The latest,streaming"Public Affairs"Show:Berkowitz w/State Rep.Jim Durkin- who takes on Speaker Hastert,Sen.Burris,Rep.Franks, Rep. Hamos & many more.
Links added on Saturday at 11:50 pm
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State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I tried calling [Speaker Hastert] after the Primary and he wouldn’t return my phone calls…the one time I did meet up with him was at some type of picnic out in Kendall County [in Summer, 2002]…I wanted to talk to him … because I wasn’t getting any financial support [for my campaign against Democrat Senator Dick Durbin]…I had a very bad conversation with [Hastert], I asked him for some assistance and he proceeded to say:
Why do I want to help someone who’s just going to be like that _ _ _ hole John McCain and you’re his guy in Illinois. [Watch show w/Rep. Jim Durkin]
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State Rep. Jim Durkin: I am the only one that asked [Sen. Burris] tough questions.
Jeff Berkowitz: Did [Sen. Burris] lie to you?
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Jeff Berkowitz: Jack Franks, he might run for Attorney General in the Democratic Primary. He’s a State Rep. Did he ask [Burris] some tough questions, too.
Rep. Jim Durkin: I don’t recall hearing anything from Mr. Franks.
Jeff Berkowitz: [State Rep.] Julie Hamos, she’s an attorney; she may be running for Attorney General.
Rep. Jim Durkin: They protected Roland Burris in the Committee and—
[Ed. Note: See Mark Brown, "Democrats at the hearing didn't ask any tough questions at all. They were all in the posture of protecting Burris."]
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features 11th year State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin (R-Countryside) debating and discussing with show host and executive legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz whether Speaker Hastert prevented Republican Senate nominee Durkin from being competitive with Senator Durbin in 2002; campaign contribution limits are desirable; campaign contribution donor limits are consistent with the 1st Amendment; an income tax increase is really necessary or desirable; significant spending cuts can and should be made (as detailed by the Illinois Policy Institute), the lottery should be sold; lower tax rates grow jobs and tax revenue; the state legislature should execute medicaid and pension reform; Rep. Durkin caught Senator Burris in a lie; the Dems tried to protect Senator Burris; Durkin is running for Attorney General and much, much more. See below for the Chicago metro suburban airing schedules for the show with State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin.
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The "Public Affairs," show with State Rep. Durkin can be watched here now.
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The "Public Affairs," show with State Rep. Durkin was taped on June 13, 2009
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Why Rep. Durkin lost to Senator Durbin in 2002- Speaker Hastert and the Bush Administration torpedoed the good ship Durkin?
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I didn’t get any support [from the national Republican Party].
Jeff Berkowitz: How much did they promise you for that campaign [2002 U. S. Senate race]?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I was told …if you get through the Primary, the National [Republican] Senate Campaign Committee was good for two million dollars. I received fifteen thousand dollars from them…
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Did Bush, Rove and Hastert get vengeance with McCain by turning on Durkin?
Jeff Berkowitz: …you’re telling me it was a detriment [to you] that you were associated with John McCain when you ran for the U. S Senate?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: [It was] with the White House…, the National Senate Campaign Committee and also the Speaker of the House [J. Dennis Hastert]…I was the Chairman of the McCain Campaign in 2000. [He] and I are friends…I believe in the man
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Jeff Berkowitz: Who didn’t believe in [McCain]?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: The Administration of President Bush, Ken Mehlman, Karl Rove and Denny Hastert
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Speaker Hastert--- Spoken Expletive Deleted?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I tried calling [Speaker Hastert] after the Primary and he wouldn’t return my phone calls…the one time I did meet up with him was at some type of picnic out in Kendall County [in Summer, 2002]…I wanted to talk to him … because I wasn’t getting any financial support [for my campaign against Democrat Senator Dick Durbin]…I had a very bad conversation with [Hastert], I asked him for some assistance and he proceeded to say:
Why do I want to help someone who’s just going to be like that _ _ _ hole John McCain and you’re his guy in Illinois.
State Rep. Jim Durkin: After that, I realized that I am not going to get any money out of Washington and I am on my own. [Ed. note: for a more sympathetic assessment of Speaker Hastert by Rep. Durkin last fall, go here].
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Jim Durkin’s cross-examination of Burris—did Durkin catch him in a lie? Durkin ready to be AG?
Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for Attorney General?
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I’m going to give it some thought over the next two months…I’ve had a good year…
Jeff Berkowitz: You’ve been involved in some very important things: the State House committee that was interrogating Roland Burris- you were there?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I was the one that dragged him in.
Jeff Berkowitz: You asked him some tough questions?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I am the only one that asked him tough questions.
Jeff Berkowitz: Did [Sen. Burris] lie to you?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: Yes, he did.
Jeff Berkowitz: … You think he should be prosecuted by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney? [John Schmidt]
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I think he should be held to the same standard as people who testify before his committees when they take an oath to tell the truth.
Jeff Berkowitz: If so, will he be charged if he is held to that standard?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I think that latest revelation that came from the federal court about the tape of his conversation with Rob Blagojevich does not bode well for him. [It was] a direct contradiction to his story.
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Is Burris topic 1 of the Illinois AG race? Durkin v. Franks or Hamos?Were the Dems protecting Burris? If they were, was it just politics?
Jeff Berkowitz: Jack Franks, he might run for Attorney General in the Democratic Primary. He’s a State Rep. Did he ask [Burris] some tough questions, too.
Rep. Jim Durkin: I don’t recall hearing anything from Mr. Franks.
Jeff Berkowitz: [State Rep.] Julie Hamos, she’s an attorney; she may be running for Attorney General.
Rep. Jim Durkin: They protected Roland Burris in the Committee and— [Ed. Note: See Mark Brown, "Democrats at the hearing didn't ask any tough questions at all. They were all in the posture of protecting Burris."]
Jeff Berkowitz: Would you have done the same thing if you were a Republican and there was a Republican [giving testimony] there. Don’t Republicans tend to protect Republicans [and] Democrats tend to protect Democrats. Isn’t that politics, isn’t that what it’s about?
Rep. Jim Durkin: That’s fine, but the fact is they look bad because of what happened, and the thing is—
Jeff Berkowitz: But, would you have done the same thing if, mutatis mutandis—
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: If a Republican took that [Senate] appointment from a Governor that was indicted for terrible acts, and just accepted [show concludes].
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin (R-Countryside) is airing this coming week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
and Tuesday night 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 on 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.
Our recent show with Northwestern University Law School Professor Stephen Presser on Judge Sotomayor will air in a special airing tonight of "Public Affairs," at 9:30 pm on Cable Ch. 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka. Our show also airs in its regular spot tonight at 8:30 pm [in those same ten suburbs w/ our guest- State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston).
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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. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
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"Hot," recent posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz, a a show with Professor Stephen Presser, a Northwestern University Law School Professor, about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court, a show with State Rep. Hamos (D-Evanston) about Illinois' budget deficit and Hamos' likely run in the 2010 Attorney General Dem. Primary , a show with very likely Illinois Republican Primary Guv candidate Dan Proft (will announce his decision by end of June) , the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I tried calling [Speaker Hastert] after the Primary and he wouldn’t return my phone calls…the one time I did meet up with him was at some type of picnic out in Kendall County [in Summer, 2002]…I wanted to talk to him … because I wasn’t getting any financial support [for my campaign against Democrat Senator Dick Durbin]…I had a very bad conversation with [Hastert], I asked him for some assistance and he proceeded to say:
Why do I want to help someone who’s just going to be like that _ _ _ hole John McCain and you’re his guy in Illinois. [Watch show w/Rep. Jim Durkin]
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State Rep. Jim Durkin: I am the only one that asked [Sen. Burris] tough questions.
Jeff Berkowitz: Did [Sen. Burris] lie to you?
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Jeff Berkowitz: Jack Franks, he might run for Attorney General in the Democratic Primary. He’s a State Rep. Did he ask [Burris] some tough questions, too.
Rep. Jim Durkin: I don’t recall hearing anything from Mr. Franks.
Jeff Berkowitz: [State Rep.] Julie Hamos, she’s an attorney; she may be running for Attorney General.
Rep. Jim Durkin: They protected Roland Burris in the Committee and—
[Ed. Note: See Mark Brown, "Democrats at the hearing didn't ask any tough questions at all. They were all in the posture of protecting Burris."]
*****************************
This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features 11th year State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin (R-Countryside) debating and discussing with show host and executive legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz whether Speaker Hastert prevented Republican Senate nominee Durkin from being competitive with Senator Durbin in 2002; campaign contribution limits are desirable; campaign contribution donor limits are consistent with the 1st Amendment; an income tax increase is really necessary or desirable; significant spending cuts can and should be made (as detailed by the Illinois Policy Institute), the lottery should be sold; lower tax rates grow jobs and tax revenue; the state legislature should execute medicaid and pension reform; Rep. Durkin caught Senator Burris in a lie; the Dems tried to protect Senator Burris; Durkin is running for Attorney General and much, much more. See below for the Chicago metro suburban airing schedules for the show with State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin.
**********************************************
The "Public Affairs," show with State Rep. Durkin can be watched here now.
******************************************
The "Public Affairs," show with State Rep. Durkin was taped on June 13, 2009
************************************
Why Rep. Durkin lost to Senator Durbin in 2002- Speaker Hastert and the Bush Administration torpedoed the good ship Durkin?
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I didn’t get any support [from the national Republican Party].
Jeff Berkowitz: How much did they promise you for that campaign [2002 U. S. Senate race]?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I was told …if you get through the Primary, the National [Republican] Senate Campaign Committee was good for two million dollars. I received fifteen thousand dollars from them…
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Did Bush, Rove and Hastert get vengeance with McCain by turning on Durkin?
Jeff Berkowitz: …you’re telling me it was a detriment [to you] that you were associated with John McCain when you ran for the U. S Senate?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: [It was] with the White House…, the National Senate Campaign Committee and also the Speaker of the House [J. Dennis Hastert]…I was the Chairman of the McCain Campaign in 2000. [He] and I are friends…I believe in the man
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Jeff Berkowitz: Who didn’t believe in [McCain]?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: The Administration of President Bush, Ken Mehlman, Karl Rove and Denny Hastert
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Speaker Hastert--- Spoken Expletive Deleted?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I tried calling [Speaker Hastert] after the Primary and he wouldn’t return my phone calls…the one time I did meet up with him was at some type of picnic out in Kendall County [in Summer, 2002]…I wanted to talk to him … because I wasn’t getting any financial support [for my campaign against Democrat Senator Dick Durbin]…I had a very bad conversation with [Hastert], I asked him for some assistance and he proceeded to say:
Why do I want to help someone who’s just going to be like that _ _ _ hole John McCain and you’re his guy in Illinois.
State Rep. Jim Durkin: After that, I realized that I am not going to get any money out of Washington and I am on my own. [Ed. note: for a more sympathetic assessment of Speaker Hastert by Rep. Durkin last fall, go here].
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Jim Durkin’s cross-examination of Burris—did Durkin catch him in a lie? Durkin ready to be AG?
Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for Attorney General?
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: I’m going to give it some thought over the next two months…I’ve had a good year…
Jeff Berkowitz: You’ve been involved in some very important things: the State House committee that was interrogating Roland Burris- you were there?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I was the one that dragged him in.
Jeff Berkowitz: You asked him some tough questions?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I am the only one that asked him tough questions.
Jeff Berkowitz: Did [Sen. Burris] lie to you?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: Yes, he did.
Jeff Berkowitz: … You think he should be prosecuted by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney? [John Schmidt]
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I think he should be held to the same standard as people who testify before his committees when they take an oath to tell the truth.
Jeff Berkowitz: If so, will he be charged if he is held to that standard?
State Rep. Jim Durkin: I think that latest revelation that came from the federal court about the tape of his conversation with Rob Blagojevich does not bode well for him. [It was] a direct contradiction to his story.
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Is Burris topic 1 of the Illinois AG race? Durkin v. Franks or Hamos?Were the Dems protecting Burris? If they were, was it just politics?
Jeff Berkowitz: Jack Franks, he might run for Attorney General in the Democratic Primary. He’s a State Rep. Did he ask [Burris] some tough questions, too.
Rep. Jim Durkin: I don’t recall hearing anything from Mr. Franks.
Jeff Berkowitz: [State Rep.] Julie Hamos, she’s an attorney; she may be running for Attorney General.
Rep. Jim Durkin: They protected Roland Burris in the Committee and— [Ed. Note: See Mark Brown, "Democrats at the hearing didn't ask any tough questions at all. They were all in the posture of protecting Burris."]
Jeff Berkowitz: Would you have done the same thing if you were a Republican and there was a Republican [giving testimony] there. Don’t Republicans tend to protect Republicans [and] Democrats tend to protect Democrats. Isn’t that politics, isn’t that what it’s about?
Rep. Jim Durkin: That’s fine, but the fact is they look bad because of what happened, and the thing is—
Jeff Berkowitz: But, would you have done the same thing if, mutatis mutandis—
State Rep. Jim Durkin [R-Countryside]: If a Republican took that [Senate] appointment from a Governor that was indicted for terrible acts, and just accepted [show concludes].
**************************************************
Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring State Rep. and possible AG candidate Jim Durkin (R-Countryside) is airing this coming week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
and Tuesday night 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 on 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.
Our recent show with Northwestern University Law School Professor Stephen Presser on Judge Sotomayor will air in a special airing tonight of "Public Affairs," at 9:30 pm on Cable Ch. 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka. Our show also airs in its regular spot tonight at 8:30 pm [in those same ten suburbs w/ our guest- State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston).
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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. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
*****************************************
"Hot," recent posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz, a a show with Professor Stephen Presser, a Northwestern University Law School Professor, about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court, a show with State Rep. Hamos (D-Evanston) about Illinois' budget deficit and Hamos' likely run in the 2010 Attorney General Dem. Primary , a show with very likely Illinois Republican Primary Guv candidate Dan Proft (will announce his decision by end of June) , the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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