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* September 5, 2013…
A woman accused of repeatedly trying to contact actor John Cusack was charged today with stalking.
Elizabeth Diane Pahlke, 45, was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Van Nuys Superior Court on the charge alleging that she stalked Cusack between Oct. 1, 2010, and Tuesday, when she was arrested by deputies from the Lost Hills/Malibu sheriff’s station.
Pahlke was already subject to a restraining order recently obtained by Cusack, who she’s allegedly tried to contact through text messages and Twitter for nearly three years, according to the criminal complaint.
Pahlke is accused of flying from Illinois to Los Angeles, going to Cusack’s home and following him to a restaurant, where she approached him, according to Shiara Davila-Morales of the District Attorney’s Office.
In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Sen. Mark Kirk gained Republican challenger Elizabeth Diane Pahlke on Monday.
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Elizabeth Pahlke of Arlington Heights ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2013 special election for the 2nd congressional district once held by ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
* Illinois Review today…
In what is likely to be a first, the Illinois Board of Elections is going through nominating petition pages upon which Republican U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Diane Pahlke glued leaves, grass and bird droppings.
Pahlke’s reason for attaching these natural visual aids?
“The mud, grass & leaves & bird signatures represent the bad decisions that were made from developers & politicians that stole from our land”
To be clear, nobody has yet reported that candidate Elizabeth Diane Pahlke is the Illinois resident Elizabeth Diane Pahlke who allegedly stalked Cusack.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 12:58 pm
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Unless Kirk can knock off the Oswego resident that also filed, keeping her on the ballot with all three “helps” Kirk, neutralizes the Oswego resident by being overshadowed by the alleged stalker.
More the merrier in the most bizarre twist…
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:03 pm
U.S. Senate?
That’s too bad.
She’s a much better fit for the Illinois State Senate Republican caucus.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:04 pm
The lengths some people will go to to signatures on their petitions. Sheesh /s
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:05 pm
She sounds like an IllinoisGO candidate.
Comment by 360 Degree TurnAround Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:06 pm
Kirk: “My post-stroke quirks look pretty minor now, eh?”
Comment by PolPal56 Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:06 pm
Hey, if they’ve got real signatures on them, they’re still better than Dorothy Brown’s.
Comment by Century Club Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:08 pm
I like how she referred to the bird droppings as the bird’s signatures…
Comment by Dread Pirate Roberts Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:08 pm
Gruntled University Employee wins the comments today.
Comment by thunderspirit Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:09 pm
To be clear, these are just ah-Cusack-ations. bahahaha.
Comment by 360 Degree TurnAround Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:11 pm
Have you ever tried to glue bird droppings to anything at all? That takes skill, baby.
Perhaps, in these trying times, she merits a second look ?
Comment by Linus Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:18 pm
So what did The Donald glue on his Illinois Presidential signatures petitions? Surely he glued on something more original than that!
Comment by internal angel Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:20 pm
Linus makes a good point. if you can glue bird droppings together, perhaps you could help bring Republicans and Democrats together.
Comment by 360 Degree TurnAround Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:20 pm
Such a common name.
Comment by Bobby G Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:22 pm
Now I have to decide whether to give directly to her campaign or to just start a superPAC in her honor.
Comment by The Captain Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:27 pm
well….some part of me would like to see her win.
Comment by Honeybear Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:29 pm
Say what?!
Comment by Speaker Madigan Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:35 pm
–To be clear, nobody has yet reported that candidate Elizabeth Diane Pahlke is the Illinois resident Elizabeth Diane Pahlke who allegedly stalked Cusack.–
IL Observer reported the Pahlke-Cusack item this morning in its Kirk primary race poll story.
Comment by Just a Second... Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:38 pm
“The mud, grass & leaves & bird signatures represent the bad decisions that were made from developers & politicians that stole from our land”
We have serious issues with mental health in this country.
Comment by AC Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:42 pm
===IL Observer reported the Pahlke-Cusack item===
I said reported.
I didn’t see the story until now, but it just makes an assumption.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:44 pm
Her LinkedIn page. “Let’s bring the HEE HAW back to country.”
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-pahlke-5a071ba
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:46 pm
In today’s illustration of how bad the Sun Times web site is, the first thing I get when I google her is a Sun Times story about whether Matt Forte is still the Bears’ starting RB. There is a little dealie on the page with the Forte story that I can click to see more stories about her, which is apparently generated by the search term, which apparently doesn’t do anything at all on that site, which is about what I would have expected. At least it’s smart enough to know that what I really want is Bears news.
Comment by Excessively Rabid Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:47 pm
And why do I think she may be against the IL 53 extension into Lake Co………..
Comment by Bogey Golfer Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:50 pm
she is not the same person, sounds like just as wacky
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:51 pm
She may have used bird droppings for signatures-but at least
they were produced by a live being–more that I could say for a lot of Cook County Dem petition signatures
Comment by train111 Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:54 pm
It’s spelled “Elizabeth Diane Pahlke” and pronounced “Mark J. Fairchild”
Comment by Adlai down your arms Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 1:57 pm
“If I just become a US Senator, then John Cusack will notice me!”
Comment by Get a Job!! Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:23 pm
This is Gross. Pointe Blank, some people will Say Anything on the filing forms.
Comment by Shark Sandwich Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:24 pm
With a platform like “I love John Cusak”, her election is a Sure Thing and she’ll soon be America’s Sweetheart. I really hope the name similarity is more than Serendipity.
… Hot Tub Time Machine
Comment by Missing G Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:35 pm
don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.
Comment by Minnie Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:36 pm
Cusack has one fan, at least.
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:38 pm
This is why I have ceased telling my out of state friends and relatives about Illinois politics. Just when it seems it can’t any more bizarre, we have a new special interest expressing itself in campaigns - sparrows.
Comment by Capitol View Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 2:54 pm
She might notch 30%+ against Kirk.
Comment by BluegrassBoy Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 3:03 pm
More info:
http://www.elizabethdianepahlkeussenate.com/about.html
I’m outta here.
Comment by Third Reading Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 3:07 pm
We’re used to deciphering chicken scratches, but this?
Comment by walker Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 3:36 pm
Her LinkedIn page also says, ” let’s not forget Hollywood”.
I think that increases the chances that it’s the same Liz Pahlke!
Comment by JoanP Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 3:39 pm
She sounds crazy enough to be a Democrat.
Comment by Apocalypse Now Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 3:43 pm
The candidate’s pictures do look a lot like the mugshots online.
Comment by titan Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 4:01 pm
You can call Democrats a lot of things, but crazy isn’t one of them. The Republicans definitely have the market cornered on crazy.
Comment by PolPal56 Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 4:13 pm
PolPal56:
Hah! May I remind you of a former now incarcerated Governor… I think he might be a wee bit crazy!
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 4:31 pm
John could do worse.
Comment by Buddy Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 4:40 pm
Shark Sandwich @ 2:24pm FTW!
Comment by cover Friday, Dec 4, 15 @ 4:41 pm