Posted on 02/18/2007 1:20:43 PM PST by BillyBoy
At least, he understand this much.
But he admits he has no alternative plan for achieving that objective...so he just proposes to cut and run?
Congressman Mark Kirk must not be very bright...
I wrote my Senator (John Warner, Virginia) weeks ago and have not received a reply... Today I wrote him another email saying I was disgusted with his vote yesterday and didn't need to head any reply from him in the future. I don't feel that I have a Senator from Virginia representing my interests in anything in Washington. I'll look forward to voting against him when a respectable Republican challenges his candidacy in the next Senate primary.
Make that "hear" instead of "head".
The average "middle of the road" person, INCLUDING people who support keep Roe v. Wade, would not be caught dead supporting Kirk's viewpoint on abortion. His position is not "moderate", but extreme liberal. I would be shocked if you could find 25% of the people in the northern suburbs to give a thumbs up to Kirk's position of allowing 9th month pregnancy abortion during birth, let alone get 51% needed to constitute a majority. Kirk holds that position not because it makes him "electable", but because he is a slimey liberal.
There are plenty of elected officials in the 10th district who "won" without exposing Kirk's extremist beliefs. Perhaps you can explain how they manage to hold office.
The "Kirk is a fiscal conservative" is the oldest excuse in the book to defend RINOs. It was used to elect George Ryan, it was used to elect Arnold Schwartzenneger. As you can see from the first post, Kirk scored a 37% rating from Taxpayers for Common Sence. Like all other issues, Kirk is only "fiscally conservative" when the liberal media wants him to be. He has no quasms about wasting money on pork or supporting big government programs for his "suburban agenda". I guess you guys have to use the "fiscal conservative" line since the previous talking point about how Kirk "supports Bush on the WOT" will now be subject to ridicule.
I do not believe Kirk is likely to lose a primary election, due to the fact Kirk is so good at getting the GOP machines there to GOTV for them while he stabs his "base" in the back. More likely, the 10th district could be won by a conservative the same way the Conservative Party won in New York state. Kirk and his equally liberal Democrat opponent will agree on every single issue and split the moderate-to-liberal majority in that district, and a conservative could win by carrying the remaining 35% of the electorate. It's a long short, but it's certainly preferrable to having a guy to the left of our DEMOCRAT Congressmen Dan Lipinksi (IL-3) and Jerry Costello (IL-12).
That seat is already held by a Democrat. The only differnce between Kirk and Seals is that Seals was honest enough to admit it. Either way, you're going to get a reliable liberal Congressman, but Seals won't take GOP money and volunteers to vote that way.
I SOOOO agree with you. I did my part to defeat this RINO arse last election. I voted for every single Republican except him. I was most vocal with our Committeemen about his terminal RINOism. They seemed shocked! Go figure. He also gets failing grades on his immigration votes.
Not exactly how I remember it.
Just more infuriating hypocrisy. He says that and then does all he can to assure our defeat. Add to that:
Foreign troops – be they American, British or otherwise – are not well-suited to advance the elected government’s writ.
He,like the others, claims there is a civil war going on among Iraqis when he knows better. We are fighting the other foreign troops in Iraq, the jihadists who come from all over but especially from Iran and Syria, to reestablish a tyranny in Iraq and prevent democracy. It is good guy foreign troops against bad guy foreign troops in Iraq.
Dear Rick,
I came to a conclusion too, you will never again get my vote.
Er, KIRK, you know who I am refering to.
Oh yeah. We've done real good in that area. And voting against our troops is always a big help. /sarcasm
Can somebody explain to me why it was so important to vote for this RINO, instead of a Conservative third party? Sure, it may have helped keep a democrat out of office, but is a Republican vote against our troops really that much better than a democrat vote against our troops?
Not this constituent!
IF Mark Kirk were a "moderate", along the lines of say, George Vonovich and Jim Edgar, I'd vote for him. He's not a moderate, he's a liberal. The difference is true "moderates" might stray from the party line from time to time, but they are genearlly reliable on the big issues and they don't go out of their way to have NARAL, ANSWER, and the SIERRA CLUB cheering them on. It wouldn't surprise me if Kirk starting joining fellow RINO Judy Baar Topinka at the gay pride parades. He's a shameless panderer. A wussy "moderate" like Jim Edgar might support legal abortion, but he won't go out of his way to get Planned Parenthood fawning over him.
You say I am focused on one issue. That one issue proves Kirk is out of touch with the electorate he claims to represent so well. He doesn't "need" to support abortion in EVERY circumstance, or blanket amnetsy for illegal aliens, or jacking up the minumum wage. An in-your-face hardcore conservative would probably not "win" there, but certainly people who have held a number of positions to the right of Kirk have won in areas even more liberal than the one he's in.
I say, we could dump Kirk and get an "electable" candidate who might not agree with us on everything, but he wouldn't take nutty positions on issues like that. Peter Fitzgerald "won" Kirk's district over Carol Mosely-Braun handily without having to support all that liberal garbage.
All this rear kissing is emboldening Bush's Dem enemies who really are laying out the groundwork for a coup d'etat.
What would make good sense is to call GOP Headquarters in Lake County and ask them who they now plan to put up against Kirk. I have to believe that if they get enough calls, they'll do something!
Here's the number: 847 356-3941
Moderator, please remove #38.
Does the republican party give money to this guy for his reelection?
If so then I will not give any more to the party.
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