U.S. Congressman Bill Foster from the 14th Congressional District in Illinois is quickly making a name for himself standing up for our military veterans. The 14th District is the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert. According to the Daily Chronicle:
Beginning next year, veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will have [...]
July 8th, 2008
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The Jesse Helms Center reports that former United States Senator Jesse Helms died at 1:15 a.m. this morning in Raleigh. Further details on funeral arrangements will be forthcoming. He was 86.
From the New York Times:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the [...]
July 4th, 2008
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This just in today from Brave New Films:
Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supports George Bush’s War in Iraq and John McCain’s plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years. But Lieberman’s new alliance with the Republican Party runs even deeper. He has endorsed and stumped for McCain, wants [...]
June 25th, 2008
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Bill Daley has been talking to all the right people, working to position himself for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. Brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Bill took a shot at the governor’s mansion in 2002. According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
Bill Daley flirted with a race for governor in 2002 [...]
June 24th, 2008
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Good news from Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL). Rep. Foster will be delivering the Democratic Radio Address Saturday, the official party response to the President’s Weekly Radio Address. This in today from Bill Foster for Congress:
Dear Friends,
We have some great news to report: Bill has the honor of delivering the Democratic Radio Address [...]
March 28th, 2008
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Unofficial results from the Associated Press show Bill Foster defeating Jim Oberweis for Congress. The Chicago Tribune calls it a “stunning upset” — and they’re right:
In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn [...]
March 8th, 2008
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Bill Foster is running an amazing campaign for Congress in the 14th District, Illinois. Endorsed by the Chicago Tribune, Foster has gained a reputation for being smart, wise and honest.
Jim Oberweis, a perennial candidate for whatever-is-next, published literature with fictional people, complete with stock photographs. From an editorial in the Chicago Tribune:
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March 8th, 2008
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Leave it to the Republicans to finally let the truth slip out.
Iraq is twice as bad as any of us thought.
For years now — yes, years — I’ve been using the National Priorities Project as the quintessential barometer for how much the United States is spending in Iraq. Turns out the NPP was wrong, by [...]
December 30th, 2007
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Wil Wheaton discusses just about anything on his blog, WWdN: In Exile. The one-and-only former Wesley Crusher is a Democrat, and a smart one at that.
I’ve shared before my dissatisfaction with the Democrats in Congress, their incredible failure to lead, and everyone’s dreams of living on Pennsylvania Ave. Too many of them are infatuated [...]
December 27th, 2007
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I have to admit this one makes me worry. I’ve always had the idea — no doubt based on superstition and fear — that the C.I.A. was untouchable. I mean, who could possibly go after the C.I.A., really?
So the old chaps were destroying tapes. Takes me back to the 70s, it does.
According [...]
December 8th, 2007
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