And the Illinois Star Trek curse continues. Republican's shouldn't even run a candidate with a Star Trek last name...
Posted on 06/01/2010 3:34:32 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
We knew this was coming, but some Republicans chose to keep their heads in the sand.
As we reported over the weekend, Mike Rogers of BlogACTIVE.com wrote on Saturday that Mark Kirk is definitely gay, and promised to follow up with more details.
Rogers has now done just that. His follow-up story is here: Truth or Consequences.
We find Rogers’ reporting very credible and frankly it just confirms what’s been widely rumored for years.
From Rogers’ article:
In an effort to move the base in Illinois Senate race, Kirk decided to tack right and that means throwing the gays (like him) under the bus. And once he voted that way, the phone began to ring. Not one or two, or three but 5 separate individuals contacted me about the now divorced Mr. Kirk. (Mr. and Mrs. Kirk were married from 2001 to 2009, the marriage produced no children.)
Within hours of the DADT repeal vote I was contacted by two people who knew Kirk from his college days.
“In law school in DC everyone knew Mark was gay,” the first source told me. I explained that the information was intriguing, it would not be enough to go on. He continued, “But I had sex with him a number of times.” Well, now we’re onto something I thought. “Could someone verify for me that you knew Kirk and went to school with him?” I asked. “Yes” was the swift reply. “Could you recall personal details about Kirk that others may not know?” “Yes,” he said.
And he did.
The next source claimed to have gone to undergraduate school with Kirk. I asked for proof that he and Kirk were in school together and once that was shared with me, I met with the source. The source introduced me to a man whom had also been friends with Kirk college. They both shared with me their interactions with Kirk, including one sexual in nature. The source who claimed to have sex with Kirk described personal details about the House, um, er, “member.” The description was the same as the first source.
And in DC, Kirk wasn’t all THAT closeted. You see Mark Kirk told me he was gay. Before I had BlogActive, I had a life in Washington. As a fundraiser I raised major gifts from $5,000 to over $1,000,000… You don’t do that kind of work at a keyboard, you do it at events with attended by people with money. The movers and shakers and their friends.
It was early 2004 when I was at a social gathering on Capitol Hill. I’m guessing there were 35-40 people present, including the guy who brought me as his guest. While the party was no means a “gay” party, I’d guess that of the men at least 75% were overtly gay. The others present were either straight men or their women friends.
It was at that party that I met Mark Kirk. I was introduced to him by the person I came with and at the time did not realize he was a member of the House. As my friend walked away, Kirk asked me if the man who introduced us was “single or attached.” When I said that he had a partner Kirk replied disappointingly, “oh, well.” At the end of that interaction I walked away and didn’t think much of it at the time.
Then Kirk became a hypocrite. Kirk voted against repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, despite his being a closeted gay man in the military. As a Commander in the Navy Reserves Kirk has voted to keep a policy that if he were investigated under he would be tossed.
Recently we learned that it’s just not about his being a closeted gay man that Kirk lies about; he has a habit of making up awards supposedly given to him by the Navy.
Nice try, Mark. The gig is up.
Doug Ibendahl is a Chicago Attorney and a former General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party.
Not every homosexual believes in the same thing.
oh boy!
I have nothing against a homosexual who keeps his lifestyle to himself. But Kirk is exactly like Charlie Crist - a limp wristed RINO through and through.
Myabe he’ll hire Massa to be on his staff.
Dog bites man.
I believe the same group will also bring obama out of the closet. The larry sinclair fling that obama had is known by many, and what is good for kirk is good for the obama.
Crist appointed his buddy as his senatorial seat warmer.
Its OK for the community to out anyone with an R but they protect the closet of people like Kagan.
Maybe you can be gay and STILL not feel the laws and customs 100’s of years old should be changed?
Maybe you can be SMART about being gay and not think you have to come swishing out of the closet OR into the military (if you want to live in a good and safe country)
Being gay AND being against “dont ask dont tell” are NOT mutually exclusive. (or hypocrtitical) Are gays too stupid to see that (I dont think it is a gay/stupid thing only a liberal/stupid thing. )
So, he lied about his military record and he’s gay.
Wonderful. Boy, we Republicans can really field some winning candidates can’t we?
I worked with a gay guy who was a good conservative. He never talked up gay marriage or any of that crap. He just lived his life, did his job, and voted Republican. He didn’t keep his life a secret—but he didn’t make it the focus of his life either.
I don’t think he was a chameleon either, changing his actions to fit the people around him. He was genuinely conservative in his politics AND he happened to have a boyfriend.
I perhaps belabor this point to merely point out: it is not impossible to be gay and conservative. I have witnessed it first hand. The guy disdained liberalism, because he worked hard for everything he had, and didn’t feel like having the government redistribute his wealth. We really didn’t talk much about social issues, but he wasn’t vehement about any of them; I suspect he was generally supportive of the conservative positions on them.
I think Kirk ought to be judged like anyone else: his positions on the issues and competency.
For instance, Bill Clinton was not a homosexual, but I still don’t want him back in power. Same for Jimmy Carter.
Maybe this same reporter should talk to Larry about a wild limo ride...or maybe follow-up on an unsolved murder of a choir director. Nah!
Think I'll rent "The Birdcage" tonight and sip a rainbow-colored drink...
Add this to Kirk faking his military record, why oh why couldn’t have this stuff came out before the primary?
This is the candidate who was backed by the Republican “leadership” in the primary. This is what they wanted. A gay pro-abortion socialist.
Sure, let's judge Kirk on the issues:
- Pro partial-birth abortion
- Pro gun control
- Pro cap and tax
- Pro big spending
- Pro endless war
- Only voted against Obamacare at last minute
I don't want this socialist POS anywhere near the Senate.
Bingo.
And the Illinois Star Trek curse continues. Republican's shouldn't even run a candidate with a Star Trek last name...
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