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Professor Paul Green: …Do you honestly believe those people out there [in DuPage] are part of “Pay to Play.” Do you honestly believe that people who are taking Democratic ballots, who are voting for Democrats are doing so because of Pay to Play, or could it be the caliber of—
Jeff Berkowitz: Have you heard of Hired Truck, Hired Tow? Have you heard of Don Tomczak? Have you heard of using city and county government resources, notwithstanding the Shakman decree, to elect people in the City of Chicago, in Cook, now … in DuPage? Have you heard of that, Professor?
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WGN Radio’s Paul Green: You don’t want to run against Barack Obama if you have any kind of sexual peccadillo in your background…it comes out even if…
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Jeff Berkowitz: John Kass said Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Cong. Luis Gutierrez [or] somebody has to grow a backbone to take on [Chicago’s] Mayor Daley to bring about change…. You saw Jackson. You saw Gutierrez. They just started groveling to the Mayor, right? After making all these noises about [change]…
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Paul Green: You’re really strong on someone else’s strength. You want these guys [Jackson and Gutierrez] to run and try to raise the money and lose. You think they didn’t do any polling.
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Our show with Roosevelt University professor and WGN political pundit Paul Green airs tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Channel 21 throughout the City of Chicago and at 7:30 pm in Aurora on ACTV-10 and surrounding areas. The Aurora station, Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery. For more about tonight’s show, including a partial transcript of the show and a list of topics discussed, Go here.
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The show with Paul Green, Pundit and Professor, taped on March 9, 2008, is also available on your computer.
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Another partial transcript of tonight's show is included, below:
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Paul Green: … the fact of the matter is that those individuals view abortion, gay rights and guns as really crucial political issues when in reality those are the very issues that have turned Illinois into a blue state…as the professor, I am just telling you suburban Cook County has gone from being a-
Jeff Berkowitz: Yes, because pay to play has now gone from Cook County to DuPage—
Paul Green: Not Pay to Play, do you honestly believe those people out there are part of pay to play? Do you honestly believe that people who are taking Democratic ballots, who are voting for Democrats are doing so because of pay to play, or could it be the caliber of— [See here for some thoughts from those outside the Ivory Tower how Chicago Democrats are "carrying water," not only for suburban Democrats, but also for some "cooperating," suburban Republicans. The Combine in operation.]
Jeff Berkowitz: Have you heard of hired truck, hired tow? Have you heard of Don Tomczak? Have you heard of using city and county government resources, notwithstanding the Shakman decree, to elect people in the City of Chicago, in Cook, now outside in DuPage? Have you heard of that, Professor?
[See here for a piece written three years ago about the ties of Daley's convicted waterboy, Don Tomczak, to Rahm Emanuel and then of ties, perhaps, from Emanuel and waterboy Tomczak to the election of Cong. Bean and efforts by the Chicago Dems to take away Cong. Hyde's seat [primarily in DuPage County] from the Republicans. See here for more about the man who gave the Democrats a majority in the House: Cong. Rahm Emanuel and how Tomczak knew what to do to help elect Rahm, which includes this exchange:
Jeff Berkowitz: Could you have won your [2002 5th CD Democratic] Primary without Don Tomczak’s help? [See here].
Cong. Rahm Emanuel: I will leave that to your insights.]
Paul Green: So, what you’re saying in effect is that all these people are a bunch of dupes, that the fact that Daley won last time—in 2007, he won all 50 wards, only three of them under 60%.
Jeff Berkowitz: He bought them off. Come on.
Paul Green: Oh, he just bought them off.
Jeff Berkowitz: The opponents have no backbone.
Paul Green: So, Jim Oberweis should be President of the United States.
Jeff Berkowitz: This is what John Kass said.
Paul Green: Oh, John Kass—
Jeff Berkowitz: John Kass said Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Cong. Luis Gutierrez, somebody has to grow a backbone to take on Mayor Daley to bring about change—you like that word “change,”—in the city of Chicago. That’s what has to happen. You saw [Cong.] Jackson. You saw [Cong.] Luis Gutierrez. They just started groveling to the Mayor, right? After making all these noises about—they made them at the City Club [of Chicago]. You invited Luis Gutierrez to come in and speak--
Paul Green: He made a fine speech.
Jeff Berkowitz: And he talked about all these things that were wrong with the City and what he was going to do-- implicitly
Paul Green: Yes
Jeff Berkowitz: And, then he just sucked up at the end, right?
Paul Green: Put it like this—
Jeff Berkowitz: Did I get that right?
Paul Green: You’re really strong on someone else’s strength. You want these guys [Jackson and Gutierrez] to run and try to raise the money and lose. You think they didn’t do any polling.
Jeff Berkowitz: I don’t want anything. I’m just going with the facts.
Paul Green: Well, remember you’re entitled to your opinion. You’re not entitled to your facts.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah, Moynihan said that. [former U. S. Senator] Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Paul Green: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, another professor.
Jeff Berkowitz: Said, everybody is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Paul Green: And you’re very good at that.
Jeff Berkowitz: I’m talking facts
Paul Green: No, you’re talking opinion.
Jeff Berkowitz: A Daley has sat in the [Chicago] Mayor’s chair, for what, 38 out of the last 51 years [actually, it is 40 of the last 53 years.
Paul Green: Since 1955, the former Mayor Daley was there for 21 years, this guy’s been there for 19.
Jeff Berkowitz: Every year, but 13 years, it’s been a Daley.
Paul Green: So.
Jeff Berkowitz: You call that a good system? You call that competition? You think the public is being well served by that?
Paul Green: If they don’t like it, they should vote against him.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, have you heard of the Machine?
Paul Green: I’ve written books about it. I think I have.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, of course. So, when you say they should vote against it. If the machine marshals all these resources; If they get the government—no, they have the government. But, they get the Republican Party to join in. That’s what Kass is talking about. It’s interesting to find the Republicans who are supporting Democrats, who are being bundled [into Democratic fundraising] … Republicans who supported Blagojevitch. You’re lambasting the conservatives..for knocking off Topinka [in her 2006 Gubernatorial loss to Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich]. Or at least not helping her. But, Kass is saying it was the Combine, The Republicans [e.g., Republican Bill Cellini, who helped the Democrats elect Blagojevich in 2002].
Paul Green: Ah, that Combine.
Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t think Republicans were out there supporting Rod Blagojevich? …they were there. Who the hell was Stu Levine? Was he a Democrat?
Paul Green: …No, Stu Levine was a Levineocrat.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search,
can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama and McCain, former Presidential candidate Richardson-- and many other pols, as well as soon this week's show with Rep. Lang and currently last night's show in the City of Chicago and Aurora with WGN Political Pundit and Professor Paul Green at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs Youtube page will include later this evening this week's show with Rep. Lang and currently, among others, last night's show in Chicago and Aurora with WGN Radio political pundit Paul Green, last week's show with Senator and likely 2010 Illinois Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady,our show with former Sen. Rauschenberger, assessing Barack Obama, our prior show with Republican U.S. Senate Republican nominee Dr. Steve Sauerberg, discussing his Democratic opponent--Senator Durbin-- and domestic, cultural and foreign policy issues, our prior show featuring State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston,IL), discussing Barack Obama, as well as various Illinois Budget issues (spending, mass transit, capital budget, education, gaming and taxes) and possible 2010 Illinois gubernatorial candidates and 2010 U. S. Senate candidates (assuming Obama moves up to President in 2008) , a discussion with State's Attorney for Cook County Republican nominee Tony Peraica; and Anita Alvarez, Chief Deputy to current State's Attorney for Cook County Dick Devine and now the Democratic nominee for State's Attorney of Cook County.
Jeff Berkowitz: Have you heard of Hired Truck, Hired Tow? Have you heard of Don Tomczak? Have you heard of using city and county government resources, notwithstanding the Shakman decree, to elect people in the City of Chicago, in Cook, now … in DuPage? Have you heard of that, Professor?
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WGN Radio’s Paul Green: You don’t want to run against Barack Obama if you have any kind of sexual peccadillo in your background…it comes out even if…
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Jeff Berkowitz: John Kass said Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Cong. Luis Gutierrez [or] somebody has to grow a backbone to take on [Chicago’s] Mayor Daley to bring about change…. You saw Jackson. You saw Gutierrez. They just started groveling to the Mayor, right? After making all these noises about [change]…
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Paul Green: You’re really strong on someone else’s strength. You want these guys [Jackson and Gutierrez] to run and try to raise the money and lose. You think they didn’t do any polling.
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Our show with Roosevelt University professor and WGN political pundit Paul Green airs tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Channel 21 throughout the City of Chicago and at 7:30 pm in Aurora on ACTV-10 and surrounding areas. The Aurora station, Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery. For more about tonight’s show, including a partial transcript of the show and a list of topics discussed, Go here.
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The show with Paul Green, Pundit and Professor, taped on March 9, 2008, is also available on your computer.
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Another partial transcript of tonight's show is included, below:
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Paul Green: … the fact of the matter is that those individuals view abortion, gay rights and guns as really crucial political issues when in reality those are the very issues that have turned Illinois into a blue state…as the professor, I am just telling you suburban Cook County has gone from being a-
Jeff Berkowitz: Yes, because pay to play has now gone from Cook County to DuPage—
Paul Green: Not Pay to Play, do you honestly believe those people out there are part of pay to play? Do you honestly believe that people who are taking Democratic ballots, who are voting for Democrats are doing so because of pay to play, or could it be the caliber of— [See here for some thoughts from those outside the Ivory Tower how Chicago Democrats are "carrying water," not only for suburban Democrats, but also for some "cooperating," suburban Republicans. The Combine in operation.]
Jeff Berkowitz: Have you heard of hired truck, hired tow? Have you heard of Don Tomczak? Have you heard of using city and county government resources, notwithstanding the Shakman decree, to elect people in the City of Chicago, in Cook, now outside in DuPage? Have you heard of that, Professor?
[See here for a piece written three years ago about the ties of Daley's convicted waterboy, Don Tomczak, to Rahm Emanuel and then of ties, perhaps, from Emanuel and waterboy Tomczak to the election of Cong. Bean and efforts by the Chicago Dems to take away Cong. Hyde's seat [primarily in DuPage County] from the Republicans. See here for more about the man who gave the Democrats a majority in the House: Cong. Rahm Emanuel and how Tomczak knew what to do to help elect Rahm, which includes this exchange:
Jeff Berkowitz: Could you have won your [2002 5th CD Democratic] Primary without Don Tomczak’s help? [See here].
Cong. Rahm Emanuel: I will leave that to your insights.]
Paul Green: So, what you’re saying in effect is that all these people are a bunch of dupes, that the fact that Daley won last time—in 2007, he won all 50 wards, only three of them under 60%.
Jeff Berkowitz: He bought them off. Come on.
Paul Green: Oh, he just bought them off.
Jeff Berkowitz: The opponents have no backbone.
Paul Green: So, Jim Oberweis should be President of the United States.
Jeff Berkowitz: This is what John Kass said.
Paul Green: Oh, John Kass—
Jeff Berkowitz: John Kass said Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Cong. Luis Gutierrez, somebody has to grow a backbone to take on Mayor Daley to bring about change—you like that word “change,”—in the city of Chicago. That’s what has to happen. You saw [Cong.] Jackson. You saw [Cong.] Luis Gutierrez. They just started groveling to the Mayor, right? After making all these noises about—they made them at the City Club [of Chicago]. You invited Luis Gutierrez to come in and speak--
Paul Green: He made a fine speech.
Jeff Berkowitz: And he talked about all these things that were wrong with the City and what he was going to do-- implicitly
Paul Green: Yes
Jeff Berkowitz: And, then he just sucked up at the end, right?
Paul Green: Put it like this—
Jeff Berkowitz: Did I get that right?
Paul Green: You’re really strong on someone else’s strength. You want these guys [Jackson and Gutierrez] to run and try to raise the money and lose. You think they didn’t do any polling.
Jeff Berkowitz: I don’t want anything. I’m just going with the facts.
Paul Green: Well, remember you’re entitled to your opinion. You’re not entitled to your facts.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah, Moynihan said that. [former U. S. Senator] Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Paul Green: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, another professor.
Jeff Berkowitz: Said, everybody is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Paul Green: And you’re very good at that.
Jeff Berkowitz: I’m talking facts
Paul Green: No, you’re talking opinion.
Jeff Berkowitz: A Daley has sat in the [Chicago] Mayor’s chair, for what, 38 out of the last 51 years [actually, it is 40 of the last 53 years.
Paul Green: Since 1955, the former Mayor Daley was there for 21 years, this guy’s been there for 19.
Jeff Berkowitz: Every year, but 13 years, it’s been a Daley.
Paul Green: So.
Jeff Berkowitz: You call that a good system? You call that competition? You think the public is being well served by that?
Paul Green: If they don’t like it, they should vote against him.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, have you heard of the Machine?
Paul Green: I’ve written books about it. I think I have.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, of course. So, when you say they should vote against it. If the machine marshals all these resources; If they get the government—no, they have the government. But, they get the Republican Party to join in. That’s what Kass is talking about. It’s interesting to find the Republicans who are supporting Democrats, who are being bundled [into Democratic fundraising] … Republicans who supported Blagojevitch. You’re lambasting the conservatives..for knocking off Topinka [in her 2006 Gubernatorial loss to Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich]. Or at least not helping her. But, Kass is saying it was the Combine, The Republicans [e.g., Republican Bill Cellini, who helped the Democrats elect Blagojevich in 2002].
Paul Green: Ah, that Combine.
Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t think Republicans were out there supporting Rod Blagojevich? …they were there. Who the hell was Stu Levine? Was he a Democrat?
Paul Green: …No, Stu Levine was a Levineocrat.
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search,
can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama and McCain, former Presidential candidate Richardson-- and many other pols, as well as soon this week's show with Rep. Lang and currently last night's show in the City of Chicago and Aurora with WGN Political Pundit and Professor Paul Green at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs Youtube page will include later this evening this week's show with Rep. Lang and currently, among others, last night's show in Chicago and Aurora with WGN Radio political pundit Paul Green, last week's show with Senator and likely 2010 Illinois Gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady,our show with former Sen. Rauschenberger, assessing Barack Obama, our prior show with Republican U.S. Senate Republican nominee Dr. Steve Sauerberg, discussing his Democratic opponent--Senator Durbin-- and domestic, cultural and foreign policy issues, our prior show featuring State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston,IL), discussing Barack Obama, as well as various Illinois Budget issues (spending, mass transit, capital budget, education, gaming and taxes) and possible 2010 Illinois gubernatorial candidates and 2010 U. S. Senate candidates (assuming Obama moves up to President in 2008) , a discussion with State's Attorney for Cook County Republican nominee Tony Peraica; and Anita Alvarez, Chief Deputy to current State's Attorney for Cook County Dick Devine and now the Democratic nominee for State's Attorney of Cook County.
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