IL-06 Nightmare not over yet!

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 9:03 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 09:03

Halloween has come and gone, but our nightmare in the IL-06 continues. We are trapped in Roskam World. In Roskam World, big oil money dictates the decisions Congress makes.
In Roskam World, abortion is banned - even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is in danger. In Roskam's world, President Bush is right over 93% of the time. Roskam World votes have ended up terrorizing our 401k's.

It is a world of extremism and horror. We don't need to stay in Roskam World anymore.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 5:06 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 17:06

Republican Peter Roskam recently asked this question in an interview: "Why can women have abortions if rapists can't be executed?"

Roskam equates rape with abortion. If an expectant mother is suffering from a serious illness, and the proper medical procedure is to interrupt the pregnancy to prevent the death of the mother, Roskam says that is the same as rape. And he wants to legislate all of these social issues, including in-vitro fertilization. (Make it a rule that all embryo's are brought to fruition. As in born. Federal law.) We think that Roskam is a right wing nut job who doesn't represent the sixth district.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 4:04 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 16:04

We are detecting the whiff of fear in the Roskam campaign. Why else in the world would they erect a website that showcases Obama voters who are rushing out to vote for Republican Peter Roskam. Here it is on Hardball.

Here is a quote from the site:

“First of all, I’m a member of the mutual admiration society for Peter Roskam,” Obama is prominently quoted as saying on the Web site’s home page. “He is terrific.” The quote from Obama comes from 2004, when he and Roskam were serving together in the Illinois state Senate.

We need Senator Obama to Endorse Jill Morgenthaler, publicly, loudly, on the record, from where ever he is campaigning. Today, Tomorrow, He just has to say it to the press.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 8:09 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 20:09

It's all about "Franking" privileges. The small print gets complicated and boring pretty quick. But the bottom line is that you can't use taxpayer money for campaign mailings. And that's what Roskam has been up to. So it's going to be investigated in Congress.

I'm not sure it's a deal breaker for Roskam. Just another piece of the slime trail that he leaves behind as he runs his dirty filthy campaign against Jill Morgenthaler.

He is running an ad that goes on and on about how Jill will raise taxes. Raise them on single people, married people, businesses, well, just everyone my god! Don't know where they come up with this BS. Jill certainly didn't say I'm going to raise your taxes!

Final note: Roskam was invited to debate by a third party and he refused. He won't defend his record or explain his voting record in a public forum.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 7:40 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 19:40

There is new life and new hope in the Jill Morgenthaler campaign in the Illinois 6th district. Jill has a new TV buy here and is getting some great endorsements from not only the Chicago Tribune but also the smaller local papers as well. Here is her commercial:

Yes, that's Jill. Army Colonel. Business woman. Mom. I like her and I hope she wins.

IL-06 The Roskam Record

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 1:46 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 13:46

Many questions are unanswered about Peter Roskam's brief record in the Illinois sixth district. His failure to debate, to defend or explain his record to the people of the district is disturbing.

His extremely negative campaign currently running on TV and Radio is despicable and cowardly, besides being filled with untruths and distortions. We don't think that this kind of politics is in line with the needs or ethics of the 6th district. His positions are extreme and out of sync with the district.

Fact: he votes with Bush over 90% of the time. Fact: he votes in favor of tax breaks for Big Oil. Fact: he voted against veterans benefits. Fact: he is co-sponsoring a bill that will censor literature sold on military bases. Fact: he is against abortion even if the health of the mother is at risk. Fact: he voted against the bailout, twice.

The fact is that Peter Roskam doesn't deserve another term as our congressman. We need Jill Morgenthaler.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 8:19 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 20:19

Jill Morgenthaler's campaign for the Illinois 6th district got a tremendous boost with a great endorsement from none other than the right leaning home town paper, The Chicago Tribune. Jill is in a fight led by a well funded experienced negative campaigner (and Trial Lawyer) Peter Roskam. (So, not only favorite son Obama gets the nod, but Jill in the 6th gets a boost too!) Here is the endorsement published 10/21:

Two years ago, Rep. Peter Roskam eked out a narrow victory in the west suburban 6th District over Tammy Duckworth. Now he faces another smart woman with military experience, Democrat Jill Morgenthaler, who served for 30 years in the Army Reserve. She ran the Illinois homeland security office from 2005 to 2007 and calls herself an "Army colonel, businesswoman, mom."

Roskam has a generally solid voting record, but he lends his name to some causes that would turn Congress into a busybody. He has co-sponsored a bill that would push the Defense Department to ban Playboy and R-rated movies from sale on military bases. He supports another bill that could put the clamps on in-vitro fertilization. Finally, Roskam opposes the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. That's a key issue for this region—and Morgenthaler is right to support expansion. She gets the nod.

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 5:13 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 17:13

We are in a tough fight in the IL 6th district. Our current Rep, Peter Roskam, is against a woman's right to choose in any case. Rape, incest, woman's health at risk -- doesn't care.

He is supporting legislation that is very cleverly worded. It would insist that every viable fertilized embryo -- yes, those fertilized eggs in storage from fertility clinics, would be required by law to be brought to term. (I guess not by the actual parents, but be made available to others.)

While this sounds like an interesting way for a fertility clinic to earn some extra income, the whole thing just seems so ridiculous that I can't imagine it passing. More likely, it is one of those bills set up to pander to the base with enough foolishness in it that it won't ever be brought to the floor, but the candidate can say that he tried. Jill has a cute response that hits to the point, below the fold.

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Thursday October 16, 2008 · 9:59 AM PDT

2008/10/16 · 09:59

One Term Republican Peter Roskam is good at doing things in twos. He voted against the bailout, twice, helping to exacerbate a national financial nightmare. And he continues to smear Jill Morgenthaler with a series of TV and Radio commercials that are full of untruths and misleading information. Just like he did to Tammy Duckworth two years ago.

During the last campaign, Roskam claimed that Tammy wanted to "Cut and Run" from Iraq. What a cruel joke. Tammy can't run anywhere. She lost both her legs in Iraq.

His toofer this time is a pile of nonsense against veteran Jill Morgenthaler. Jill has thirty years in the military, including ten months in Iraq and a bronze star. Both of these women are strong leaders, recognized by the military with the ranks of Major and Colonel. Both have run straightforward honest campaigns. And both have said that we should get out of Iraq. It has been over 300 billion dollars and plenty of blood since Tammy said it two years ago.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 9:15 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 09:15

We have a tough fight out in the Illinois 6th district. One Term Republican congressman Peter Roskam against Jill Morgenthaler. Jill is a vet, a retired Colonel, a bronze star winner with 30 years of active and reserve military service. She did ten months in Iraq and has served in a bunch of other hot spots in her career. She has worked at the Argonne National Laboratory and as the Illinois Homeland Security Advisor.

The fight has suddenly gotten very loud and very dirty, at least on the RED side. It must be that they fear the coat tails effect of the Obama wave. The Roskam campaign is hitting hard with an extremely negative campaign that is full of slurs and lies.

In the last election, Tammy Duckworth was also very unfairly maligned by Roskam. She is also an Iraqi War Hero, a triple amputee Helicopter Pilot and would have been good for Vets and the middle class in Illinois. She almost won, but was a victim of another Republican dirty smear campaign. John McCain chose to come out and campaign against this fellow vet, to fight against her while supporting a rich trial lawyer. I for one will not forgive him for that.

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