Better than Rachel Maddow w/ Cong. Mark Kirk: Berkowitz w/ Julie Hamos, IL 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep.; Cable and Streaming
Jeff Berkowitz: …your rival [in the Democratic Primary], Dan Seals, was asked that question [essentially] in 2005…by Lee Goodman [the 2004 Democratic Nominee in the 10th CD race]… and the answer Seals gave was he’d come down “on the side of peace.” Is that a good answer? Do you differ with Seals?
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: Well, ultimately, I think we need to get to peace, but I am standing on the side of Israel when they are facing a very formidable foe in Iran-- and Iran right now is the No. 1 issue that I think Israelis are thinking about… [Watch show with 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate Hamos]
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Rep. Julie Hamos: I think what I have been supporting—when we talk about gun control, we talk about sensible, reasonable gun regulation—not going into people’s homes and taking the gun away from them.
Jeff Berkowitz: …When you were going to run statewide, you had to reassure people if you were running for Attorney General, you weren’t interested in taking guns away from people downstate.
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Rep. Julie Hamos: I suspect I would have supported that—
Jeff Berkowitz: Supported the [Economic] stimulus.
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Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are open to other options to the public option [for healthcare insurance reform]?
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep. The airing schedule for the Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs is included, below.
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You can now watch the show with Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., on your computer.
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Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., debates and discusses a broad range of domestic, foreign and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz on a show taped on August 23, 2009. Rep. Hamos is facing, at the moment, two competitors in the Democratic Primary: Dan Seals, who lost close races to Cong. Mark Kirk in 2006 and 2008; and Highland Park attorney Elliot Richardson.
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Topics discussed in this week's show with State Rep. Hamos include the War in Afghanistan, the state of the economy in the fall of 2008 and the state of the economy now, bailouts, the economic stimulus plan, tax cuts, healthcare insurance reform, democracy, abortion, gay rights, gun control, Iran, Israel and much, much more.
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For more about State Rep. Julie Hamos, her announcement to run in the 10th CD Democratic Primary, her views and recent 10th CD history, please go here and here.
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Choosing sides between Israel and Iran.
Jeff Berkowitz: …Julie Hamos, if you were in the Congress and you were asked to vote on that, you were asked to give guidance to the President—where should he “come down on this conflict between Israel and Iran,” what’s your answer…
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: I think it’s a very unusual…question because…Israel is a beacon of Democracy in the Middle-East, so of course I would support the democratic country in that region-
Jeff Berkowitz: Of course you would support Israel?
State Rep. Julie Hamos: Of course I would support Israel. But, it is hard to think through a hypothetical like that because I think if there really was a conflict with Iran, I think the rest of the world would be engaged and it wouldn’t just impact Israel, that’s what I’m saying.
Jeff Berkowitz: …your rival [in the Democratic Primary], Dan Seals, was asked that question [essentially] in 2005…by Lee Goodman [the 2004 Democratic Nominee in the 10th CD race]… and the answer Seals gave was he’d come down “on the side of peace.” Is that a good answer? Do you differ with Seals?
Rep. Julie Hamos: Well, ultimately, I think we need to get to peace, but I am standing on the side of Israel when they are facing a very formidable foe in Iran-- and Iran right now is the No. 1 issue that I think Israelis are thinking about…
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The 2nd Amendment and the right to own guns
Jeff Berkowitz: Do you believe in the 2nd Amendment? Do people have a right to own guns?
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: I think that the United States Supreme Court has told us that they do.
Jeff Berkowitz: And you back that up?
Rep. Julie Hamos: I think that’s what our Constitution says and I back up the United States Supreme Court.
Jeff Berkowitz: When you were running for—
Rep. Julie Hamos: I think what I have been supporting—when we talk about gun control, we talk about sensible, reasonable gun regulation—not going into people’s homes and taking the gun away from them.
Jeff Berkowitz: …When you were going to run statewide, you had to reassure people if you were running for Attorney General, you weren’t interested in taking guns away from people downstate.
Rep. Julie Hamos: No, because I think the other thing is that the United States Supreme Court has spoken and I think that [the Heller Supreme Court decision] is probably just the first of what probably will be many cases that establish what that right is really about.
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The 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan
Jeff Berkowitz: … Unemployment has gone higher than President Obama said it [would]—
State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston]: Unemployment is still a concern, obviously. Would I have supported the [787 billion dollar economic] stimulus package? I guess again I want to see what was fully laid out at that time- what I am worried about—
Jeff Berkowitz: What would you have done? Yes or no, and then you can explain.
Rep. Julie Hamos: I suspect I would have supported that—
Jeff Berkowitz: Supported the [economic] stimulus—
Rep. Julie Hamos: But, I am very aware of [the importance of] that money being spent wisely. And, at the state level, for example, I just made a phone call—I work on energy efficiency. That stimulus plan was giving a lot of energy efficiency money, over 100 million dollars—I am staying on top of our energy efficiency people in Springfield to make sure we have a plan for putting forward that’s reasonable, that’s wise…at the state level, now we have to make sure that that much money is being spent wisely.
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The Public Option: essential to healthcare insurance reform?
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are open to other options to the public option [for healthcare insurance reform]?
Rep. Julie Hamos: Yeah, I would be, sure.
Jeff Berkowitz: Even though… Speaker Pelosi said she couldn’t pass [healthcare reform] legislation in the House unless it had a public option?
State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston]: I am the kind of person who would look at the overall comprehensive package and I am not one of those people who says it is either this or that…
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., is airing this week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night (tonight) 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(tonight) 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.
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Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, Labor Day, at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and on that same night on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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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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More than 100 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page , including very recent shows with 7th CD Democratic Primary candidates State Rep. Collins, State Rep. Ford and Chief Deputy Recorder of Deeds Williams-Burnett; 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. Hamos; and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Dan Proft.
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Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: Well, ultimately, I think we need to get to peace, but I am standing on the side of Israel when they are facing a very formidable foe in Iran-- and Iran right now is the No. 1 issue that I think Israelis are thinking about… [Watch show with 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate Hamos]
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Rep. Julie Hamos: I think what I have been supporting—when we talk about gun control, we talk about sensible, reasonable gun regulation—not going into people’s homes and taking the gun away from them.
Jeff Berkowitz: …When you were going to run statewide, you had to reassure people if you were running for Attorney General, you weren’t interested in taking guns away from people downstate.
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Rep. Julie Hamos: I suspect I would have supported that—
Jeff Berkowitz: Supported the [Economic] stimulus.
***************************************
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are open to other options to the public option [for healthcare insurance reform]?
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep. The airing schedule for the Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs is included, below.
********************************************
You can now watch the show with Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., on your computer.
***********************************************
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., debates and discusses a broad range of domestic, foreign and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz on a show taped on August 23, 2009. Rep. Hamos is facing, at the moment, two competitors in the Democratic Primary: Dan Seals, who lost close races to Cong. Mark Kirk in 2006 and 2008; and Highland Park attorney Elliot Richardson.
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Topics discussed in this week's show with State Rep. Hamos include the War in Afghanistan, the state of the economy in the fall of 2008 and the state of the economy now, bailouts, the economic stimulus plan, tax cuts, healthcare insurance reform, democracy, abortion, gay rights, gun control, Iran, Israel and much, much more.
******************************************************************
For more about State Rep. Julie Hamos, her announcement to run in the 10th CD Democratic Primary, her views and recent 10th CD history, please go here and here.
*****************************************************
Choosing sides between Israel and Iran.
Jeff Berkowitz: …Julie Hamos, if you were in the Congress and you were asked to vote on that, you were asked to give guidance to the President—where should he “come down on this conflict between Israel and Iran,” what’s your answer…
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: I think it’s a very unusual…question because…Israel is a beacon of Democracy in the Middle-East, so of course I would support the democratic country in that region-
Jeff Berkowitz: Of course you would support Israel?
State Rep. Julie Hamos: Of course I would support Israel. But, it is hard to think through a hypothetical like that because I think if there really was a conflict with Iran, I think the rest of the world would be engaged and it wouldn’t just impact Israel, that’s what I’m saying.
Jeff Berkowitz: …your rival [in the Democratic Primary], Dan Seals, was asked that question [essentially] in 2005…by Lee Goodman [the 2004 Democratic Nominee in the 10th CD race]… and the answer Seals gave was he’d come down “on the side of peace.” Is that a good answer? Do you differ with Seals?
Rep. Julie Hamos: Well, ultimately, I think we need to get to peace, but I am standing on the side of Israel when they are facing a very formidable foe in Iran-- and Iran right now is the No. 1 issue that I think Israelis are thinking about…
****************************************************
The 2nd Amendment and the right to own guns
Jeff Berkowitz: Do you believe in the 2nd Amendment? Do people have a right to own guns?
Julie Hamos, 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate and State Rep.: I think that the United States Supreme Court has told us that they do.
Jeff Berkowitz: And you back that up?
Rep. Julie Hamos: I think that’s what our Constitution says and I back up the United States Supreme Court.
Jeff Berkowitz: When you were running for—
Rep. Julie Hamos: I think what I have been supporting—when we talk about gun control, we talk about sensible, reasonable gun regulation—not going into people’s homes and taking the gun away from them.
Jeff Berkowitz: …When you were going to run statewide, you had to reassure people if you were running for Attorney General, you weren’t interested in taking guns away from people downstate.
Rep. Julie Hamos: No, because I think the other thing is that the United States Supreme Court has spoken and I think that [the Heller Supreme Court decision] is probably just the first of what probably will be many cases that establish what that right is really about.
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The 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan
Jeff Berkowitz: … Unemployment has gone higher than President Obama said it [would]—
State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston]: Unemployment is still a concern, obviously. Would I have supported the [787 billion dollar economic] stimulus package? I guess again I want to see what was fully laid out at that time- what I am worried about—
Jeff Berkowitz: What would you have done? Yes or no, and then you can explain.
Rep. Julie Hamos: I suspect I would have supported that—
Jeff Berkowitz: Supported the [economic] stimulus—
Rep. Julie Hamos: But, I am very aware of [the importance of] that money being spent wisely. And, at the state level, for example, I just made a phone call—I work on energy efficiency. That stimulus plan was giving a lot of energy efficiency money, over 100 million dollars—I am staying on top of our energy efficiency people in Springfield to make sure we have a plan for putting forward that’s reasonable, that’s wise…at the state level, now we have to make sure that that much money is being spent wisely.
**********************************************************
The Public Option: essential to healthcare insurance reform?
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are open to other options to the public option [for healthcare insurance reform]?
Rep. Julie Hamos: Yeah, I would be, sure.
Jeff Berkowitz: Even though… Speaker Pelosi said she couldn’t pass [healthcare reform] legislation in the House unless it had a public option?
State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston]: I am the kind of person who would look at the overall comprehensive package and I am not one of those people who says it is either this or that…
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., is airing this week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night (tonight) 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(tonight) 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.
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Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Julie Hamos, 10th CD Democratic Primary Candidate and State Rep., will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, Labor Day, at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and on that same night on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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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.
*********************************************
More than 100 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page , including very recent shows with 7th CD Democratic Primary candidates State Rep. Collins, State Rep. Ford and Chief Deputy Recorder of Deeds Williams-Burnett; 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. Hamos; and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Dan Proft.
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