Diersen’s News Clips & Upcoming Events; 6-17-2013

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

June 17, 2013

Fellow Republicans:

News clips and upcoming event information:

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Lynn Sweet on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on journalists family ties with White House¹
DIERSEN HEADLINE: Increasingly, if you do not promote amnesty, anti-White, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.²
Daley no longer waiting for Lisa – Laura Washington³

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Russell Crowe on Naperville: ‘It’s a beautiful little town’⁴

DAILY HERALD

DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, and anti-Americans love Lindsey Graham.⁵
Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class – AP⁶

(DIERSEN: What “class” were you born into? My outstanding father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, he was the first of his ancestors to graduate from high school, he never attended college, he worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant. My outstanding mother was raised on a farm, she never attended high school.)

CBS2

Cullerton, Madigan Can’t Afford To Back Down In Pension Crisis – John Waelti⁷

WPSD

Universities offer partial Illinois pension fix⁸

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH

Few judges seek help with drug, alcohol problems – Kurt Erickson⁹

JOURNAL COURIER

Future of concealed carry in state still unclear – Benjamin Yount¹⁰

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE

Tim Johnson fund faces possible fine – Tom Kacich¹¹

ST. LOUIS TODAY

VERY SAD: Car show in Alton canceled by low turnout – AP¹²

WHEATON PATCH

Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 still gaming the system – superintendent gets the Big Bucks¹³

ONE NEWS NOW

A little ‘capitulation’ by Scouts apparently not good enough for Caterpillar – Charlie Butts¹⁴

NEWSMAX

CNN Poll: Majority Doesn’t Trust Obama, Approval Rating Suffers Severe Drop¹⁵

BREITBART

Mark Kirk Kept Campaign Promise by Voting Against Cloture on Immigration¹⁶

NATIONAL REVIEW

The Lois Lerner Defense File it the next time the IRS calls you up. – Mark Steyn¹⁷

ROLL CALL

Roskam Expands Political Operation – Shira Toeplitz¹⁸

(FROM THE ARTICLE: A top House Republican, Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois, will expand his political operation in the coming weeks by dispatching his longtime top aide to the campaign trail. Steven Moore, Roskam’s chief of staff for more than six years, confirmed to CQ Roll Call that he will leave Capitol Hill for a full-time position with the chief deputy whip’s political operation. He will focus on helping rank-and-file members – many of whom are from safe GOP districts – with fundraising and grassroots, meanwhile keeping an early eye on next year’s primaries. “If the big picture question is how can we help strengthen our conference, the answer is by making stronger members,” Moore wrote in an email. “The focus of most of the outside help in this town – from consultants to campaign committees – has become narrowed to a handful of competitive districts. It’s a smart move to set up an (organization) like this to come along side our majority makers and help in a way that matters most to them.” Roskam’s campaign organization includes his re-election campaign and a political action committee, Republican Operation To Secure And Keep A Majority. Moore will work for both. Moore joined Roskam in the final month of the congressman’s competitive 2006 campaign in the Chicago suburbs. That cycle, Roskam defeated a top Democratic recruit, Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth, by 2 points. Last year, Duckworth won her first term in Congress in a redrawn, nearby district. Roskam won re-election easily in 2008 and every subsequent election. He became chief deputy whip in 2010. Prior to working with Roskam, Moore served as a pollster in Iraq and advised activists in Indonesia, East Timor, and Uzbekistan with the International Republican Institute. He got his start in California politics. Moore will start his new position in early July. Roskam’s deputy chief of staff, David Mork, will succeed Moore in the congressman’s Capitol Hill office.)

THE HILL

Rep. Wagner seeks to strengthen female voice in Republican Party – Sterling C. Beard¹⁹

(DIERSEN: Illinois’ very own Demetra DeMonte serves as the Republican Party Secretary. How strong is the “female voice” in your Republican county party and township/ward party? The female voice is extremely strong in DuPage County. Darlene Ruscitti is the DuPage County Republican Party Chairman, Barb Murphy is its Chairwoman, and Gwen Henry is its Treasurer. Lori Carlson is the Milton Township Republican Party Chairman and Rachael Ossyra is the Naperville Township Republican Party Chairman. Current and former Republican Precinct Committeemen in DuPage County include state representatives Patti Bellock, Jeanne Ives, Sandy Pihos, and Darlene Senger; DuPage County Board members Amy Grant and Tonia Kouri; DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioners Marsha Murphy and Linda Painter; former congressman Judy Biggert; and former state senator Beverly Fawell.)

Who is he? Obama keeps allies, enemies guessing in second term – Justin Sink²⁰

(DIERSEN: Are you a Republican activist, precinct committeeman/captain, candidate, elected official, party leader, or major donor? Do you keep people guessing as to who you really are? I have never done that. Consequently, those who disapprove of my support for planks in the Republican Party platform (especially its equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), traditional family (no promotion of homosexual activity), immigration, right to life, illegal drugs, and Second Amendment planks) and/or disapprove of my demographics (White, male, born in 1948, 100% German national origin, Missouri Synod Lutheran, married since 1978, no children, Post Office employee 1966-1969, IRS employee 1971-1980, GAO employee 1980-1997, federal retiree since 1997, financially secure, Wheaton resident since 1978, Corvette owner since 1971, against encouraging people to drink, smoke, and use destructive drugs) have always been more motivated to work against me.)

DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend/advance, the more that anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American individuals, organizations, governments, and countries demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.²¹

HUFFINGTON POST

Russia’s Gay Bill Won’t Impact LGBT Olympians: Olympic Committee – Christopher Rudolph²²
Illinois Gay Marriage Protest: Mike Madigan’s Office Site Of Marriage Equality Rally²³

POLITICO

Poll: Chris Christie most popular in 2016 – Rebecca Elliott²⁴

(DIERSEN: If you want to be popular with anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American voters, you bash religious people, bash conservatives, bash Republicans, and bash Americans. You promote Obama.)

EXAMINER

Amnesty for illegal aliens does not win votes and never has won votes – Rick Oltman²⁵

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Free Ride Feds: Experts say fraud rampant in federal worker disability program – Mark Flatten²⁶

MUSCATINE JOURNAL

IRS not alone in wasting tax dollars – Editorial²⁷

(DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. After working for IRS for almost 9 years, I transferred to GAO. GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. GAO would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a woman, a minority, or a veteran.)

HAMPTON ROADS

North Carolina NAACP prepares for seventh week of protests – AP²⁸

CNN

CNN’s new shows offer alternatives to politics Theory: Most viewers don’t care for politics – Michael Wolff²⁹
Obama approval rating falls amid controversies³⁰

(DIERSEN: Are you a Republican activist, precinct committeeman/captain, candidate, elected official, party leader, or major donor? What is your approval rating? What is your approval rating with likely voters in the following groups: religious people, anti-religious people, conservatives, anti-conservatives, Republicans, anti-Republicans, Whites, anti-Whites, men, anti-men, older people, anti-older people, financially secure people, anti-financially secure people, pro-traditional family people, anti-traditional family people, American immigration law supporters, anti-American immigration law people, pro-life people, anti-pro-life people, gun owners, anti-gun owners, pro-equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) people, anti-equal opportunity people., etc.)

(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Barack Obama’s approval rating dropped eight percentage points over the past month, to 45%, the president’s lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national poll.)

COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Anti-White, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries oppose E-Verify³¹

REUTERS

The real IRS scandal – Herman Schwartz³²

(DIERSEN: According to this article: IRS employees “forgot, however, that they not only work in a political fishbowl, they swim in a sea of politics.” In 1971, when I was 22, I was one of the last Republicans that IRS hired. If I had been a Democrat, IRS would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40. Very few IRS employees have masters degrees. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. Very few IRS employees are CPAs. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL

FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Tough Place to Fill Job Openings: U.S. Senate – Janet Hook³³

(DIERSEN: Who will the Republican U.S. Senate primary candidates be in 2014? In 2010, they were John Arrington, Patrick Hughes, Mark Kirk, Donald Lowery, Andy Martin, and Kathleen Thomas. In 2008, they were Andy Martin, Mike Psak, and Steve Sauerberg.)

IRS Inquiry Finds Problems, Puzzles – John McKinnon³⁴

FORBES

The Biggest Turnaround Job Of 2013: The IRS – Jonathan Galaviz³⁵

(DIERSEN: Just kidding, but will Werfel hire me to help him? I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years. What if GAO had not wasted my knowledge of IRS? I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The IRS is in trouble, deep trouble. With over 100,000 employees and a budget exceeding $12 billion, the government agency may be the largest organization in crisis in America today. It is also the most visible turnaround project so far in 2013, corporate or government. The IRS’ relatively new Acting Commissioner, Mr. Daniel Werfel, is under tremendous pressure by both the White House and Congress to demonstrate leadership in restructuring the IRS in rapid-fire fashion. With about a month on the job, he has a big road ahead of him – he was appointed to his acting position effective May 22, 2013. In about a week from now Mr. Werfel is to provide Congress and the White House a comprehensive 30-day report on his interim findings at the IRS. The findings will certainly be illuminating. Democrats and Republicans seem to bicker all the time. This time both parties are on the same page – they want Mr. Werfel to succeed in a job that many have described as being ‘the most thankless job in America’. And while most in main-street America probably don’t know of Mr. Werfel, they want him to succeed too (your author does not intend to propose the idea that Americans want the IRS to succeed in all of its endeavors). America has some of the world’s greatest turnaround stories in private industry, but in government….let’s just say we don’t have a lot of examples to point to. The business world has a lot of case studies, examples, and CEO’s that can talk about what it means to do a turnaround. Mr. Werfel might want to consider borrowing some concepts from the business world and apply them to the task before him at the IRS. He may want to consider the possibility that the same people who hired him for this project are the same people who created the crisis in the first place. This possibility should always be on his mind. A good turnaround specialist always knows who the ultimate constituency really is. In this case, his ultimate constituency is the American people. When you are anointed as the turnaround specialist you get some weird perks. One of those perks is that Mr. Werfel gets the right to poke around everywhere in the IRS. His first couple of months in office may be the best time for him to play the ‘dumb boss’ roll – by observing the critical actors in the organization. In corporate America the best turnaround specialists are usually grounded in strong ethical foundations. To outsiders it may seem that corporate turnaround specialists are anything but ethical, but behind the scenes these individuals bank on their long-term reputations. It will be important for Mr. Werfel to ensure that he maintains his moral compass as he proceeds with a government turnaround. Transparency will also be key. When one is asked to clean up a bad situation, it is always best to be 100% open with everybody. Be transparent. Be open with your constituents, be open with your organization, and be open with those that made the mistakes. The more transparent you are, the more people will see you as an agent of positive change rather than a ‘blame redirection specialist’. Sure, there will debates and arguments about strategy. There will be internal enemies. There will be allies made. But Mr. Werfel must be absolutely prepared for the truth, because it will come out sooner or later. He must be prepared to hear the truth, deal with it, and report on it. The last thing that Mr. Werfel should remember is that nobody will give him genuine thanks – not even the people who hired him. Even if Mr. Werfel does the best of jobs, they won’t say thanks beyond the public niceties. But what Mr. Werfel should be confident of knowing is this: if he completes a successful turnaround of the IRS, he will be in demand by more large corporations than he could ever possibly imagine.)

Congress Has A Duty To Delay IRS Funding To Block ObamaCare’s Implementation – Grace-Marie Turner³⁶
How Fracking Killed Nuclear Power – Jeff McMahon³⁷

THE ATLANTIC

DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-White, anti-male, anti-old people, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries argue that “conservatives” control the Republican Party. They point to the Republican Party platform. But most who get appointed or elected to government and/or party offices as Republicans not only fail/refuse to defend/advance planks in the platform (most commonly its traditional family, immigration, right to life, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks), they work against those who defend/advance those planks.³⁸

ON TOP MAGAZINE

Illinois Coalition Recommits To Winning Gay Marriage After ‘Disappointing’ Session – Carlos Santoscoy³⁹

UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT:
www.illinoisreview.com, www.weareillinois.org, and/or www.dupagegop.com

6/17 Event: Turning Point USA golf outing at Cog Hill in Lemont
6/17 Event: Rauner to speak at Elmhurst College
6/19 Event: Naperville GOP RUSH Around Town at City Gate Grille – Calamos Center
6/19 Event: Illinois Right to Life Committee Dinner with Cardinal George in Lombard
6/19 Event: Scott Walker at Heartland Institute event
6/20 Event: 9th Congressional Club Cocktail Reception in Morton Grove
6/20 Event: Proft and Kay at Ives fundraiser in Wheaton
6/20 Event: Roskam at LaHood fundraiser in Chicago
6/22 Event: Conservative Leadership Conference in Willowbrook
6/24 Event: Ives at Panera Bread in Naperville 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
6/25 Event: David Horowitz at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center
6/25 Event: Sandack fundraiser in LaGrange
6/26 Event: MTRCC picnic
6/28 Event: Senate Republican Caucus fundraiser at Arlington Park Racecourse
6/29 Event: ICRC Annual Convention in Elgin
6/29 Event: Davis, Dawson, Del Mar, Dorgan?, Durante, Higgins, Hultgren, Munson, Robling, Roskam, Ruscitti, Weiss, and Wojnicki at Schaumburg Township GOP leadership conference in Addison
6/30 Event: Right to Life Pigroast in McHenry County
6/30 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Rantol
7/4 Event: Wheaton and Glen Ellyn Independence Day parades
7/17 Event: Bloomingdale Township GOP Golf Outing
7/20 Event: Rockin’ for the Troops concert at Cantigny Park in Wheaton
8/9 Event: Chicago Young Republicans golf outing in Algonquin
8/10 Event: 19th Annual Lauzen Porky Picnic in Aurora
8/24 Event: Illinois Forum Luncheon
8/29-31: Black Conservative Summit in St. Charles
9/18-19 Event: Republican State Senate Campaign Committee fundraiser in Whittington
9/28 Event: CPAC in St. Louis
9/29 Event: NTRO GOP Meeting
10/4 Event: Dr. Benjamin Carson at Illinois Family Institute Banquet
10/4 Event: Milton Township GOP Oktoberfest
10/4 Event: Illinois Family Institute Fall Banquet in Northlake
10/26 Event: NTRO GOP Meeting
11/26 Event: NTRO GOP Meeting
2/8 Event: McLean County Lincoln Day Dinner in Bloomington
3/1 Event: NTRO March Madness Pizza Party
3/10 Event: William J. Kelly St. Patrick’s Day birthday fundraiser
3/18 Event: Primary Election
3/18 Event: William J. Kelly Victory Party at the Chicago Hilton
11/4 Event: General Election

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