Posted on 11/06/2010 10:31:55 AM PDT by Libloather
Kirk to miss part of lame-duck session
Updated at 11:36 AM today
November 6, 2010 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- Illinois Republican Mark Kirk won't be seated in the U.S. Senate in time for the start of the lame duck session of Congress this month -- unlike two other newly elected senators.
The session begins Nov. 15. But state officials say the paperwork officially declaring Kirk the winner of the Senate race won't be delivered until Nov. 29.
That should still allow Kirk to participate in two weeks of the session in December. He argued strongly during the campaign that voters needed to send him to the Senate quickly so he could help block spending and tax increases.
Two Democrats are expected to be sworn in at the start of the lame duck session. Chris Coons of Delaware will fill the remainder of Vice President Joe Biden's term, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia replaces the late Robert Byrd.
(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...
Allowing Burris to stay in the Senate for the lame-duck lets Kirk save face. He'd be politiically damaged if he immediately began voting for all of Obama's lame-duck schemes a week after promising not to. Now he can just give press conferences claiming he would have voted against the RAT schemes, and have breathing room to support the socialist agenda after the "reasons" for electing Kirk are forgotten.
Troy McClure, check out this thread of Kirk getting all kissy with his "opponent" Alexi , and tell me with a straight face he's serious about "stopping Obama"
I have more faith in Manchin than Kirk.
Explain to me again why the Dems would fix the election to have Kirk beat Obama's best buddy Giannoulias. Or maybe you believe Labno actually won.
I am not saying the Dems never steal elections. Of course they do and I am worried about the Walsh/Bean race northwest of Chicago. I think they are trying to steal that one. However, anyone who thinks the Dems would purposely lose Obama's old Senate seat to Kirk is just plain delusional.
I live in what used to be Kirk's congressional district. I had never heard of Brady before he won the senatorial primary. Are you saying you HAD? How many people around Chicago knew who he was? He had been a state senator from Bloomington. Unfortunately, Quinn was able to paint him as some kind of radical and Brady never was able to introduce himself to the electorate.
This is so stupid, I don't know where to begin. If they were going to make a deal like that, why would they do it at the "beer summit" in front of every reporter in town? And, in any case, Kirk has no say in when he gets seated so how could he make a deal about it?
Very simple.
Giannoulias is extremely damaged by the feds seizing Broadway Bank and is damaged goods. Nobody respects him and the fact he's an Obama lackey means he will have very little pull in the U.S. Senate. If Obama announces he wants amnesty, gay marriage, assault weapons ban, etc., Giannoulias pimping for that agenda will have very little weight and certainly won't sway RINOs or moderate Democrats to back something because some Chicago crook wants it.
Kirk is not damaged goods. He's a pathelogical liar but he doesn't have any criminal activity on his record (even though he's just as cozy with scumbags like Tony Rezko as Alexi is). The mainstream media LOVES Kirk. He is their "model Republican". He will be the media's go-to guy whenever they need to show Obama is "reaching out to Republicans", even when Obama is pushing a completely unacceptable socialist scheme down our throats that no Republican on earth (except Kirk!) would touch. Kirk has long considered himself a "leader" of the RINOs (he started the "moderate" Tuesday Group in the House to have regular stragedy sessions with RATs on how to pass their agenda) and will be extremely useful in swaying RINOs and Moderate Democrats into getting on board with Obama's agenda. If Obama announces he wants amnesty, gay marriage, assault weapons ban, etc., Kirk will support it just like Ginnalinas would, but he will be far more effective, making the rounds of the nightly talk shows to tell everyone how such legislation is "thoughtful" and "moderate", attacking his own party's ideas as "outside the mainstream".
Kirk will be far more useful to the socialist cause, he's in a position to do alot more damage by virtue of his status in the mainstream media (the Chicago media even refused to report the main was a pathelogical liar until the national media picked it up and forced them too) and sweetheart boyscout image. If you can't see that, you're blind.
And no I don't think Labno really won. I've said a million times that Labno was simply a protest vote against the two socialists and had no shot at winning. By your snarky comment, you must be deaf too.
Speaking of Joe Walsh, he managed to overtake Bean even though the national and state party 'wrote him off', and even many local conservatives figured he had no shot and gave up after he wouldn't withdraw from the face. But Walsh focused like a laser bean on Bean's terrible record and hypocrisy and never let up, turning the electorate against her in Lake and McHenry counties by decisive margins, and won thanks to a huge GOP push nationally. But you will notice there's one spot he lost -- the Crook County part of the district. In that spot, Bean prevailed by 54%, even though the district is in the most Republican region of Crook. So if you concede there's vote fraud, you are correct.
I suspect at least 20,000 fradulent votes were cast for Quinn & other combiners like Bean, Berrios, etc. in suburban Crook alone. Many union goons instructed their members to "cross over" for Kirk since he was in danger of losing. I was an election judge in suburban Crook that day, I would be willing to testify under oath about numerous "questionable" things that unfolded that day. But it doesn't matter, the IL GOP has folded like a cheap suit, and told Brady to concede. And the vote fraud will continue.
The combine team was Quinn/Kirk all along. How else do you explain that Brady is AHEAD by 7+ points right before election day, Kirk is TIED, but then on election day -- Kirk wins and Brady loses? There is no doubt what happened.
Heavens!!! The polls were wrong!!! When has that ever happened before???
Obama came to Illinois twice to personally campaign for Giannoulias. Giannoulias was Obama's hand picked candidate. This was Obama's old seat. Of all the Dem losses, this one was the most damaging to Obama's prestige. The Dems NEVER wanted to lose this seat.
I certainly did, because this is Brady's second run for Governor. He ran statewide in 2006 and came in third in the primary, behind Oberweis and Topinka. He actually did much better in Crook County during that election. You must be the only Republican in the state who didn't notice his presence in that election, the Oberweis people have been making a big stink about it (since Brady refused to withdraw and endorse Obie) for the last four years.
So you didn't notice Brady on the ballot in 2006, and you're calling me stupid?
The fact you "used to live in Kirk's district" speaks volumes. By any chance do you think people who support partial-birth abortion are "socially moderate" and that people who vote for TARP and SCHIP are "fiscally conservative taxpayer watchdogs"? The kool-aid up there must be mighty tasty!
Fixed it for you. Honesty isn't one of your better qualities, is it ? Do you think putting out Combiner propaganda gives you any credibility, pal ?
Right. Obama wanted his old senate seat to go Republican. He campaigned for Giannoulias more than he did for any other senate candidate but he actually wanted him to lose.
Dream on.
I know you are liar because you claimed I am getting paid by someone. I am not being paid by anyone.
When you start claiming that those who disagree with you are "paid shills" that means you have run out of logical arguments. (or are incapable of logical argument)
Oh, right. I am supposed to remember everyone who was on the primary ballot in 2006. I am sure everyone in the Chicago area remembers that.
That's exactly right. And Kirk isn't a Republican. He's a Socialist Combiner, just like Zero. Using the party as a vehicle doesn't mean squat if you don't share its ideals. There are many star RINOs who similarly used it until they could no longer. Kirk will "drop it" as a label as soon as he is ordered to by his Combiner bosses. You know, the same people who are having you put your propagandic drivel on this website. In fact, I don't believe you've ever uttered the word "Combiner" on this website. First rule about the Combine and its members, never utter the word, or if it is uttered, act like it doesn't exist. You and your buddies on here shilling for Kirk have mastered that tact expertly. But you're not fooling the rest of us.
Huh?
I’m paying you a compliment, pal. Either you’re being paid to put disinformation out on your boss/organization on this website, or you’re a complete idiot. Now since we know you can put a coherent sentence together (even if chock-full of propaganda, debunked talking points and myths), it can’t be the latter.
As for the argument, you lost it a long time ago. Just keep on talking, because you’ve already been exposed, and so has your lying boss, the Socialist fraud Mark Kirk. Why are you on this website other than to deceive, sow dissension and mislead Conservative FReepers that Kirk is “one of us” and supports our agenda ? Ten years of his voting record and his associations prove that as a whopping falsehood, but then you know that, don’t you ?
What is really interesting is that we don’t know if either West Virginia or Delaware will have officially certified their candidates by then either.
Remarkable you seem to claim to be the only one from Chicago who doesn’t know who Brady is. More Combiner propaganda talking points. You’re just batting 1000 today, aincha ?
Playing dumb ain’t helping your case. Tell me, too, why don’t you display your IL flag on your FReeper page ? I’m always suspicious of people that don’t display their actual locations and have blank homepages. I mean, at least a one line, “I Heart Combine”, would be intellectually honest where you’re concerned.
There is a lot of stupidity going around here since the election. Maybe it will settle down, although since now we get to start the 2012 presidential election, I'm afraid we might be in full-on political ignorance mode.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.