By: Diane Benjamin If the Illinois Republican Party ever wants to have a voice in Springfield they have to fix the party first. It needs to start at the top with Don Tracy resigning immediately. The Republican Party needs to rid itself of democrats. The current leadership hates the party base. The Party Chairs of […]
By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader https://www.illinoissunshine.org/committees/friends-of-scott-preston-25061/ Even with these donations, Preston has far less money than his opponent: You are going to want to sell your house without a realtor after this! (FYI they threw a ton of money to the elites during the last local election in Normal too) This will also prove […]
By: Diane Benjamin Dan Brady spent years in the leadership of the ILGOP. He is part of the reason Republicans are a super minority in Illinois. He makes sure Republicans don’t inspire anyone to vote for them. My large disappointment with Brady goes all the way back to 2010. State Senator James Meeks (D) led […]
By: Diane Benjamin Thank goodness the primary is over! Congrats to the winners. Before the next onslaught of campaign ads hit, cut the cable cord. Life is awesome without constant lies. The biggest loser is the ILGOP who failed to get Richard Irvin, Kyle Ham, and Rodney Davis elected, probably others elsewhere. Ken Griffin found […]
By: Diane Benjamin I heard the Illinois Republican Party sent FIVE mailers for Scott Preston, they hung up on Jim Fisher when he called the House Republican Organization. Fisher was told they picked Preston. The ILGOP is alienating THOUSANDS of voters by interfering with letting people pick their candidates! The 91st Legislative District isn’t the […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Illinois Republican Party sent another mailer for Scott Preston, are they worried about Jim Fisher? This one is hilarious. Front side: Is the picture supposed to portray Preston as a good family man? That isn’t Scott Preston and his wife and kids in the picture. They found a family to use […]
By: Diane Benjamin It is vital to know who is funding candidates before you vote for them. The Illinois Republican Party is currently a super minority because of their leadership. They have been quite busy funding weak Republicans so they stay in the super minority. They can blame Democrats for everything while bringing home fat […]
By: Diane Benjamin Proof the ILGOP interferes in primaries, publicly they claim they don’t. They obviously want to stay in the minority by not allowing conservative fighters to be elected.
By: Diane Benjamin Voting 6 weeks before the actual election date is merely a ploy to bank votes from uniformed voters. Do not vote now, the ballots aren’t even available yet to preview before you vote. The ballots were likely delayed by petition challenges. Only those who want to be uniformed vote before campaigning even […]
By: Diane Benjamin There is a “lady” running for judge in Kane County who claims to be Richard Irvin’s baby-momma. She has two kids with him – and she HATES Republicans: https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/624076695-khouri-irvin-s-self-described-baby-momma-kane-county-judicial-candidate-brittany-pedersen-says-she-hates-all-republicans#.Ym7kJgDOdbg.facebook Excerpts: Former Republican State Representative candidate Tonia Khouri says Aurora Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin’s former law partner described herself as his […]
By: Diane Benjamin Local GOP leadership: Remember when this group voted FOR a Candidate Assessment and Accountability Review Committee? https://blnnews.com/2022/02/08/gop-accountability-your-questions-are-needed/ That new committee was flooded with volunteers because grassroot Republicans are tired of democrats running as Republicans. See the ILGOP, at a Lincoln dinner in Sangamon County the only representative allowed to speak was Richard […]
By: Diane Benjamin What’s missing? In case you haven’t figured it out, nothing on this card says Preston is a Republican. The Illinois GOP picked Scott Preston because he is just like Dan Brady. The ILGOP wants to permanently be in the minority because they make a lot of money and get blamed for nothing. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’ve never gone to County Board member Josh Barnett’s Twitter page until today. He has me blocked! Isn’t that special! Is it because this Republican hangs out with the Democrats on Twitter? You might have forgotten Jeff Crabill is on the Bloomington City Council only because Barnett claimed he was leaving the […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m sure you have heard that Pritzker’s top people are getting a 15% pay increase. The bill passed the House on January 8th and the Senate on January 9th. My more than loser Republican rep in the House voted YES: Thank God he is gone! I wonder if he is going to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Yesterday I wrote about Bloomington approving a prevailing wage ordinance: https://blnnews.com/2018/06/12/without-the-king-not-much-business-to-do/ Since Illinois is run by unions, the demise of Illinois will continue. Government isn’t for the citizens, it’s for buying votes and getting campaign contributions in exchange. The Illinois Policy Institute reported a few days ago that Michigan is the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Rep Dan Brady has a huge office in Springfield because he is part of the House GOP leadership team. The email below was sent to Dan Brady. Democrats in Illinois think if they can close every gun store in the state no guns will exist. They are pushing a bill to make […]
By: Diane Benjamin The choices we have for US Senator are almost as despicable as the choices for President. Mark Kirk votes with Democrats way too often. He rarely represents me. Voting 3rd party for Senate won’t accomplish anything, even though I’ve thought about it. I am now voting for Kirk because of one picture […]
By: Diane Benjamin Connect Transit issued their 12 month UN-audited financial statements at their last meeting. Celebrate now – they didn’t lose as much as they budgeted: Page 7: http://www.connect-transit.com/documents/July%2026,%202016%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting%20Binder1.pdf They did lose more than $1 million in June bringing the year total to just short of $10 million. Has ANY local press reported on […]
Roskam LOST! Tomorrow, Cong. Peter Roskam tries to move up to Majority Whip in U.S. House Republican leadership. Our experience? Roskam will do anything and say anything for the promotion. To win re-election in 2008, Roskam embraced Obama. Watch video: Radio Host Mark Levin Facebook here Read: Daily Herald story In 2012, Roskam chose to support a […]
by: Diane Benjamin There are two types of people in government: 1) Those who want to control you and 2) Those who think people have a right to control their own lives. It has nothing to do with Democrats and Republicans. Voting the party no longer matters. Eric Cantor was defeated because he was in […]
by: Diane Benjamin Mike Madigan doesn’t want the Redistricting Constitutional amendment on the November ballot. In 2010, since a Democrat was elected governor, Democrats got to redraw the maps. They used gerrymandering to insured Democrats will completely control Illinois until 2020. It also insures that Republicans will represent huge areas making it difficult for them […]
Need burial for GOP Published: Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:30 a.m. CD To the Editor: Only in the Republican wasteland called Illinois can a sitting Republican senator, in this case called Kirk, state that he is not going to campaign for the Republican nominee for the seat now held by the Democrat, Dick Durbin. Kirk said […]
by: Diane Benjamin When you VOTE you will see a lot of uncontested races. The primary is where ideas and values should be fought, but too few people step up to run for office. We are permanently stuck with career politicians who do nothing but vote themselves raises and big pensions. Think locally – we […]
by: Diane Benjamin Yesterday I posted a story about how the McLean County Chamber of Commerce is working against the interests of small businesses. It riled at least one Republican. I believe he is an establishment type Republican because I’ve heard the same talk for years. They have no idea what it means to be […]
Obama’s bad. Madigan’s bad. Quinn’s bad. I get it. If you’re the kind of person who would like to do something productive in response to bad Democrats, beyond just preaching to a self-selected choir on Facebook, then run for Republican Precinct Committeeman – or at least help recruit. There are currently 6,407 precincts in Illinois. […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Illinois GOP under Pat Brady gave Illinois voters very few reasons to vote Republican. Pat would have been very happy if GOP candidates were just like Democrats. Maybe that’s why they had to cheat to raise any money. The Illinois GOP is now dead because they stand for NOTHING! A […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Democrats passed Dodd-Frank in response to the meltdown of 2008. There wasn’t much in the way of free-market principles in this bill, but they did make an attempt to keep government from bailing out Wall Street. The GOP House of Representatives just voted to overturn part of the bill, and reports […]
by: Illinois TEA Party Recently, Republican Tom Cross “forgot” that he brought Obamacare to Illinois two years early. Former GOP Leader Tom Cross is currently running for State Treasurer against Dupage County Auditor Bob Grogan. Bob Grogan is the DuPage County Auditor, a CPA, and a Certified Fraud Examiner, who has both public and private financial sector experience. […]
By: John Hawkins 1) There is nothing ever worth fighting for except Democrat policies: If you’re going to fight for something, make sure you’re fighting your own base to help the Democrats achieve some policy goal that makes Tea Partiers want to stab themselves in their eyes. This makes you appear reasonable to the mainstream media […]
by: Diane Benjamin I’m sidetracked today with lots of other issues, so unless something changes there won’t be any other posts today. I will leave you with this for the weekend: $17,000,000,000,000 Look your kids in the eyes and tell sorry, but the debt will be all yours. Merry Christmas, you have no future. Who represents […]
HARRY REID’S OFFICE LEAKS BOEHNER OFFICE EMAILS—AND IT COULD RUIN ANY FAITH YOU HAVE IN WASHINGTON A series of emails from House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, leaked by Senate Democrats Tuesday show that the Speaker may have coordinated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to exempt Congress from Obamacare. The emails were […]
H.R. 3121 Bill Text | Press Release | Pocket Card | Dear Colleague | Two-Page Summary Section-by-Section | Health Care Standard Deduction Presentation The centuries-old oath taken by health care professionals reads, “Do no harm.” It is time for Washington lawmakers to take a similar approach when working to fix the problems that exist in our broken health care system. Simply repealing […]
Update: Word is already out that today’s vote was a setup for the Republicans in the Senate to kill it. Tell them if they FUND IT THEY OWN it. #DoneWithGOP by: Diane Benjamin First, ignore all the establishment #GOP saying it’s not going to happen. 2 weeks ago they said a vote to defund ObamaCare […]
by: Diane Benjamin Both Jim Edgar and Jim Thompson openly support Kirk Dillard for governor. According to http://www.openthebooks.com/ MONTHLY pension received: Jim Edgar: $11,574.84 received since 2001 11, 575 X 12 mths = $138,900 per year x 12 yrs (so far) = $1,666,800 of which he contributed a total of $164,657 Jim Thompson: $11,246.86 received since […]
Organizing for Action (OFA), the activist spinoff group of President Obama’s campaign arm, is ramping up its push for “comprehensive” immigration reform in an unusual way this summer. With House leadership vowing to only vote on immigration bills that have the support of the majority of House Republicans (known as the Hastert rule after a […]
The Constitution is immaterial. President Obama has to save face by bombing Syria – they crossed the line he set. Of course, we don’t know who crossed the line. Some media outlets report it could have been the rebels who used weapons of mass destruction. Regardless, there are no sides left to support. Al Qaeda […]
Update: http://blnnews.com/2013/08/21/phony-republicans-on-the-mclean-county-board/ by: Diane Benjamin Today the County Board voted to accept a $170,000 State grant to help implement ObamaCare in McLean County. They accepted the money from a bankrupt state which got it from the bankrupt feds to implement a program that is failing across the country and will never be ready to start […]
Update: Guess who read the story: Washington, District of Columbia, United States U.s. House Of Representatives (143.231.249.141) [Label IP Address] blnnews.com/2013/08/18/these-gop-representatives-must-support-obamacare/ (No referring link) Exactly when does the #GOP quit playing defense and start playing offense? ___________________________________________________________________________ They voted close to 40 times to repeal ObamaCare knowing it was just for show. Now they have a chance […]
Update: 29 Senators and 138 House members have agreed to de-fund ObamaCare. My video of Aaron Schock made MSNBC last night! They love the GOP having a hard time at Town Halls after what the Democrats went through in 2009. by: Diane Benjamin Since the Republican plan is “Can’t we all just get along?”, I […]
So glad to have a strong Republican Party in Illinois to protect voter integrity. Email sent today: Dear Illinois MoveOn member, Great news! Over the weekend, Governor Pat Quinn signed online voter registration into law in Illinois, making it more accessible for hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans to participate in upcoming elections. MoveOn members across […]
