Kirk adversary Andy Martin will hold a blockbuster news conference on Memorial Day to disclose that the Department of Defense is prohibiting Mark Kirk from blatant use of military uniforms and insignia in his political campaigns. DOD wants to a void any implication of an “endorsement” of Kirk by the military. “Mark Kirk is the greatest military imposter in recent history,” Martin charges. “Kirk makes Connecticut military fraud Richard Blumenthal look like a genuine ‘war hero.’ Now the Pentagon has had enough.
“Kirk has been told to place a disclaimer on his use of military garb, and cannot use military insignia to falsely portray himself as a Navy warrior. All this has come as a result of my pressuring the Pentagon to shut down the Mark Kirk ‘stolen valor’ political fraud campaign in Illinois,” Martin says.
Martin has been attacking the Department of Defense for allowing military imposter Kirk to sashay around in various uniforms and on military installations, when the obvious intent is to falsely portray Kirk as some sort of warrior in Kirk’s campaigns for office. Kirk does hold a military commission but that is essentially where the truth ends. Kirk has falsely claimed to have “fought in wars.”
Kirk has also falsely claimed to have been a CIA agent.
PALM BEACH [CHICAGO] NEWS CONFERENCE: Monday, May 31
Department of Defense clamps down on Congressman Mark Kirk’s abuse of military uniforms and installations
Pentagon requires Kirk to run a disclaimer that Kirk’s photos do not “endorse” Kirk
Andy Martin says Kirk has also falsely claimed to be a “CIA agent”
NEWS FROM:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN PALM BEACH
Andy Martin says the Department of Defense has blocked Mark Kirk from misusing military insignia, uniforms and installations in his political campaigns
Kirk’s literature is now required to carry a mandated disclaimer: “(Use of photograph in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy)”
Martin is working to block Mark Kirk from falsely claiming to have “served” in Afghanistan when Pentagon records show no evidence of Kirk’s presence there (see www.MarkKirk.us)
In another of his Walter Mitty exaggerations Kirk also claims to have been a “CIA agent”
(CHICAGO)(May 31, 2010) Former Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Palm Beach news conference Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st to announce that the Department of Defense has barred Mark Kirk from using military garb to promote his political campaigns.
During the Illinois Primary Martin ran a statewide radio ad disclosing that Kirk was a military fraud who was inflating his resume. The ad can be heard at:
http://www.andyforussenator.com/andys_ads.htm
Kirk’s opponent Alexi Giannoulias has now picked up on Martin’s earlier advertising and disclosures. Kirk uses his congressional position to concoct photo ops on military installations to further his political campaigns.
Martin is operating a series of anti-Kirk blogs: www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
Martin also maintains an anti-Kirk web site: www.MarkKirk.us
"Mark Kirk has been a military imposter since his first campaign for office,” Martin will charge. "The Pentagon has now barred Kirk from using ‘military’ pictures without adding a disclaimer. In a May 13th e-mail to supporters, Kirk was forced to add:
Thu, May 13, 2010 4:11:00 PM
Congressman Kirk meets with an Afghan leader during his service near Kandahar
(Use of photograph in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy)
***
Very truly yours,
Eric ElkKirk for Senate
“Kirk was in Afghanistan this year as a congressman,” Martin says, “looking for photo ops and seeking to mislead the voters. He performed no actual military duties. If he has any evidence to sustain his claims Kirk should sign a waiver and release his complete Navy/military file to the public.
“Kirk is a dangerous fraud artist and imposter. In the past he has also claimed to be a ‘CIA agent.’
“Kirk had the support of the sleazy Illinois Republican Party’s establishment, but he lied to primary voters and obtained a fraudulent nomination. 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.
“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.’ If you look at Kirk’s May 13th picture, you see no military insignia, rank. He was engaged in a sham episode of ‘deployment’ for his own political advancement, and performed no useful military activity. It is disgraceful that Secretary Gates has allowed the Navy department to be misused in this matter.
“I hope to raise money to run anti-Kirk ads during the summer and fall,” Martin says.
Martin is in Florida visiting relatives.
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May 31st news conference details:
WHO:
Former U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, in front of 95 N. County Road, Palm Beach, FL
WHEN: Monday, May 31st 1:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Former U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the Department of Defense has responded to his complaints by requiring Mark Kirk to place a disclaimer on any of his bogus military pictures.
MEDIA CONTACT:(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329
WEBSITE: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.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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