| − | '''Jerry Costello''', born September 25, 1949 (age {{age|1949|9|25}}), is the current [[United States House of Representatives|representative]] from [[Illinois]]'s 12th congressional district. Costello was born September 25, 1949. Before he was a member of Congress he was chief investigator for the Illinois State Attorney's Office. He was elected in 1988 to fill the seat left open by the death of [[Charles Melvin Price]].<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000794</ref> Costello is one of the most conservative of the Democrats in office and is strongly [[abortion|pro-life]], consistently defending the rights of unborn babies.<ref>http://www.house.gov/costello/</ref><ref>http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H1231103</ref> [[Wikipedia®]], in another [[example of bias in Wikipedia]], smeared him by noting that he had a positive rating from the [[John Birch Society]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Costello&oldid=142488803</ref> | + | '''Jerry Costello''', born September 25, 1949 (age {{age|1949|9|25}}), is the current [[United States House of Representatives|representative]] from [[Illinois]]'s 12th congressional district. Costello was born September 25, 1949. Before he was a member of Congress he was chief investigator for the Illinois State Attorney's Office. He was elected in 1988 to fill the seat left open by the death of [[Charles Melvin Price]].<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000794</ref> Costello is one of the most conservative of the Democrats in office and is strongly [[abortion|pro-life]], consistently defending the rights of unborn babies.<ref>http://www.house.gov/costello/</ref><ref>http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H1231103</ref> [[Wikipedia]], in another [[example of bias in Wikipedia]], smeared him by noting that he had a positive rating from the [[John Birch Society]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Costello&oldid=142488803</ref> |