Wow. Sore Loserman all over again.
Kirk sucks. But he won the primary. Deal with it. At least it’s not South Carolina.
We are dealing with it. We’re demanding his lying, Combiner Socialist ass be removed from the ticket.
Touche. Mark Kirk is 10X worse than Lindsey Graham, who many freepers refused to vote for after he won the primary. On every issue Graham is wrong on (amnesty, McCain, etc.) Kirk is ALSO wrong on -- PLUS Kirk sided with the RATs on a whole host of issues (abortion-on-demand, confiscation of all guns, surrender in Iraq, etc.), that Graham wouldn't be caught dead supporting.
The idea we "have to" support Kirk when many freepers boycotted far more conservative candidates is not only hypocritical but laughable at this stage. Many of the allegedly "RINOs" that freepers rant about like Bob Bennett and Norm Coleman are Reaganese compared to the marxist Mark Kirk.
AmishDude we IL conservatives appreciate the help of any freeper from anywhere in trying to get Kirk out of this race.
Yes Kirk beat a bunch of nobodies in the primary that name conservatives were “encouraged” not to run in (by the combine, obviosuly you and Graybeard had a misunderstanding but you can PM him or Billyboy and they’ll tell you what it is). But you know what? Kirk will lose the GE.
With both candidates being pieces of crap the Democrat will win. Exactly like the 2006 race for Governor. Blago was as popular as stepping in dog crap yet he won cause we nominated trash.
Kirk is not the nose on our face. More like a cancerous skin lesion.
I’m really sick of people who blast others for not wholeheartedly supporting liberal Republicans and claiming they can’t “settle for less than perfection” and “aren’t participating”. For the thousandth time I’ll say there is a big distinction between a sub-par Republican like Lindsay Graham and a liberal like Mark Kirk.
Yes get the rope ready I’m kinda defending Graham. I don’t like him, no one does. I opposed his renomination and will do so again. I backed him against his ex-Pat Buchananite turned Ron Paulite turned democrat opponent and would do so again.
But he’s someone with a mostly conservative voting record who has bad positions on a few key issues and a McCainish tendency to bash the right. He’s much much better than Kirk, I’d walk over broken glass to vote for him over Kirk.
Norm Coleman is a moderate/moderate to conservative guy. He has good positions on many issues important to conservatives. I backed him without reservation and think MN conservatives who didn’t vote for him in November 2008 were tom fools. I would gladly accept a Republican of similar record to run here in Illinois. He’s much better than Kirk.
I think there should be a standard for Republican candidates, the standard should be decidedly less than “perfection” but better than Mark Kirk and Susan Collins who on their best days are half Republican.
I’ve posted something similar to that many times. Billyboy has posted the same argument even more times. Not so much as once has one of the people calling others frivolous perfectionists ever indicated that they comprehend the argument. Not once. Will you be the first Amishdude? The first to understand one can have a standard and not be a “purist” who won’t for vote for anyone if they are to the left of Alan Keyes. To me it seems like a very clear and easy to understand concept.
I’m guessing the answer is no since you are posting ignorant condescending drivel like “You aren’t an evil person for preferring an imperfect candidate. It’s OK.” If you respond at all I expect you will rephrase something personally insulting you have already said.
Apillar, you are underwhelmed by the severity of Kirk’s filthy lies when compared to the rank corruption of the rat who was a banker for the mob? Me too, me too. But a rat who had told the same lies as Kirk would be regarded as lower than pond scum by freepers. A perfect conservative wouldn’t deserve (yet may have gotten from freepers, myself included) a pass for bloating up his military record for electoral reasons let alone a liberal ‘Republican’ like Kirk. It’s really a despicable thing to do.
Add a total lack of integrity to liberal policies and what do you get? There’s a good chance you get something that rhythms with “Leffords” and “Recter”.
Finally a point on Kirk’s sexuality.
I think the rumors are credible enough to be discussed. A democrat with similar strength rumors would be the butt of a gay joke in every other post about them.
But I don’t know if he’s gay. I don’t care if’s gay. I don’t care if Graham is gay.
I’d walk over hot coals to vote for an HIV positive gay conservative over a devoted family man RINO/democrat who loves his wife and kids and coaches little league and voted for partial-birth abortion and cap and trade.
Cause what I care about in a candidate are 2 things. How they’ll vote and how likely are they to win and lead.
Kirk we know will vote poorly (better than moonbat slime Alexi but still poorly) but it looks more and more likely that he won’t get the chance because Mr. Electable Kirk is looking like worse than even money.
So you can see why I want him to take a hike.