IL Republican mutiny on WLS-AM this morning RE: Senate race!

[wndycty]

I just finished listening to the best hour of radio I have ever heard. Jay Marvin and Eileen Byrne (neither of whom I can stand) had Jim Oberweis, who came in 2nd in the primary and Mary Alice Erickson, vice chair of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee. Well Ms. Erickson and the Illinois Republican party were taken to task over the selection process to replace Jack Ryan.

The rank and file Illinois Republican is pissed. Pissed that Jack Ryan is out, pissed that Oberweis is not in, pissed that the selection comes down to liberal leaning Black female Republican who was reprimanded for lewd behavior in the White House and a Black conservative carpetbagger.

This is too damned funny!

[buycitgo]

1. good for YOU

that Eileen Byrne.....is there ANYBODY worse than she is?

and I MEAN that: Rush, Ollie, Horowitz; think of the absolute bottom of the barrel, and she'll be sucking their heels

I really can't stomach her

Jay can be reasonable, but I have NEVER listened to that show, so I dunno what effect she has on him

thanks for the headsup, though, and I hope you have some pepto

[buycitgo]

2. oh....you saw that thread that got locked yesterday

doing a realtime call on the meeting?

the one with the picture of the wig guy?

that was one of the funniest things I've seen in quite awhile!

[Walt Starr]

19. The wig guy

I truly wish they would have picked this guy because at least there would have been some comdeic relief to the campaign. As it is, one can only look at the IL GOP and shake their heads in disgust:

Here he is showing up yesterday:



and these are from his web site:











I'm not certain, but I would hazard a guess this is with his landlord:



And these:





and having a drink at the Town Square tavern :evilgrin: :

[monarch]

26. The "landlord" is the Connecticut Secretary of the State,

Susan Bysiewicz. Can anybody provide the context?

[Walt Starr]

27. I was talking the picture under that one

:evilgrin:

[Longhorn]

32. Okay, I have completely missed this story.

Who the heck is the "wig guy?"

[Walt Starr]

33. He was one of the thirteen potentials interviewed by the committee

If the IL GOP had been smart, they would have filmed a reality show on this because you seriously cannot make this shit up! At least the revenues could have been added to their coffers after they are destroyed this year, and the episode with Ditka storming out would have had very high ratings!

[Longhorn]

36. Thanks!

And we think we have wacky politicians in Texas! :D

[buycitgo]

35. thanks, walt!

now, who has that thread?

as for comic relief, Keyes will provide plenty

I'm hoping for him

still very bummed that Coach Dikkka chickened out

I'm certain that the wife put the kibosh on that one, though

or, second choice, he's very well aware of the MYRIAD skeletons in his overflowing closet

still, can you imagine how much fun that woulda been?

and did you see that moran Kass' column about him?

one of the very few of his I've ever bothered to read

[hatrack]

60. I say "Wig", you say "Guy"!!

"Wig GUY, Wig GUY!!!"

Hard to choose between him and Keyes . . . ;-)

[dansolo]

49. Deborah Rowe is much worse

Deborah Rowe is a total Bush-whore.

[buycitgo]

51. no, she is just very very very very STUPID

Byrne is a shrieking lying virago, whose voice is like ground glass on a chalkboard

MUCH more offensive than Deborah Rowebot

[KharmaTrain]

62. She's A Sad Sell-Out Going Nowhere...

Deborah started at small WVON...the black talk station and did fairly well...and got hired by Zemirah Jones at WLS a couple years ago to for the "double minority" points of having both a woman and black on the air.

Deborah wasn't ready for WLS when she got there and was teamed up with others for a while and was usually the "moderate" or even "liberal". That all changed after 9/11 when the station went hard right and completely off my push buttons. She thought she could create a unique niche: Female Black Conservative talk host. Ya know, TV shows and being paraded around and made to feel important and liked and petted and...just one problem, her air work still sucks.

Oh well, at least here's a case where affirmative action and EEOC rules may have gone wrong...LOL.

[Skidmore]

3. Lewd behavior????

Do tell.

[wndycty]

5. Enjoy

-snip-
The Chicago Sun-Times obtained a copy of the internal inquiry into whether Barthwell created a "hostile workplace." An agency spokeswoman confirmed its accuracy and said Barthwell was sent to anti-sexual harassment training and Equal Employment Opportunity training. "The matter was addressed to the satisfaction of all parties," said agency spokeswoman Jennifer de Vallance.

Barthwell said the Dec. 19, 2002, office party was to celebrate the holidays and workers with birthdays that month. She admitted to participating in what she described as "light banter back and forth" after a heterosexual worker mistakenly said he had to walk his "boyfriend's dog."

"He meant to say 'my daughter's boyfriend's dog,'" Barthwell said. "One of his co-workers picked up on it and teased him. . . . And I engaged in the banter also.
-snip-

Barthwell also said she is recovering from addictions to alcohol, cocaine, prescription drugs and marijuana, but has not used any of those substances for 20 years.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-sen16.html

[LynneSin]

4. Did you see who Illinois GOP is choosing between

http://www.illinoisleader.com/printer/article.asp?c=18231

A pretty liberal republican (she's contributed to Jesse Jackson Jr and voted democrat in the last 3 elections) who had allegations by her staff for demonstrating "lewd and abusive behavior" while serving in the Bush administration.

or a conservative Talk show host who not only is a resident of Maryland but ran for US Senate in that state twice.

Their common background: The 2 African Americans who applied for the job.

[Walt Starr]

6. I hear splashing

Thousands of Illinois Republicans are jumping ship.

Looks like Jerry Kohn, the Libertarian candidate, stands a pretty good chance of coming in second!

[wndycty]

7. Its still going on. . .

. . .they are taking calls. 890 AM or http://www.wlsam.com

[fob]

52. Jerry Kohn? You do realize that's an anagram of John Kerry, not to

mention the fact that Kohn is Kerry's family name that was changed to Kerry upon arrival to the USA.

THAT is pretty eerie.

[Walt Starr]

54. But it's for real

http://www.kohn2004.org/

Weird

[terrya]

8. Hell, maybe at this point, they should beg Peter Fitzgerald to change..

his mind. At this point, they might as well.

Not that I'm saddened by all of this. :-)

[wndycty]

9. Oberweis noted that. . .

. . .no one has called in to support Barthwell.

[buycitgo]

15. reminds me....remember that one of Oberweis' staffers

had a sign supporting mexican immigrants!

????????????

sorta like Bormann carrying a sign giving a headsup to Juden?

[Walt Starr]

10. I think that the Illinois Party apparatus wre the ones holding the smoking

gun that put Fitzgerald out, but Bushco put the gun in their hands.

No way is he coming back. since Bush appointed Barthwell, I suspect she will be the candidate as Keyes came out opposed to the war and Bushco got him booted from MSNBC over it.

[wndycty]

12. I did not know that. . .

. . .Bushco got Keyes booted off of MSNBC.

[buycitgo]

17. he wasn't on long, and had VERY VERY low ratings

like Scarborough

[LynneSin]

11. Maybe they can bring Abe Lincoln back from the dead

Might be their only hope to beat Obama

[Walt Starr]

13. lincoln would probably lose the debate

:evilgrin:

[buycitgo]

39. problem is, if he came back.....

he'd become a dem faster than he could shave off his beard

[RobertSeattle]

14. Memo to Obama Staff:

Go ahead and send the order to the printer for "Senator Obama" stationery.

[wndycty]

16. Well actually he is already a state senator so that is his title

:kick:

[RobertSeattle]

59. OK OK

United States Senator

[chiburb]

18. MUST READ!!!!!!!!

More on one of the finalists:


In front of her staff, Andrea Grubb Barthwell made repeated comments about the sexual orientation of a staff member and used a kaleidoscope to make sexually offensive gestures, according to the findings of a March 19, 2003, "hostile workplace memorandum" prepared by drug policy office staff. The Associated Press obtained the memorandum.

"Dr. Barthwell made reference to this staff member sitting on men's laps. A kaleidoscope pointed upward was placed on a chair by Dr. Barthwell as the staff member was about to sit down," it said.

"Dr. Barthwell suggested that the staff member would want to cut the cake available for the gathering because the knife was 'long and hard' and he might 'enjoy handling it.' When the cake was cut, Dr. Barthwell referred to the pieces as 'most' or 'beefy' and she said to the staff member, 'I know you like it big and meaty.'"

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040715_934.html

[wndycty]

20. LOL

:kick:

[buycitgo]

21. I want to PARTAY with this chick, dude!

what's her phone number

time to get her back on the pipe, 'z my guess

[terrya]

22. Jesus Christ. THIS is our next Senator?

No. HELL NO, actually.

[Walt Starr]

23. No, THIS is our next Senator

[LynneSin]

24. Illinois is so playing the race card with these 2 choices

I'm sure on the list of possible contenders they had some extremely qualified folks to run on the GOP ticket. But the idiots decided they had to pick a black candidate so they could counter the fact that Obama is African-American. And now they have 2 idiots that'll be trounced on because one was involved in her own sex scandal and the other is a carpetbagger.

Do republicans think that African-American voters are THAT stupid??

[chiburb]

28. Only flaw in your post is that

"they had some extremely qualified folks to run on the GOP ticket"

Nope. That's why they're in this national laughfest...

Other than that, to answer your question, probably.

[dansolo]

50. The qualified ones are staying away

Steve Rauchenberger (sp?) could have at least made it a contest, but he declined.

[snippy]

25. Is there anything about the internal strife within the Illinois republican

party which could be exported to other states? Or is it unique to Illinois?

[wndycty]

29. Well we can try. . .

. . .it is my understanding that the White House is somehow involved. It is giving its blessings to the Illinois GOP, if there is a way to let others know what is going on here that could help.

[KharmaTrain]

30. Need Even More Fun? Lookee Here...

http://www.illinoisleader.com/discussion/display_forum_topics.asp?ForumID=40

This is where the imploding has been going on for weeks. Angst upon angst.

I'm listening and loving all of this...especially on Repugnican WLS.

BTW...check out Tom Roeser's Repugnican hivedweller show on Sunday night...that's show's been real brutal in a wonderful way, too.

[wndycty]

31. Now a committeeman is on

LOL

[KharmaTrain]

34. Is This Segment Sponsored By Oberweis Dairy?

LOL!!!

This is turning into the radio equivelent of whistling past the graveyard. I love it!!!

[wndycty]

38. The committeeman is so depressed. . .it is too too funny

LOL

[wndycty]

40. I think he is crying. . .

. . .his voice is shaking.

[Walt Starr]

45. I just tuned in

It's fun watching the party implode!

[KharmaTrain]

46. Some Violins Are Needed Here...

Followed by the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes"...and the Beatles..."I'm A Loser".

This is like listening to a mercy killing.

BTW...thanks Jay for the lukewarm Kerry/Obama endorsement...like it's a shame to do the damn right thing. And to think I used to really enjoy listening to him.

[KharmaTrain]

41. The Committeeman Tries To Get Byrne To Drink Kool-Aid...

She sips, she spits, turns to Jay and the circular firing squad loads up again. LOL!

Jay Marvin said he wouldn't show up at a Hannity hate fest in the future...WLS sponsors 'em...if he's gonna be the "house liberal" to be booed and beat up on...he wants to be treated with respect (when Pigs fly, Jay). If Jay Marvin is the "liberal" at WLS, we've really got some work to do here in Chicago...LOL!

[wndycty]

43. Yeah Marvin is a blowhard. . .

:kick:

[terrya]

37. From an academic standpoint. who's going to be blamed for this debacle?

In your opinion?

Jack Ryan is through in Illinois politics, that's for sure.

[KharmaTrain]

44. Judy Barr Topinka...

Terry...she's the one holding a bunch of bags here. She's still tied to the George Ryan/Old Guard machine, was the one who supposedly vetted Jack Ryan and has seen the party go to hell over the past 2 years. Her only trump card is she's the only statewide elected Repugnican...and not much else.

She's got her eye on going up against Blago in 2006, but I don't think there's too many in that party that see much beyond November right now...and will be lucky to get there.

What's your thought?

Cheers!

[terrya]

48. Oh, IMR, I think Jack Ryan is the sacrificial lamb in this.

The spin for weeks now is that Ryan wasn't candid with Topinka and Jim Edgar about the divorce stuff...and because of that, Ryan did this to himself...and put the GOP in this position today.

I think instead of challenging Blagojevich in 2006, Ms. Topinka will have her hands full trying to deal with the shambles that the Illinois GOP is in today. This is even worse than 2 years ago.

[dansolo]

53. Ryan has also dragged out this whole process

Has he even filed the papers to formally withdraw from the race yet? I have little sympathy for Judy Barr Topinka, but Jack Ryan has dug his own grave, and he is through in Illinois politics. The IL GOP has a lot to blame Jack Ryan for, but their biggest mistake was not selecting Oberweiss. They seem to be deluding themselves that they actually have a chance in this election. They should have allowed Oberweiss to spend his own money and lose. That way they could have maintained some level of credibility.

[buycitgo]

56. ryan waited FIVE weeks to sign the withdrawal, which he did

a few days ago. my guess is that was his way of stickin it to them, cause he KNOWS his political career is over and done

AFA Oberweis, the WH does NOT want him on there, cause of his very very very strident anti-immigrant stance, and the Ill pugs will NOT put him on under any circs, because of that

it's BAD for chimp's get the hispanic vote to have somebody like Oberwhite on any national ticket

poison

no way will he be the one

[chiburb]

55. Ok, my 2 cents...

1. Jim Thompson for blurring the lines between Rep and Dem. He was cozy with Daley, and it was always about the $$$.
2. George Ryan for furthering the "Combine" and continuing to blur the lines. Also about $$$.
3. Because of #s 1 and 2, there is deep division among Republicans. Some want a return to conservative values (no abortion), and others want to continue the "moderate" course (which really means $$$).
4. Because of #3, there is NO WAY the Rep party can agree on a candidate. TOO far right and the Mods stay home or vote Dem. TOO far left and the RW stays home.

It will be years before they resemble anything like real opposition in Illinois.

[buycitgo]

57. speaking of DINO Daley, did you hear his latest outburst?

heard it on the news: he's supporting the chimp BIGTIME on this terra BS, and stated in no uncertain terms that they are NOT NOT NOT politicizing this stale alert in any way, shape, or form

AND that they're going to spend some bux here to make us even safer than we already aren't

[terrya]

58. I figure at least 2 years before they get their house in order.

Blagojevich can count on another 4 years as Governor. The Legislature will remain in Democratic control.

[buycitgo]

42. haaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

my mom knew him, LOVED him

I talked to him about her on his show once

that's become a very entertaining circular firing squad lately, hasn't it?

circular something else, as well

[janx]

61. And for even MORE LAFFS...

check out the Freeper reaction to the Illinois Leader article!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1184435/posts

[KharmaTrain]

47. I Hope Someone Recorded Or Archived This...

I caught just the last half hour...sounds like the real fireworks were earlier and now it's time for Rush...<click>...

Anyone able to record this or have Replay Radio? It'd be fun to hold onto this hour. Please PM me if you do.

Cheers