Support Mounts to Move Illinois Primary to March

March 21, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Elections, Government, Illinois, Media, Media Bias, State Government, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

I expect that this will happen sooner rather than later, but it looks like very few people want to leave the Illinois primary at the ridiculously early February date. It seems fairly obvious that the primary will end up moved back to March like it was before.

Of course, the sad thing is that no one is focusing on why it was moved to February in the first place. It was a cynical ploy by the Illinois Democrat Party to nominate Barack OBama early to help his presidential campaign.

As always, Democrats only care what warped *new* “rules” they can make up out of their rear-ends in order to push their agenda. Logical, common sense, and tradition means nothing to a Democrat.
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Bean Puts Party Politics Ahead of Constitution, Constituents: Votes to Sanction Shady ‘Deem-and-Pass’

March 21, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, Senate, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Walsh for Congress campaign (8th District)…

(Lake Zurich, Ill)– Yesterday, Melissa Bean voted down a bi-partisan effort that would have forced members of the House to cast their vote for or against Obamacare in the light of day. In so doing, Melissa Bean, who voted for an even more expansive government takeover of health care last year, has endorsed the so-called “deem-and-pass” sleight-of-hand House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears intent on employing to get Obamacare passed on Sunday. Twenty-eight Congressional Democrats joined every Congressional Republican in voting against allowing the use of this procedural gimmick.

Former U.S. Attorney Generals Ed Meese and William Barr had this to say about the “deem-and-pass”,

The “deem and pass” and similar options under consideration in the House of Representatives plainly violate at least the spirit of the Constitution’s bicameralism and presentment requirements. Those constitutional requirements were intended to ensure democratic transparency with a straightforward up-or-down vote in each House on all bills that become law. More importantly, these requirements were designed to ensure that the new national government actually followed “the consent of the governed,” which the Declaration of Independence had declared before the world to be the only basis of legitimate government.
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Tea Party Protest at Illinois Rep. Bean’s Office

March 20, 2010 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

I attended a gathering of Americans protesting both for and against Obamacare in front of Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean’s Schaumburg offices this afternoon, though those protesting against Obamacare far out numbered those in favor of it I have to say. It is also amazing that anyone came out as cold and snowy as it was!

I suppose there were just over 100 folks out with their Gadsen flags, American flags, and both professionally printed and homemade signs with their favorite slogans upon them. One fellow even showed up with his tricorn hat and a pitchfork!
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Quinn Lies About ‘Losing Middle Class’ Without Unions

March 18, 2010 | Filed Under Bill Brady, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jobs, Pat Quinn, Public Employees Unions, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Pat “the accidental governor” Quinn told a union crowd that Illinois GOP Gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady would somehow destroy the middle class by his anti-union stance. Quinn also made the essential claim that without unions there’d be no “middle class.”

“We’re not going to have a middle class if we allow a lot of anti-labor, anti-union operators to get in politics and tear to shreds fundamental things we all agree on,” Quinn said. “He doesn’t believe in the minimum wage. He wants to abolish it.”

There is, of course, a glaring error in Quinn’s wild-eyed union claim. As of 2009 union members accounted for only 12.4 percent of America’s workforce. With this fact one wonders how the middle class could be eliminated by anti-union forces when union workers make up such a tiny percentage of the total U.S. workforce already?
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8th District Race: Walsh Address His Foreclosure Issue

March 18, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Joe Walsh, the GOP nominee for the 8th District Congressional seat, sat down with the folks at the Daily Herald to talk about the 2009 foreclosure on his Winnetka condo that recently became widely known.

Walsh’s version of the final analysis is that this bank foreclosure on his Winnetka condo makes him just like a lot of Americans that lost their homes due to this bad economy and as a Congressman he’ll be in a position to do something about it.

The Daily Herald, though, was skeptical that Walsh, with a current rent payment of $3,300 a month, could be an “average Joe.” They peppered Walsh with questions asking how he could claim not to be a rich man with such an expensive rent payment?
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Sam Adams Alliance: Reading the Tea Leaves

March 18, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Economy/Finances, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Sam Adams Alliance, State Central Committee, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Sam Adams Alliance…

Two weeks ago, Sam Adams Alliance released a groundbreaking study on the Tea Party movement. Our report, The Early Adopters: Reading the Tea Leaves offers the first-ever insights into the Tea Party movement that include a survey sample made up entirely of recognized Tea Party leaders.

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2nd District Hayes: Jr. ‘Joyriding’ at the Tax Payers Expense

March 18, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jesse Jackson, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Hayes for Congress (2nd District) campaign…

CHICAGO: The following statement was released today by Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, the GOP nominee for Congress in IL-2 in response to Rep. Jackson Jr.’s excessive automobile expenses.

“This amounts to nothing more than a never ending display of arrogance,” said Rev. Hayes, “a thumbing up of his nose to his constituents.” According to him, Rep. Jackson is taking “joyrides” while the rest of the country continues to “lose their jobs and homes.”
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Illinois Hits Highest Unemployment Rate in 27 Years

March 17, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, DuPage County, Economy/Finances, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jobs, Liberals, Pat Quinn, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Illinois has reached an unemployment rate of 12.2 percent. ChicagoBreakingNews says that this is the highest rate in 27 years.

The state’s monthly jobless rate, which soared from last years up from 8.7 percent, outpaced the national rate of 10.6 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate in January 2009 was 8.5 percent. The rates are not seasonally adjusted.

Thank you Governor Pat “union hack” Quinn and President Obama “economy killer” Obama. Good work for the both of you… if you intend the destruction of the country, that is.

8th District Walsh: Chicago Area Unemployment Rate Hits 11.6% (Despite Big Government Spending)

March 17, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Walsh for Congress (8th District) campaign…

(Lake Zurich, Ill)– Yesterday, Crain’s Chicago Business reported that unemployment in metropolitan Chicago jumped to 11.6% this January, the highest rate in almost 27 years. (Article)

That is higher than it was before the $800 billion stimulus, and higher than it was before the bank bailouts.
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9th District Joel Barry Pollak: Schakowsky Must Take a stand against the Obama’s attacks on Israel

March 17, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Joel Barry Pollak for Congress (9th District) campaign…

This morning on the Don Wade & Roma show on WLS AM, Rep. Jan Schakowsky claimed that the Obama administration’s attacks would not hurt the U.S.-Israel relationship. She the attacks were “not going to harm the long-term or even the short-term relationship between the United States and Israel,” and she compared the argument to a marital dispute.

It is a completely inappropriate analogy, and one belied by the statement by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren that “Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975″ and that this was “a crisis of historic proportions.” Rep. Schakowsky is failing in her duty to speak truth to power on behalf of the residents of her district, who overwhelmingly support a strong U.S.-Israel alliance.
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2nd District Isaac Hayes: Jr.’s ‘Pillow Talk Consultants’

March 17, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Hayes for Congress (2nd District) campaign…

CHICAGO: The following statement was released today by Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, the GOP nominee for Congress in IL-2.

According to Rev. Hayes, “Jesse Jackson Jr. continues to hide behind an ‘oops, my bad’, by not disclosing the fact that he pays his wife $247,000 for her consultation. This insider spending is taking place at a time when America has its highest deficit ever.”

As Bloomberg News reported in May of last year, these payments to Sandi Jackson totaled $247,000 for consulting, and another $298,927 in cash and in-kind contributions for her own campaign fund.
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Palatine Tea Party: Healthcare Protest At Rep. Bean’s Offices

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Communism, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Corruption, Health, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

The folks at the Palatine Tea Party has some good video and photos of the protest outside Representative Melissa Bean’s offices (D, 8th District).

The protest was held at noon on Monday, March 15.
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Why is Judy Running?

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Elections, GOP, Illinois, Judy Baar-Topinka, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

OK, the primary is over. The candidates are ready to start their race to the general election finish. Over the last week the GOP has firmed up its final slate and all the big office candidates met for a unity video and have gone out on the stump together a few times to rally and unify the Illinois GOP… all except Judy Baar-Topinka, ostensibly our GOP candidate for Comptroller.

Judy has not shown up to any of the unity meetings and was not in the unity video that the Illinois GOP was shopping around. She has been mysteriously absent from all of the campaigning thus far.
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Dan Proft: We Cannot Afford Chicago Democrat Rule

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Dan Proft, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Dan Proft

The most painful wounds are those that are self-inflicted.

Until recently this statement would have been followed with a discussion of Republican political and policy failures.

No longer. Chicago’s neo-feudalists have helped disaffected Republicans learn to love again and broken the hearts of hopeful Independents.
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Isaac Hayes for Congress: Pelosi’s Blitzkrieg to Government Medicine

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Hays for Congress (2nd District) campaign…

CHICAGO: The following statement was released today by Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, GOP nominee for Congress in IL-2, in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s move to use the “self-executing rule”.

Speaker Pelosi has yet to secure the necessary votes in the House of Representative to pass the Senate’s version of health care reform. The Wall Street Journal reports the Speaker could ask the House Rules Committee to change the rules that would allow the House to vote on the reconciliation measures without voting on the actual Senate version.
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Fact vs. Fiction: What You Should Know About Obamacare

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, President, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Walsh for Congress (8th District) campaign…

Fiction: You can keep your existing coverage.

Fact: Wrong. If government insurance is less expensive to employers (who are already paying for it with their taxes) many will drop their current plans in favor of the less expensive, government-run plan. Private sector insurance will not be able to compete with the unlimited funding and will go under further increasing the states’ Medicaid burden.

Fiction: Care will not be rationed.

Fact: Wrong. The House version would establish a new tax on every health insurance policy to fund 111 new federal bureau­cracies including the Health Benefits Advisory Commit­tee that would be tasked with deciding which treatments are more cost-effective. The research findings would be used by the government to ration care.

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Rep. Mike Quigley: Worst Big Government Record in Congress

March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Congress, Cook County, David Ratowitz, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

From the Ratowitz for Congress campaign…

David Ratowitz, Republican Candidate for Illinois’ 5th Congressional Seat, Attacks Incumbent Mike Quigley (D IL-5) for Fiscal Irresponsibility

U. S. Congressional Candidate, David Ratowitz (IL – 5), asks, “Who does Mike Quigley think he is fooling with a toothless ‘Sense of the House’ resolution on fiscal controls? Obviously, Mike Quigley doesn’t care about us, otherwise he would offer real opposition to the big government programs that spend our money instead of faking reform.”
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Anti-Healthcare Rally in Schaumburg - Tuesday, March 16, NOON!

March 15, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to have enough votes to shove ObamaCare down Americans’ throats by Friday.

Will you be available during lunch on Tuesday for a show of opposition to Congresswoman Melissa Bean? She is the ONLY swing vote in Illinois, so YOU can make a difference!

Join all northeast Illinois Tea Party and grassroots organizations at Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s office on Tuesday for a “Health Care Bill Rally”

1701 E. Woodfield Road (Suite 200)
Schaumburg
March 16th
!2 NOON

Feel free to bring those signs, bullhorns, etc.

Coffee Party Astroturf

March 12, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

What is it that the left and the Old Media said about the Tea Party movement? Didn’t they say it was not really filled with regular folks and didn’t they say it was not really a grass roots level effort because some nefarious “top-down” Republican groups were secretly behind the whole thing? That’s what Paul Krugman said in The New York Times. So did Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — after someone taught her was “astroturf” even was, that is. In fact, the whole left-wing Old Media establishment attacked the tea party movement as some fake, manufactured thing and claimed that it wasn’t peopled by regular folks like you and me. All you need do is put “astroturf” and “tea party” in a search engine and you’ll get thousands of hits revealing the left’s unhinged response to the tea parties.

So, since they seem to want us to believe that they hate “astroturf,” will the left-wing press get all upset that this “coffee party” effort really IS Astroturf? Will the Old Media explode in calls of “astroturf” as it did during the early phases of the tea party movement? Or will they pretend that this coffee party business is real grass roots and report on the effort based on that false assumption. Already it seems as though the coffee party effort is not meeting any real scrutiny and I just got an email that proves the essential “top-down” style upon which this effort is built.

Of course, we know the charge that the tea party movement is astroturf is untrue. While groups like Dick Armey’s Freedom Works, Americans for Prosperity, and a few others did rush to add their voices to the tea party events held all across the county last year (and continue to today) they neither originated the movement, nor did they invent the scope of events, nor did they control the message in any way. In fact they had to scramble to have any part in it at all. Even the big group’s efforts were ad hoc early on.
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2nd District, Isaac Hayes: Meeting with RNC Chief

March 11, 2010 | Filed Under Congress, Cook County, GOP, Government, Government, Ill. County, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Isaac Hayes for Congress campaign…

Rev, Hayes Headed to Washington to Meet With RNC Chief Michael Steele

CHICAGO: The following statement was released today by Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, GOP nominee for Congress in IL-2, as he heads to Washington, D.C. to meet with Michael Steele.

Rev. Isaac Hayes has been personally invited to join Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael S. Steele and other senior staff of the RNC for an African-American Candidate’s meeting, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Mr. Steele has expressed to Rev. Hayes the importance of getting minorities elected into office and finding exactly what resources are needed to ensure victory.
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