Dear Santa,
We know you’re very busy this time of year, but we hope you’ll take a moment to consider our Christmas wish list.
As you know, we’ve been very good for goodness sake. You see us when we’re sleeping and you know when we’re awake, so you know many of us got very little sleep the past several election cycles.… Continue Reading
Almost one month has passed since the November 6th midterm elections. Many have analyzed the losses suffered by the Republican Party in Illinois. To the base of the Party – Conservatives who stand firmly on the adopted Republican Party platform – the causes are abundantly clear. Party leadership made no attempt to unify the Party, failed to support good candidates and failed to effectively communicate to voters the principles of the Republican Party.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
Another election has come and gone. A number of states saw a noticeable political shake-up. For pro-life/pro-family conservatives in Illinois, things went from bad to worse.
As promised last week, Monte Larrick and I are once again joined by Richard Hartian, Chairman of Illinois Family Action, for this episode of Spotlight.
Moving on from the post-mortem of What went wrong?… Continue Reading
Written by John Biver and David E. Smith
Illinois Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Whether it is reaching enough Illinoisans with the facts about the dire fiscal state of Illlinois or about the terrible consequences of the misnamed “Equal Rights Amendment,” GOP leaders can’t seem to make use of the many teachable moments that occur weekly in Illinois politics.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Tribune, Illinois GOP, Jim Durkin, Mike Madigan, sex abuse scand, Tim Mapes, Tim Schneider
Illinois Politics, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
June 14, 2018 4:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
Do you want to know why we’re in the cultural mess we’re in with sexually integrated private spaces and taxpayer-funding of human slaughter? Cowardice–cowardice masquerading as shrewd (i.e., unprincipled) political pragmatism.
In Jeanne Ives, we have one of the finest Republican candidates running for governor in decades. If we designed the perfect Republican candidate, Ives would be it.… Continue Reading
Written by Laurie Higgins
It’s frustrating to see conservatives being played again, this time about Jeanne Ives’ campaign ad.
The ultimate cause of the machinations that result in conservative fear and trembling is the always scheming and bustling Beelzebub. The proximate cause are Leftists who are spinning the ad every which way but due North.
The points being made in the ad are easy-peasy to understand, and the ad is neither mean nor disrespectful.… Continue Reading
Written by John Biver
Now that prominent conservatives are seeing Governor Bruce Rauner for who he really is, we arrive at a genuinely dramatic moment in a state where the Republican Party’s failures have paved the way for Leftist policies to ruin the state.
After signing several outrageously left-wing bills into law, an increasing number of rank and file conservatives and elected political leaders are finally seeing the truth about Governor Rauner.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, David McSweeney, Don Totten, Donald Trump, Doug Ibendahl, Illinois GOP, Jim Thompson, Laurie Higgins, RINOs
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith |
October 6, 2017 6:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
The 2016 Illinois Republican Convention was held in Peoria this past weekend on Friday and Saturday. We are thrilled to report that leftists within the party failed to advance their agenda in the newly adopted 2016 Illinois GOP Platform.
If fact, Illinois Republicans strengthened the Right to Life plank in the platform and rejected an attempt to water down and distort the Marriage and Family plank!… Continue Reading
Tags: Bob Grogan, Chris Cleveland, Dan McConchie, David Norck., Edward Ronkowski, Elisha French, families, Fred Floreth, Illinois GOP, Illinois Republican Platform, Karen Hayes, Kathy Valente, Laurie Bluedorn, Mark Shaw, non-traditional families, Pat Brady, Peter Breen, same-sex marriage, Sharee Langenstein, SSM, Stan Bond, Terri Bryant, Thomas More Society
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith |
May 23, 2016 1:03 PM |
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Senator Kirk and the GOP need to think hard about what happens next.
Written by John Fund
Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk has won a lot of respect for his gritty recovery from a serious stroke in 2012. But his fellow Republicans worry that his recent political and verbal stumbles make him the most vulnerable GOP incumbent up for reelection in 2016 in a state Barack Obama won with 58 percent of the vote in 2012.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Kinzinger, Demetra DeMonte, Election 2016, Greg Hinz, Illinois GOP, Jason Plummer, Joe Walsh, Mark Kirk, Ron Gidwitz, Tammy Duckworth
Federal Elections, Illinois Politics, Political | David E. Smith |
August 3, 2015 11:15 AM |
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Written by Pastor John Kirkwood
While Sandra Fluke and the “Abortion Barbie” – Wendy Davis were soundly defeated on Tuesday night and all over the country thrilling Pro-Life victories were taking place, Mammon and Moloch stole the show in Illinois. With Bruce Rauner’s victory in the gubernatorial election, there’s a new sheriff in town and he’s not partial to the unborn or to Biblical marriage.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bruce Rauner, Charles Krauthammer, David Axelrod, Democrat Party, Doug Truax, George Will, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Illinois GOP, Jeanne Ives, Jim Oberweis, Judy Baar Topinka, Mark Kirk, Paul Alinsky, Republican Party, Sandra Fluke, Tom Cross, Tom Morrison, Valerie Jarrett, Wendy Davis, William Kristol
Illinois Politics, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
November 6, 2014 5:54 AM |
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