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Katy Perry's shoe that is under scrutiny for resembling blackface is about to be yanked ... TMZ has learned. Katy's got a whole shoe line for sale at retailers like Dillard's and Walmart -- and a couple of her designs feature what looks similar to blackface ... the "Rue Face Slip On Loafers" and its high-heeled counterpart, "Ora Face Block Heel Sandal." The "face" shoes have two eyes, a nose and red lips on them, and they come in two different colors ... black and beige. The black one is problematic, because it looks a lot like classic blackface makeup,...

Campaign for Dillard issues the following News Release: (Chicago) – State Senator Kirk Dillard today threw his support behind State Senator Bill Brady in the race for Governor, saying it was “close,” but that Brady had won the Illinois Republican Primary. “I will help Senator Brady in any way I can to ensure the Republican Party wins back the Governor’s office in November,” Dillard said. Dillard had waited until the Illinois State Board of Elections had reported the final totals in the February 2 Primary election had been counted before conceding because of the narrow margin of Brady’s lead. “It...

Governor - GOP Primary Illinois - 11142 of 11215 Precincts Reporting - 99% Bill Brady, 20%, 155,210 Kirk Dillard, 20%, 154,701 Bill Brady up 509 votes. 73 precincts remain.

President Barack Obama is playing a starring role in an Illinois campaign advertisement — but in a Republican attack ad against a GOP gubernatorial candidate who endorsed him in the 2008 presidential campaign. Republican Andy McKenna is up with a devastating ad against state Sen. Kirk Dillard, featuring footage of Dillard’s glowing testimonial of Obama — comments broadcast in the president’s 2007 campaign ad before the Iowa caucuses. As Dillard is shown praising Obama’s bipartisan background, the children’s song "The More We Get Together” plays in the background. “Republican Kirk Dillard supported Barack Obama for President. On TV,” the ad...

Proft Surprised by Dillard’s Entrance into the [Illinois Governor's] Race as a Republican from Proft for Governor campaign July 8, 2009 In anticipation of State Senator Kirk Dillard’s announcement this morning of his candidacy for Governor, GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft issued the following statement: "I want to welcome Sen. Dillard to the race, though I admit to being a bit surprised he decided to run as a Republican. I want to make it clear from the outset, as a point of differentiation, that I will refuse any offer made by President Barack Obama to appear in Dan Proft...

The government considers Zacarias Moussaoui a fitting candidate for execution. He is an admitted terrorist who pleaded guilty last year to being part of the Al Qaeda plot that led to the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings. He was jailed on unrelated charges weeks before the attacks, but prosecutors contend he could have blown the whistle and prevented the carnage. A government attorney assisting the prosecution team has now done serious damage to the government's case at Moussaoui's ongoing death-penalty trial. Carla Martin, a lawyer for the Transportation Security Administration, allegedly violated a direct court order by coaching prospective prosecution witnesses...

Illinois Republicans may deserve Spanky the Clown Carol Marin Published July 21, 2004 It's hard not to think of Spanky the Clown at a time like this. At 68, Ray "Spanky the Clown" Wardingley is a perennial Republican candidate who has worked as a stagehand, bit actor, taxi driver and some years ago as a clown. In 1995, to the shock and horror of the GOP, Wardingley actually won the Chicago Republican mayoral primary against four even more obscure candidates. With fewer than 9,000 ballots cast on the Republican side, Wardingley was the victor with 2,407 votes. His opponent, of...

Hinsdale legislator may face ObamaDuPage chairman considers GOP bid By Rick Pearson Tribune political reporter Published July 19, 2004 State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) said Sunday that he is "warming" to a bid to replace Jack Ryan as the state's Republican U.S. Senate nominee and has received the encouragement of his ex-boss, former two-term Gov. Jim Edgar, for making such a run. Edgar "gave me a lot of ideas," Dillard said. "He convinced me that someone with my type of profile and experience, and especially with my uniqueness in the way that I line up against my friend and colleague,...