Posted on 09/09/2009 12:33:01 PM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
On August 26th, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10th District) was one of eight Republicans who voted for a bill commonly called Cap and Trade. HR2454 officially titled, the "American Clean Energy and Security Act" passed the House of Representatives, but has yet to be considered by the U.S. Senate. The legislation passed by a total of seven votes. Indeed, without the support of these eight Republicans, the Cap and Trade bill would not have passed in the House.
The Republicans who voted for Cap and Trade have come under a great deal of criticism. In fact, the bill is so toxic moderate Democrats have prevented the bill from coming to a vote in the U.S. Senate. Many believe Cap and Trade, if signed into law, would represent the largest tax increase in American history. Cap and Trade would result in the loss of millions of American jobs because U.S. industry would, most likely, move their operations offshore to nations like China and India. These countries will become even more attractive to industry because of less stringent regulations. Some say in these hard economic times, Cap and Trade could be a death blow to an economy which is already reeling.
Recently, I had a conversation with a spokesman for an influential Illinois Republican who has endorsed Mark Kirk's bid for the U.S. Senate in the 2010 GOP primary. I was wondering why and, more important, how a conservative Republican could support someone like Kirk in light of Kirk's votes on issues like Cap and Trade. I never fail to be amazed by the world of politics. But, in this case, what I was told truly took my breath away. The spokesman told me Kirk now says he would vote ...
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Too late—no mulligans.
Does a lot of good now.
Mark Kirk is RINO scum and a traitor to these United States.
sounds too much like a “kerry”.
“i voted for it before i voted against it”
any so-called ‘conservative’ that would vote for cap and trade doesn’t deserve a single vote.
Good article Dan. I hope more Illinoisans get the picture on Kirk.
One minor thing, though. Your attribution to “a spokesman for a high ranking Republican that supports Kirk” sounds a little like the type of source the SRM uses for articles against Pubbies. When I see an attribution like that , my cynicism usually takes over.
So he is not a dumbass now.Bullfeathers.He needs to be fired.
Here in Illinois we are doomed to send another useless piece of shnit dummicrap to fill Obama’s seat. I should have bought it from Gov. Bagoshit
:Too late-no QUARTER.
He must be expunged from the party in perpetuity. Every RINO must hear the message: No Deals with communists. None.
Stand on principle or get the hell out of this party.
Even though I strongly oppose anyone who supported this huge tax increase, the fact remains that had this Congressman not voted for this bill, another of the Democrats would have, meaning it would have passed regardless.
This guy is a First Class Squish!
Now ain’t that great! A sell-out who doesn’t even have the guts to be a sell-out! Isn’t this clown running for the senate?
So Kirk would change his vote. Bet me. We’ll see after the Senate version is passed and the bill comes back after conference.
... so is this an appeal for mercy like when a perp murdered someone, got caught, but was remorseful and apologized profusely, so the Lib judge gives him a reduced sentence and early parole?
... then right on clue, when the perp gets out of prison he commits another murder.
Moral of story: if you “forgive” this RINO POS, and vote him back into office, he will just f___ you again, like any perp.
NO SECOND CHANCE!!! You are DOOMED! VOTE THIS RINO OUT OF OFFICE! Let him find some other meaningful employment, but not representing us to siphon off our hard earned dollars!!!
At the Tea Party Express stop in the Chicago area (New Lenox), there was a spirited booing in the crowd of 10,000 great Americans when Kirk’s name was mentioned.
This is as bad as Romney’s “I never thought about how keeping my abortion views to myself would lead to the cheapening of human life through stem cell research.” I’d have more respect for Kirk if he just stuck to his guns. I wouldn’t enthusiastically campaign for him or anything, just have a little more respect for him and belief that in his honesty. All that being said, I’ll probably have to vote for the weasel because Alexi Giannoulias is worse than just a crook. He’s an Obama crook who stole an old woman’s home from her with a fraudulent loan. He’s accomplished less than Obama in public life and would probably use the senate seat to line his own pockets with taxpayer money. I’ll take giant douche over turd sandwich.
If he REALLY had a "change of heart", he could simply say that he hastily voted for the bill without fully understanding its impact, but now that it's been brought to his attention he vows to oppose the legislation if it's ever before Congress again. This would be a fairly safe position for him to take, since even many "moderate" Democrats oppose cap-n-trade.
But no, he didn't do that.
Basically the only Kirk "regrets" is underestimating the political fallout from his vote now that he's trying to win a GOP primary for the first time in a decade and gets hounded about the vote everywhere he does. He certainly doesn't regret the socialist agenda the bill will enact, and is waiting for the furor to die down so he can vote for the bill in the Senate (that way it will be forgotten by the time he's up for re-election in 2016)
At the Tea Party here in IL, Mark Kirk’s name got a resounding BOO from the crowd gathered there. I attended a town hall of his earlier this summer and he looked visibly shaken by the comments from the crowd. They basically told him they would be voting against him for his Yes vote on Cap and Trade. No wonder he says he’d vote against it now.
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