straight regarding the annual event. However, they were successful in leaving the kids - many in their' [...]
Hey, if you haven't noticed yet, Illinois Review is privileged to have alongside on your right a new IR sponsor -- this one "E-Voter," a service we hope you'll find helpful up through the February 2, 2010 primary. All you need to to is enter in your address, and E-voter [...]
from the Ryan for Governor campaign
Illinois gubernatorial candidate and former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan reacted today to revelations in an Associated Press story that Governor Pat Quinn secretly released more than 850 inmates since September by immediately awarding them months of good-conduct credit, some of [...]
UPDATE 1x: Thomson's Mayor Jerry "Duke" Hebeler says turning Thomson Correctional Center into a supermax prison to house Gitmo detainees while they await military or civil trial is his "dream." Sure, a few of the 559 locals may be concerned about Gitmo-in-Thomson, but Hebler told the Sun-Times today "they haven't contacted him."
The Village [...]
by Nancy Thorner
This week's Pioneer Press publication, the Lake Forester, published an ad that called attention to a group that is about a year old, Docs4PatientCare, a grassroots organization that not only recruits doctors, but is also open to all who are interested in advocating for responsible healthcare reform by' [...]
