Archive for November, 2007
Posted in November 8th, 2007
Here As an assistant Cook County State’s Attorney, I have spent the last 10 years ensuring that people are equally protected under the law. I believe it is one of the bedrock principles of our country that every American is entitled to be treated fairly regardless of their age, gender, race, national origin or religion. […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Posted in November 8th, 2007
Via Bill at Peoria Pundit Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, issued the following statement today: “Being in Congress is a very important responsibility and one has to be very thoughtful in their statements. I support policies that promote freedoms abroad. Congress and our next congressman need to work to make […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
“While I have offered innovative ideas based completely on President Reagan’s successful strategy to end the Cold War, my opponents are operating cynical campaigns of being quick to attack while offering no substance on the issues what-so-ever themselves,” said Schock. “The people are tired of cynical candidates who run for office while avoiding dealing with […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
2. Do nothing and allow Iran to continue to flout the will of the International Community by continuing its unrelenting drive to acquire nuclear weapons. Without the third set of international sanctions, Iran will continue to be in a position to have nuclear weapons within a year and become a nuclear terrorist nation.” So many […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
From the Schock Press Release: “Iran is a regime that has used every weapon it has ever acquired,” said Schock. “I do not intend to go to Congress and sit idly by while Iran gets nuclear weapons. This is a grave threat to our country and it requires tough diplomatic strategy to resolve peacefully without […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
NEWS RELEASE Dick Versace Criticizes Republican Candidate’s Plan to Dish Out Nuclear Weapons to Taiwan “The last thing we need is another career politician who is willing to make dangerous proposals like this one without first considering the consequences” Peoria, IL — Earlier today, one of the Republican candidates running in the […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Via Bill Dennis, Schock’s entire response: (PEORIA) Representative Aaron Schock responded to opponent Jim McConoughey’s criticism of Schock’s recent comprehensive proposal to seek ways of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, by pointing out that there are three alternatives: 1. Seek new ways of pressuring China and Russia to heed their UN Security Council responsibilities […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Via Rich .Schock’s campaign manager, Steven Shearer, responded that “academia routinely looked down on President Reagan and ridiculed him when he said that the Soviet Union was going to fall into the ash heap of history.” Reagan’s controversial positioning of Pershing missiles in Europe in the early 1980s “led to the first arms reduction in […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Err.. the police blogs and message boards are in a tizzy that people actually criticized officers for tasering an 82 year old woman with a hammer. It is certainly true that one could use a taser when attacked with a hammer. However, a 5’1″ 82 year old? There’s a bit of commonsense that says you […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Hilarious “What has he done?” Capparelli asked. “I don’t think he does a good job. When you look at the guy, are you proud to say, ‘This is my Congressman?’ The answer is ‘no.’ A lot of people in the neighborhood say he’s a dork. There. I said it. The guy doesn’t know what he’s […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Rich has the details This is exactly the sort of thing that should blow up in a candidate’s face. McConoughey is smart to make this an issue and doing it quickly.
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Aaron Schock is now in the competition for being the stupidest candidate to run this cycle. I’m taking a bigger chunk from the column because it is so amazing so my apologies to Bernie and the Springfield Journal-Register: I couldn’t attend Schock’s official announcement of his candidacy for Congress, but I did recently receive a […]
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Posted in November 8th, 2007
Democrats voting against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which makes it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation who didn’t vote no because it didn’t included Transgendered individuals: 11 Southern Democrats 4 Democrats From Border States (I’m including W. Virginia here) 1 Northern Democrat John Barrow (D-Georgia) Marion Berry (D-Arkansas) Bud Cramer (D-Alabama) Artur Davis […]
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Posted in November 6th, 2007
Hunter. Who else? The indisputable force of Hillary Clinton, her tenacious lead for the Democratic nomination, has finally “fired up” Barack Obama and made him “ready to go” — to use his own campaign refrain. Now reading the rest, let me suggest something. I write a lot of sentences that are awkward and have too […]
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