Candidate John Morris isn’t laughing at Aaron Schock’s little jest abotu maybe sending nukes to Taiwan:
MORRIS: GIVING AWAY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
Peoria, IL | January 10, 2007
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, issued the followingstatement today in response to a Peoria Journal Star article in which Aaron Schock...
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Politics: Morris just doesn’t have a sense of humor
Politics: Nuclear hawk Schock chickening out of foreign policy debate
As discussed earlier, State Rep. Aaron Schock is saying he cannot attend Wednesday’s 18th District candidates’ debate on foreign policy issues. It seems that Gov. Rod Blagojevich has called a special session to find a way to bail out the Chicago’s mass transportation system.
Schock just couldn’t possible miss this session because whether or not...
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Today’s news: Taking responsibility
Today’s links, unless noted, are via the Journal Star:
The Journal Star’s article on Aaron Schock backtracking on his nukes-to-Taiwan position (read the posts here) does, in fact, include comments from the John Morris and Jim McConoughey campaigns. Spokespeople from both campaigns were quoted, not the candidates themselves. Did Morris and McConoughey NOT want to...
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Politics: Schock surrenders on nukes to Taiwan plan
First, he said it. Then he defended saying it, adding that opponents who disagreed weren’t being tough enough on terrorism. Then he said he plan was being misinterpreted. Then today, he gave up. Aaron Schock held a press conference (I wasn’t invited) and admitted he was wrong to propose selling nuclear weapons to Taiwan...
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Politics: Schock dined on China’s dime?
An email tipster (NOT someone from Jim McConoughey’s campaign) reminded me of the following. Back when he was still a member of the Peoria School District 150 board of education AND a member of the state legislature, Schock missed the vote to hire Ken Hinton as superintendent because he was away on a trip...
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Politics: Cartoon of the day
From today’s State Journal-Register. It’s not a cartoon you want to see when you’re running for Congress. Unless you’re Jim McConoughey or John Morris.
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Politics: Schock explains vote against Iran divestiture … to a Springfield reporter (UPDATED)
State Journal Register political reporter Bernie Schoenburg managed to wrangle a quote or two from State Rep. Aaron Schock about his vote in May against requiring five state pension funds to divest from companies doing business with Iran’s energy industry, the profits of which are being used to fund that nation’s research into nuclear...
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Local: Peoria media leaves the best line on the cutting room floor, and the national press ignores the whole thing (UPDATE 2x: Daily Kos picks it up, link to Schock’s original words added)
This was the best line out of Jim McConoughey’s press conference about Aaron Schock’s proposal to ignore the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty and sell nuclear weapons to Taiwan:
“This is not a Ronald Reagan idea. This is a Dr. Strangelove idea.”
It’s a great line. It’s the line reporters are looking for when they attend this things....
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Politics: Schock’s concern about Iran nukes is apparently a new thing for him
On May 31, 2007, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 80-2o to approve its version of SB 1621, a law that requires state pension funds to divest their holdings in foreign companies that are doing business with Iran’s energy industry, which is financing Iran’s effort to develop nuclear weapons.
Schock was among the 20 who...
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Politics: Versace is also shocked at Schock (UPDATED: Site back up)
Rumor has it that Archpundit has a copy of the statement former B.U. coach and Democratic candidate for Congress Dick Versace made today about the Schock bombshell. But Archpundit’s site is down at the moment. And the Versace campaign apparently doesn’t have me on their mailing list, even through I’ve asked twice and actually...
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Politics: Schock says McConoughey ‘running in the wrong primary’
From a press release:
(PEORIA) Representative Aaron Schock responded to opponent Jim McConoughey’s criticism of Schock’s recent comprehensive proposal to seek ways of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, by pointing out that there are three alternatives:
1. Seek new ways of pressuring China and Russia to heed their UN Security Council responsibilities by...
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