Written by Fran Eaton, IllinoisReview.com
Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross (Plainfield) gambled and lost on a potential run for attorney general and now finds himself trying to fend off attempts by rank-and-file state lawmakers looking to take away the job he’s got.
Cross, who has led the long-out-of-power House GOP for 10 years, had a promotion in mind at the end of spring session in late May, telling his members he’d likely run for the state’s chief legal office if Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan pursued a run for governor.… Continue Reading
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Written by Fran Eaton, IllinoisReview.com
Time and time again, Illinois social conservatives are lectured by fiscal conservatives that social issues should be kicked to the curb. According to a new study, social conservatives are actually more important to the Republican base than economic conservatives.
As part of the collaborative “2013 Economic Values Survey” by the Public Research Institute and the Brookings Institution, researchers found that fiscal conservatism “has the weakest hold in American public opinion.”… Continue Reading
On his June 14, 2013 radio show, Rush Limbaugh delivered a powerful monologue, correctly arguing that in addition to its innate atrociousness, abortion is “at the root of our cultural decay” as a nation, its impact stretching from respect for life and personal responsibility to crime, immigration, and the economy:
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Written by Fran Eaton, Illinois Review
The drive to pass same-sex marriage in Illinois has drawn support from far and near. Last week, wealthy homosexual activists began pouring cash into state lawmakers’ campaign coffers. In addition to the money from Equality Illinois (story HERE), several nationally-known marriage redefinition funders rewarded Illinois GOP House members for supporting, and signing on as co-sponsors of, SB 10 – the gay marriage bill.
For example, Tim Gill, founder of Quark Industries, which he sold in 2009 to spend more time in promoting LGBT legislative efforts, sent Republican State Reps.
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Last Friday, Equality Illinois showed its gratitude to two Illinois House Republicans who broke ranks and declared their support for legalization of gay marriage in Illinois. The organization’s appreciation was in the form of $5,000 checks to State Reps. Ron Sandack (HERE) and Ed Sullivan (HERE).
For Sandack, the 2013 contribution from the gay activist organization is antithetical to his support in last year’s election, which included investments from conservative groups such as Paul Caprio‘s Family PAC (HERE), Jack Roeser (HERE), and Adam Andrzejewski‘s For The Good of Illinois PAC (HERE).
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Exposing themselves as the radical liberals they are, Jimmy LaSalvia (pictured above) — the founder of faux Republican homosexual group GOProud — has now been hired by the far left ACLU to promote marriage redefinition. This partnership should remove any lingering doubts to the real agenda of homosexual so-called “Republicans.”
Written by Bridget Johnson, PJMedia.com
The American Civil Liberties Union has hired the outgoing executive director of Republican gay-rights group GOProud to lead an effort to bring GOPs on the side of same-sex marriage.
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July 30, 2013 9:54 AM | 
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