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PROMINENT REPUBLICAN LEADER ENDORSES JOAN SOLMS
by George Kocan
AURORA, IL.
One of the top Republicans in the State of Illinois endorsed Democrat Linda Chapa LaVia's challenger in the November election for the State Representative of the 83rd District. The district includes the city of Aurora and most of Kane County.
A highly respected leader among pro-lifers and conservatives, Tom Roeser gave the keynote speech at Joan Solm's fund-raiser, April 21. A radio talk-show host ("Political Shoot-Out," WLS- 890AM, Sundays 8 - 9pm) and newspaper columnist in the Chicago Sun-Times, he gave this woman, whom he has known for 35 years, his enthusiastic support.
The event, at Louigi's Pizza Restaurant, on Prairie St. in Aurora, attracted political friends from all around the six-county area.
Republican Committeeman Bob Mitchell, from Kane County, took on the hosting role and started the proceedings by introducing Douglas Booth, Executive Director of the Kane County Republican Central Committee.
Booth praised Solms for her common sense, a quality lacking among many politicians today. He also praised Roeser for his leadership in the Catholic Citizens of Illinois and its newsletter, which he regularly sends to his Catholic mother-in-law. He expressed great appreciation for the newsletter, a significant gesture since Booth professes a different faith.
Solms stands for the principles that all Republicans should stand for, for enforcement of immigration laws, for low taxes, for the right to life, for gun rights and family rights, he said.
Booth then turned the podium over to Roeser, who provided an optimistic view of the coming elections. He offered the opinion that Sen. Barak Obama will win the nomination for the presidency in the Democrat contest. However, contrary to the expectations of some, Obama will lose. In the history of American politics, the electorate has avoided extremist candidates, and Obama clearly fits that description. He has built up the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate, even more liberal than that of his rival in the Democrat Party, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
When the electorate finally starts paying attention to politics, Obama's candidacy will founder. Roeser explained that normal persons do not pay much attention to politics, unlike the political activists in the room. The public has a "sleepy eye," which opens up just weeks before the election.
Then the eye has a chance of seeing the candidates and making a judgment.
Democrat Sen. George McGovern, a charismatic candidate for President, a war hero, lost to the uncharismatic Richard Nixon because the "sleepy eye"
opened and, "fastened on the flub of picking Tom Eagleton for vice president who had acknowledged that he had had shock treatments for depression. McGovern first said he would stand by him "1000%" but didn't and the DNC (Democrat National Committee) picked Sargent Shriver."
Finally, Joan Solms took the podium and made her pitch. Republicans can win if they come out strong for the election, she said. In the special March election, where Democrat Bill Foster beat Republican Jim Oberweis, only 20% of the voters came out.
Democrats work harder than Republicans, she said. As an election judge, she witnessed their behavior as aggressive and ruthless. Conservatives have to get the vote out by contacting and mobilizing friends, relatives, and neighbors.