Nekritz "applauds" extremist group

"[The Council of American Islamic Relations] is unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its associations with groups that are suspect"
Sen. Richard Durbin

"We know [CAIR] has ties to terrorism"
Sen. Charles Schumer

“I applaud all of you”
State Representative Elaine Nekritz in joint press conference
congratulating local extremists including Jeanette Hashem from the Council on American Islamic Relations

The difference between Democrats and Republicans - Part 27

Republicans: Provide Creative Solutions to Constituents

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R.-Ill., kicked off the enrollment period with an informational session in his Aurora-based district featuring Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mark McClellan. Hastert has said the prescription drug program will ensure that seniors "now have choices that drive down the cost of their health care."

Democrats: Complain Without Offering Solutions

"We have created a plan here that is so difficult, so confusing and so hard for average people to understand that many seniors are struggling to find out what is the best plan to turn to in order to protect themselves and to protect their families and to protect their health," (U.S. Senator Dick) Durbin told reporters during a press conference with other Democrats.

Source: Copley News Service
November 16, 2005

"If I get troublesome, I'm sorry."

Dick Durbin, at a constituent breakfast in response to Illinois resident Ronald Bulin who told the Senator that he is "not a strong supporter of you because I found, I think, that you've become a vicious attack dog for the Democratic Party"

November 17, 2005

Park Ridge woman doesn't get it

"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."

First Lady Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpeonaed documents
James B. Stewart - Blood Sport:The President and His Adversaries

"It's in the long term interest of our national security"

T.O. is Rev. Jackson's Constituency??

"My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised."

-The Reverend Jesse Jackson

"If (embattled Eagles wide-receiver Terrell Owens) had been caught shaving points, selling drugs, carrying a gun or fighting some fans, who provoked him, and he had not shown sufficient restraint, we could understand the severe suspension, because those are very serious and illegal acts. . . His heart is contrite. . .This punishment is much too severe for the charge."

-The Reverend Jesse Jackson

defending his constituency

Tough to find fault with him here . . .

Is it me . . . or does Susan Garrett always look like she just got back from Florida?

Now he gets the picture

"I can't deny that I'm a better ex-president than I was a president"

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter

November 3, 2005

Liberal Speak . . . Defined - Part IX

What he said:

(If Senate Bill 2104 becomes law it would) "severely weaken the ability of local communities to have their own say on the important issue of public safety."

Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, Evanston,
Arguing against a Senate bill restricting gun-owner rights in Illinois
Pioneer Press
November 3, 2005

What he was thinking:

It’s getting harder and harder to scare sensible people with the Laurie Dann story.

Jan's support for convicted husband now waning

Lake County Democrats Deny Link to Cocaine Trafficking

The News Sun reported yesterday that the Waukegan building which is the home to the Lake County Democratic Organization was raided last week by police looking for drugs. Two men were arrested and one was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

"The aim is to restore the quality of life to the neighborhood ... All infractions, all search warrants for criminal activity, are forwarded to community policing and the city housing departments, said Sgt. Michael Rauschenberger of the Waukegan Police Department's narcotics unit.

Lake County Democrats have vehemently denied being directly involved with the sale of illegal narcotics, including the crack cocaine being sold from the building. "It had nothing to do with us," said Peter Couvall, vice chairman of the party.

At this point, police have not uncovered evidence that Lake County Democrats were directly profiting from the sale of crack cocaine. Several calls placed to their office were not answered and went directly to voicemail.

My favorite liberal rant is that workers should be entitled to live in the communities in which they work

"I would like to see affordable housing. It's important to have housing for our employees in town."

-Northbrook Village Trustee Sandy Frum

regarding plans for building an entertainment, retail and residential complex in Northbrook