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Word from Tammy D.: Allen West a scumbag

This in mail from the lady who served her country in the military:

It was bad enough that our opponent accepted an endorsement and fundraising help from radical right-wing extremist and former Congressman Allen West.

Who is also a former military person, about which Tammy’s camp offers nary a mention.

But at last night’s big fundraiser, it got worse. During West’s speech last night, he claimed that Tammy has “forgotten her oath” to defend the Constitution as a member of the military, and “taken that oath to a political party.” [italics added]

Tough language — “this gutter political attack,” says Tammy’s man — but from a former military person like Tammy. Which is worth noting.

Paul Schimpf fund-raiser in Glen Ellyn Aug. 30

He’s our anti-Madigan cruising toward an upset, needing $

Oak Park Republicans

Elect a Marine, not a Madigan

Aug. 30 – 1:00 PM – Fundraiser for Paul Schimpf, Republican Candidate for Attorney General, at Churchill Woods in Glen Ellyn, DuPage Forest Preserve. Dan Proft, Kevin Wiley and Jim Oberweis for U.S. Senate will be speaking. Music and Food.

For more info, contact: Dr. Brian Medley – 708-212-0132. Suggested donation $25.00

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Progressives are different from the rest of us. Here’s how . . .

Progressivism revised down:

Modern “progressives” are not, as some economic conservatives would say, socialists. In fact, today’s so-called progressives are not even particularly progressive, at least in the usual sense of seeking to redistribute wealth from rich to poor.

As Fred Siegel has noted, contemporary progressivism is an upper-middle-class movement that caters to the social libertarianism of coastal elites, while paying lip service to left-wing economic concerns.

Even when modern progressives do support economic development, they often do so in ways that stand traditional progressivism on its head—redistributing wealth upward to favored industries. [paragraphing
mine]

They do have their ways of doing things, do they not?

Oak Park’s thieves on bicycycles — nailed by OP cops

Oak Park Chronicles

Oak Park is handy to young thieves:

“Criminals can simply hop on a bicycle, cross the border to commit crimes and then flee back into a dense urban neighborhood,” said Police Chief Rick Tanksley. He described the situation as “among the disadvantages of sharing a border with [Chicago].” 

Wow. It’s a border. Used to be the city line. Border crossings are at the heart of this problem.

But cops are on the job. Crucial job it is.

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