Mark Kirk Says He Would Change Vote on Cap and Trade? Amazing!

RFFM.org ^ | September 9, 2009 | Daniel T. Zanoza

[Buck W.]

Too late—no mulligans.

[cripplecreek]

Does a lot of good now.

[rabscuttle385]

Mark Kirk is RINO scum and a traitor to these United States.

[kingattax]

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.

[GonzoGOP]

I would like to think that this has something to do with my refusing to give money to the GOP congressional campaign. When they called me on the phone I pointed out Mark Kirk's vote, mentioning him by name. I'm from Illinois and I said i would direct my contributions only to politicians who matched my views, not simply based on party affiliation. It is more work on my part, but I won't support cap-n-tax

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

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.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

So he is not a dumbass now.Bullfeathers.He needs to be fired.

[ignorancerunsrampant]

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

[Mariner]

"Too late—no mulligans".

: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.

[Rational Thought]

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.

[US Navy Vet]

This guy is a First Class Squish!

[Oldpuppymax]

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?

[easttennesseejohn]

So Kirk would change his vote. Bet me. We’ll see after the Senate version is passed and the bill comes back after conference.

[Babu]

... 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.

[LibFreeUSA]

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!!!

[Proud2BeRight]

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.

[jyoders19]

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.

[BillyBoy]

Mark Kirk has no intention of changing his vote on cap-n-trade. In fact, Republicans voters gave the little weasel an opportunity to backtrack on his earlier vote and renounce it at the town hall meeting in his district. Kirk was specifically asked if he would change his vote on cap-n-trade if he had to do it over again, and if he plans to vote "no" on the bill when it comes up in the Senate. In both cases, Kirk claimed he "got the message" on cap-n-trade BUT replied "I'm not going to answer that" about changing his vote in hindsight.

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)

[Marmolade]

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.