Tuesday, December 27, 2005

A cancer spreading in the Republican Party? Gidwitz and Rauschenberger discuss on TV/Web

"Public Affairs," with Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ron Gidwitz and his running mate Lt. Gov. candidate and State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger is airing tonight in 24 Chicago metro suburbs in its regular Tuesday time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.

The show is also available now to be watched anytime as a webcast on the Public Affairs Cinema Complex [See here].

The show will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, Jan. 2 at 8:30 pm on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21.
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The episode of Public Affairs featuring Gidwitz and Rauschenberger airs tonight at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette

And at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.

And tomorrow, Wednesday, and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 and Thursday, in a special airing at 9:00 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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A partial transcript of the show is included immediately below.
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Jeff Berkowitz: [DuPage County State’s Attorney] Joe Birkett, he’s now her [Topinka’s] running mate [for Governor], is he a part of the problem?

Ron Gidwitz: We’ll see.

Jeff Berkowitz: What do you think, [Steve] Rauschenberger? Senator Rauschenberger?

Sen. Steve Rauschenberger: I’m disappointed that the State’s Attorney in DuPage County [Joe Birkett] doesn’t see any wrongdoing anywhere that he needs to speak out about. He said, “Until the federal government indicts someone, I have no comment.” That doesn’t sound like political leadership to me.

Ron Gidwitz: And, quite frankly, he hasn’t spoken out on the issue of Bob Kjellander [the controversial Republican National Committeeman from Illinois] .

Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah, he invokes, what is it, the “Eleventh Commandment?”

Ron Gidwitz: Yeah. Not speaking ill of a Republican. I mean, quite frankly-

Jeff Berkowitz: Do you adhere to the Eleventh Commandment?

Ron Gidwitz: I think we ought not to speak ill of each other, but, I think, by the same token, I think we need to expunge from the party, eliminate from the party, the conflict, or the appearance of conflict, because it is a cancer in this party.

Jeff Berkowitz: It is a cancer? Is the cancer growing? Is Kjellander the equivalent of a cancer?

Ron Gidwitz: I think it’s one of those cancers.

Jeff Berkowitz: Is it one of the tumors?

Ron Gidwitz: A tumor.

Jeff Berkowitz: A malignant tumor?

Ron Gidwitz: I like that.

Jeff Berkowitz: That’s what you say.

Ron Gidwitz: I think it’s a tumor.

Jeff Berkowitz: You agree, Senator Rauschenberger?

Sen. Steve Rauschenberger: I’m with you. [laughing]. Let’s move on. I’m not a doctor.
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Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ron Gidwitz and his running mate Lt. Gov. candidate and State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger, recorded on December 18, 2005 and as is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of Dec. 26] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, Jan. 2 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, below, for a detailed suburban airing schedule.
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The suburban edition of "Public Affairs," is regularly broadcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.

The suburban edition also is broadcast every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette and every Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
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Transcript draft prepared by Amy Allen, who also does research for “Public Affairs,” and has her own political blog [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Host and Producer of Public Affairs and an Executive Recruiter doing Legal Search, can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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