Meet Alex Armour, Jan Schakowsky’s (D, IL-09) CoS.

    …judging from his Twitter account (H/T: The Campaign Spot) Armour despises and loathes the roughly 60-70% of the population* of the United States that had a problem with the Ground Zero Mosque.  Extra points: Armour apparently also thinks that the expression of said problem demonstrates an ignorance of the purpose of the First Amendment, instead of it being what the First Amendment is for.  I | Read More »

    State of the race: Joel Pollak (R CAND, IL-09).

    We’ve talked with Joel before: he took the time to speak with us yesterday. Joel’s site is here : he’ll be on Hannity tonight. Moe Lane Crossposted to Moe Lane.

    Meet Joel Pollak (R, IL-09).

    Joel Pollak’s website. My first CPAC video interview: hopefully not my last. Crossposted to Moe Lane.

    Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D, IL-09), insurance industry profiteer.

    This came up a couple of days ago: …while Rep. Schakowsky likes to attack health insurance profits, those profits have found a way into her own pocket. Her 2008 financial disclosure statement to the U.S. House of Representatives reveals that she owns several mutual funds that, in turn, own stock in major health insurance companies and provide her with dividend income. Through her mutual funds, Schakowsky has | Read More »

    HCAN organizer in impromptu astroturf seminar.

    (Via Gateway Pundit) This got filmed yesterday, and shows an organizer for HCAN giving quick instructions on how to keep Rep. Jan Schakowsky‘s constituents from being heard when they raise concerns on the health care rationing bill: As Glenn Reynolds notes, there’s a certain amount of projection going on, here. Moe Lane

    Jan Schakowsky (D, IL-09) loves her tax fraud.

    I agree with Glenn Reynolds that Rep Schakowsky’s comments about the Tea Parties (‘despicable’ and ‘shameful’) were ‘pathetic.’ I also agree that the fact that she’s married to a convicted tax fraud (not to mention, Huffington Post writer) to be ‘ironic.’ But I’d like to add one: Utterly Typical: “The husband of an Illinois congresswoman was sentenced to five months in prison Wednesday. Robert Creamer | Read More »