Andy Martin explains why Mark Kirk is guilty of “economic treason,” and why the Chicago Tribune is, once again, lying to its readers in defending Mark Kirk from the solid and factual accusations of Alexi Giannoulias. Martin, who majored in economic history at the University of Illinois, predicted in the 1970’s that the export of Illinois’s jobs would not end until there were no Illinois jobs left to export.
Corruption fighter Andy Martin confirms that Mark Kirk is guilty of “economic treason”
Andy exposes the back story behind the Chicago Tribune’s latest attempts to defend Mark Kirk’s lies
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Andy Martin says that Alexi Giannoulias’ accusation that Mark Kirk committed “economic treason” when Kirk helped export American jobs to China is true
Martin says Kirk has betrayed the U. S. Navy, betrayed his family, betrayed gays, betrayed our economy and ultimately betrayed himself
A third of a century ago, Andy Martin predicted Illinois’ coming economic collapse
(CHICAGO)(October 22, 2010) A third of a century ago, way back in 1977, I traveled across downstate Illinois and the Chicago region. I predicted at the time that we were exporting our jobs, and that we would eventually be exporting the futures of our children. One of my close friends was Marty Ward, a UAW member who worked in the Farmall division of International Harvester. I had a lot of friends on the shop floors of Illinois’ factories.
I don’t suppose anyone believed that my predictions would come true. I had majored in economic history, and studied industrial declines. Illinois’ manufacturing economy was dying. Fellow Americans would stab each other in the back to save a nickel, so we really didn’t care if our neighbors’ jobs were exported as long as we could scrape up a few pennies in savings.
Today most of Illinois is an industrial wasteland. Downstate cites are hollow remnants of their former manufacturing glory. Chicago is a bankrupt theme park. And America itself is also an industrial wasteland. How did we get there? Well, since I have the credibility of a third of a century of truth-telling, it is time for me to take the Chicago Tribune to task for seeking to protect Mark Kirk from Alexi Giannoulias’ charge of economic treason:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-
senate-race-1022-20101021,0,1999295.story
Mark Kirk is guilty of economic treason. He is guilty as sin.
Kirk’s standard response to any accusation is to hide inside his tattered U. S. Navy uniform. Real Navy officers cringe when they see Kirk using the Navy uniform as a political costume. Kirk is the biggest liar in Navy history and a complete disgrace to the uniform. His constant efforts to wrap himself in navy blue should make Illinois voters see red.
I really don’t want to defend Alexi Giannoulias, but Giannoulias’ accusation that Mark Kirk was in the forefront of exporting Illinois jobs to China is true. 100% true.
The Chicago Tribune knows Giannoulias’ accusation could be a lethal one for Kirk (I hope G puts up an ad on this one) and so the Tribune is trying to brand Alexi’s accusations a fantasy. They are not a lie:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/
editorials/ct-edit-treason-1022-20101021,0,3541189.story
Both political parties, of course, are complicit in the destruction of our economy and particularly in the dismemberment of our manufacturing base. Republicans didn’t do it alone, and Democrats get as much of the blame as their opponents. But, on the issue of exporting jobs and keeping profits offshore, as Google is now doing, Republicans have a far worse record than the Democrats.
The Democrats have been kept in check, a little, by their union supporters. There is only so much damage the economic royalists in the Democratic Party can do before unions start to squawk.
But Republicans do not have unions to restrain them, and that is why they have been the real malefactors in exporting our economic future to Asia.
The “economic treason” accusation comes as a result of a leak from the Kirk campaign: Someone, “no one knows who,” has leaked a memo indicating that Kirk was holding a “fundraiser” via teleconference with Americans living in Beijing:
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2010/10/20/kirk-campaign-held-bejing-fundraiser-day-before-tax-loophole-vote/
Well, where do you suppose those Americans were working? Rockford? They were working in China, and they were managing the export of Rockford’s jobs, and the Quad Cities’ jobs and Decatur's jobs, to China.
You have to give Kirk, the greedy little critter, credit for being so desperate for every dollar that he vacuumed up cash from people who were also engaged in economic treason: the people he tapped for campaign cash in Beijing.
The Chicago Tribune tries to defend Kirk by applying the literal definition to treason. Well, literally, Kirk betrayed America, betrayed American workers and endangered our economic future. What’s not treason?
Kirk recognizes how lethal Giannoulias’ attack could be, which is why Kirk is debasing his Navy uniform to defend himself.
Let me for a moment play advocate for Giannoulias and plead his case despite my reluctance to do so. I am opposing Kirk, but I am not endorsing Giannoulias. Still, the truth is the truth.
It is almost certain there will be an overwhelming Republican majority in the House of Representatives after November 2nd. There is a very real possibility the Senate could also “go Republican." A 100% Republican congress could become an ongoing disaster for American manufacturing and our economic recovery.
The Kirkster and all of his tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributors would be under the working control of the China lobby. Kirk & Co. would feel no restraint in allowing the continuing export of American jobs, and the continuing destruction of America’s future. Kirk and the Republicans stripped America bare during the early years of the first decade; what will stop them from doing so again? Greed, and only greed, motivates Kirk.
Kirk has always been for sale to the highest bidder and today the highest bidders are fronts for China’s economy.
Ironically, Kirk’s entire life is a continuing series of betrayals. Kirk has committed the ultimate treason, against himself.
If Kirk had maintained an honorable military career he could have campaigned as a good Navy man. But instead Kirk betrayed the Navy and he betrayed his military comrades by constantly lying about his military service.
Kirk betrayed Illinois media who covered up his lies for years, and endorsed him for office right into 2010. As recently as January 2010 Kirk was lying to the media about being “under fire” in Afghanistan, and other imaginary military escapades in his life. Even today, the media still report lies about Kirk’s "service in Afghanistan" and other military misrepresentations that Kirk has papered all across the internet. When I exposed Kirk in January as a military imposter, the media attacked me for telling the truth. A prophet is not without honor.
Kirk betrayed the Republican Party, which he later purchased in 2009 for thirty pieces of silver (now worth $50,000). That is why Kirk is still struggling as a candidate.
Kirk betrayed his wife, a topic on which we will have a blockbuster story in a couple of days.
Kirk betrayed national security, which has been the subject of our current undercover investigation.
Finally, Kirk betrayed homosexuals. Instead of acknowledging his private life, and liberating himself from a life of lies, Kirk brought down the wrath of the gays in June when they rebelled against his efforts to block the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Unlike the Republican whacko in Alaska, who handcuffed a reporter, I seriously doubt that Alexi Giannoulias has goons who are going to handcuff Kirk and lead him away to be tried for economic treason.
But the inescapable reality is that Kirk betrayed Illinois, betrayed the Navy and ultimately betrayed himself. If that isn’t treason, what is?
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ABOUT ANDY: Chicago Public Radio calls Andy Martin a “boisterous Internet activist.” Andy is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
ANDY MARTIN: Mark Kirk charged with suborning perjury in election fraud case
Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin today filed suit against U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk and “lizard lawyers” of the Illinois Republican Party, charging them with trumping up fraudulent election objections at the State Board of Elections. “John Fogarty is a sleazy lawyer who acts as a hatchet man for the Republican Party,” Martin said in announcing his new lawsuit which is also posted on the internet. Martin also sued Chicago attorney Andrew Finko and political whacko Sharon Meroni for filing election objections without even examining official records. “These people are abusing the system, and violating the law,” Martin said of his federal civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit also named Republican Party stooges Donna and Andrew Heffernan.
Corruption fighter Andy Martin sues Mark Kirk to stop his use of election “stooges”
Martin says Illinois election practices are thoroughly corrupt and violate federal law
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin is taking court action to clean up the “cesspool of Illinois politics”
Martin’s new lawsuit explains how “front men” are used by the Republican Party to harass opposing candidates, while the people actually paying the bills remain hidden
(CHICAGO)(June 30, 2010) Political corruption fighter Andy Martin today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois (federal claims may be filed instate courts) seeking to put an end to fraudulent election tactics in Illinois elections.
Martin charges that Mark Kirk is using a “lizard lawyer” to harass Martin’s efforts to defeat Kirk. Also named as defendants are Republican Party stooges Donna and Andrew Heffernan.
Martin’s complaint also sues attorney Andrew Finko and his client Robert Sherman as well as Sharon Meroni. Martin plans to place liens on the property of the Heffernans, Meroni, Fogarty, Finko and Sherman to block any attempts by the defendants to hide assets.
"These individuals are abusing the law," Martin says. “Finko and Sherman filed thirteen (13) election challenges without even examining one petition. Sharon Meroni has manifested unstable mental behavior and filed 32 challenges to candidates, without examining a single petition and without raising a single issue contemplated by the election law. This is abusive behavior which discourages people from running for office.
“My lawsuit also exposes John Fogarty, a Republican Party sleazeball who was once compared to ‘trailer trash’ by a state judge. Fogarty is acting as a secret agent for Kirk, and using the Heffernans as stooges to file Kirk's surreptitious claims. The Heffernans filed eleven (11) election challenges, all of which were perjured. The practice of recruiting ‘straw men’ to file ‘objections’ instigated by undisclosed individuals constitutes common law ‘maintenance’ and is against Illinois law. Neither Finko nor Fogarty have bona fide attorney-client relationships with their so-called ‘clients.’
“I will also be asking the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) to impose sanctions on the attorneys for professional misconduct. Corruption exists in Illinois because regulatory agencies tolerate, and therefore encourage, corruption. It is time to say ‘enough.’
“We will be seeking an injunction hearing very soon,” Martin says. “There are dozens and dozens of candidates who are being abused by these craven individuals. I am standing up on behalf of voters to reform Illinois politics, and to allow citizens to run for office without fearing anonymous attacks from crooked politicians hiding in the shadows.”
Martin’s lawsuit is posted on the Internet:
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-civil-rights-lawsuit-says-r1978764.htm
Martin will be asking Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady to condemn the use of bogus objections and anonymous complaints. “Brady is either for reform, or against reform,” Martin states. “The Democrats are saturated with corruption; they are clearly against reform.”
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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Corruption fighter Andy Martin sues Mark Kirk to stop his use of election “stooges”
Martin says Illinois election practices are thoroughly corrupt and violate federal law
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin is taking court action to clean up the “cesspool of Illinois politics”
Martin’s new lawsuit explains how “front men” are used by the Republican Party to harass opposing candidates, while the people actually paying the bills remain hidden
(CHICAGO)(June 30, 2010) Political corruption fighter Andy Martin today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois (federal claims may be filed instate courts) seeking to put an end to fraudulent election tactics in Illinois elections.
Martin charges that Mark Kirk is using a “lizard lawyer” to harass Martin’s efforts to defeat Kirk. Also named as defendants are Republican Party stooges Donna and Andrew Heffernan.
Martin’s complaint also sues attorney Andrew Finko and his client Robert Sherman as well as Sharon Meroni. Martin plans to place liens on the property of the Heffernans, Meroni, Fogarty, Finko and Sherman to block any attempts by the defendants to hide assets.
"These individuals are abusing the law," Martin says. “Finko and Sherman filed thirteen (13) election challenges without even examining one petition. Sharon Meroni has manifested unstable mental behavior and filed 32 challenges to candidates, without examining a single petition and without raising a single issue contemplated by the election law. This is abusive behavior which discourages people from running for office.
“My lawsuit also exposes John Fogarty, a Republican Party sleazeball who was once compared to ‘trailer trash’ by a state judge. Fogarty is acting as a secret agent for Kirk, and using the Heffernans as stooges to file Kirk's surreptitious claims. The Heffernans filed eleven (11) election challenges, all of which were perjured. The practice of recruiting ‘straw men’ to file ‘objections’ instigated by undisclosed individuals constitutes common law ‘maintenance’ and is against Illinois law. Neither Finko nor Fogarty have bona fide attorney-client relationships with their so-called ‘clients.’
“I will also be asking the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) to impose sanctions on the attorneys for professional misconduct. Corruption exists in Illinois because regulatory agencies tolerate, and therefore encourage, corruption. It is time to say ‘enough.’
“We will be seeking an injunction hearing very soon,” Martin says. “There are dozens and dozens of candidates who are being abused by these craven individuals. I am standing up on behalf of voters to reform Illinois politics, and to allow citizens to run for office without fearing anonymous attacks from crooked politicians hiding in the shadows.”
Martin’s lawsuit is posted on the Internet:
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-civil-rights-lawsuit-says-r1978764.htm
Martin will be asking Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady to condemn the use of bogus objections and anonymous complaints. “Brady is either for reform, or against reform,” Martin states. “The Democrats are saturated with corruption; they are clearly against reform.”
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Monday, June 28, 2010
Mark Kirk caught in new election fraud scam
Embattled U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk finds himself the target of election fraud allegations, as some of Kirk’s opponents have been challenged at the Illinois State Board of Elections by “shills” who are “fronts” for Kirk and other Republican Party operatives. Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin vows to expose Kirk and other fraud artists, including fraudulent “election lawyers” who suborn perjury. Martin begins his latest anti-Kirk crusade Tuesday with a complaint to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is preparing to file a lawsuit.
Andy Martin catches Mark Kirk & Co. in more Illinois dirty politics
Martin prepares to file FBI complaints and lawsuits against vexatious “objectors” who act as “fronts” for lawyers and politicians seeking to secretly harass their opponents at the State Board of Elections
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says he is out to end the corrupt practice of bogus election objections filed by crooked Illinois lawyers using “fronts” who are hiding the identity of their real clients
Martin says he is confident the time has come for the Illinois Supreme Court to clamp down on lawyers who represent politicians using front men to harass their opponents
(CHICAGO)(June 29, 2010) One of the most noxious aspects of Illinois politics is the way access to the ballot is riddled with blatant fraud and corruption. If you want to know why quality candidates avoid running for office in Illinois, having to confront slimy lawyers and shills for secret political bosses at “election boards” is a large part of the problem.
In many states today, a candidate pays a simple “filing fee,” often tied to the salary of the office. The candidate also files a statement of candidacy, and is on the ballot. Not so in Illinois.
Candidates are forced to solicit thousands of meaningless “petitions,” which are signed by persons having no knowledge of the candidate. These “petitions” must then be filed with the State Board of Elections. Corrupt politicians then hire “front men” and women to file “objections” to candidate petitions. The front men perjure themselves by claiming to be interested in the matter, when their interest is entirely fraudulent and solely connected to shielding the real opposition from public scrutiny.
In the case of a federal candidate, these tactics violate federal law.
The current petition period is illustrative. A series of fronts, whose names are below, have filed dozens of “objections” to the petitions of various candidates, including me. These “objectors” have committed perjury and fraud on a state agency.
We are going after these election lizards to force them to disclose who is paying their attorneys, and who is behind the lawyers that use shields to conduct business without disclosing their real clients.
If you have any information about Andrew Heffernan, Sharon Meroni or Robert Sherman, please let us know so we can include it in our lawsuit. We are preparing a lawsuit for filing and we plan to file against the bogus objectors and their attorneys and law firms on June 30th.
This is the letter that has been sent to the bogus “objectors:”
ANDY MARTIN
“The name you can trust”
Illinois Reform Party for U. S. Senator/2010
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
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www.MarkKirk.us
June 28, 2010
Dear Mr./Ms _____:
I am advised that you have filed some sort of attack on my nominating petitions, as well as attacks on a large number of other candidates. You are obviously acting as a “straw person” or "front person” for other persons who are hiding behind you and using your name to file mass attacks on the election process. Your behavior violates federal laws on both mail fraud and civil rights and amounts to a form of political terrorism. Filing numerous attacks against large numbers of candidates, all while acting as a front for unnamed individuals, is a serious law enforcement matter.
You personally never even checked my petitions, so someone put you up to acting as a “front.” I suspect that is also the case with the numerous other objections you submitted.
Tuesday I will be taking the following action:
1. I will be reporting your criminal activity (mass attacks on numerous candidates without personal knowledge of the facts stirred up by unethical attorneys being paid by third parties) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Chicago for investigation as well as the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. That agency will be asked to open a file on your personal activity.
One of the issues that has bedeviled Illinois politics and led to ongoing criminal prosecutions is situations where people allow their names to be used as a “fronts” to commit unlawful political activity by secret (undisclosed) persons. That appears to be the situation involving you. You personally have no direct knowledge of your own claims and arguments, and have been suborned to commit perjury by an attorney or other persons acting on behalf of undisclosed individuals.
2. I will be filing suit Wednesday in an Illinois circuit court under the federal civil rights and racketeering laws, naming you and any counsel acting on your behalf as a defendant. We will be placing a lien on your real estate to prevent you from transferring assets to avoid a judgment against you. The lien will be recorded against your property as soon as practical.
3. We will also be asking the ARDC to investigate any attorney who is orchestrating your activity.
4. I am going to be asking a county grand jury to open an investigation into your activity against numerous candidates.
The fact that you are acting as a shill for Illinois politicians and allowing your name to be used in a lawsuit at the Board of Elections, against numerous people with whom you have never had any contact or seen any of their petitions, amounts to criminal activity under Illinois law as well.
We are continuing our investigation.
I would urge you to consult with an independent attorney, and not the criminals who are associated with either the Illinois Republican Party or other political operatives who have apparently manipulated you into signing legal documents concerning which you have no personal knowledge.
If you obtain independent legal counsel, please have your independent counsel contact me at his or her earliest convenience so that counsel and I can discuss the claims against you. You should also notify your homeowner’s insurance company, if any, since you may want to invoke the tort litigation provisions for a legal defense of the lawsuit against you.
Filing lawsuits, i.e. election challenges, against candidates for federal office is a federal offence. That is why you need independent counsel and you should not rely on the advice of sleazy lawyers associated with either the Illinois Republican Party or other similar political operations.
Your behavior in attacking numerous candidates is disgraceful and I intend to see that your illegal activity is severely sanctioned by the courts and other law enforcement agencies after you have been afforded due process of law. Your behavior is an embarrassment both to you personally as well as to our election process in the State of Illinois; you should consider seeking counseling as well as independent legal counsel, to find out why you feel compelled to engage in fraudulent political activity on behalf of secret sponsors.
Sincerely, yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
Here are the names and address of the bogus objectors who are fronting for Mark Kirk and other slimy Illinois politicians:
Andrew Heffernan
3931 Scoville Avenue
Stickney, IL 60402
Sharon Ann Meroni
One Surrey Lane
Barrington Hills, IL 60010
Robert I. Sherman
778 Stonebridge Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Andy Martin catches Mark Kirk & Co. in more Illinois dirty politics
Martin prepares to file FBI complaints and lawsuits against vexatious “objectors” who act as “fronts” for lawyers and politicians seeking to secretly harass their opponents at the State Board of Elections
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says he is out to end the corrupt practice of bogus election objections filed by crooked Illinois lawyers using “fronts” who are hiding the identity of their real clients
Martin says he is confident the time has come for the Illinois Supreme Court to clamp down on lawyers who represent politicians using front men to harass their opponents
(CHICAGO)(June 29, 2010) One of the most noxious aspects of Illinois politics is the way access to the ballot is riddled with blatant fraud and corruption. If you want to know why quality candidates avoid running for office in Illinois, having to confront slimy lawyers and shills for secret political bosses at “election boards” is a large part of the problem.
In many states today, a candidate pays a simple “filing fee,” often tied to the salary of the office. The candidate also files a statement of candidacy, and is on the ballot. Not so in Illinois.
Candidates are forced to solicit thousands of meaningless “petitions,” which are signed by persons having no knowledge of the candidate. These “petitions” must then be filed with the State Board of Elections. Corrupt politicians then hire “front men” and women to file “objections” to candidate petitions. The front men perjure themselves by claiming to be interested in the matter, when their interest is entirely fraudulent and solely connected to shielding the real opposition from public scrutiny.
In the case of a federal candidate, these tactics violate federal law.
The current petition period is illustrative. A series of fronts, whose names are below, have filed dozens of “objections” to the petitions of various candidates, including me. These “objectors” have committed perjury and fraud on a state agency.
We are going after these election lizards to force them to disclose who is paying their attorneys, and who is behind the lawyers that use shields to conduct business without disclosing their real clients.
If you have any information about Andrew Heffernan, Sharon Meroni or Robert Sherman, please let us know so we can include it in our lawsuit. We are preparing a lawsuit for filing and we plan to file against the bogus objectors and their attorneys and law firms on June 30th.
This is the letter that has been sent to the bogus “objectors:”
ANDY MARTIN
“The name you can trust”
Illinois Reform Party for U. S. Senator/2010
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
www.MarkKirk.us
June 28, 2010
Dear Mr./Ms _____:
I am advised that you have filed some sort of attack on my nominating petitions, as well as attacks on a large number of other candidates. You are obviously acting as a “straw person” or "front person” for other persons who are hiding behind you and using your name to file mass attacks on the election process. Your behavior violates federal laws on both mail fraud and civil rights and amounts to a form of political terrorism. Filing numerous attacks against large numbers of candidates, all while acting as a front for unnamed individuals, is a serious law enforcement matter.
You personally never even checked my petitions, so someone put you up to acting as a “front.” I suspect that is also the case with the numerous other objections you submitted.
Tuesday I will be taking the following action:
1. I will be reporting your criminal activity (mass attacks on numerous candidates without personal knowledge of the facts stirred up by unethical attorneys being paid by third parties) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Chicago for investigation as well as the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. That agency will be asked to open a file on your personal activity.
One of the issues that has bedeviled Illinois politics and led to ongoing criminal prosecutions is situations where people allow their names to be used as a “fronts” to commit unlawful political activity by secret (undisclosed) persons. That appears to be the situation involving you. You personally have no direct knowledge of your own claims and arguments, and have been suborned to commit perjury by an attorney or other persons acting on behalf of undisclosed individuals.
2. I will be filing suit Wednesday in an Illinois circuit court under the federal civil rights and racketeering laws, naming you and any counsel acting on your behalf as a defendant. We will be placing a lien on your real estate to prevent you from transferring assets to avoid a judgment against you. The lien will be recorded against your property as soon as practical.
3. We will also be asking the ARDC to investigate any attorney who is orchestrating your activity.
4. I am going to be asking a county grand jury to open an investigation into your activity against numerous candidates.
The fact that you are acting as a shill for Illinois politicians and allowing your name to be used in a lawsuit at the Board of Elections, against numerous people with whom you have never had any contact or seen any of their petitions, amounts to criminal activity under Illinois law as well.
We are continuing our investigation.
I would urge you to consult with an independent attorney, and not the criminals who are associated with either the Illinois Republican Party or other political operatives who have apparently manipulated you into signing legal documents concerning which you have no personal knowledge.
If you obtain independent legal counsel, please have your independent counsel contact me at his or her earliest convenience so that counsel and I can discuss the claims against you. You should also notify your homeowner’s insurance company, if any, since you may want to invoke the tort litigation provisions for a legal defense of the lawsuit against you.
Filing lawsuits, i.e. election challenges, against candidates for federal office is a federal offence. That is why you need independent counsel and you should not rely on the advice of sleazy lawyers associated with either the Illinois Republican Party or other similar political operations.
Your behavior in attacking numerous candidates is disgraceful and I intend to see that your illegal activity is severely sanctioned by the courts and other law enforcement agencies after you have been afforded due process of law. Your behavior is an embarrassment both to you personally as well as to our election process in the State of Illinois; you should consider seeking counseling as well as independent legal counsel, to find out why you feel compelled to engage in fraudulent political activity on behalf of secret sponsors.
Sincerely, yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
Here are the names and address of the bogus objectors who are fronting for Mark Kirk and other slimy Illinois politicians:
Andrew Heffernan
3931 Scoville Avenue
Stickney, IL 60402
Sharon Ann Meroni
One Surrey Lane
Barrington Hills, IL 60010
Robert I. Sherman
778 Stonebridge Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
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MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Andy Martin: What makes Mark Kirk “run?”
Andy Martin says Mark’s Kirk’s “escape from the media” on Monday afternoon raises new questions about Kirk’s election strategy.
Andy Martin continues “Kirk Week” with analysis of Mark Kirk’s latest bizarre behavior
Mark Kirk’s flight from the media on Monday creates a new dynamic in the senate race
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says the Illinois U. S. Senate race is catching up with South Carolina
Why did Mark Kirk run from the media on Monday?
How long does Kirk think he can keep pulling Tom Cruise-style escapes from reporters?
(CHICAGO)(June 22, 2010) Monday morning I finished a column on Mark Kirk and the way his antics are now raising questions in the national media. Afterwards, I headed for lunch and ordered my usual (whole wheat bread, roast beef and Swiss, mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomato). By the time I finished my sandwich Kirk has created another campaign incident.
After speaking to a crowd of 1,000 people, Kirk attempted to flee from the event in downtown Chicago. Kirk was pursued by screaming media calling out his name. Kirk ran through kitchens and back doors, to a waiting SUV that drove off into the traffic.
Weird.
Just about all of Chicago’s media had staked out the MPC event, and all media are reporting on Kirk’s “escape.” The best video is provided by WLS-TV Channel 7:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/
politics&id=7511629
And, again, national media are following Kirk’s peculiar behavior:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
So what does all this mean? Even I’m starting to get stumped.
Kirk can’t evade the media indefinitely. Up to a month ago, the media were Kirk’s base. People like Charles Thomas and Andy Shaw were his attack dogs. The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board was Kirk’s cheerleading squad.
A month later, Kirk’s personal life is in chaos, his campaign is in a shambles. Kirk’s inflated military career has become a liability and embarrassment. Even Kirk’s “teaching” experience turned out to be illusory. He was even dumped on by his former nursery school.
Kirk has made his bad situation much worse. The word “misremembered” is probably going to be in dictionaries before long.
Why did Kirk run on Monday? How long does he think he can keep escaping from reporters? Beats me.
Later in the afternoon, I got a call from the Pentagon in response to my Freedom of Information (FOIA) request for all of Kirk’s military records. In the coming days the Department of Defense is going to do a “document dump” and sink “Commander Kirk.”
On and on it goes. Who is advising Kirk? With 45 years of experience in Illinois politics I have never seen a worse statewide campaign. The worst thing Kirk could have done Monday was to run, and he ran. Now every event he attends is going to become a “run” until Kirk is caught. Kirk might think he can explain himself to a friendly audience such as the morons at the Tribune editorial board, but there is no assurance even those gullible bozos will want to coddle Kirk any longer (full disclosure: I am not welcome in the Tribune editorial board room).
The Tribune and Sun-Times and all of Chicago’s mainstream media have egg on their face. Rick Pearson, the Tribune’s creepy reporter who accosted me outside the Union League Club in January, will have to go back to hanging around. Maybe he and Kirk can look for a new nursery school together.
Kirk lied for years. He lied about every aspect of his life, even when there was no need to lie. The media did nothing to check out the facts even after I broadcast statewide ads exposing Kirk as a military imposter and I posted an actual document from the Pentagon confirming that accusation. What more did they want for a starting lead? Still, the media slept.
And the jokes keep coming. Everyone has been laughing at Alvin Greene, the South Carolina Democrat who won a primary under questionable circumstances. But we have our own Alvin Greene here in Illinois.
LeAlan Jones is a U. S. Senate candidate who says on his web site he abandoned the “pressurized world of high finance” at JP Morgan Chase Bank to become a Chicago high school football coach. What does he think the U. S. Senate is if not a “pressurized world?” Mr. Jones has no political experience but he is ready to enter the “world” he already rejected. Mr. Jones may not be quite as inarticulate as Alvin Greene but when asked Monday about future planning in the Chicago metro area all Jones could talk about was the ghetto today. Of course, goofy voters elected Barack Obama, so Jones’ lack of seasoning and experience may not be a handicap. Hey, it’s Illinois.
Something crazy and silly is happening in our national life. We have men and women dying in Afghanistan. We have a Gulf that is saturated with muck. But Democrats are attacking BP executives for going sailing, while our own President Obama is off golfing and attending baseball games. Why is it all right for Obama and Biden to play golf, but not all right for British executives to relax?
Obama knows nothing about the military, and nothing about crisis management. It turns out there really is “no drama” in “no drama Obama.” In fact, there’s nothing at all inside Obama, no drama no nuttin’. [Sales pitch: read my book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask,” that predicted his meltdown.] Obama is the paper maché president. In a crisis, a commander doesn’t take a vacation every weekend, he or she goes down to the Gulf and takes command.
But Obama’s “Commander-in-Chief” credentials aren’t any more authentic than Mark Kirk’s. And so America and Illinois continue to suffer under the yoke of incompetent and fraudulent leadership.
In the midst of all of this negative energy we have Mark Kirk, who gloats he has “clean” military efficiency reports even though he has been admonished for engaging in political activity while in uniform. Who scrubbed Kirk’s personnel files? There is much, much more to come in the Kirk-Navy scandal.
What’s Kirk’s next escape plan? Hide out with Osama? Lay up in Kandahar until election day? Inshallah.
Stay Tuned for the 2010 version of Mark Kirk’s “Pentagon Papers.”
“Kirk Week” continues. And so does the “no drama” drama. Golf, anyone? Or the Gulf?
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Andy Martin continues “Kirk Week” with analysis of Mark Kirk’s latest bizarre behavior
Mark Kirk’s flight from the media on Monday creates a new dynamic in the senate race
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says the Illinois U. S. Senate race is catching up with South Carolina
Why did Mark Kirk run from the media on Monday?
How long does Kirk think he can keep pulling Tom Cruise-style escapes from reporters?
(CHICAGO)(June 22, 2010) Monday morning I finished a column on Mark Kirk and the way his antics are now raising questions in the national media. Afterwards, I headed for lunch and ordered my usual (whole wheat bread, roast beef and Swiss, mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomato). By the time I finished my sandwich Kirk has created another campaign incident.
After speaking to a crowd of 1,000 people, Kirk attempted to flee from the event in downtown Chicago. Kirk was pursued by screaming media calling out his name. Kirk ran through kitchens and back doors, to a waiting SUV that drove off into the traffic.
Weird.
Just about all of Chicago’s media had staked out the MPC event, and all media are reporting on Kirk’s “escape.” The best video is provided by WLS-TV Channel 7:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/
politics&id=7511629
And, again, national media are following Kirk’s peculiar behavior:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
So what does all this mean? Even I’m starting to get stumped.
Kirk can’t evade the media indefinitely. Up to a month ago, the media were Kirk’s base. People like Charles Thomas and Andy Shaw were his attack dogs. The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board was Kirk’s cheerleading squad.
A month later, Kirk’s personal life is in chaos, his campaign is in a shambles. Kirk’s inflated military career has become a liability and embarrassment. Even Kirk’s “teaching” experience turned out to be illusory. He was even dumped on by his former nursery school.
Kirk has made his bad situation much worse. The word “misremembered” is probably going to be in dictionaries before long.
Why did Kirk run on Monday? How long does he think he can keep escaping from reporters? Beats me.
Later in the afternoon, I got a call from the Pentagon in response to my Freedom of Information (FOIA) request for all of Kirk’s military records. In the coming days the Department of Defense is going to do a “document dump” and sink “Commander Kirk.”
On and on it goes. Who is advising Kirk? With 45 years of experience in Illinois politics I have never seen a worse statewide campaign. The worst thing Kirk could have done Monday was to run, and he ran. Now every event he attends is going to become a “run” until Kirk is caught. Kirk might think he can explain himself to a friendly audience such as the morons at the Tribune editorial board, but there is no assurance even those gullible bozos will want to coddle Kirk any longer (full disclosure: I am not welcome in the Tribune editorial board room).
The Tribune and Sun-Times and all of Chicago’s mainstream media have egg on their face. Rick Pearson, the Tribune’s creepy reporter who accosted me outside the Union League Club in January, will have to go back to hanging around. Maybe he and Kirk can look for a new nursery school together.
Kirk lied for years. He lied about every aspect of his life, even when there was no need to lie. The media did nothing to check out the facts even after I broadcast statewide ads exposing Kirk as a military imposter and I posted an actual document from the Pentagon confirming that accusation. What more did they want for a starting lead? Still, the media slept.
And the jokes keep coming. Everyone has been laughing at Alvin Greene, the South Carolina Democrat who won a primary under questionable circumstances. But we have our own Alvin Greene here in Illinois.
LeAlan Jones is a U. S. Senate candidate who says on his web site he abandoned the “pressurized world of high finance” at JP Morgan Chase Bank to become a Chicago high school football coach. What does he think the U. S. Senate is if not a “pressurized world?” Mr. Jones has no political experience but he is ready to enter the “world” he already rejected. Mr. Jones may not be quite as inarticulate as Alvin Greene but when asked Monday about future planning in the Chicago metro area all Jones could talk about was the ghetto today. Of course, goofy voters elected Barack Obama, so Jones’ lack of seasoning and experience may not be a handicap. Hey, it’s Illinois.
Something crazy and silly is happening in our national life. We have men and women dying in Afghanistan. We have a Gulf that is saturated with muck. But Democrats are attacking BP executives for going sailing, while our own President Obama is off golfing and attending baseball games. Why is it all right for Obama and Biden to play golf, but not all right for British executives to relax?
Obama knows nothing about the military, and nothing about crisis management. It turns out there really is “no drama” in “no drama Obama.” In fact, there’s nothing at all inside Obama, no drama no nuttin’. [Sales pitch: read my book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask,” that predicted his meltdown.] Obama is the paper maché president. In a crisis, a commander doesn’t take a vacation every weekend, he or she goes down to the Gulf and takes command.
But Obama’s “Commander-in-Chief” credentials aren’t any more authentic than Mark Kirk’s. And so America and Illinois continue to suffer under the yoke of incompetent and fraudulent leadership.
In the midst of all of this negative energy we have Mark Kirk, who gloats he has “clean” military efficiency reports even though he has been admonished for engaging in political activity while in uniform. Who scrubbed Kirk’s personnel files? There is much, much more to come in the Kirk-Navy scandal.
What’s Kirk’s next escape plan? Hide out with Osama? Lay up in Kandahar until election day? Inshallah.
Stay Tuned for the 2010 version of Mark Kirk’s “Pentagon Papers.”
“Kirk Week” continues. And so does the “no drama” drama. Golf, anyone? Or the Gulf?
-----------------------------
Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Andy Martin: national media begin to question Mark Kirk’s sanity
Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin says the implosion of Mark Kirk’s campaign will be one of the major stories of the 2010 election cycle. Chicago media have imposed a cordon sanitaire on negative coverage of Mark Kirk, seeking to rescue the delusional congressman from his own mendacity. But media outside Illinois are coming to another conclusion: Mark Kirk has mental problems. A Washington Monthly blogger suggests Kirk has a “problem.” Kirk’s misrepresentations and exaggerations continue. Leftists give Kirk a new campaign theme: “The Great Pretender.”
Andy Martin continues with “Kirk Week”
A blogger for the Washington Monthly has breached the media membrane: Mark Kirk may have mental problems
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Washington Monthly blogger Steve Benen suggests U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk has a [“mental”?] “problem”
Kirk apparently exaggerates Giannoulias “goon” video
Leftists assign a theme song to Kirk: “The Great Pretender”
Where was Dan Seals?
(CHICAGO)(June 21, 2010) The Mark Kirk credibility dam has burst. The first out-of-state blogger has published a column concerning Mark Kirk’s [“mental?”] “problem:”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/
individual/2010_06/024340.php
It was just a year ago that my senate campaign started questioning Mark Kirk’s credibility. We launched a massive research and investigation operation looking into the Kirkster’s past. The result was a blog with actual documents showing U. S. Senate candidate Kirk was a liar about his military service: www.MarkKirk.us. We ran statewide radio commercials exposing Kirk as a fraud:
http://www.andyforussenator.com/andys_ads.htm
In response to my documentary evidence that Kirk was a military fraud, the Illinois Republican Party announced that it remained “united” behind the military mountebank:
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2010/01/il-republicans-unified-behind-mark-kirk-
chairman-brady-tells-reporters-.html?cid=6a00d834515c5469e2013484ae057a970c
Even after the primary we kept digging, filing Freedom of Information Act requests. And while local media continue to minimize or ignore Kirk’s lies, national media have become fascinated with Kirk’s lies. In less than a month Kirk has gone from a frontrunner to a joke.
Last week the New York Times demolished Kirk’s “teaching career” and showed his “experience” was nothing but another Kirk fib:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/
politics/19kirk.html?scp=3&sq=%22Mark%20Kirk%22&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/
politics/17kirk.html?scp=1&sq=%22Mark%20Kirk%22&st=cse
Saturday I held a news conference and disclosed Kirk’s “teaching” in London violated United Kingdom law. He was acting as an “illegal alien.”
And over the weekend Steve Benen, a blogger for Washington Monthly (see above), breached the dam and suggested Kirk’s exaggerations rise to the level of a mental problem. I have not had any contact with Benen, and have no idea who he is. But I have been posting claims for some time that Kirk has a personality disorder.
Now that the issue of Kirk’s sanity has been raised by an out-of-state writer, Kirk is doomed. The implosion of his campaign will be one of the most bizarre stories of the 2010 election campaign cycle. In 45 years of political involvement I have never seen anything like Kirk’s record of lies and delusional claims. People outside Chicago have begun to notice.
My mother used to be a speech teacher at the University of Illinois, and is now a retired speech professor. She always told her students that ridicule is one of the most powerful forms of rhetoric. Kirk has now become the target of ridicule. He is doomed.
In the meantime hard left blogger Ellen Gill has provided a campaign song for Kirk: “The Great Pretender:
http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2010/06/
kirk-campaign-theme-song.html
Kirk’s exaggerations keep catching up with him. His latest claim, that his campaign was attacked by an Alexi Giannoulias “goon,” appears to have been another act of dissembling and exaggeration:
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=6668
Finally, Democrats are now wondering about their own man who is running to replace Kirk, Dan Seals. Seal ran against Kirk in 2006 and 2008, and never uncovered any of Kirk’s lies and exaggerations. How did Seals spend tons of cash, and never develop a research capacity to expose Kirk? Seals would have four years of congressional seniority behind him if he had run a competent campaign against Kirk. Seals is now the Democratic candidate in Kirk’s old congressional district for the third time. In Illinois, nothing succeeds. Like failure.
Stay tuned: “Kirk Week” continues; and “The Kirkster” continues to churn out new lies and exaggerations.
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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
Andy Martin continues with “Kirk Week”
A blogger for the Washington Monthly has breached the media membrane: Mark Kirk may have mental problems
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Washington Monthly blogger Steve Benen suggests U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk has a [“mental”?] “problem”
Kirk apparently exaggerates Giannoulias “goon” video
Leftists assign a theme song to Kirk: “The Great Pretender”
Where was Dan Seals?
(CHICAGO)(June 21, 2010) The Mark Kirk credibility dam has burst. The first out-of-state blogger has published a column concerning Mark Kirk’s [“mental?”] “problem:”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/
individual/2010_06/024340.php
It was just a year ago that my senate campaign started questioning Mark Kirk’s credibility. We launched a massive research and investigation operation looking into the Kirkster’s past. The result was a blog with actual documents showing U. S. Senate candidate Kirk was a liar about his military service: www.MarkKirk.us. We ran statewide radio commercials exposing Kirk as a fraud:
http://www.andyforussenator.com/andys_ads.htm
In response to my documentary evidence that Kirk was a military fraud, the Illinois Republican Party announced that it remained “united” behind the military mountebank:
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2010/01/il-republicans-unified-behind-mark-kirk-
chairman-brady-tells-reporters-.html?cid=6a00d834515c5469e2013484ae057a970c
Even after the primary we kept digging, filing Freedom of Information Act requests. And while local media continue to minimize or ignore Kirk’s lies, national media have become fascinated with Kirk’s lies. In less than a month Kirk has gone from a frontrunner to a joke.
Last week the New York Times demolished Kirk’s “teaching career” and showed his “experience” was nothing but another Kirk fib:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/us/
politics/19kirk.html?scp=3&sq=%22Mark%20Kirk%22&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/
politics/17kirk.html?scp=1&sq=%22Mark%20Kirk%22&st=cse
Saturday I held a news conference and disclosed Kirk’s “teaching” in London violated United Kingdom law. He was acting as an “illegal alien.”
And over the weekend Steve Benen, a blogger for Washington Monthly (see above), breached the dam and suggested Kirk’s exaggerations rise to the level of a mental problem. I have not had any contact with Benen, and have no idea who he is. But I have been posting claims for some time that Kirk has a personality disorder.
Now that the issue of Kirk’s sanity has been raised by an out-of-state writer, Kirk is doomed. The implosion of his campaign will be one of the most bizarre stories of the 2010 election campaign cycle. In 45 years of political involvement I have never seen anything like Kirk’s record of lies and delusional claims. People outside Chicago have begun to notice.
My mother used to be a speech teacher at the University of Illinois, and is now a retired speech professor. She always told her students that ridicule is one of the most powerful forms of rhetoric. Kirk has now become the target of ridicule. He is doomed.
In the meantime hard left blogger Ellen Gill has provided a campaign song for Kirk: “The Great Pretender:
http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2010/06/
kirk-campaign-theme-song.html
Kirk’s exaggerations keep catching up with him. His latest claim, that his campaign was attacked by an Alexi Giannoulias “goon,” appears to have been another act of dissembling and exaggeration:
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=6668
Finally, Democrats are now wondering about their own man who is running to replace Kirk, Dan Seals. Seal ran against Kirk in 2006 and 2008, and never uncovered any of Kirk’s lies and exaggerations. How did Seals spend tons of cash, and never develop a research capacity to expose Kirk? Seals would have four years of congressional seniority behind him if he had run a competent campaign against Kirk. Seals is now the Democratic candidate in Kirk’s old congressional district for the third time. In Illinois, nothing succeeds. Like failure.
Stay tuned: “Kirk Week” continues; and “The Kirkster” continues to churn out new lies and exaggerations.
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Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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
Friday, June 18, 2010
Andy Martin: Mark Kirk was working as an “illegal alien” in London
CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE SATURDAY: Illinois anti-corruption crusader Andy Martin charges that Mark Kirk was not eligible to be a full-time worker in London, because his 1982-1983 student visa required him to be a full-time student. Kirk claimed Thursday he was a “teacher” In London. Martin says Kirk was not “teaching” lawfully as he claims, because Kirk’s student visa did not allow him to hold full-time employment. Martin has filed Freedom of Information requests with British authorities to obtain Kirk’s records. Martin demands that Kirk furnish actual proof of his ability to work legally, and any earnings he claims to have received for “teaching” in London in 1982-1983. Andy Martin was the first to disclose that Kirk was a military imposter who had fabricated almost all of his military career.
“Bunker Buster” CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE today: Saturday, June 19
Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin says Mark Kirk was an “illegal alien” in England
Martin continues “Kirk week” with a news conference that charges Kirk’s UK student visa did not allow him to work as a full-time “teacher”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin charges that “teacher” Mark Kirk was actually working illegally in Britain in 1982-1983
Martin says that as a foreign student in Britain Kirk could not work full-time as a teacher in 1982-1983
Martin demands that Kirk produce evidence he was legally allowed to work in England to sustain his claim he was properly teaching
Martin says the overarching issue is Kirk’s lack of credibility, not his intellectual ability
(CHICAGO)(June 19, 2010) Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin will hold a “Bunker Buster” Chicago news conference Saturday, June 19th to charge Mark Kirk with having been an “illegal alien” while he claimed to be “teaching” in London.
Martin says that as a full-time student, Kirk could not have been a full-time teacher in London. So how could Kirk have been a “teacher” if he was not legally allowed to work?
“There was no way Mark Kirk was legally ‘teaching’ in London,” Martin says. “As a foreign student, his ability to work was restricted. Common sense tells you that you can’t obtain a student visa to study abroad, and then work full-time. So how was Kirk working? What is left of his ‘teaching career’ claim?
“It would appear that Kirk was an ‘illegal alien’ in London and was probably paid under the table or off the books.
“Mr. Kirk owes us the evidence that (i) he was legally allowed to work in London and (ii) that he paid UK taxes on his earnings.
“As always, the issue is Mark Kirk’s personality disorder that forces him to inflate and exaggerate. Kirk is an intelligent man. But he is a deeply flawed individual with an obvious personality disorder that compels him to fib about every aspect of his life.
“Kirk fibs about his military service, he fibs about his work history, and he fibs about his personal orientation and family. I don’t think most psychologists or psychiatrists would have a problem diagnosing a personality disorder in Mr. Kirk. He didn’t just ‘misremember’ one act on one occasion, or even on several occasions such as Richard Blumenthal did. Kirk has persistently lied about every aspect of his life and done so habitually over the decades.
“In seeking to deflect the New York Times’ story about his imaginary ‘teaching’ career, and his casual references to kindergarteners carrying firearms in congressional remarks, Kirk neglected to realize that one lie would lead to another: what kind of visa did he have that allowed him to work in London?
“How can Kirk be a credible candidate for federal office if he is afraid to be interviewed by the New York Times?
“We have launched inquiries with British authorities to obtain information about Kirk’s visa and his work permission in 1982-1983,” Martin will state. “Mr. Kirk could make all of this easier if he simply turned over any evidence he has to support his claim that he was working legally in London.
“Or he can simply admit that he lied, and that he is a pathological and habitual liar that needs therapy.
“I am committed to seeking the truth and the facts, and only the truth and facts, about Mr. Kirk. He is trying just as hard to conceal who he is and what he is.”
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June 19th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and Illinois anti-corruption crusader Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago (weather permitting)
WHEN: Saturday, June 19th 11:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says that as a full-time student Mark Kirk lacked a full-time work permit in England, and that Kirk was working illegally “off the books” in London. Mark Kirk was an “illegal alien.”
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 the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his 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 investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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“Bunker Buster” CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE today: Saturday, June 19
Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin says Mark Kirk was an “illegal alien” in England
Martin continues “Kirk week” with a news conference that charges Kirk’s UK student visa did not allow him to work as a full-time “teacher”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.contrariancommentary.typepad.com/defeatmarkkirk/
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin charges that “teacher” Mark Kirk was actually working illegally in Britain in 1982-1983
Martin says that as a foreign student in Britain Kirk could not work full-time as a teacher in 1982-1983
Martin demands that Kirk produce evidence he was legally allowed to work in England to sustain his claim he was properly teaching
Martin says the overarching issue is Kirk’s lack of credibility, not his intellectual ability
(CHICAGO)(June 19, 2010) Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin will hold a “Bunker Buster” Chicago news conference Saturday, June 19th to charge Mark Kirk with having been an “illegal alien” while he claimed to be “teaching” in London.
Martin says that as a full-time student, Kirk could not have been a full-time teacher in London. So how could Kirk have been a “teacher” if he was not legally allowed to work?
“There was no way Mark Kirk was legally ‘teaching’ in London,” Martin says. “As a foreign student, his ability to work was restricted. Common sense tells you that you can’t obtain a student visa to study abroad, and then work full-time. So how was Kirk working? What is left of his ‘teaching career’ claim?
“It would appear that Kirk was an ‘illegal alien’ in London and was probably paid under the table or off the books.
“Mr. Kirk owes us the evidence that (i) he was legally allowed to work in London and (ii) that he paid UK taxes on his earnings.
“As always, the issue is Mark Kirk’s personality disorder that forces him to inflate and exaggerate. Kirk is an intelligent man. But he is a deeply flawed individual with an obvious personality disorder that compels him to fib about every aspect of his life.
“Kirk fibs about his military service, he fibs about his work history, and he fibs about his personal orientation and family. I don’t think most psychologists or psychiatrists would have a problem diagnosing a personality disorder in Mr. Kirk. He didn’t just ‘misremember’ one act on one occasion, or even on several occasions such as Richard Blumenthal did. Kirk has persistently lied about every aspect of his life and done so habitually over the decades.
“In seeking to deflect the New York Times’ story about his imaginary ‘teaching’ career, and his casual references to kindergarteners carrying firearms in congressional remarks, Kirk neglected to realize that one lie would lead to another: what kind of visa did he have that allowed him to work in London?
“How can Kirk be a credible candidate for federal office if he is afraid to be interviewed by the New York Times?
“We have launched inquiries with British authorities to obtain information about Kirk’s visa and his work permission in 1982-1983,” Martin will state. “Mr. Kirk could make all of this easier if he simply turned over any evidence he has to support his claim that he was working legally in London.
“Or he can simply admit that he lied, and that he is a pathological and habitual liar that needs therapy.
“I am committed to seeking the truth and the facts, and only the truth and facts, about Mr. Kirk. He is trying just as hard to conceal who he is and what he is.”
------------------------------------
June 19th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and Illinois anti-corruption crusader Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago (weather permitting)
WHEN: Saturday, June 19th 11:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says that as a full-time student Mark Kirk lacked a full-time work permit in England, and that Kirk was working illegally “off the books” in London. Mark Kirk was an “illegal alien.”
MEDIA CONTACT:(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329
WEBSITE: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
-----------------------------
Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his 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 investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Andy Martin: Mark Kirk’s campaign is dying as New York Times publishes new expose
Thursday’s New York Times carries a major new story about Mark Kirk’s “inflated” life story. Kirk apparently exaggerates his “teaching” career. Andy Martin is continuing with his “Kirk Week;” Martin is exposing all of the lies and embarrassments about Mark Kirk. Martin makes fun of local Chicago media for remaining silent about Kirk while national media constantly expose Kirk’s phony career.
Andy Martin continues with Day Two of “Kirk Week”
Stay tuned, there’s more to come about Mark Kirk and his “life of lies”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The New York Times says Kirk may have inflated his claims of being a former “teacher”
The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times are left in the dust as Kirk is constantly “outed” by national media
(CHICAGO)(June 17, 2010) The New York Times has been investigating Mark Kirk and is featuring a new story Thursday that says Kirk inflated his claims of being a former “teacher:”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/politics/17kirk.html?hp
“Mark Kirk is being systematically destroyed by the national media,” Andy Martin says. “Republican primary voters were victimized and defrauded by a pack of lies propagated by Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady and his ‘cabal of corruption.’ It seems that every aspect of Mark Kirk’s life has been a lie. Every aspect of his resume is exaggerated.
“First it was the Washington Post took on Kirk, with exposures about his fraudulent military career.
“Now the New York Times is whacking away at Kirk’s inflated teaching history.
“Where are the Chicago media in all of this? Why are the scandalous disclosures about Kirk coming from New York and Washington, DC? Oh, I forgot, the ‘yokel’ Chicago media, led by ‘greasy palm’ Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson, ‘hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil’ about Kirk. Maybe instead of calling the local media yokels we should call them monkeys,” Martin says. “The Kirk campaign is dying, and the local newspapers and TV stations are ‘covering’ for Kirk like crazy. There hasn’t been a political zombie like Kirk since Charlton Heston played El Cid the Spanish hero.”
Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years.
-----------------------------
Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his 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 investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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Andy Martin continues with Day Two of “Kirk Week”
Stay tuned, there’s more to come about Mark Kirk and his “life of lies”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The New York Times says Kirk may have inflated his claims of being a former “teacher”
The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times are left in the dust as Kirk is constantly “outed” by national media
(CHICAGO)(June 17, 2010) The New York Times has been investigating Mark Kirk and is featuring a new story Thursday that says Kirk inflated his claims of being a former “teacher:”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/politics/17kirk.html?hp
“Mark Kirk is being systematically destroyed by the national media,” Andy Martin says. “Republican primary voters were victimized and defrauded by a pack of lies propagated by Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady and his ‘cabal of corruption.’ It seems that every aspect of Mark Kirk’s life has been a lie. Every aspect of his resume is exaggerated.
“First it was the Washington Post took on Kirk, with exposures about his fraudulent military career.
“Now the New York Times is whacking away at Kirk’s inflated teaching history.
“Where are the Chicago media in all of this? Why are the scandalous disclosures about Kirk coming from New York and Washington, DC? Oh, I forgot, the ‘yokel’ Chicago media, led by ‘greasy palm’ Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson, ‘hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil’ about Kirk. Maybe instead of calling the local media yokels we should call them monkeys,” Martin says. “The Kirk campaign is dying, and the local newspapers and TV stations are ‘covering’ for Kirk like crazy. There hasn’t been a political zombie like Kirk since Charlton Heston played El Cid the Spanish hero.”
Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years.
-----------------------------
Andy Martin is the legendary New York and Chicago-based 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 his 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 investigative 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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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