I don’t like it either, but look - Kirk is pretty decent on fiscal issues and for me at least, that trumps this other stuff. Would I prefer an actual Conservative? You bet. But I’ll take Kirk over Alexi anyday, because Alexi would not even blink before voting for every bit of the crap that Reid has put forward. Besides, while he seems to have trouble sticking with the truth about it, I respect Kirks military service a lot more than Alexi’s cushy career at the family candy-store aka Broadway Bank.
C’mon, it’s a no-brainer. And if Kirk tries more crap like he did on cap-and-trade, he’s damn sure going to have opposition next time. A Republican in an Illinois Senate seat is a far cry from a job for life.
But you’ve already established that Kirk WILL get away with the unconstitutional nonsense that he’s done in his past term. You’re rewarding him with your vote.
Case in point:
“And if Kirk tries more crap like he did on cap-and-trade, he’s damn sure going to have opposition next time.”
Of course he’s going to continue his past efforts, he will be rewarded for it, after all. How many more monstrosities like cap and trade must he help to pass before you cry “enough”? Where do you draw the line?
Sooner or later, conservatives must draw the line and tolerate NO CINOs in either the primary or general elections.
We are already far too close to the edge of the precipice to justify knowingly putting someone in the driver’s seat who is inclined to hit the gas pedal and not the brakes.
His support of Cap and Tax negates any claim to this.
Kirk is on his own as far as my vote is concerned. I cannot vote for someone who thinks sucking brains out of babies is OK. If I did, it would be a sin to me. I mean that quite literally. We can’t keep rewarding Illinois’ “weasely wepublican” machine and then act all surprised when nothing improves for decades at a time.