Posted on 06/19/2010 4:04:30 PM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
The following open letter from Laurie Higgins to Illinois Republican Party leadership is posted below by RFFM.org with Mrs. Higgins permission. Higgins appeals to GOP leaders, urging Mark Kirk to bow out of the Senate race "for the good of the party." Higgins joins a growing chorus of conservatives who believe Kirk should be encouraged to do what's best for not only Illinois Republicans, but the integrity of the political process as well.
Laurie Higgins is an influential pro-family activist and a widely read columnist. Higgins has a background as an educator. Her articles and columns have been published across the country.
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Higgins writes:
I live in Deerfield, Mark Kirk’s Congressional District, and I’m writing to plead with the IL GOP to force Kirk to drop out of the Senate race. I have never voted for a third-party candidate, but this year for this race I will. Not only am I not voting for him, but I am urging everyone I know not to vote for him.
I will not vote for Mark Kirk. His votes on, for example, cap and trade, the troop surge in Iraq, abortion, and “hate crimes” legislation enrage me. And his prevaricating on both his military and teaching experiences is disgusting. In addition, his likely homosexuality and likely deceit about it are character issues for me. You managed to dump Jack Ryan for far less.
Some people argue that "for the good of the Party," Republicans have some sort of ethical obligation to vote for a prevaricator. I contend that for the good of the party, the prevaricator should bow out. I find it utterly hypocritical for Republicans to wax indignant at the idea that a Republican would refuse to support a lousy Republican candidate, as if not supporting Kirk is a moral issue of the highest order; those same indignant Republicans seem to find nothing morally problematic with Kirk’s lying, his support for the barbaric partial-birth abortion, and his support for the deeply troubling “hate crimes” legislation.
Kirk should go.
Laurie Higgins
* Higgins sent her letter to the following Republican Party leaders at the e-mail addresses listed below.
chairman@cookrepublicanparty.com ; ale05@sbcglobal.net ; fcapuzi@aol.com ; bbmayor@aol.com ; erdaw@comcast.net ; carolsdonovan@yahoo.com ; ctdudley@aol.com ; dmcginn@emhc.org ; skip@skipsaviano.com ; richtwprep@aol.com ; tchisum@aol.com ; sdaglas@sbcglobal.net ; diekelmanj@aol.com ; jmdgop@yahoo.com ; lyndafilipello@aol.com ; ccal2131@aol.com ; gwoodgop@aol.com ; bobcook353@hotmail.com
Pro-gun control
Pro-partial birth abortion
Pro-amnesty
Pro-big government
Pro-cap and tax
Get this friggin' RINO SOCIALIST out of here!!
Wow. Sore Loserman all over again.
Kirk sucks. But he won the primary. Deal with it. At least it’s not South Carolina.
Of course this is the state that gave us such great and honorable politicians as Obama, Blagoveich, and Burris. So maybe I shouldn't be surprised.
I promise that I will not vote for Kirk.
His military awards are NOT the reason he needs to resign. He voted for “Cap and tax”, is pro/abort....A lot of people will not vote for him but stay home. He is also gun control...
*IL Politics Ping*
Flush Kirk ! Demand from your IL Republican officials he step down from the ticket !
We are dealing with it. We’re demanding his lying, Combiner Socialist ass be removed from the ticket.
I don't care if the Democrat candidate openly robbed banks. I want Kirk to lose.
We? Tennesseans?
Ah, the siren song of the sphinx caucus.
Kirk needs to pull out of the race now. We need a good conservative to replace. Now, Kirk!
I'm from Illinois and vote (or not) and I hereby allow people from Tennessee to express their opinion too.
Hereby is mine:
I too want the lying, ultra liberal, low life bastard, homosexual to lose.
Ah, but I didn’t say “we”. I just commented on it, as anyone is free to do.
And good for you. I’m glad your hate defines you. And that you don’t take the franchise very seriously.
Care to help, Iowa ?
Granny,
Get up to speed. Kirk changed his position on cap and trade several months ago after hearing from his constituents (yours truly included).
Yes, he’s a liberal, but do you think that a 55 ACU rating is as bad as most dems, including Alexi Buttboy?
To the people who don’t vote: you might as well be dems because they benefit from moderates and conservatives sitting out elections.
That's a mighty big conclusion that you jumped to. Everything I said about Kirk is factual, not based on "hate" as you erroneously conclude. I don't hate Kirk I just never want to see him in the U.S. Senate.
The correct word is "combine" not franchise.
Every time the Senate Committee calls for $$$$ I tell them I'll give if Kirk drops out of the race.
It makes my blood boil whenever I think of how the IL Party hid Kirk's record during the primary.
The IL Party is inbred. Mark Kirk's sister is a secretary for another candidate. They are one happy family.
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.
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