Mark Kirk is bad for Illinois

Posted by on April 20, 2011

Mark Kirk (R, IL-10) is currently a member of the House of Representatives. Alexi Giannoulias (D) is currently the Illinois State Treasurer. These two men are battling it out for Barack Obama's old Senate seat. While both of these candidates leave much to desire, I plan on giving Giannoulias my vote. Here's why: Mark Kirk has shown us that he can not be trusted. He has lied about serving in Iraq. In 2003, Kirk lied on the House floor stating: "The last time I was in Iraq, I was in uniform flying at 20,000 feet and the Iraqi Air Defense Network was shooting at us." Well, no, actually that's not true. It never happened. I feel that by claiming that he was a "veteran of Operation Desert Storm" he not only lied, but tried to get respect and honor that he did not earn. Kirk has falsely claimed to have won the U.S. Navy's intelligence officer of the year award, falsely claimed to "command the war room in the Pentagon", his involvement in Kosovo and his time as a teacher. "As a former nursery school and middle school teacher, I know some of what it takes to bring order to class." Really Mr. Kirk? Your teaching career consisted of one year in London at a private school and part time in a nursery school as part of a work study program while you attended Cornell University. What does Kirk say about his blatant lies? "I simply misremembered it wrong." Wow. Did George W. Bush teach you that? What would happen if you or I "misremembered something wrong"? Kirk is not for the people. He voted NO on the following:

HR 4213 Extending unemployment benefits
HR 6049 Alternative energy tax incentives
HR 5175 Campaign finance disclosure requirements
HR 3534 Offshore Drilling Regulations and other energy law amendments
HJ Res 88 Same sex marriage resolution
DADT

Interestingly enough, Kirk voted YES to HR 3199 Patriot Act Reauthorization So take our rights away, vote to keep destroying the Earth, keeping tax loopholes/credits for corporations, and don't think about unemployed Americans that need unemployment but go ahead and vote to prohibit gay people from marrying, women having the right to abortion and DADT. Mr. Kirk, I hope that many of my fellow Illinoisans will agree with me and vote you out of office! To see the rest of Kirk's voting history go to votesmart.org.