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Saturday, March 08, 2008

In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis, who lost his fourth high-profile election in six years, following an expensive and highly negative contest.

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HA-HA!

Bill Foster drank Oberweis's milkshake.

Republican Jim Oberweis, who lost his fourth high-profile election in six years

Guy needs to take the hint.

HA-HA!

Posted by Jomama

Nelson concurs with that assessment!

Cool article!

First, Spud always hated HazTurd.

Second, Oberweis-guy should think about renaming himself Unterweiss after this, his 4th consecutive FAIL.

(That's a little Germanic humour, folks)

Third, he loses to a relatively unknown physicist?

Ha! Spud wonders if Zat has heard of the fella.

Finally, THIS...

Sen. Barack Obama could bring out a huge turnout if he's the Democratic presidential nominee

No mention of Hellcat drawing such record numbers?

Okay okay, it is a Chicago paper but that's still funny fer Spud.

Funny cos it's true.

GObama. 08ama '08.

Be Well.

Republican Jim Oberweis, who lost his fourth high-profile election in six years

Guy needs to take the hint


~NG3

Yeah, maybe he and Alan Keyes can open a hot-dog stand together or sommat, eh?

^_^

Be Well.

Denny Hastert's seat.

images.google.com

Denny Hastert's seat

MASSIVELY funny!

Be Well.

Bill Foster drank Oberweis's milkshake

~Rein

He drank it up!

Ha! There will be pop culture references.

Be Well.

Spud,

Oberweis ice cream shops have the best shakes I've ever tasted. He should forget the political game.

www.oberweisdairy.com

Oberweis ice cream shops have the best shakes I've ever tasted. He should forget the political game

Sweet baby Jeebus! They gots Apple Strudel Ice Cream now!!

Spud luffs ice cream.
Spud luffs apple strudel.

In a word, YUM!

Be Well.

"during Foster's 22 years at Fermilab he participated in several notable projects, including the design of equipment and data analysis software for the CDF Detector, which were used in the discovery of the top quark, and the management of the design and construction of a 3km Anti-Proton Recycler Ring for the Main Injector"

Dude. I'm making a mess of my pants here. I thought my Rep (Nancy Boyda) was pretty cool for having been an analytical chemist and chemistry teacher. Good show Illinois!

Hu Jintao (hydroelectric dams), Jiang Zemin (electronics), and much of the top leadership of China are engineers and scientists. Seems like they might be on the right track, there.

Geez I don't know but would anybody willingly touch Hastert's seat - oooowwww groody !!!!

McCain is the lamest duck since McGovern ~ probably or Carter (with the Bush engineered Oct Surprise...too bad Bush Sr buddy's son ~ Hinckley failed in his aim?

ps Maybe Reagan after being shot was a "walkin"?:>)

An interesting/important tidbit from a blogger. I've nothing to add to this:

"Make no mistake.. this is HUGE for Obama
This is much bigger than his win today in Wyoming IMO... THIS is the kind of victory that will really make the super-delegates take notice.

Obama, in the midst of his primary campaign took the time to make a commercial to help a fellow democrat.

Obama also made his illinois organization available to foster... I've been getting e-mails (as an IL resident) about helping with the foster race for a while now from Obama's team... from what I heard they helped, canvass, phonebank and GOTV

This really changes the narrative behind the scenes for the super-delegates.. .we have HRC out claiming McCain is fit to be president and Obama is not.. while Obama is helping a fellow democrat win a race in a congressional distrct that has been red since 1974.

And it doesn't hurt that obama raised 55 million last month....

This week has turned out much better for Obama than it looked like it would.

I will not be surprised to see some major SD movement after this tuesday's race

by Capt Morgan on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:31:27 PM PST"

As far as being "Fit" for President goes - Dubya Bush is now the current President - so how do you square that with anything on the up and up?
Also as for Obama he was a complete unknown less than a year ago - So where is all his financial backing suddenly coming from? Yes thats right most of it is coming directly from Corporate America!!! Does that tell you anything???

Foster is just a hack. Another Chicago/Daly machine politician.

Just like Barak H-U-S-S-E-I-N Osama.




So where is all his financial backing suddenly coming from? Yes thats right most of it is coming directly from Corporate America!!! Does that tell you anything???

Posted by AntiCadillac


Not sure, but I THINK it might tell us how misinformed you are.

Forget Oberweis! Buy his shake and you are supporting his political campaign.

I don't care HOW good it tastes, Monst is not a patron of Oberweis products!

Otherwise what a HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY moment! A democrat won in the Heart of RONALD REAGAN VILLE USA!

This is a large GOP stronghold. This does not bode well for the GOP candidates in the NOV election.

There is going to be a HUGE sweep of all political offices coming. Happy Happy joy joy!!

The candidate used to work at FERMI LAB. Maybe Bush should not have cut back on the FERMI LAB budget and this guy would still be working there!

Then again, ANYONE democrat would probably win! Good bye GOP dirty tricks and corrupt government!!

The TIME has ARRIVED! Time for a CLEAN SWEEP of all the republicans from office!

H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N

I LOVE THE NAME!

H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N H-U-S-S-E-I-N

GoBama!!!

(oh. and ef u verm.)

ah and we see just how much it hurts for people to just say the name......hussein.....
and this is almost like a democrat pep rally.well please feel free to keep celebrating but if I were a candidate, I would just point out the fuckup in mich and fla. this is democrat in action.

make a rule
give a punishment for breaking that rule

when it doesnt suit them
change the rule
forget the punishment.

liberalism in all its nonsensical mental fraility.

I would also point out the democrat lying and bullshit when leading democrats in the dnc tell you that it was the fault of a republican majority in florida when in fact the bill to move the primary was put forth by a democrat and was passed with NOT ONE SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTING NO......and yet its the fault of a republican majority.
you couldnt make up a better definition of why liberal democrats should remain on the outside looking in.

"...special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert."

How is that possible given an Dem Illinois General Assembly and Governor?

"Oberweis has now spent nearly $9 million of his own money on six elections the last six years and still does not hold elected office."

LMAO

"How is that possible given an Dem Illinois General Assembly and Governor?"

There are (plenty) of Republicans in suburban Illinois. Part of redistricting is to corral your opponents into certain districts where they are the large majority, so you can carve up several districts where you have a small majority. And, if you're going to "preserve" a Republican seat, you'd do it for an old influential opponent (Hastert) who brings plenty of money into the state.

Don't they teach gerrymandering 101 any more?

Lawn,

Every CD in IL is gerrymandered, which is why the D/R split usually changes little (Melissa Bean being an exception). I live in CD17, the old Lane Evans seat (now Phil Hare's). The Repubs couldn't even take it when Evans was barely able to function from his Parkinsons'. For the Dems to flip this seat is an accomplishment.

When will thoes wild spending and corrupt politicians learn????

Thoes republicians went wild when they had a majority. STUPID!

A sign of things to come? A 2009 congress solidly (two thirds?) Democratic behind a Democratic President O'Bama. Hell, it might even stop the war and do something for the American people. herm

As long as it wasn't a toilet seat at the airport!




Just like Barak H-U-S-S-E-I-N Osama.

Posted by vernon at 2008-03-09 08:24 AM


that is PRESIDENT Barak H-U-S-S-E-I-N Osama to YOU VERN... get used to it...



Moohaha!

hahahahahahahahaha!

If he's gonna be sitting in HazTurd's seat-he'd better get the rethug shit sandblasted off it.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!!!! But the poor guy has to fumigate Hasturd's office now....

"Oberweis ice cream shops have the best shakes I've ever tasted."

I use to think so...then I tasted Cold Stone! Now THAT is yummy plus!!!!!! Makes Oberweis taste like over-priced generic! LOL!

Barack HUSSEIN Obama versus John INSANE McCain?

Spud picks the not crazy one!

Easy Peasy!

Oberweis ice cream shops have the best shakes I've ever tasted

Spud fergot to thank Rein fer explaining the additional layer of meaning to that pop culture reference.

Ta! Spud is appreciate!! ^_^

On Topic?

The fact that the D's have managed to topple a gerrymandered "safe" seat in Illinois can only bode well fer the General election.

Be Well.

what a HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY moment!

~Monst.

Agreed.

Let us sing!

Be Well.

So where is all his financial backing suddenly coming from? Yes thats right most of it is coming directly from Corporate America!!! Does that tell you anything???

Posted by AntiCadillac


Can you pull rabbits outa their too?


liberalism in all its nonsensical mental fraility.

posted by BLT


Ya just gotta love spelling errors in intelligence insults, bravo!

ah and we see just how much it hurts for people to just say the name......hussein.....
and this is almost like a democrat pep rally.well please feel free to keep celebrating but if I were a candidate, I would just point out the fuckup in mich and fla. this is democrat in action.

make a rule
give a punishment for breaking that rule

when it doesnt suit them
change the rule
forget the punishment.

liberalism in all its nonsensical mental fraility.

I would also point out the democrat lying and bullshit when leading democrats in the dnc tell you that it was the fault of a republican majority in florida when in fact the bill to move the primary was put forth by a democrat and was passed with NOT ONE SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTING NO......and yet its the fault of a republican majority.
you couldnt make up a better definition of why liberal democrats should remain on the outside looking in.

Posted by bushlovertwo at 2008-03-09 09:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

I suppose you wouldn't mind then if the dems continually point out the accounting scandal that is going on with the RNC? You know, all those million of dollars that they have stolen and then cooked the books about?

Can you pull rabbits outa their too?

...

Ya just gotta love spelling errors in intelligence insults, bravo!

Posted by tigerbalm


Ladies and Gentleman...the self-retorting retort.

that is PRESIDENT Barak H-U-S-S-E-I-N Osama to YOU VERN... get used to it...
Posted by donnerboy


I can't wait for January. After Vern, BL2 ,Bowa...etc's heads explode when they try to say "President Barack HUSSAIN Obama", we won't have to read their putrid bile here anymore.

According to FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, Hastert was receiving part of the $40 billion Drug trade passing through Turkey in suitcases delivered to his home.

GHW Bush was helping Pakistan develop Nuclear weapons. Plame and Edmonds were railroaded while the NeoCon continue their life of crime with equally corrupt leaders from around the world. The common thread between the translater and CIA spy was transfer of nuclear weapons technology.

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