Former U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says he is working to defeat Mark Kirk for the U. S. Senate. Martin calls Kirk a “fundamentally immoral” individual. Martin says he hopes to raise money to run anti-Kirk ads in the summer and fall. Martin notes that two Republican Party leaders, one of whom now sits on the Illinois party’s statewide Finance Committee, are still accusing Kirk of homosexuality in comments posted on the Internet.
CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE: Wednesday, April 14
Former U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says he is not supporting Mark Kirk for election
Martin hopes to run anti-Kirk ads during the campaign, says Kirk is an “immoral” individual
NEWS FROM:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDNESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin calls Mark Kirk a “fundamentally immoral” individual who is unfit to serve in the U. S. Senate
Martin is working to defeat Kirk
(CHICAGO)(April 14, 2010) Former Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Wednesday, April 14th to announce he is not supporting, and is working to defeat, Mark Kirk for U. S. Senator.
Martin will announce a series of anti-Kirk blogs: www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
Martin already maintains an anti-Kirk web site: www.MarkKirk.us
"First, Mark Kirk is a fundamentally immoral individual,” Martin will charge. "He worked to cover-up pedophilia in the U. S House of Representatives and tried to get pedophile Mark Foley to run for reelection. I find Kirk’s behavior sickening.
“Second, I continue to be deeply concerned by the allegations of Republican leaders such as Jack Roeser and Ray True, whose charges about Kirk’s private life are still there to be heard on the internet. The fact that Roeser is now supporting Kirk, while continuing to accuse Kirk on the Internet of possibly being a ‘freak in the sexual department’ involving in ‘pornographic sex,’ says more about Roeser’s confused state of mind than it does about the truth of Roeser’s original accusations.
“Third, Kirk shamelessly lies about and inflates his military record. Kirk’s military falsifications and exaggerations were an issue late in the primary. My advertising attacking Kirk’s abuse of the U.S. Navy uniform was later picked up by a reporter.
“I am continuing my Freedom of Information activity to seek the release of Kirk’s hidden military files. There is nothing more despicable than a fraud such as Kirk who seeks to inflate his military service and ‘rip off’ the valor of our men and women in uniform for his own political aggrandizement. Kirk is a sick, sick man. Kirk should be criminally prosecuted for his military abuses and falsifications.
“Illinois news media have been Kirk’s accomplices in spreading Kirk’s bogus military claims. In one utterly absurd example in January, Kirk issued a false press release to the Associated Press, which then uncritically reported Kirk’s lies. Kirk then printed the AP’s lies on his own campaign literature, in effect laundering his lies through the Associated Press. This is journalism? I have posted the U. S. Navy’s response to my earlier FOIA request, in which the Navy could find no records to confirm Kirk’s claim that he ‘served’ in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2008 [see www.markKirk.us and click on letter link].
“In reality and practicality Kirk has been a visiting congressman who tried to collect a second salary by falsely claiming he was doing ‘double duty’ on ‘active duty.’
“In an ‘endorsement,’ left-wing Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg called Kirk a ‘new Dick Durbin’ and Richard Daley’s favorite Republican. Is this what Republicans really want? Another Durbin? A Daley Republican? Is Kirk part of the corrupt bipartisan Combine, or what?
“Finally, Kirk bribed the Republican Party with $50,000 in cash to rig the primary in his favor. The ‘election’ was a travesty. Cash-and-carry democracy is not democracy at all. It is Washington Beltway corruption and control of our local electoral process. Kirk used the Republican Party’s apparatus as his own campaign machinery. When a primary is rigged, the candidates that emerge from that process are not entitled to party loyalty.
“Politics involves compromise. On many issues it is reasonable to accommodate opposing views. But when Kirk seeks to cover-up pedophilia and to encourage a pedophile such as Mark Foley to run for reelection, there is no room for compromise. There is no place for pedophiles in the U. S. Congress. Voters may have been confused when I called Kirk a ‘de facto’ pedophile. There is no confusion in my mind. He who supports and endorses is just as guilty in the eyes of the law.
“Likewise, Kirk’s sham ‘marriage’ reflected a deeply disturbed psyche. I predict it’s going to be a ‘hot’ summer for Mr. Kirk.
“Bottom line: I am not supporting Kirk. I am working to defeat Mark Kirk. He is a fundamentally immoral individual.
“I plan to support all of the other members of the Illinois Republican ticket. While I may not agree with all of them on every issue, they are within the zone of reasonable accommodation. Kirk is not.
“I hope to raise money to run anti-Kirk ads during the summer and fall.”
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February 4th news conference details:
WHO:
Former U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago (weather permitting)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 14th 4:30 P.M.
WHAT:
Former U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says he is not supporting and is working to defeat Mark Kirk. Martin calls Kirk “immoral” and unfit to hold public office.
MEDIA CONTACT:(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329
WEBSITE: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
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