Martin says Patrick Hughes should demand a refund from Hughes’ campaign “advisers” Jon Zahm, Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston.
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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
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Please donate:
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October 28, 2009
AN OPEN LETTER TO “PAT HUGHES FOR U.S. SENATOR” SUPPORTERS:
JOIN US!
Dear Pat Hughes supporter:
You have probably witnessed the ongoing comedy of the Hughes campaign over the past several weeks. Almost every day brings new dirty tricks, new backstabbing and the like.
My campaign, on the other hand, has a simple approach: we tell the truth. Truth-telling is the only way to be a real Christian. And a real candidate for national office.
Five (5) Republican candidates filed for U. S. Senator earlier this week. Hughes was not one of them. He couldn’t gather enough signatures with three months to do so. If Hughes, with his purported “endorsements,” can’t gather signatures, what assurance do you have that he is competent to run the more complex phases of campaigning which are about to begin? Illinoisans are not going to entrust their voice in Washington to a candidate that can’t even collect a stack of petitions properly.
At the end of the day, Hughes has been a disappointment to anyone who expected better. He has been reading talking points prepared by his handlers, led by the malign Paul Caprio. One day Hughes says Caprio is with him, and the next day Hughes denies Caprio is with him. Hughes can’t keep a straight story.
Hughes has never done anything to support conservative causes. He didn’t even declare he was a “Republican” until 2008. That is not much of a record on which to base a campaign for national office.
Hughes is making a laughingstock of a very serious process: trying to defeat the outrageous candidacy of Mark Kirk to be a U. S. Senator.
U. S. Senators make life-and-death decisions. Their votes are not talking points. “Handlers” can’t grab them by the sleeve. The buck stops in the senate.
This election really comes down to two individuals, Mark Kirk and me, each with a radically different world view. Kirk wants to create more wars, and expand existing ones. I want to pull in our global ambitions and concentrate on unmet needs at home.
Pat Hughes is not a factor in this election, and never will be. He lacks any pretense of credentials.
If you are a disgruntled or unsatisfied supporter of Patrick Hughes I invite you to join my campaign. You will find a warm welcome and an intelligent campaign organization. You will not always agree with me. And I am not perfect, far from it.
But I have a lifetime of experience and wisdom to devote to keeping America strong while I work to rebuild our economy and keep our noses out of other nations’ wars. You can trust me to vote intelligently on protecting our military, and protecting our most precious resource and asset: American blood.
Feel free to call our offices. Many days I answer the phone personally. I will do my best to gain your trust so that together we can do our best to rebuild the Illinois Republican Party as a group of Americans who are there to serve, not dictate, a group of Illinoisans who will do their best to give, not take, and fellow citizens who will not shed the blood of our children and our neighbors’ children without a sound strategy and a principled basis to do so.
Politics can be an honorable calling if it is pursued in an honorable way. Don’t let your experience with Hughes’ catastrophe sour you on politics or campaigning. I will do my best to run both an honorable and hard-hitting campaign, and to take the truth to Republican primary voters.
Please join us. And welcome.
Andy Martin
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
CapitolFaxblog says Pat Hughes lacks signatures to run for senator
Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes is an embarrassment to Republican conservatives in Illinois
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin again says Patrick Hughes should withdraw as a candidate
Martin says Hughes is humiliating Republican Party “conservatives” with his incompetent campaign for state office
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes’ campaign is an embarrassment to any Republican who takes Hughes seriously
Hughes should withdraw to stop inflicting damage and humiliation on “Christian conservatives,” Martin says
Andy says Jon Zahm, Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston should repay any money they have collected from Hughes
(CHICAGO)(October 29, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin said today that Patrick Hughes should withdraw as a candidate for U. S. Senator before he makes a bigger laughingstock of himself. “I told Republicans in August Hughes was a non-starter,” Martin stated. “The latest humiliation in CapitolFaxblog destroys any possibility that Hughes will be able to mount a serious campaign. Hughes is an embarrassment to himself, his family and the so-called ‘Christian leaders’ that ‘endorsed’ this pig in a poke.
“Hughes campaign leaders Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston are also an embarrassment to themselves. It is time for them to be put out to pasture. Jon Zahm, Caprio and Johnston should repay any money they have collected from Hughes.
“We are making an appeal to any remaining Hughes supporters,” Martin noted. “They are welcome to join my campaign if they are not already disgusted with the pathetic politics of Pat Hughes and Zahm, Caprio and Johnston. We offer Hughes refugees a hard-hitting campaign focused on truth and facts, not delusional aspirations.”
WHAT MORE CAN WE ADD TO THE FOLLOWING? NOTHING:
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/10/28/
campaign-2010-roundup-10/
In other news, Republican US Senate candidate Patrick Hughes is apparently still struggling to get his nominating petitions signed. From an e-mail solicitation that I’ve redacted…
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:02:38 -0700Subject: Illinois Upcoming Election
Hi,
My name is xxx xxxx and I work for a company called Proud to be Republicn (http://www.facebook.com/l/03bf7;www.proudtoberepublican.com). We are assisting Pat Hughes in finishing up with his campaign signatures and need some help.
We are located in Oak Brook and have been acquiring signatures locally but would like the assistance of a college organization to help us with the younger population. Your group has acquired a large number of followers and seems to understand the problems that Illinois is going through. If you or any other members of your organization would be interested in helping us support Pat Hughes please contact me.
Feel free to call me at (800)xxx-xxx or via email at xxxx@xxxx.xxx. I will forward you all the information we have avaliable on Pat Hughes. He is also paying for signatures which is a nice incentive. Please remember the petitions are due on Monday so this is an urgent matter.
I called this person for comment, but haven’t heard back.
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin again says Patrick Hughes should withdraw as a candidate
Martin says Hughes is humiliating Republican Party “conservatives” with his incompetent campaign for state office
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes’ campaign is an embarrassment to any Republican who takes Hughes seriously
Hughes should withdraw to stop inflicting damage and humiliation on “Christian conservatives,” Martin says
Andy says Jon Zahm, Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston should repay any money they have collected from Hughes
(CHICAGO)(October 29, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin said today that Patrick Hughes should withdraw as a candidate for U. S. Senator before he makes a bigger laughingstock of himself. “I told Republicans in August Hughes was a non-starter,” Martin stated. “The latest humiliation in CapitolFaxblog destroys any possibility that Hughes will be able to mount a serious campaign. Hughes is an embarrassment to himself, his family and the so-called ‘Christian leaders’ that ‘endorsed’ this pig in a poke.
“Hughes campaign leaders Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston are also an embarrassment to themselves. It is time for them to be put out to pasture. Jon Zahm, Caprio and Johnston should repay any money they have collected from Hughes.
“We are making an appeal to any remaining Hughes supporters,” Martin noted. “They are welcome to join my campaign if they are not already disgusted with the pathetic politics of Pat Hughes and Zahm, Caprio and Johnston. We offer Hughes refugees a hard-hitting campaign focused on truth and facts, not delusional aspirations.”
WHAT MORE CAN WE ADD TO THE FOLLOWING? NOTHING:
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/10/28/
campaign-2010-roundup-10/
In other news, Republican US Senate candidate Patrick Hughes is apparently still struggling to get his nominating petitions signed. From an e-mail solicitation that I’ve redacted…
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:02:38 -0700Subject: Illinois Upcoming Election
Hi,
My name is xxx xxxx and I work for a company called Proud to be Republicn (http://www.facebook.com/l/03bf7;www.proudtoberepublican.com). We are assisting Pat Hughes in finishing up with his campaign signatures and need some help.
We are located in Oak Brook and have been acquiring signatures locally but would like the assistance of a college organization to help us with the younger population. Your group has acquired a large number of followers and seems to understand the problems that Illinois is going through. If you or any other members of your organization would be interested in helping us support Pat Hughes please contact me.
Feel free to call me at (800)xxx-xxx or via email at xxxx@xxxx.xxx. I will forward you all the information we have avaliable on Pat Hughes. He is also paying for signatures which is a nice incentive. Please remember the petitions are due on Monday so this is an urgent matter.
I called this person for comment, but haven’t heard back.
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Andy Martin condemns racist excuses of Democratic U. S. Senate Cheryle Jackson
Illinois U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Cheryle Jackson should either rid her campaign of racists or step down as a candidate for office in Illinois.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson’s racist excuses are unacceptable
Martin says Jackson’s attempts to explain away the racist remarks of her supporter, political parasite Bobbie Steele, show that Jackson herself is a racist and unfit for office
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDNESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Democratic senate candidate Cheryle Jackson must either remove racists from her campaign or step down as a candidate herself
Martin says that Jackson’s attempts to “whitewash” political parasite Bobbie Steele’s ugly racist attacks on “white men” only made a deplorable situation worse; Jackson obviously lacks the character and integrity to condemn racism among her supporters
Martin says Jackson is unfit to hold office unless she can condemn African-Americans who engage in racist attacks
“Every day white men put their lives in harm’s way to safeguard African-American lives,” Martin will remind Jackson. “Racist smears are despicable, but typical, of Crook County Democrats and the kleptocracy of the Steele family”
(CHICAGO)(October 28, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Wednesday, October 28th to demand that Democratic senate candidate Cheryle Jackson unhesitatingly condemn the racist remarks of her supporter Bobbie Steele.
“Cheryle Jackson has a virulently racist supporter,” Martin will charge. “Has Jackson condemned her racist supporter? No. Has Jackson banished the despicable political kleptocracy of the Steele family from her senate campaign? No. Instead, Jackson has issued a mealy-mouthed explanation of Bobbie Steele’s ugly racist attacks on ‘white men’ by claiming they related to ‘self-funding.’
“Jackson’s response is totally and utterly unacceptable, and is as disgraceful as Steele’s malignant racism.
“Every day ‘white men’ put their lives on the line to safeguard African-American lives. Every day in Chicago, an African-American’s life is in greater danger from another African-American than it is from a white person. Jackson should have slapped down the slimy Democratic payroller Bobbie Steele who attacked white men and expressed an entitlement to a U. S. Senate seat. She failed to do so.
“There is no ‘affirmative action’ for the U.S. Senate. The man or woman who holds that seat will hold the lives of Illinoisans in his or her hands. African-Americans in uniform will live or die based on what that senator decides. The only criterion for selection should be excellence and qualifications, not a racial quota. To suggest that we don’t need another ‘white man’ in the senate, and to claim a senate seat as a racial quota, is completely unacceptable.
“The fact that Blagojevich stooge Jackson (‘I was too dumb to know Blago was a crook’ is her defense) is unable and unwilling to banish Bobbie Steele from the political process renders Jackson unfit to hold office in this state. Blagojevich + racism = incompetence and unfitness.
“I have just finished condemning white racism in the Republican Party. I am not about to sit back and accept black racism from Africa-Americans. Racism is racism, whether practiced by white or black. I did not give Mike Ditka a pass in 'Ditkagate;' I am not about to give Jackson a pass either. Racism is unacceptable, whether engaged in by whites or blacks.
“If Cheryle Jackson can’t condemn racism inside her campaign, then she is a racist herself, and she is condoning racism. Jackson’s excuse that Bobbie Steele was addressing ‘self-funding’ in an insult to the intelligence, and another example of capitulation to the virulent racism that exists in the black community. Illinoisans don't need another Reverend Jeremiah Jackson as a candidate for U. S. Senator.
"I have a lifetime of service to civil rights. I believe passionately in equality. But I do not believe in affirmative action, or quotas, which have proven divisive and destructive elements in our society.
“Racism is unacceptable, period. Racism by blacks in no more acceptable than racism by whites. Cheryle Jackson’s failure to condemn racism, and to tolerate malicious racists in her campaign, brands her as unfit to even be a candidate, let alone a public official, in this state,” Martin will state.
“Jackson should either issue a complete and unconditional apology to the People of Illinois, and ban all of the kleptocratic Steele family from her campaign, or withdraw herself. Jackson is a disgrace to the Democratic Party as well as to every Illinoisan. I will not tolerate her racism, and neither should anyone else.
“If local media also fail to condemn Steele and Jackson, then our local media are just as racist and just as two-faced and hypocritical as the people that want to covert a U.S. Senate seat into a racial entitlement.”
October 28th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
demands that Cheryle Jackson issue a formal apology to the People of Illinois and unhesitatingly condemn the racist remarks of her supporter Bobbie Steele.
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson’s racist excuses are unacceptable
Martin says Jackson’s attempts to explain away the racist remarks of her supporter, political parasite Bobbie Steele, show that Jackson herself is a racist and unfit for office
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEDNESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Democratic senate candidate Cheryle Jackson must either remove racists from her campaign or step down as a candidate herself
Martin says that Jackson’s attempts to “whitewash” political parasite Bobbie Steele’s ugly racist attacks on “white men” only made a deplorable situation worse; Jackson obviously lacks the character and integrity to condemn racism among her supporters
Martin says Jackson is unfit to hold office unless she can condemn African-Americans who engage in racist attacks
“Every day white men put their lives in harm’s way to safeguard African-American lives,” Martin will remind Jackson. “Racist smears are despicable, but typical, of Crook County Democrats and the kleptocracy of the Steele family”
(CHICAGO)(October 28, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Wednesday, October 28th to demand that Democratic senate candidate Cheryle Jackson unhesitatingly condemn the racist remarks of her supporter Bobbie Steele.
“Cheryle Jackson has a virulently racist supporter,” Martin will charge. “Has Jackson condemned her racist supporter? No. Has Jackson banished the despicable political kleptocracy of the Steele family from her senate campaign? No. Instead, Jackson has issued a mealy-mouthed explanation of Bobbie Steele’s ugly racist attacks on ‘white men’ by claiming they related to ‘self-funding.’
“Jackson’s response is totally and utterly unacceptable, and is as disgraceful as Steele’s malignant racism.
“Every day ‘white men’ put their lives on the line to safeguard African-American lives. Every day in Chicago, an African-American’s life is in greater danger from another African-American than it is from a white person. Jackson should have slapped down the slimy Democratic payroller Bobbie Steele who attacked white men and expressed an entitlement to a U. S. Senate seat. She failed to do so.
“There is no ‘affirmative action’ for the U.S. Senate. The man or woman who holds that seat will hold the lives of Illinoisans in his or her hands. African-Americans in uniform will live or die based on what that senator decides. The only criterion for selection should be excellence and qualifications, not a racial quota. To suggest that we don’t need another ‘white man’ in the senate, and to claim a senate seat as a racial quota, is completely unacceptable.
“The fact that Blagojevich stooge Jackson (‘I was too dumb to know Blago was a crook’ is her defense) is unable and unwilling to banish Bobbie Steele from the political process renders Jackson unfit to hold office in this state. Blagojevich + racism = incompetence and unfitness.
“I have just finished condemning white racism in the Republican Party. I am not about to sit back and accept black racism from Africa-Americans. Racism is racism, whether practiced by white or black. I did not give Mike Ditka a pass in 'Ditkagate;' I am not about to give Jackson a pass either. Racism is unacceptable, whether engaged in by whites or blacks.
“If Cheryle Jackson can’t condemn racism inside her campaign, then she is a racist herself, and she is condoning racism. Jackson’s excuse that Bobbie Steele was addressing ‘self-funding’ in an insult to the intelligence, and another example of capitulation to the virulent racism that exists in the black community. Illinoisans don't need another Reverend Jeremiah Jackson as a candidate for U. S. Senator.
"I have a lifetime of service to civil rights. I believe passionately in equality. But I do not believe in affirmative action, or quotas, which have proven divisive and destructive elements in our society.
“Racism is unacceptable, period. Racism by blacks in no more acceptable than racism by whites. Cheryle Jackson’s failure to condemn racism, and to tolerate malicious racists in her campaign, brands her as unfit to even be a candidate, let alone a public official, in this state,” Martin will state.
“Jackson should either issue a complete and unconditional apology to the People of Illinois, and ban all of the kleptocratic Steele family from her campaign, or withdraw herself. Jackson is a disgrace to the Democratic Party as well as to every Illinoisan. I will not tolerate her racism, and neither should anyone else.
“If local media also fail to condemn Steele and Jackson, then our local media are just as racist and just as two-faced and hypocritical as the people that want to covert a U.S. Senate seat into a racial entitlement.”
October 28th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
demands that Cheryle Jackson issue a formal apology to the People of Illinois and unhesitatingly condemn the racist remarks of her supporter Bobbie Steele.
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Illinois senate race: new Patrick Hughes/D. Paul Caprio scandal!
“Christians” fume as Pat Hughes runs incompetent U. S. Senate campaign after “endorsement” from “Christian leaders.”
Andy Martin locates “Too Busy Hughes” in a rigged Rockford forum.
“Too busy Hughes” was not “too busy” to create a new Paul Caprio scandal in Rockford Monday night
“Christians” humiliated as “endorsed” Hughes scrounges for petitions
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin locates “Too Busy Pat Hughes” doing more dirty tricks in Rockford
Hughes participates in another rigged “conservative forum” where candidates were excluded
“Christian leaders” are humiliated as Hughes lacks petitions
Hughes calls himself a “Reagan Republican” but he was “too busy” to vote for the Gipper
Hughes denies new “dirty tricks” campaign against Wallace and Arrington; does anyone believe Hughes?
“What is Paul Caprio’s role in the Hughes campaign? Can anyone give an honest answer?” Martin demands
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) “Too Busy Hughes” was “busy” in Rockford Monday night, creating another Paul Caprio scandal. Hughes’ own claims indicate that his campaign operatives, led by veteran Charlie Johnston, have lied to Jack Roeser and other major Hughes donors about Caprio’s continuing role in the Hughes campaign.
After the Andy Martin campaign launched an All Points Bulletin, Hughes was located at another bogus candidates’ forum in Rockford, where Hughes supporters rigged the invitation list to avoid inviting Martin.
“You have to wonder at what the ‘Christian’ idea of politics is,” Martin said. ‘These people call themselves ‘Christian leaders’ but their tactics are blatantly satanic. They seem to be using more dirty tricks than the Daley Machine. ‘Too Busy Hughes’ appears to be lying to conservative powerhouse Jack Roeser and many of his other supporters.
“Charlie Johnson has unequivocally and repeatedly claimed that Paul Caprio has left the Hughes campaign, but Hughes contradicted Johnston Monday night by admitting Paul Caprio is still the driving force behind Hughes’ campaign.
“So which is it: who is lying? Charlie Johnston, who says Caprio is ‘out,’ or Hughes who claimed in Rockford that Caprio is ‘in.’
“The bottom line: Pat Hughes has done more damage to Christian conservatives and to the Republican Party in general, with his ham-handed approach, than anyone in recent memory.
“Hughes denies he is planning nominating petition attacks against African-American candidates Eric Wallace and John Arrington, but who believes anything Hughes or his campaign says any more,” Martin continued. “One of either Johnston or Hughes has been bald-faced liar about Paul Caprio’s continuing role in Hughes’ doomed campaign. Which one is lying? And why?
“Hughes can’t even get petition signatures despite his ‘Christian’ support. These ‘Christian leaders,’ including one County Chairman [John Parrott], turn out to be false prophets when it comes to putting their petitions where their mouths are. What an embarrassment. They ‘endorsed’ someone and then couldn’t produce signatures to back up their endorsement.
“I am a Christian and a conservative, and I strive to live by Christ’s principles, not make a parody of them the way Hughes and his posse are doing.
“I can only say I am glad these individuals did not invite me to their rigged forum in Rockford. Maybe these Christians should read the Bible before they stray any further into demonic politics. Or is Pat Hughes possibly a Mark Kirk sabotage agent, thrashing about trying to disorganize Kirk’s opponents? Hughes sure isn’t helping the Christian cause,” Martin concluded in announcing his Hughes “sighting.”
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MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Andy Martin locates “Too Busy Hughes” in a rigged Rockford forum.
“Too busy Hughes” was not “too busy” to create a new Paul Caprio scandal in Rockford Monday night
“Christians” humiliated as “endorsed” Hughes scrounges for petitions
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin locates “Too Busy Pat Hughes” doing more dirty tricks in Rockford
Hughes participates in another rigged “conservative forum” where candidates were excluded
“Christian leaders” are humiliated as Hughes lacks petitions
Hughes calls himself a “Reagan Republican” but he was “too busy” to vote for the Gipper
Hughes denies new “dirty tricks” campaign against Wallace and Arrington; does anyone believe Hughes?
“What is Paul Caprio’s role in the Hughes campaign? Can anyone give an honest answer?” Martin demands
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) “Too Busy Hughes” was “busy” in Rockford Monday night, creating another Paul Caprio scandal. Hughes’ own claims indicate that his campaign operatives, led by veteran Charlie Johnston, have lied to Jack Roeser and other major Hughes donors about Caprio’s continuing role in the Hughes campaign.
After the Andy Martin campaign launched an All Points Bulletin, Hughes was located at another bogus candidates’ forum in Rockford, where Hughes supporters rigged the invitation list to avoid inviting Martin.
“You have to wonder at what the ‘Christian’ idea of politics is,” Martin said. ‘These people call themselves ‘Christian leaders’ but their tactics are blatantly satanic. They seem to be using more dirty tricks than the Daley Machine. ‘Too Busy Hughes’ appears to be lying to conservative powerhouse Jack Roeser and many of his other supporters.
“Charlie Johnson has unequivocally and repeatedly claimed that Paul Caprio has left the Hughes campaign, but Hughes contradicted Johnston Monday night by admitting Paul Caprio is still the driving force behind Hughes’ campaign.
“So which is it: who is lying? Charlie Johnston, who says Caprio is ‘out,’ or Hughes who claimed in Rockford that Caprio is ‘in.’
“The bottom line: Pat Hughes has done more damage to Christian conservatives and to the Republican Party in general, with his ham-handed approach, than anyone in recent memory.
“Hughes denies he is planning nominating petition attacks against African-American candidates Eric Wallace and John Arrington, but who believes anything Hughes or his campaign says any more,” Martin continued. “One of either Johnston or Hughes has been bald-faced liar about Paul Caprio’s continuing role in Hughes’ doomed campaign. Which one is lying? And why?
“Hughes can’t even get petition signatures despite his ‘Christian’ support. These ‘Christian leaders,’ including one County Chairman [John Parrott], turn out to be false prophets when it comes to putting their petitions where their mouths are. What an embarrassment. They ‘endorsed’ someone and then couldn’t produce signatures to back up their endorsement.
“I am a Christian and a conservative, and I strive to live by Christ’s principles, not make a parody of them the way Hughes and his posse are doing.
“I can only say I am glad these individuals did not invite me to their rigged forum in Rockford. Maybe these Christians should read the Bible before they stray any further into demonic politics. Or is Pat Hughes possibly a Mark Kirk sabotage agent, thrashing about trying to disorganize Kirk’s opponents? Hughes sure isn’t helping the Christian cause,” Martin concluded in announcing his Hughes “sighting.”
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
U.S. Senate candidates boycott DuPage County dinner “extortion”
Andy Martin prepares to file suit to block the use of his name in a bogus straw poll which was purchased by Mark Kirk. Martin castigates DuPage County leaders for “talking conservative” and then being two-faced and backing a radical liberal such as Mark Kirk for statewide office. “People are starting to notice,” Martin says.
DuPage County’s Milton Township faces “boycott” by U. S. Senate candidates
Only Mark Kirk, who has been “endorsed” by DuPage leaders, pays the $600 “speaking fee”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin prepares to “liberate” Du Page County Republicans from their “two-faced, liberal leaders”
Martin says DuPage leaders “talk conservative” and then endorse extreme liberal Mark Kirk for U. S. Senator. Hello?
U. S. Senate candidates effectively boycott Milton Township’s demand for $600 as a speaking fee at Oktoberfest dinner
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin’s efforts to expose the two-faced corruption of DuPage County’s Republican Party leaders are beginning to pay dividends. Every U. S. Senate candidate except Mark Kirk has refused to pay a $600 “speaking fee” to Milton Township as a price to participate in the township’s “straw poll.”
“It is disgraceful that what is supposed to be the last bastion of rock-solid Republican conservatism in Illinois is abandoning conservative principles and supporting Mark Kirk for statewide office. Obviously, the conservative words ‘words’ mouthed by DuPage Republican leaders mean nothing when it comes to being bought and sold by Mark Kirk’s million-dollar Beltway booty.
“Kirk is the only candidate to pay Milton Township’s $600 speaking fee as a price to participate in a bogus strew poll.
“Milton Township’s arrogant demand for cash-to-speak, or pay-to-play, is only the most embarrassing example of the decay and corruption of the DuPage Republican Party. Republican leaders claim to be conservatives, but then they go out and endorse a radical liberal for senator. Is there an inconsistency here?
“It would appear that DuPage County’s leadership’s loyalty is for sale. Kirk is the only candidate to pay the $600 speaking fee. Everyone else has said no.
“This speaking fee is a direct way of charging for the endorsement which DuPage leaders previously delivered to Kirk. They support him; he pays them $600. It stinks of pay-to-play.
“I am preparing to file a lawsuit seeking damages for the misuse of my name in a bogus straw poll that has been purchased in advance by Mark Kirk. This straw poll is a fraud on the public.
“Republican strength in DuPage County is eroding for a reason: Republican leaders are lying to their voters, leading to disenchantment by rank-and-file Republican voters who see a two-faced party leadership ‘talking conservative’ and then acting in direct contradiction with support for Mark Kirk. The disconnect is there.
“I am committed to revitalizing DuPage County’s Republican voters by offering them a competent, common sense alternative to the extreme liberal candidate being offered by their so-called leaders,” Martin stated in announcing the informal Milton Township boycott.
DuPage County’s Milton Township faces “boycott” by U. S. Senate candidates
Only Mark Kirk, who has been “endorsed” by DuPage leaders, pays the $600 “speaking fee”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin prepares to “liberate” Du Page County Republicans from their “two-faced, liberal leaders”
Martin says DuPage leaders “talk conservative” and then endorse extreme liberal Mark Kirk for U. S. Senator. Hello?
U. S. Senate candidates effectively boycott Milton Township’s demand for $600 as a speaking fee at Oktoberfest dinner
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin’s efforts to expose the two-faced corruption of DuPage County’s Republican Party leaders are beginning to pay dividends. Every U. S. Senate candidate except Mark Kirk has refused to pay a $600 “speaking fee” to Milton Township as a price to participate in the township’s “straw poll.”
“It is disgraceful that what is supposed to be the last bastion of rock-solid Republican conservatism in Illinois is abandoning conservative principles and supporting Mark Kirk for statewide office. Obviously, the conservative words ‘words’ mouthed by DuPage Republican leaders mean nothing when it comes to being bought and sold by Mark Kirk’s million-dollar Beltway booty.
“Kirk is the only candidate to pay Milton Township’s $600 speaking fee as a price to participate in a bogus strew poll.
“Milton Township’s arrogant demand for cash-to-speak, or pay-to-play, is only the most embarrassing example of the decay and corruption of the DuPage Republican Party. Republican leaders claim to be conservatives, but then they go out and endorse a radical liberal for senator. Is there an inconsistency here?
“It would appear that DuPage County’s leadership’s loyalty is for sale. Kirk is the only candidate to pay the $600 speaking fee. Everyone else has said no.
“This speaking fee is a direct way of charging for the endorsement which DuPage leaders previously delivered to Kirk. They support him; he pays them $600. It stinks of pay-to-play.
“I am preparing to file a lawsuit seeking damages for the misuse of my name in a bogus straw poll that has been purchased in advance by Mark Kirk. This straw poll is a fraud on the public.
“Republican strength in DuPage County is eroding for a reason: Republican leaders are lying to their voters, leading to disenchantment by rank-and-file Republican voters who see a two-faced party leadership ‘talking conservative’ and then acting in direct contradiction with support for Mark Kirk. The disconnect is there.
“I am committed to revitalizing DuPage County’s Republican voters by offering them a competent, common sense alternative to the extreme liberal candidate being offered by their so-called leaders,” Martin stated in announcing the informal Milton Township boycott.
Monday, October 26, 2009
U. S. Senate candidate Patrick Hughes “disappears”
Andy Martin promises a thorough investigation of his opponent’s “disappearance”
“Too busy Hughes” was "too busy" to file for U. S. Senator Monday
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks the obvious question: “What happened to Pat Hughes?”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin promises “full and fair investigation” of candidate’s “disappearance”
“Christian leaders” dumfounded as candidate vanishes
Picketing set to resume at Ditka’s; posters seeking information about “Too Busy Hughes’” disappearance will also circulate at Ditka’s
Is Pat Hughes “too busy” again?
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) Pat Hughes was “too busy” to vote for most of his adult life. He was “too busy” to declare himself a Republican until 2008. And Monday, October 26th “Too Busy Hughes” was apparently “too busy” to file his nominating petitions for United States Senator.
The “Smoke Filled Room Nine” “Christian leaders” who endorsed Hughes in August, and who had shrunk to 'six' individuals by mid-October, were dumfounded to learn their candidate “missing in action” at the State Board of Elections.
“We are promising a fair and impartial investigation,” Andy Martin pledged tongue-in-cheek. “We will find Pat Hughes and we will rescue him from whatever is holding him back from filing his petitions. Who knows what evil has befallen Hughes?
“Was Hughes discouraged by the lack of financial support for his campaign, and the ‘disappearance’ of promised contributions? Was he discouraged by the on-again, off-again ‘Ditkagate’ controversy that left is reputation in tatters? Was it the chaos within his own campaign? Did Mark Kirk bribe Hughes to withdraw, with Kirk’s mountain of ‘dirty dollars’ from lobbyists and special interests? Where is Hughes?
“I was outside the Board of Elections at 4:45 A.M. Monday. Other statewide candidates were already in line (or else had ‘sitters’ holding down a place for them). But there was no sign of Hughes.
“If Hughes does not surface soon, my campaign is prepared to offer a reward to ascertain his whereabouts. Unless, of course, Hughes is ‘too busy’ and does not want to be disturbed by the messy process of voting and running for office,” Martin noted. “If ‘Too Busy Hughes’ is alive, we will find him.”
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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/AndyMartinUSA
www.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
“Too busy Hughes” was "too busy" to file for U. S. Senator Monday
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks the obvious question: “What happened to Pat Hughes?”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin promises “full and fair investigation” of candidate’s “disappearance”
“Christian leaders” dumfounded as candidate vanishes
Picketing set to resume at Ditka’s; posters seeking information about “Too Busy Hughes’” disappearance will also circulate at Ditka’s
Is Pat Hughes “too busy” again?
(CHICAGO)(October 27, 2009) Pat Hughes was “too busy” to vote for most of his adult life. He was “too busy” to declare himself a Republican until 2008. And Monday, October 26th “Too Busy Hughes” was apparently “too busy” to file his nominating petitions for United States Senator.
The “Smoke Filled Room Nine” “Christian leaders” who endorsed Hughes in August, and who had shrunk to 'six' individuals by mid-October, were dumfounded to learn their candidate “missing in action” at the State Board of Elections.
“We are promising a fair and impartial investigation,” Andy Martin pledged tongue-in-cheek. “We will find Pat Hughes and we will rescue him from whatever is holding him back from filing his petitions. Who knows what evil has befallen Hughes?
“Was Hughes discouraged by the lack of financial support for his campaign, and the ‘disappearance’ of promised contributions? Was he discouraged by the on-again, off-again ‘Ditkagate’ controversy that left is reputation in tatters? Was it the chaos within his own campaign? Did Mark Kirk bribe Hughes to withdraw, with Kirk’s mountain of ‘dirty dollars’ from lobbyists and special interests? Where is Hughes?
“I was outside the Board of Elections at 4:45 A.M. Monday. Other statewide candidates were already in line (or else had ‘sitters’ holding down a place for them). But there was no sign of Hughes.
“If Hughes does not surface soon, my campaign is prepared to offer a reward to ascertain his whereabouts. Unless, of course, Hughes is ‘too busy’ and does not want to be disturbed by the messy process of voting and running for office,” Martin noted. “If ‘Too Busy Hughes’ is alive, we will find him.”
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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/AndyMartinUSA
www.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Andy Martin slams DuPage County pay-to-play “Oktoberfest”
Andy Martin criticizes Milton Township for demanding cash to speak at a dinner. Martin says morally corrupt DuPage County leaders are willingly taking Mark Kirk’s “dirty dollars” from Washington lobbyists and special interests. “Why are so-called ‘conservative’ DuPage County leaders backing an extreme liberal for senator?” Martin asks. “Have they no sense of legitimacy? Of shame?”
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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:
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October 26, 2009
Mr. Michael Fumento
65 Exmoor Drive
Glenn Ellyn, IL 60137
Re: “Oktoberfest” “straw poll”
Dear Mike:
I would like to respond to your recent “invitation” to participate in a straw poll during your Oktoberfest event. Milton Township Republicans are demanding a “participation fee" of $600 to be allowed to speak as part of your straw poll.
My experience with Milton Township straw polls has been that they are conducted in a crooked manner.
Two years ago I strongly supported the Milton Township Oktoberfest event with major advertising support. I was assured the event was “open” and that there would not be any favoritism shown to any candidate. You can imagine my surprise when Oktoberfest leaders stood up and endorsed my opponent, trying to rig the "straw poll" in his favor.
Why would I ever again want to subsidize an event that is rigged in favor of my opponent?
This year, you are trying to eliminate candidates by demanding that they pay you $600 to speak before the poll. Nice try. Most of the DuPage County leadership and Illinois congressional delegation is supporting a crook for United States Senator: Mark Kirk. And, apparently you are only too happy to take Kirk’s dirty dollars. You have already rigged one event in Kirk’s favor. For shame.
I have a question: are you eliminating the names of candidates who refuse to pay the $600 from your ballot if they decline to participate? I believe you should. I do not believe that any straw poll can be honest or indicative if it is purchased by the participants.
I understand Mr. Kirk is buying a table so he can be there to speak. Speaking at a republican event should never be conditioned on payment. Not anywhere. Not any time. It smacks of “pay to play.” We have had enough pay-to-play in Illinois. The current “governor-in-jail” is a Republican. Republicans, and DuPage Republicans, are just as guilty of play-to-pay as the Democrats. Reform should start at home, not “over there.”
I respect your right to conduct your event as you see fit, and to demand cash up front from candidates before allowing them to speak if you so desire. I hope you respect my right to decline to participate in what I believe will be a rigged and fixed straw poll.
I therefore respectfully request that you remove my name from your straw poll ballot as the “poll” is not honest, independent or credible. It would be an abuse of my good name as a candidate to use my candidacy to conduct a sham poll. It might even be fraudulent and illegal and prompt a legal challenge. If you have printed bogus ballots, I suggest you reprint them and remove my name.
When Milton Township agrees in advance, in writing, to conduct honest and independent events, then I will again consider participating. Not until then. My advertising dollars will go where they can be used to help my campaign, not where they will be used to subsidize my opposition.
Mark’s Kirk’s money, that he is spending with you to purchase speaking time and support, is all dirty money that he gleaned from the Washington lobbyists by selling his vote on "cap and trade" to Exelon and other special interests.
I am running as a candidate who will fight political corruption in Washington and Illinois, not as someone who will profit from it as Mr. Kirk does very nicely.
I am sure Kirk will tell you he has changed his view on cap and trade. But Mark Kirk will never change who he is. Kirk’s vote will always be for sale to the highest bidder. If you take his dirty dollars to conduct a bogus straw poll, you are as “unclean” as he is. If you want to know why politics is still rotten in this state, take a look at your own pay-to-speak straw poll. You have the answer.
I am not for sale, and my vote will never be for sale.
Best wishes for a successful event.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
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Please donate:
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COMING:
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October 26, 2009
Mr. Michael Fumento
65 Exmoor Drive
Glenn Ellyn, IL 60137
Re: “Oktoberfest” “straw poll”
Dear Mike:
I would like to respond to your recent “invitation” to participate in a straw poll during your Oktoberfest event. Milton Township Republicans are demanding a “participation fee" of $600 to be allowed to speak as part of your straw poll.
My experience with Milton Township straw polls has been that they are conducted in a crooked manner.
Two years ago I strongly supported the Milton Township Oktoberfest event with major advertising support. I was assured the event was “open” and that there would not be any favoritism shown to any candidate. You can imagine my surprise when Oktoberfest leaders stood up and endorsed my opponent, trying to rig the "straw poll" in his favor.
Why would I ever again want to subsidize an event that is rigged in favor of my opponent?
This year, you are trying to eliminate candidates by demanding that they pay you $600 to speak before the poll. Nice try. Most of the DuPage County leadership and Illinois congressional delegation is supporting a crook for United States Senator: Mark Kirk. And, apparently you are only too happy to take Kirk’s dirty dollars. You have already rigged one event in Kirk’s favor. For shame.
I have a question: are you eliminating the names of candidates who refuse to pay the $600 from your ballot if they decline to participate? I believe you should. I do not believe that any straw poll can be honest or indicative if it is purchased by the participants.
I understand Mr. Kirk is buying a table so he can be there to speak. Speaking at a republican event should never be conditioned on payment. Not anywhere. Not any time. It smacks of “pay to play.” We have had enough pay-to-play in Illinois. The current “governor-in-jail” is a Republican. Republicans, and DuPage Republicans, are just as guilty of play-to-pay as the Democrats. Reform should start at home, not “over there.”
I respect your right to conduct your event as you see fit, and to demand cash up front from candidates before allowing them to speak if you so desire. I hope you respect my right to decline to participate in what I believe will be a rigged and fixed straw poll.
I therefore respectfully request that you remove my name from your straw poll ballot as the “poll” is not honest, independent or credible. It would be an abuse of my good name as a candidate to use my candidacy to conduct a sham poll. It might even be fraudulent and illegal and prompt a legal challenge. If you have printed bogus ballots, I suggest you reprint them and remove my name.
When Milton Township agrees in advance, in writing, to conduct honest and independent events, then I will again consider participating. Not until then. My advertising dollars will go where they can be used to help my campaign, not where they will be used to subsidize my opposition.
Mark’s Kirk’s money, that he is spending with you to purchase speaking time and support, is all dirty money that he gleaned from the Washington lobbyists by selling his vote on "cap and trade" to Exelon and other special interests.
I am running as a candidate who will fight political corruption in Washington and Illinois, not as someone who will profit from it as Mr. Kirk does very nicely.
I am sure Kirk will tell you he has changed his view on cap and trade. But Mark Kirk will never change who he is. Kirk’s vote will always be for sale to the highest bidder. If you take his dirty dollars to conduct a bogus straw poll, you are as “unclean” as he is. If you want to know why politics is still rotten in this state, take a look at your own pay-to-speak straw poll. You have the answer.
I am not for sale, and my vote will never be for sale.
Best wishes for a successful event.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
Sunday, October 25, 2009
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sticks the fork in Carol Marin, and Pat Hughes
Picketing set to resume at Ditka’s to protest racist remarks by
Ditka, Caprio and Hughes
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin links to an accurate summary of “Ditkagate”
Picketing set to resume at Ditka’s; watch for details
(CHICAGO)(October 26, 2009) Because of the great amount of media “disinformation” about Ditkagate, and Carol Marin’s dishonest attempt to credit Mark Kirk for exposing Pat Hughes’ incompetence as a candifate, we provide the following link to a blog where the facts are correctly summarized:
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/2009/10/mike-ditka-endorsement-flap-leaves-us.html
As for Mark Kirk, he knows where to go when he wants to steal a conservative idea: Andy Martin’s blogs. Attaboy Markie.
Chicago Tribune: Andy Martin is an “absolutely brilliant campaigner.” [2/25/78] Just ask Pat Hughes what it’s like to run against Andy.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------
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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Ditka, Caprio and Hughes
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
Andy Martin links to an accurate summary of “Ditkagate”
Picketing set to resume at Ditka’s; watch for details
(CHICAGO)(October 26, 2009) Because of the great amount of media “disinformation” about Ditkagate, and Carol Marin’s dishonest attempt to credit Mark Kirk for exposing Pat Hughes’ incompetence as a candifate, we provide the following link to a blog where the facts are correctly summarized:
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/2009/10/mike-ditka-endorsement-flap-leaves-us.html
As for Mark Kirk, he knows where to go when he wants to steal a conservative idea: Andy Martin’s blogs. Attaboy Markie.
Chicago Tribune: Andy Martin is an “absolutely brilliant campaigner.” [2/25/78] Just ask Pat Hughes what it’s like to run against Andy.
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Michelle Malkin in Chicago
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin on Michelle Malkin’s Chicago comments
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Michelle Malkin tells it like it is in Chicago; are Illinois Republicans listening?
Or is it all just “dinner talk?”
(CHICAGO)(October 25, 2009) “Michelle Malkin came to Chicago…to slap Republicans who work with Obama instead of fighting him.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/
1841943,malkin-obama-hilton-speech-102309.article
Well, who has a proven public record of “fighting Obama?” Only I do. I have been standing up to Obama in 2004-2009, and I am still standing up to him. You can count on me to carry the fight to Washington. Obama knows that. That’s why his supporters are constantly trying to sabotage my campaign for U. S. Senator.
One candidate for the senate is an ultra-liberal congressman, known in DC as “Obama’s favorite Republican.” None other than the Republican “Combine’s” Mark Kirk. At least you know where Kirk stands. He can “run,” but he can’t hide.
Except that right now Kirk is both running and hiding, from his own record in congress.
Kirk, of course, has declared himself a “conservative” for the duration of the primary season. “Redder than red” for the next three months.
But the Kirkster is so bereft of ideas and tactics that last week Kirk had to steal one of my issues (“Ditkagate”) to polish his conservative credentials. You chose well Markie. Feel free to steal my ideas any time.
Whether you love us or hate us, Kirk and I at least have an extensive public record to vote for or vote against.
The other Republican candidates? Candidates from “Chumbolone Central Casting.”
Pat Hughes only “discovered” was a Republican last year, voting Republican for the first time in 2008. What did he think he was before then? Hughes says he was “too busy to vote.” Yah, sure. Now he wants to be a U. S. Senator.
The rest of the pack? Nice people, all. But, like Hughes, they have no public record of opposition to Obama or fighting corruption. Or anything. Blank screens.
Now you know why Barack Obama and his “mainstream media” are so terrified I will win the Republican primary, and take conservative principles into the general election against the Daley Machine Democrat candidate for U. S. senator.
Malkin may have spoken the truth in Chicago. But are Illinois Republicans prepared to face it? You can’t just show up one day, out of the blue, and declare yourself to be a “U. S. Senate candidate.”
My campaign is fighting the fight—and winning the fight—for the good people of Illinois. We have a proven record of success, and we are proud to run on that record. The others? Blank screens.
Join us. Join the fighting team that is fighting for the people of Illinois.
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Michelle Malkin tells it like it is in Chicago; are Illinois Republicans listening?
Or is it all just “dinner talk?”
(CHICAGO)(October 25, 2009) “Michelle Malkin came to Chicago…to slap Republicans who work with Obama instead of fighting him.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/
1841943,malkin-obama-hilton-speech-102309.article
Well, who has a proven public record of “fighting Obama?” Only I do. I have been standing up to Obama in 2004-2009, and I am still standing up to him. You can count on me to carry the fight to Washington. Obama knows that. That’s why his supporters are constantly trying to sabotage my campaign for U. S. Senator.
One candidate for the senate is an ultra-liberal congressman, known in DC as “Obama’s favorite Republican.” None other than the Republican “Combine’s” Mark Kirk. At least you know where Kirk stands. He can “run,” but he can’t hide.
Except that right now Kirk is both running and hiding, from his own record in congress.
Kirk, of course, has declared himself a “conservative” for the duration of the primary season. “Redder than red” for the next three months.
But the Kirkster is so bereft of ideas and tactics that last week Kirk had to steal one of my issues (“Ditkagate”) to polish his conservative credentials. You chose well Markie. Feel free to steal my ideas any time.
Whether you love us or hate us, Kirk and I at least have an extensive public record to vote for or vote against.
The other Republican candidates? Candidates from “Chumbolone Central Casting.”
Pat Hughes only “discovered” was a Republican last year, voting Republican for the first time in 2008. What did he think he was before then? Hughes says he was “too busy to vote.” Yah, sure. Now he wants to be a U. S. Senator.
The rest of the pack? Nice people, all. But, like Hughes, they have no public record of opposition to Obama or fighting corruption. Or anything. Blank screens.
Now you know why Barack Obama and his “mainstream media” are so terrified I will win the Republican primary, and take conservative principles into the general election against the Daley Machine Democrat candidate for U. S. senator.
Malkin may have spoken the truth in Chicago. But are Illinois Republicans prepared to face it? You can’t just show up one day, out of the blue, and declare yourself to be a “U. S. Senate candidate.”
My campaign is fighting the fight—and winning the fight—for the good people of Illinois. We have a proven record of success, and we are proud to run on that record. The others? Blank screens.
Join us. Join the fighting team that is fighting for the people of Illinois.
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Friday, October 23, 2009
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks NFL Commissioner to investigate “Ditkagate”
Martin says the relationship between NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka and “supremacist” candidate Pat Hughes may involve a criminal conspiracy.
“Ditkagate” goes “viral” on the Internet
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/2009/10/mike-ditka-denies-official-endorsement.html
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/10/22/ditka-says-he-didnt-endorse-hughes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/gop-senate-candidate-caug_n_330139.html
http://obamabidenwhitehouse.net/?p=7672
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION SPORTS EDITORS and DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Mike Ditka’s behavior during the month of October raises serious questions
Is Ditka being blackmailed by senate candidate Pat Hughes or is Ditka unable to remember recent events?
The NFL is asked to investigate the peculiar circumstances of Mike Ditka and Pat Hughes
Picketing to resume at Ditka’s Chicago restaurant
(CHICAGO)(October 24, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, October 24th to disclose that he has asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to open an investigation into whether NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is being blackmailed, or whether Ditka is in failing health and unable to remember recent events.
“We have now relabeled this scandal at ‘Ditkagate,’” Martin says. “We are making new plans for picketing at Ditka’s. I went to Ditka’s recently, under cover. Contrary to what his publicist claims, I saw very few African-American customers. People need to know that for whatever reason or explanation, Ditka is linking himself to someone who wants to throw African-Americans off the bus.”
Martin’s letter to the NFL Commissioner follows below:
October 24th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
asks NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to open an investigation into the tortured relationship between Mike Ditka and Pat Hughes, a supremacist candidate for U. S. Senator in Illinois
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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: mailto:AndyforIllinois@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
http://www.andyforussenator.wordpress.com/
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
COMING:
www.StopDeutscheBankForeclosureFraud.com
October 23, 2009
Commissioner Roger Goodell
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
via fax (212) 681-7599
Request for investigation of links between
Mike Ditka and “supremacist” candidate Pat Hughes
Dear Commissioner Goodell:
I am writing to suggest and respectfully request that you open an independent investigation into the relationship between NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka and “supremacist” candidate Patrick Hughes in Illinois.
During the month of October, the relationship between Ditka and Hughes has become increasingly bizarre, all while Hughes has continued to attack African-American candidates and demonstrate the condescending attitudes of a supremacist.
Originally, Hughes claimed that Ditka endorsed him and agreed to serve on Hughes’ finance committee.
Then Ditka, both through his attorney Steve Mandell and also his publicist Ken Valdiserri, denied any agreement for either an endorsement or a finance committee slot.
While Mr. Hughes and I are political opponents, I want to assure you I am only concerned with ascertaining the facts and the truth. Someone is lying through their teeth.
And someone may be trying to blackmail Mike Ditka into endorsing a candidate, raising the possibility of a criminal conspiracy to extort the Hughes endorsement from Mr. Ditka.
There is also a serious possibility that Mike is suffering from old football injuries, and the current kerfuffle may be a warning sign of confusion on his part.
In a statement earlier this week, Hughes again claimed that Ditka endorsed him. Hughes claimed the two men spent “45 minutes” together:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
Common sense tells you that if you spent 45 minutes alone with someone, or in a closed room with your wife and attorney, you would vividly remember that fact a couple of weeks later. But Ditka’s denials on October 15th showed no awareness of the time he allegedly spent with Hughes. Did Hughes and Ditka actually spend this time together? Is Ditka aware of what Hughes claims? Is the joint statement on October 22nd a cover-up? The truth remains to be ascertained.
I don’t doubt that if a celebrity such as Ditka brushed shoulders with someone in a receiving line, he might not remember the encounter weeks later. But spending 45 minutes alone with someone, and then having no recollection, is not believable. Again, something is very suspicious.
Hughes also claims that Ditka agreed to serve on his finance committee, a claim Ditka flatly and unequivocally denies, and has always denied. Again, what are the facts? Where lies the truth?
Mr. Valdiserri assured me on the 15th that (i) Ditka had not endorsed Hughes and (ii) that Valdiserri had communicated that fact to the media. Valdiserri apparently lied.
This week, Ditka again used Valdiserri and Ditka’s attorney to deny any endorsement. Then, suddenly, Ditka completely reversed himself and said he was endorsing, but denying any finance committee role. Ditka also refuses to respond to legitimate media inquires about the encounter with Hughes.
I am sure you will appreciate that all of this is very suspicious behavior. If Ditka suffers from memory problems, and has no recollection of a 45 minute meeting, then any endorsement under any conditions may be suspect, even the “endorsement” on October 22nd.
Ditka is dodging the media; that raises more suspicions. Likewise, if Ditka did not endorse on the 15th, what made him reverse himself on the 22nd?
Someone posted a comment on one blog suggesting Ditka may have an alcohol problem. If so, he needs treatment.
If Ditka’s mental confusion is the result of a long-term concussion injury, again, “attention must be paid.”
What makes all of these concerns so critical is that Ditka may have erred in what he said at the beginning of the month, but by October 22nd he was certainly under no doubt that he was endorsing a supremacist candidate who had asked African-Americans to withdraw as U. S. Senate candidates and who apparently sent a saboteur to a political breakfast to harass and heckle an African-American senate candidate who had beaten Hughes in a recent poll.
There appear to be other dirty tricks which we are investigating.
A few days ago you questioned whether Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to participate in the NFL. Ditka's transgressions are far more serious than anything Limbaugh has ever done. The Ditka case is even more serious, because someone is apparently leading Mike astray and into a political thicket of supremacists and extremists. Asking the only two African-American candidates to withdraw as candidates is not a laughing matter.
Mr. Hughes, thanks to me, is once again an active attorney (he had taken “inactive” status). Hughes has made accusations of fraud against Mike Ditka’s attorney, by claiming that Ditka’s attorney was present when Hughes was “endorsed.” A complaint to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission is being prepared. Mr. Hughes' accusations of lying can again be found at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
I have a lifetime of commitment to civil rights and I will not let lies substitute for facts. On the other hand, if Mr. Ditka is being manipulated, and has difficulty making decisions for himself, or remembering them, then NFL fans ought to be aware of his health problems. Mike needs care.
In closing, I urge you to initiate a search for the truth and conduct a fair and impartial investigation of the facts. Clearly, Mr. Ditka’s lawyer and publicist bear some responsibility for the confusion. But as I reflect on Mike’s alleged 45 minute meeting with someone, which he had apparently forgotten a couple of weeks later, I am concerned that there may be a clinical problem. You should also be concerned.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
“Ditkagate” goes “viral” on the Internet
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/2009/10/mike-ditka-denies-official-endorsement.html
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/10/22/ditka-says-he-didnt-endorse-hughes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/gop-senate-candidate-caug_n_330139.html
http://obamabidenwhitehouse.net/?p=7672
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION SPORTS EDITORS and DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Mike Ditka’s behavior during the month of October raises serious questions
Is Ditka being blackmailed by senate candidate Pat Hughes or is Ditka unable to remember recent events?
The NFL is asked to investigate the peculiar circumstances of Mike Ditka and Pat Hughes
Picketing to resume at Ditka’s Chicago restaurant
(CHICAGO)(October 24, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, October 24th to disclose that he has asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to open an investigation into whether NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is being blackmailed, or whether Ditka is in failing health and unable to remember recent events.
“We have now relabeled this scandal at ‘Ditkagate,’” Martin says. “We are making new plans for picketing at Ditka’s. I went to Ditka’s recently, under cover. Contrary to what his publicist claims, I saw very few African-American customers. People need to know that for whatever reason or explanation, Ditka is linking himself to someone who wants to throw African-Americans off the bus.”
Martin’s letter to the NFL Commissioner follows below:
October 24th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
asks NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to open an investigation into the tortured relationship between Mike Ditka and Pat Hughes, a supremacist candidate for U. S. Senator in Illinois
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
-----------------------------
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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: mailto:AndyforIllinois@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
http://www.andyforussenator.wordpress.com/
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
COMING:
www.StopDeutscheBankForeclosureFraud.com
October 23, 2009
Commissioner Roger Goodell
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
via fax (212) 681-7599
Request for investigation of links between
Mike Ditka and “supremacist” candidate Pat Hughes
Dear Commissioner Goodell:
I am writing to suggest and respectfully request that you open an independent investigation into the relationship between NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka and “supremacist” candidate Patrick Hughes in Illinois.
During the month of October, the relationship between Ditka and Hughes has become increasingly bizarre, all while Hughes has continued to attack African-American candidates and demonstrate the condescending attitudes of a supremacist.
Originally, Hughes claimed that Ditka endorsed him and agreed to serve on Hughes’ finance committee.
Then Ditka, both through his attorney Steve Mandell and also his publicist Ken Valdiserri, denied any agreement for either an endorsement or a finance committee slot.
While Mr. Hughes and I are political opponents, I want to assure you I am only concerned with ascertaining the facts and the truth. Someone is lying through their teeth.
And someone may be trying to blackmail Mike Ditka into endorsing a candidate, raising the possibility of a criminal conspiracy to extort the Hughes endorsement from Mr. Ditka.
There is also a serious possibility that Mike is suffering from old football injuries, and the current kerfuffle may be a warning sign of confusion on his part.
In a statement earlier this week, Hughes again claimed that Ditka endorsed him. Hughes claimed the two men spent “45 minutes” together:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
Common sense tells you that if you spent 45 minutes alone with someone, or in a closed room with your wife and attorney, you would vividly remember that fact a couple of weeks later. But Ditka’s denials on October 15th showed no awareness of the time he allegedly spent with Hughes. Did Hughes and Ditka actually spend this time together? Is Ditka aware of what Hughes claims? Is the joint statement on October 22nd a cover-up? The truth remains to be ascertained.
I don’t doubt that if a celebrity such as Ditka brushed shoulders with someone in a receiving line, he might not remember the encounter weeks later. But spending 45 minutes alone with someone, and then having no recollection, is not believable. Again, something is very suspicious.
Hughes also claims that Ditka agreed to serve on his finance committee, a claim Ditka flatly and unequivocally denies, and has always denied. Again, what are the facts? Where lies the truth?
Mr. Valdiserri assured me on the 15th that (i) Ditka had not endorsed Hughes and (ii) that Valdiserri had communicated that fact to the media. Valdiserri apparently lied.
This week, Ditka again used Valdiserri and Ditka’s attorney to deny any endorsement. Then, suddenly, Ditka completely reversed himself and said he was endorsing, but denying any finance committee role. Ditka also refuses to respond to legitimate media inquires about the encounter with Hughes.
I am sure you will appreciate that all of this is very suspicious behavior. If Ditka suffers from memory problems, and has no recollection of a 45 minute meeting, then any endorsement under any conditions may be suspect, even the “endorsement” on October 22nd.
Ditka is dodging the media; that raises more suspicions. Likewise, if Ditka did not endorse on the 15th, what made him reverse himself on the 22nd?
Someone posted a comment on one blog suggesting Ditka may have an alcohol problem. If so, he needs treatment.
If Ditka’s mental confusion is the result of a long-term concussion injury, again, “attention must be paid.”
What makes all of these concerns so critical is that Ditka may have erred in what he said at the beginning of the month, but by October 22nd he was certainly under no doubt that he was endorsing a supremacist candidate who had asked African-Americans to withdraw as U. S. Senate candidates and who apparently sent a saboteur to a political breakfast to harass and heckle an African-American senate candidate who had beaten Hughes in a recent poll.
There appear to be other dirty tricks which we are investigating.
A few days ago you questioned whether Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to participate in the NFL. Ditka's transgressions are far more serious than anything Limbaugh has ever done. The Ditka case is even more serious, because someone is apparently leading Mike astray and into a political thicket of supremacists and extremists. Asking the only two African-American candidates to withdraw as candidates is not a laughing matter.
Mr. Hughes, thanks to me, is once again an active attorney (he had taken “inactive” status). Hughes has made accusations of fraud against Mike Ditka’s attorney, by claiming that Ditka’s attorney was present when Hughes was “endorsed.” A complaint to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission is being prepared. Mr. Hughes' accusations of lying can again be found at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64323-
ditka-disputes-senate-candidates-endorsement-claim
I have a lifetime of commitment to civil rights and I will not let lies substitute for facts. On the other hand, if Mr. Ditka is being manipulated, and has difficulty making decisions for himself, or remembering them, then NFL fans ought to be aware of his health problems. Mike needs care.
In closing, I urge you to initiate a search for the truth and conduct a fair and impartial investigation of the facts. Clearly, Mr. Ditka’s lawyer and publicist bear some responsibility for the confusion. But as I reflect on Mike’s alleged 45 minute meeting with someone, which he had apparently forgotten a couple of weeks later, I am concerned that there may be a clinical problem. You should also be concerned.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Rasmussen Reports faces lawsuit over phony polling in Illinois U. S. Senate race
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Scott Rasmussen is rigging his polling to disadvantage Illinois Republicans
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Martin documents how Rasmussen “polls” favor Democrats over Republicans
Martin says Rasmussen is “leading the charge” to nominate an “extreme liberal as Illinois’ U. S. Senate candidate
(CHICAGO)(October 23, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin today announced he is planning to file a lawsuit to challenge “rigged polls” by New Jersey-based pollster Scott Rasmussen. Martin accuses Rasmussen of running “fixed polls” that favor Republicans over Democrats.
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ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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: mailto:AndyforIllinois@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
http://www.markkirk.us/
http://www.illinoishighspeedtrains.com/
COMING:
www.StopDeutscheBankForeclosureFraud.com
October 23, 2009
Mr. Scott Rasmussen
Rasmussen Reports
Suite 1
625 Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Dear Mr. Rasmussen:
On August 24th I sent you a letter outlining why your purported “polling” in the Illinois U. S. Senate race was erroneous. I received no response.
You have now published another purported “poll” whose sole purpose appears to be to encourage the nomination of an extreme liberal as the Republican candidate.
There are only two candidates for U. S. Senator who have ever run in a statewide election. Mr. Giannoulias and myself. Last year I carried or nearly carried forty-five Illinois counties and received a quarter of a million votes.
Despite my statewide recognition you have “polled” on the names of Democratic senate candidates Hoffman and Jackson, who have never run for office at all, while only polling for one candidate in the Republican primary, my principal opponent Mark Kirk. At least one Democrat comes with significant baggage (Jackson). Kirk, of course, is one of the most extreme liberals in the U. S. House.
Unfortunately, Illinois media and writer such as Carol Marin report your “polling” as though it were unbiased, when it obviously is not.
Last year I was unfairly attacked by Rupert Murdoch, who is the chief executive of one of your principal outlets, who sent one of his operatives, Bill Shine, to maliciously attack me after I offered generous cooperation with one of his programs.
If you are going to poll on Democrats who have never run for office, you need to poll on Republicans as well on a fair and balanced basis.
Mark Kirk recently announced a “poll” in which he “polled” voters on every candidate in the Republican primary, but me.
Now why do you suppose Mr. Kirk left my name off his “poll?”
Kirk’s omission should have alerted you to “something rotten in the state of Denmark,” except that you own polling techniques are equally rotten.
Why would you try to suggest there is no primary election in the Republican Party when even hard left Democratic operative Markos Moulitsas has noted that Mr. Kirk is “facing a competitive primary” and a “scary primary.” Neither Ms. Marin’s column nor your bogus polling reflects Moulitsas’ observations:
http://thehill.com/component/content/article/
72-opinion/63957-a-moderate-minority
So what does Moulitsas know that you and Marin don’t? Or is your political bias showing through?
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Otherwise, I will see you in court.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
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ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
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Martin documents how Rasmussen “polls” favor Democrats over Republicans
Martin says Rasmussen is “leading the charge” to nominate an “extreme liberal as Illinois’ U. S. Senate candidate
(CHICAGO)(October 23, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin today announced he is planning to file a lawsuit to challenge “rigged polls” by New Jersey-based pollster Scott Rasmussen. Martin accuses Rasmussen of running “fixed polls” that favor Republicans over Democrats.
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ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
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COMING:
www.StopDeutscheBankForeclosureFraud.com
October 23, 2009
Mr. Scott Rasmussen
Rasmussen Reports
Suite 1
625 Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Dear Mr. Rasmussen:
On August 24th I sent you a letter outlining why your purported “polling” in the Illinois U. S. Senate race was erroneous. I received no response.
You have now published another purported “poll” whose sole purpose appears to be to encourage the nomination of an extreme liberal as the Republican candidate.
There are only two candidates for U. S. Senator who have ever run in a statewide election. Mr. Giannoulias and myself. Last year I carried or nearly carried forty-five Illinois counties and received a quarter of a million votes.
Despite my statewide recognition you have “polled” on the names of Democratic senate candidates Hoffman and Jackson, who have never run for office at all, while only polling for one candidate in the Republican primary, my principal opponent Mark Kirk. At least one Democrat comes with significant baggage (Jackson). Kirk, of course, is one of the most extreme liberals in the U. S. House.
Unfortunately, Illinois media and writer such as Carol Marin report your “polling” as though it were unbiased, when it obviously is not.
Last year I was unfairly attacked by Rupert Murdoch, who is the chief executive of one of your principal outlets, who sent one of his operatives, Bill Shine, to maliciously attack me after I offered generous cooperation with one of his programs.
If you are going to poll on Democrats who have never run for office, you need to poll on Republicans as well on a fair and balanced basis.
Mark Kirk recently announced a “poll” in which he “polled” voters on every candidate in the Republican primary, but me.
Now why do you suppose Mr. Kirk left my name off his “poll?”
Kirk’s omission should have alerted you to “something rotten in the state of Denmark,” except that you own polling techniques are equally rotten.
Why would you try to suggest there is no primary election in the Republican Party when even hard left Democratic operative Markos Moulitsas has noted that Mr. Kirk is “facing a competitive primary” and a “scary primary.” Neither Ms. Marin’s column nor your bogus polling reflects Moulitsas’ observations:
http://thehill.com/component/content/article/
72-opinion/63957-a-moderate-minority
So what does Moulitsas know that you and Marin don’t? Or is your political bias showing through?
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Otherwise, I will see you in court.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Corruption Fighter Andy Martin forces crooked DuPage lawyer Fred Spitzzeri out of judicial race
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin challenges the “Code of Silence” about corruption in federal and state courthouses
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
www.StopSpitzzeri.com breaks the “Code of Silence” about “Sleazy Spitzzeri”
Andy Martin wins a major victory for DuPage County citizens
(CHICAGO)(October 22, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin claimed a massive victory for government integrity Thursday after “Sleazy Spitzzeri” (Fred Spitzzeri) withdrew as a candidate for DuPage County circuit judge.
Martin has an anti-Spitzzeri web spite on the Internet listing Spitzzeri’s corrupt acts and professional incompetence:
www.StopSpitzzeri.com
“The People of DuPage County can sleep better tonight,” Martin said. “My campaign to expose the truth about Fred Spitzzeri has blocked a Chicago-style hoodlum lawyer from being a candidate for DuPage County circuit judge.
“The battle against corrupt judges and public officials never ends. We need to remove one of Spitzzeri’s co-conspirators, Bonnie Wheaton, from the court as well. Spitzzeri should also be declared toxic by other Republican judicial candidates. He is corrupt, incompetent and unethical. That’s a trifecta that went down to defeat this week; every Illinoisan is safer with Fred Spitzzeri no longer a candidate for ‘judge,’” Martin said.
“No one needing legal services should turn to Sleazy Spitzzeri. He can bribe some judges, but he can’t practice law as an honest lawyer. He is as much of a threat to his ‘clients’ as he is to the public. Look at the way he looted Naperville Township taxpayers, www.StopSpitzzeri.com.
“Traditionally judges and lawyers maintain a code of silence or ‘Omerta’ about the thieves and incompetents in the courthouse. I have continuously challenged that taboo for the good of the people of Illinois and the American people. As a U. S. Senator I will fight judicial corruption in the federal courts. Every American has a constitutional right to honest and competent judges.”
Martin plans to announce further anti-corruption efforts in the coming days.
Andy has been successfully fighting judicial corruption in Illinois for over forty years. As a young law student he was a small part of a team that exposed and successfully removed two corrupt judges on the Illinois Supreme Court. He began his corruption-fighting career by exposing how the “Champaign County Courthouse Gang” looted the estate of citizens who died without leaving a will. Martin is leading judicial efforts to expose Barack Obama’s missing birth certificate and college records.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
www.StopSpitzzeri.com breaks the “Code of Silence” about “Sleazy Spitzzeri”
Andy Martin wins a major victory for DuPage County citizens
(CHICAGO)(October 22, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin claimed a massive victory for government integrity Thursday after “Sleazy Spitzzeri” (Fred Spitzzeri) withdrew as a candidate for DuPage County circuit judge.
Martin has an anti-Spitzzeri web spite on the Internet listing Spitzzeri’s corrupt acts and professional incompetence:
www.StopSpitzzeri.com
“The People of DuPage County can sleep better tonight,” Martin said. “My campaign to expose the truth about Fred Spitzzeri has blocked a Chicago-style hoodlum lawyer from being a candidate for DuPage County circuit judge.
“The battle against corrupt judges and public officials never ends. We need to remove one of Spitzzeri’s co-conspirators, Bonnie Wheaton, from the court as well. Spitzzeri should also be declared toxic by other Republican judicial candidates. He is corrupt, incompetent and unethical. That’s a trifecta that went down to defeat this week; every Illinoisan is safer with Fred Spitzzeri no longer a candidate for ‘judge,’” Martin said.
“No one needing legal services should turn to Sleazy Spitzzeri. He can bribe some judges, but he can’t practice law as an honest lawyer. He is as much of a threat to his ‘clients’ as he is to the public. Look at the way he looted Naperville Township taxpayers, www.StopSpitzzeri.com.
“Traditionally judges and lawyers maintain a code of silence or ‘Omerta’ about the thieves and incompetents in the courthouse. I have continuously challenged that taboo for the good of the people of Illinois and the American people. As a U. S. Senator I will fight judicial corruption in the federal courts. Every American has a constitutional right to honest and competent judges.”
Martin plans to announce further anti-corruption efforts in the coming days.
Andy has been successfully fighting judicial corruption in Illinois for over forty years. As a young law student he was a small part of a team that exposed and successfully removed two corrupt judges on the Illinois Supreme Court. He began his corruption-fighting career by exposing how the “Champaign County Courthouse Gang” looted the estate of citizens who died without leaving a will. Martin is leading judicial efforts to expose Barack Obama’s missing birth certificate and college records.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
-----------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Pat Hughes’ “sixty days of disaster” as a Senate candidate
Andy Martin says D. Paul Caprio, Jon Zahm and Patrick Hughes are embarrassments to the Republican Party
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Pat Hughes launches a disastrous U. S. Senate campaign, and ends up pitting conservative against conservative
How can Hughes run a statewide campaign on forty thousand dollars?
Andy Martin calls Hughes the “Chumbolone Candidate of the Century,” offers a $25 prize to anyone who can suggest a worse campaign than Hughes’
(CHICAGO)(October 20, 2009) It hardly seems believable but Patrick Hughes launched his “chumbolone campaign” for the U. S. Senate only sixty (60) days ago in Springfield on August 20th.
Since then, Hughes has careened from one calamity to another:
1. Hughes has avoided voting in elections most of his life, and only voted Republican for the first time in 2008. When challenged about these gaps, Hughes said he was “too busy” to vote. If Hughes only discovered he was a Republican in 2008, what did he think he was before 2008? Inquiring minds want to know.
2. Hughes hired conservative profiteer D. Paul Caprio to launch his senate campaign. By October 1st, Caprio had been thrown under the bus. Why did Hughes dump Caprio? Caprio’s claim that he left after Hughes’ campaign was “up and running” is a face-saving joke.
3. Hughes says he is an outstanding attorney. Andy Martin disclosed that Hughes had placed himself on “inactive” status with the Illinois Supreme Court. Hughes violated Illinois Supreme Court Rules by holding himself out as a practicing attorney. Hughes was forced to pay past due fees and renew his active status. Jon Zahm smeared Andy for telling the truth.
4. Hughes claimed he is a “real estate developer.” His major real estate development failed to put a shovel in the ground and was sued for non-performance. Now that’s a development!
5. Nine of Hughes’ supporters issued a letter to Republican county chairmen saying they supported Hughes, but failed to disclose some of the signers of the letter were on Hughes’ payroll. By mid-October, Hughes’ original nine signers have shrunk to six for a new letter on October 16th (see below).
6. On August 20th Hughes said he has $400,000 in financial “commitments.” By September 30th, Hughes’ “commitments” have shrunk to $130,000. What happened to the other $270,000 in commitments? Hughes was forced to loan his personal funds to his campaign to make up for the missing “commitments.”
7. Hughes calls himself a wealthy developer and investor, but came out against extending unemployment benefits to Illinois citizens who are facing the brunt of a brutal recession. Hughes’ remarks were the modern equivalent of “let them eat cake.” Who advised Hughes to take this stand? Caprio? Wealthy developer-in-a-recession anyone?
8. On October 16th Hughes “adviser” Caprio and five other individuals (down from nine in August) demanded that Eric Wallace and John Arrington withdraw as senate candidates. Caprio & Co. claimed that Wallace and Arrington previously agreed to do so. Both Wallace and Arrington deny any such “agreement to withdraw” exists. Wallace and Arrington are the Illinois GOP’s only statewide African-American candidates.
9. Hughes claimed he had been “endorsed” by NFL legend Mike Ditka. Hughes also claimed Ditka agreed to serve on Hughes’ “finance committee.” (The “finance committee” with the missing $270,000?) Andy Martin investigated and disclosed that Hughes lied. There was no "Ditka endorsement." Ditka issued statements denying he ever endorsed Hughes and denying he ever agreed to serve on Hughes' “finance committee.” In retaliation, Hughes campaign manager Charlie Johnston called Ditka a liar.
10. Hughes disclosed he launched his statewide senate campaign by spending only $40,000 in two months. An independent (non-Martin) web posting says:
“Those in the know say the Hughes candidacy is self-destructing. Funds are scarce. No organization. Operatives have quit. He has no damage control on the Ditka scandal.” (Source: IllinoisReview.com, October 19th)
11. October 19th D. Paul Caprio (him again) launched a “defense” of his role in the Hughes campaign, and triggered a new round of recriminations and counterattacks.
Where is Hughes in all of this chaos? Good question. Maybe hiding. And he wants to be a U. S. Senator?
Pat Hughes’ “sixty days of disaster.” What’s next? Stay tuned.
Closing note: Disillusioned Hughes supporters are very welcome to join Andy Martin’s campaign. Martin is a man whom the Chicago Tribune has called “an absolutely brilliant campaigner.” We are the genuine “conservative answer” to Mark Kirk, focused, friendly and all for Illinois. Please join us.
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WIN THE PRIZE! We believe Pat Hughes’ doofus campaign brands him as the “Chumbolone Candidate of the Century.” We offer a $25 reward to anyone who can come up with a worse statewide campaign by any Illinois candidate (no, Alan Keyes does not qualify; he lived in Maryland) in this century. Send us your suggestions by October 25th. If you can think of anyone worse than Hughes, you win $25.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Pat Hughes launches a disastrous U. S. Senate campaign, and ends up pitting conservative against conservative
How can Hughes run a statewide campaign on forty thousand dollars?
Andy Martin calls Hughes the “Chumbolone Candidate of the Century,” offers a $25 prize to anyone who can suggest a worse campaign than Hughes’
(CHICAGO)(October 20, 2009) It hardly seems believable but Patrick Hughes launched his “chumbolone campaign” for the U. S. Senate only sixty (60) days ago in Springfield on August 20th.
Since then, Hughes has careened from one calamity to another:
1. Hughes has avoided voting in elections most of his life, and only voted Republican for the first time in 2008. When challenged about these gaps, Hughes said he was “too busy” to vote. If Hughes only discovered he was a Republican in 2008, what did he think he was before 2008? Inquiring minds want to know.
2. Hughes hired conservative profiteer D. Paul Caprio to launch his senate campaign. By October 1st, Caprio had been thrown under the bus. Why did Hughes dump Caprio? Caprio’s claim that he left after Hughes’ campaign was “up and running” is a face-saving joke.
3. Hughes says he is an outstanding attorney. Andy Martin disclosed that Hughes had placed himself on “inactive” status with the Illinois Supreme Court. Hughes violated Illinois Supreme Court Rules by holding himself out as a practicing attorney. Hughes was forced to pay past due fees and renew his active status. Jon Zahm smeared Andy for telling the truth.
4. Hughes claimed he is a “real estate developer.” His major real estate development failed to put a shovel in the ground and was sued for non-performance. Now that’s a development!
5. Nine of Hughes’ supporters issued a letter to Republican county chairmen saying they supported Hughes, but failed to disclose some of the signers of the letter were on Hughes’ payroll. By mid-October, Hughes’ original nine signers have shrunk to six for a new letter on October 16th (see below).
6. On August 20th Hughes said he has $400,000 in financial “commitments.” By September 30th, Hughes’ “commitments” have shrunk to $130,000. What happened to the other $270,000 in commitments? Hughes was forced to loan his personal funds to his campaign to make up for the missing “commitments.”
7. Hughes calls himself a wealthy developer and investor, but came out against extending unemployment benefits to Illinois citizens who are facing the brunt of a brutal recession. Hughes’ remarks were the modern equivalent of “let them eat cake.” Who advised Hughes to take this stand? Caprio? Wealthy developer-in-a-recession anyone?
8. On October 16th Hughes “adviser” Caprio and five other individuals (down from nine in August) demanded that Eric Wallace and John Arrington withdraw as senate candidates. Caprio & Co. claimed that Wallace and Arrington previously agreed to do so. Both Wallace and Arrington deny any such “agreement to withdraw” exists. Wallace and Arrington are the Illinois GOP’s only statewide African-American candidates.
9. Hughes claimed he had been “endorsed” by NFL legend Mike Ditka. Hughes also claimed Ditka agreed to serve on Hughes’ “finance committee.” (The “finance committee” with the missing $270,000?) Andy Martin investigated and disclosed that Hughes lied. There was no "Ditka endorsement." Ditka issued statements denying he ever endorsed Hughes and denying he ever agreed to serve on Hughes' “finance committee.” In retaliation, Hughes campaign manager Charlie Johnston called Ditka a liar.
10. Hughes disclosed he launched his statewide senate campaign by spending only $40,000 in two months. An independent (non-Martin) web posting says:
“Those in the know say the Hughes candidacy is self-destructing. Funds are scarce. No organization. Operatives have quit. He has no damage control on the Ditka scandal.” (Source: IllinoisReview.com, October 19th)
11. October 19th D. Paul Caprio (him again) launched a “defense” of his role in the Hughes campaign, and triggered a new round of recriminations and counterattacks.
Where is Hughes in all of this chaos? Good question. Maybe hiding. And he wants to be a U. S. Senator?
Pat Hughes’ “sixty days of disaster.” What’s next? Stay tuned.
Closing note: Disillusioned Hughes supporters are very welcome to join Andy Martin’s campaign. Martin is a man whom the Chicago Tribune has called “an absolutely brilliant campaigner.” We are the genuine “conservative answer” to Mark Kirk, focused, friendly and all for Illinois. Please join us.
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WIN THE PRIZE! We believe Pat Hughes’ doofus campaign brands him as the “Chumbolone Candidate of the Century.” We offer a $25 reward to anyone who can come up with a worse statewide campaign by any Illinois candidate (no, Alan Keyes does not qualify; he lived in Maryland) in this century. Send us your suggestions by October 25th. If you can think of anyone worse than Hughes, you win $25.
Monday, October 19, 2009
“Man in the room” calls Mike Ditka a “liar”
Mike Ditka continues to generate controversy over his U. S. Senate “endorsement” scandal. U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin publishes extracts from a blog attacking Ditka as a “liar.” Martin says that Pat Hughes’ supporters are like “rival street gangs” that have unfairly maligned Ditka.
Ditka, Hughes supporters engaged in “battle of the blogs”
Anonymous Hughes operative calls Ditka a “liar”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Hughes backer uses “L” word to describe Mile Ditka’s actions
(CHICAGO)(October 19, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin became the center of a new round of continuing controversy in the Mike Ditka/Patrick Hughes “Endorsementgate” scandal over the weekend as critics and supporters of Pat Hughes battled among themselves over what Ditka said and didn’t say in “Endorsementgate.”
An anonymous Hughes operative openly called Mike Ditka a liar.
“I was not ‘in the room,’” Andy Martin stated, “but a Hughes supporter who claims he was ‘in the room’ is calling Mike Ditka a liar. The ‘L’ word is now out there, thrown at Mike Ditka by Pat Hughes’ supporters. Who are these anonymous chumbolones? As a U. S. Senate candidate, all I did was basic fact checking; I looked for the truth. But I apparently opened the door for all of Pat Hughes’ ‘creepy crawlies’ to scamper out of their caves.
“Like rival street gangs, Hughes own supporters are battling among themselves over what Mike Ditka said. The attacks on Ditka, as well as the defenses, are now increasingly being played out in the blogosphere.
“What no one disputes is that Pat Hughes is an incompetent candidate who had no business running for the U. S. Senate. Hughes managed to take a beloved Chicago institution, Mike Ditka, and drag him into the mud. The latest accusations against Ditka are sad, and reflect the growing desperation of Hughes’ diehard supporters.
“Rather than put my own spin on Hughes’ supporters, I will just let them speak for themselves. Below I reproduce their own blog comments. Bottom line: Pat Hughes should be ashamed of himself, and his supporters,” Martin said. “Please note: none of the following comments or posts are by me or anyone associated by me. Here are Hughes’ own ‘supporters’ in their own words:”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2009/10/profamily-leaders-urge-arrington-and-
wallace-to-back-patrick-hughes.html
He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned is claiming that Mike Ditka did not endorse Pat Hughes. Seems to have some quotes posted re: same.
Truth or Dare?
Posted by: ? Friday, October 16, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Dear ?,
Actually, He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned is correct. As much as that pains me to say it.
I personally spoke with Ditka's business manager yesterday to warn him of He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned's plan to picket Ditka's restaurant. Ditka's manager claimed that Mike did not endorse Hughes but merely agreed with two points Hughes made.
By the way, I could here Mike in the background going off about this and I can tell you that he does not like our little disliked friend "He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned".
Posted by: Inside Information Friday, October 16, 2009 at 09:48 PM
Thanks for the clarification, Inside Info. I was a little surprised by the "endorsement".
I like Mike. Tak?
Posted by: ? Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:25 PM
So we are actually dealing with FACTS in these posts - several things:
Paul Caprio has not worked for Hughes or the Hughes campaign since September 30, 2009.
Paul Caprio has not been paid by Hughes or the Hughes Campaign since September 30, 2009.
At the July meeting in Willowbrook Paul Caprio was not working for or paid by Hughes or the Hughes campaign. Further, Paul Caprio's relationship and assistance with STOP-IT had ended several months prior.
Morever, Mike Ditka DID ENDORSE PATRICK HUGHES--unlike anyone on this post, I was actually in the room. Mike Ditka said (as emphatically as possible) that he supports Patrick Hughes, that he will do everything in his power to assist Pat Hughes in his bid for the US Senate, encouraged everyone in attendance to support Pat Hughes (with both money and whatever other support they were able to give). No amount of lies and conjecture can take away from what actually happened - the truth.
People should stop speculating on this blog (and elsewhere) about matters which they have no personal knowledge or credible information. Its damaging to people affected, damaging to our hope to get a true conservative into the US Senate and, in most cases, defamatory.
Posted by: Conservative. Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:29 PM
………
I would like to see unity around Hughes too.
But a big Hughes problem is Caprio doing goofy things like this. How about getting more endorsements than a piddly 6 (counting Caprio himself), before calling on others to drop out. This is just embarrassing and it's why Hughes is having a tougher time making the case that he's THE guy.
This is the problem with many self-appointed conservative "leaders." They like to spend time on this kind of wheel spinning and "look at me" self promotion, instead of doing real work that might elect some conservative candidates.
Posted by: Reality check Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Once we see the FEC campaign financials through September 30th filings for the U.S. senate race posted on the FEC website (hopefully by the end of the weekend), we will then know who among the declared Republican candidates who should drop out.
Posted by: The Oncoming Storm Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Conservative,
Mike Ditka was right there at the other end of the phone when I had the discussion with his manager. Your accusation that I do not have personal knowledge or credible information which is defamatory is far from correct. I would never make a comment like I did unless it was directly quoted to me by the party involved.
Please understand, I am not saying you were not in the room with Mike Ditka when he said what he said, but don't go running off at the mouth and accuse me of telling lies. I only supplied information about what Mike and his manager said to me when I tried to warn them about an idiot that was going to picket Mike's establishment.
You can accuse them of lying if you want, but take your false accusations against me and stick them in your shady side.
Posted by: Inside Information Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 07:54 AM
-----------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------
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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Ditka, Hughes supporters engaged in “battle of the blogs”
Anonymous Hughes operative calls Ditka a “liar”
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
http://www.markkirk.us/
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Hughes backer uses “L” word to describe Mile Ditka’s actions
(CHICAGO)(October 19, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin became the center of a new round of continuing controversy in the Mike Ditka/Patrick Hughes “Endorsementgate” scandal over the weekend as critics and supporters of Pat Hughes battled among themselves over what Ditka said and didn’t say in “Endorsementgate.”
An anonymous Hughes operative openly called Mike Ditka a liar.
“I was not ‘in the room,’” Andy Martin stated, “but a Hughes supporter who claims he was ‘in the room’ is calling Mike Ditka a liar. The ‘L’ word is now out there, thrown at Mike Ditka by Pat Hughes’ supporters. Who are these anonymous chumbolones? As a U. S. Senate candidate, all I did was basic fact checking; I looked for the truth. But I apparently opened the door for all of Pat Hughes’ ‘creepy crawlies’ to scamper out of their caves.
“Like rival street gangs, Hughes own supporters are battling among themselves over what Mike Ditka said. The attacks on Ditka, as well as the defenses, are now increasingly being played out in the blogosphere.
“What no one disputes is that Pat Hughes is an incompetent candidate who had no business running for the U. S. Senate. Hughes managed to take a beloved Chicago institution, Mike Ditka, and drag him into the mud. The latest accusations against Ditka are sad, and reflect the growing desperation of Hughes’ diehard supporters.
“Rather than put my own spin on Hughes’ supporters, I will just let them speak for themselves. Below I reproduce their own blog comments. Bottom line: Pat Hughes should be ashamed of himself, and his supporters,” Martin said. “Please note: none of the following comments or posts are by me or anyone associated by me. Here are Hughes’ own ‘supporters’ in their own words:”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2009/10/profamily-leaders-urge-arrington-and-
wallace-to-back-patrick-hughes.html
He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned is claiming that Mike Ditka did not endorse Pat Hughes. Seems to have some quotes posted re: same.
Truth or Dare?
Posted by: ? Friday, October 16, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Dear ?,
Actually, He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned is correct. As much as that pains me to say it.
I personally spoke with Ditka's business manager yesterday to warn him of He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned's plan to picket Ditka's restaurant. Ditka's manager claimed that Mike did not endorse Hughes but merely agreed with two points Hughes made.
By the way, I could here Mike in the background going off about this and I can tell you that he does not like our little disliked friend "He Who Shall Not Be Mentioned".
Posted by: Inside Information Friday, October 16, 2009 at 09:48 PM
Thanks for the clarification, Inside Info. I was a little surprised by the "endorsement".
I like Mike. Tak?
Posted by: ? Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:25 PM
So we are actually dealing with FACTS in these posts - several things:
Paul Caprio has not worked for Hughes or the Hughes campaign since September 30, 2009.
Paul Caprio has not been paid by Hughes or the Hughes Campaign since September 30, 2009.
At the July meeting in Willowbrook Paul Caprio was not working for or paid by Hughes or the Hughes campaign. Further, Paul Caprio's relationship and assistance with STOP-IT had ended several months prior.
Morever, Mike Ditka DID ENDORSE PATRICK HUGHES--unlike anyone on this post, I was actually in the room. Mike Ditka said (as emphatically as possible) that he supports Patrick Hughes, that he will do everything in his power to assist Pat Hughes in his bid for the US Senate, encouraged everyone in attendance to support Pat Hughes (with both money and whatever other support they were able to give). No amount of lies and conjecture can take away from what actually happened - the truth.
People should stop speculating on this blog (and elsewhere) about matters which they have no personal knowledge or credible information. Its damaging to people affected, damaging to our hope to get a true conservative into the US Senate and, in most cases, defamatory.
Posted by: Conservative. Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:29 PM
………
I would like to see unity around Hughes too.
But a big Hughes problem is Caprio doing goofy things like this. How about getting more endorsements than a piddly 6 (counting Caprio himself), before calling on others to drop out. This is just embarrassing and it's why Hughes is having a tougher time making the case that he's THE guy.
This is the problem with many self-appointed conservative "leaders." They like to spend time on this kind of wheel spinning and "look at me" self promotion, instead of doing real work that might elect some conservative candidates.
Posted by: Reality check Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Once we see the FEC campaign financials through September 30th filings for the U.S. senate race posted on the FEC website (hopefully by the end of the weekend), we will then know who among the declared Republican candidates who should drop out.
Posted by: The Oncoming Storm Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Conservative,
Mike Ditka was right there at the other end of the phone when I had the discussion with his manager. Your accusation that I do not have personal knowledge or credible information which is defamatory is far from correct. I would never make a comment like I did unless it was directly quoted to me by the party involved.
Please understand, I am not saying you were not in the room with Mike Ditka when he said what he said, but don't go running off at the mouth and accuse me of telling lies. I only supplied information about what Mike and his manager said to me when I tried to warn them about an idiot that was going to picket Mike's establishment.
You can accuse them of lying if you want, but take your false accusations against me and stick them in your shady side.
Posted by: Inside Information Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 07:54 AM
-----------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
-----------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------
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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Mike Ditka caught in new “Endorsementgate” controversy
Patrick Hughes operative Charlie Johnston said Saturday that Ditka lied in denying Ditka endorsed Pat Hughes
Mike Ditka caught in new “Endorsementgate” scandal over accusation Ditka lied to save restaurant profits
Pat Hughes operative Charlie Johnson says ‘I was present when Ditka endorsed [Patrick] Hughes;” Johnston says Ditka lied to avoid Andy Martin’s pickets
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is embroiled in a new round of scandal involving political wannabe Patrick Hughes; a Hughes operative claims Ditka lied in denying he “endorsed” Hughes
Andy Martin says “I throw up my hands. Ditka and Hughes are both engaged in a game of ‘liar, liar’”
Martin says Hughes is demonstrating incompetence as both an attorney and a political candidate.
Andy Martin demands the truth from both Hughes and Ditka
(CHICAGO)(October 18, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin became the target of a new round of controversy in the Mike Ditka/Patrick Hughes “Endorsementgate” scandal on Saturday.
Hughes operative Charlie Johnston essentially called Mike Ditka a liar.
Johnston stated: “I was there when Ditka endorsed Hughes.” Johnston then suggested that Ditka lied about his Hughes endorsement because Ditka was afraid of Andy Martin pickets at Ditka’s Restaurant in Chicago’s Gold Coast.
“I was frankly stunned by Johnston’s outburst at the candidate event in Bethalto, Illinois,” Martin said Saturday evening. “Johnston’s remarks were entirely unprovoked by me. We were in a candidate room about to be briefed on ground rules, when Johnston blurted out that ‘I was there when Ditka endorsed Hughes.’ Johnston then said it was the prospect of my pickets and boycott that got Ditka to throw Hughes under the bus. Johnston said I should ‘leave Hughes alone’ and attack Mark Kirk.
“I am the master of my own campaign,” Martin responded Saturday evening. “Pat Hughes does not tell me whom to investigate, or which lies to expose as lies. If Hughes is lying, we will expose him. We exposed Hughes for lying about his status as an attorney; we exposed Hughes for lying about his ‘financial commitments.’ We exposed Hughes for lying about ‘promises’ made to him by African-American candidates, and we have forced Mike Ditka to present his version of the facts involving a disputed endorsement, in which Ditka essentially called Hughes a liar.
“Johnston’s remarks Saturday afternoon effectively called Ditka’s publicist Ken Valdiserri’s statements Thursday lies that were motivated by fear of my pickets and boycotting. Is Mike Ditka afraid of Andy Martin? I have no information on that.
“We are now left with two utterly conflicting and irreconcilable stories. Ditka publicist Valdiserri has issued statements denying that Ditka ever endorsed Hughes as a candidate, and denying that Ditka agreed to serve on Hughes’ Finance Committee.
“Veteran Hughes operative Charlie Johnson completely contradicted the Ditka version of events in Bethalto Saturday, by stating that Johnston was personally present when Ditka endorsed Hughes. I have no idea which version of these conflicting narratives is true. Witnesses were present in the candidate briefing room to confirm Johnston’s outbursts on Saturday.
“Johnston’s claim that Ditka succumbed to my picketing and protests, well who knows what motivates any of the players in the Ditka/Hughes ‘Endorsementgate’ scandal? Hughes’ Charlie Johnston is a veteran political operative, so I assume he does have personal knowledge of the facts, and he was, as he claims, personally present when Ditka said something.
“Friday I got into a disagreement with Ditka’s publicist Ken Valdiserri. Ditka’s man said I was wrong to suggest Ditka called Hughes a ‘liar’ when Ditka’s statements on Thursday directly contradicted Hughes claims and the Associated Press reports.
“With all due respect to Ditka's publicist, when you completely discredit someone’s remarks, you are calling the other person a liar.
“Valdiserri essentially called Hughes’ statements lies, and Hughes operative Johnston responded Saturday by calling Ditka’s statements lies. Which one of these people is lying? I don't know. But Johnston and Valdiserri can’t both be telling the truth.
“I believe Mike Ditka and Patrick Hughes owe Republicans the full truth and an end to their reciprocal recriminations.
“The fact that Hughes has allowed this scandal to fester demonstrates his complete incompetence both as an attorney and as a candidate. Attorneys know that the only way to come out ahead in a controversy is to be first with the truth. Hughes seems to have been first with his lies. Then, called a liar by Ditka, Hughes responded by calling Ditka a liar.
“All I did was perform the basic journalistic investigation that the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and local Chicago ‘sports media’ failed to perform before printing an ‘endorsement’ that Ditka says never took place. Johnston now says Ditka is lying, and that there was an endorsement.
“Will local media pursue the conflicting narratives, or continue the cover-up of their own incompetence and embarrassment in failing to do basic fact checking before publishing the original ‘story’?
“The questions surrounding the credibility of persons Hughes chose as advisers, D. Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston, also remains to be resolved. If Hughes can’t choose honest and competent campaign personnel, how could he staff a senate office?
“The issue of whether political wannabe Patrick Hughes repeatedly lied to the public and media, and whether he tried to inflated his political resume, is a very serious campaign question mark. The issue will not disappear until the complete and uncontradicted truth is known,” Martin said.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
-----------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------
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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Mike Ditka caught in new “Endorsementgate” scandal over accusation Ditka lied to save restaurant profits
Pat Hughes operative Charlie Johnson says ‘I was present when Ditka endorsed [Patrick] Hughes;” Johnston says Ditka lied to avoid Andy Martin’s pickets
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
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:
NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is embroiled in a new round of scandal involving political wannabe Patrick Hughes; a Hughes operative claims Ditka lied in denying he “endorsed” Hughes
Andy Martin says “I throw up my hands. Ditka and Hughes are both engaged in a game of ‘liar, liar’”
Martin says Hughes is demonstrating incompetence as both an attorney and a political candidate.
Andy Martin demands the truth from both Hughes and Ditka
(CHICAGO)(October 18, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin became the target of a new round of controversy in the Mike Ditka/Patrick Hughes “Endorsementgate” scandal on Saturday.
Hughes operative Charlie Johnston essentially called Mike Ditka a liar.
Johnston stated: “I was there when Ditka endorsed Hughes.” Johnston then suggested that Ditka lied about his Hughes endorsement because Ditka was afraid of Andy Martin pickets at Ditka’s Restaurant in Chicago’s Gold Coast.
“I was frankly stunned by Johnston’s outburst at the candidate event in Bethalto, Illinois,” Martin said Saturday evening. “Johnston’s remarks were entirely unprovoked by me. We were in a candidate room about to be briefed on ground rules, when Johnston blurted out that ‘I was there when Ditka endorsed Hughes.’ Johnston then said it was the prospect of my pickets and boycott that got Ditka to throw Hughes under the bus. Johnston said I should ‘leave Hughes alone’ and attack Mark Kirk.
“I am the master of my own campaign,” Martin responded Saturday evening. “Pat Hughes does not tell me whom to investigate, or which lies to expose as lies. If Hughes is lying, we will expose him. We exposed Hughes for lying about his status as an attorney; we exposed Hughes for lying about his ‘financial commitments.’ We exposed Hughes for lying about ‘promises’ made to him by African-American candidates, and we have forced Mike Ditka to present his version of the facts involving a disputed endorsement, in which Ditka essentially called Hughes a liar.
“Johnston’s remarks Saturday afternoon effectively called Ditka’s publicist Ken Valdiserri’s statements Thursday lies that were motivated by fear of my pickets and boycotting. Is Mike Ditka afraid of Andy Martin? I have no information on that.
“We are now left with two utterly conflicting and irreconcilable stories. Ditka publicist Valdiserri has issued statements denying that Ditka ever endorsed Hughes as a candidate, and denying that Ditka agreed to serve on Hughes’ Finance Committee.
“Veteran Hughes operative Charlie Johnson completely contradicted the Ditka version of events in Bethalto Saturday, by stating that Johnston was personally present when Ditka endorsed Hughes. I have no idea which version of these conflicting narratives is true. Witnesses were present in the candidate briefing room to confirm Johnston’s outbursts on Saturday.
“Johnston’s claim that Ditka succumbed to my picketing and protests, well who knows what motivates any of the players in the Ditka/Hughes ‘Endorsementgate’ scandal? Hughes’ Charlie Johnston is a veteran political operative, so I assume he does have personal knowledge of the facts, and he was, as he claims, personally present when Ditka said something.
“Friday I got into a disagreement with Ditka’s publicist Ken Valdiserri. Ditka’s man said I was wrong to suggest Ditka called Hughes a ‘liar’ when Ditka’s statements on Thursday directly contradicted Hughes claims and the Associated Press reports.
“With all due respect to Ditka's publicist, when you completely discredit someone’s remarks, you are calling the other person a liar.
“Valdiserri essentially called Hughes’ statements lies, and Hughes operative Johnston responded Saturday by calling Ditka’s statements lies. Which one of these people is lying? I don't know. But Johnston and Valdiserri can’t both be telling the truth.
“I believe Mike Ditka and Patrick Hughes owe Republicans the full truth and an end to their reciprocal recriminations.
“The fact that Hughes has allowed this scandal to fester demonstrates his complete incompetence both as an attorney and as a candidate. Attorneys know that the only way to come out ahead in a controversy is to be first with the truth. Hughes seems to have been first with his lies. Then, called a liar by Ditka, Hughes responded by calling Ditka a liar.
“All I did was perform the basic journalistic investigation that the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and local Chicago ‘sports media’ failed to perform before printing an ‘endorsement’ that Ditka says never took place. Johnston now says Ditka is lying, and that there was an endorsement.
“Will local media pursue the conflicting narratives, or continue the cover-up of their own incompetence and embarrassment in failing to do basic fact checking before publishing the original ‘story’?
“The questions surrounding the credibility of persons Hughes chose as advisers, D. Paul Caprio and Charlie Johnston, also remains to be resolved. If Hughes can’t choose honest and competent campaign personnel, how could he staff a senate office?
“The issue of whether political wannabe Patrick Hughes repeatedly lied to the public and media, and whether he tried to inflated his political resume, is a very serious campaign question mark. The issue will not disappear until the complete and uncontradicted truth is known,” Martin said.
-----------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
-----------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------
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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Mark Kirk supporter confesses! He reads Andy Martin (in a brown wrapper?)
Andy Martin campaigns in Madison County, Illinois Saturday, October 17th
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
A ”closeted Kirkster” confesses-He reads Andy Martin
A Mark Kirk supporter spills the beans: he reads Andy Martin (will wonders never cease?); by February 2nd we will have the “Confessing Kirkster” voting for Andy Martin)
(Bethalto, IL)(October 17, 2009) OK, this is no surprise. Andy Martin’s commentaries are read around the world for incisive writing about foreign affairs, military matters, intelligence operations and the workings of the U. S. Government.
Here at home, Andy is the man who cracked Barack Obama’s “Da Vinci Code” by exposing Obama’s tortured and tortuous family history. (Buy his book: “Obama: the Man Behind The Mask,” see below)
And yes, in Illinois Andy is the Downstate candidate for U. S. Senator with statewide experience.
Andy’s political writing and analysis is so compelling that “Kirksters” now feel compelled—to confess. Here is what one diehard Kirkster had to say about that brown wrapper in his hands: “As much as I hate to admit reading Andy Martin’s stuff…”
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/
search?q=%22Andy+Martin%22
“Team America” deserves a lifetime supply of brown paper, so he can hide the truth from Mark Kirk himself: Mark’s supporters read Andy Martin to get the facts about Illinois and American politics.
Are there any more closeted Kirksters out there who secretly read Andy Martin’s material to learn the real deal? Come forward and confess now, or get stuck with Mark Kirk as your senate candidate. And live to regret it later, all the way to Election Day in November, 2010.
[Pssst. If you too would like to read Andy’s material, send us an e-mail and ask to be added to our list. We’ll keep your request a secret from Mark Kirk.]
U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will attend a candidate’ forum in Bethalto, Illinois on Saturday, October 17th.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
A ”closeted Kirkster” confesses-He reads Andy Martin
A Mark Kirk supporter spills the beans: he reads Andy Martin (will wonders never cease?); by February 2nd we will have the “Confessing Kirkster” voting for Andy Martin)
(Bethalto, IL)(October 17, 2009) OK, this is no surprise. Andy Martin’s commentaries are read around the world for incisive writing about foreign affairs, military matters, intelligence operations and the workings of the U. S. Government.
Here at home, Andy is the man who cracked Barack Obama’s “Da Vinci Code” by exposing Obama’s tortured and tortuous family history. (Buy his book: “Obama: the Man Behind The Mask,” see below)
And yes, in Illinois Andy is the Downstate candidate for U. S. Senator with statewide experience.
Andy’s political writing and analysis is so compelling that “Kirksters” now feel compelled—to confess. Here is what one diehard Kirkster had to say about that brown wrapper in his hands: “As much as I hate to admit reading Andy Martin’s stuff…”
http://teamamerica10th.blogspot.com/
search?q=%22Andy+Martin%22
“Team America” deserves a lifetime supply of brown paper, so he can hide the truth from Mark Kirk himself: Mark’s supporters read Andy Martin to get the facts about Illinois and American politics.
Are there any more closeted Kirksters out there who secretly read Andy Martin’s material to learn the real deal? Come forward and confess now, or get stuck with Mark Kirk as your senate candidate. And live to regret it later, all the way to Election Day in November, 2010.
[Pssst. If you too would like to read Andy’s material, send us an e-mail and ask to be added to our list. We’ll keep your request a secret from Mark Kirk.]
U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will attend a candidate’ forum in Bethalto, Illinois on Saturday, October 17th.
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American. "The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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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. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes should withdraw
Martin says Hughes has repeatedly violated the Illinois Republican Party’s Campaign Code of Conduct
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes’ habitual misconduct mandates that Hughes withdraw as a senate candidate
Martin asks Illinois Republican leader Pat Brady to have a “man to man” with Hughes about Hughes’ chronic violations of the Party’s Campaign Code of Conduct
(CHICAGO)(October 17, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Monday, October 19th to demand that Hinsdale “chumbolone attorney” Patrick Hughes withdraw as a candidate because he has repeatedly lied to the Republican Party and People of Illinois.
Martin is asking Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady to “counsel” Hughes to withdraw (see letter below) because Hughes has repeatedly violated the Illinois Republican Party Campaign Code of Conduct:
http://www.digitalvictorycms.com/_uploaded/347054-IRPCodeofCampaignConduct.pdf
October 19th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash, Chicago
WHEN:
Monday, October 19, 2009 2:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
says that Patrick Hughes must withdraw as candidate because he lied to the Republican Party. Martin says lying is unacceptable.
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
October 19, 2009
Pat Brady, Chairman
Illinois Republican Party
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Re: Pat Hughes violates Illinois Campaign Code of Conduct
Dear Pat:
None of us is perfect in life, and all of us have flaws. We all make occasional mistakes and misstatements. My opponents, for example, like to attack me for things I allegedly said twenty-five years ago. They can’t find anything more current to criticize. So I am writing this letter not as someone who is perfect, but as a candidate who always tries hard to do the right thing.
Pat Hughes is becoming a major embarrassment to the Republican Party, not just to himself.
The Illinois Republican Party has adopted a Campaign Code of Conduct. That Code is biding on “all candidates seeking the Republican nomination for federal,…office.”
Hughes lied when he said Mike Ditka had “endorsed” him as a candidate. Ditka, who is beloved by many in Illinois including me, was forced to disown and repudiate Hughes’ untrue claim.
Hughes lied again when he said Ditka was serving on Hughes’ Finance Committee. Ditka disowned and repudiated that statement as well.
What makes Pat Hughes lie, and lie over and over again? Is it because he has no record of political or public accomplishments, and feels compelled to lie about imaginary endorsements? I don’t have the answer. Do you?
You were in Springfield with me on August 29th when Hughes said he had “$400,000” in financial commitments. The money vanished. The obvious implication: Hughes lied again.
How can Republicans seriously consider a habitual liar for a statewide nomination?
Hughes also created an ongoing ruckus when he bribed so-called “Christian leaders” to secretly endorse his candidacy. He lured other, unsuspecting, candidates to bogus “forums” which were nothing more than a sham created to endorse Hughes and no one else. Another violation of the Code: "I will not undertake or condone any dishonest..."
Hughes recently asked two victims of his campaign fraud to
“withdraw” as candidates. He didn’t pick the candidates with
the lowest public support. He singled out the African-American
candidates and demanded they withdraw. What a way to run for
office: lying to the public and attacking African-Americans.
That violated the “full and equal participation in the electoral
process” provision of the Code.
You need to have a man-to-man talk with Hughes and ask him to
avoid any further embarrassment to the Republican Party. He
needs to step down to spend more time with his family. And maybe
a therapist.
We are the Party of Lincoln, and we are the party with a long
tradition of honest government. None of us is perfect, and I
I would be the last one to throw the first stone. But
neither I nor you can blind ourselves to Hughes habitual lying.
It’s out there for everyone to see.
How can any “Christian” support a candidate who habitually bears “false witness?”
You are an attorney, and I am a former adjunct professor of law. Hughes is also an attorney, though based on his current behavior you have to wonder what kind of an attorney he was. Attorneys are held to a higher standard than lay persons.
When an attorney who is seeking public office blatantly lies
about nonexistent endorsements he gives the legal profession a bad reputation. That is why it is imperative that you, as state party Chairman, take decisive action to bring down Pat Hughes’
embarrassing charade as a candidate. In a twist on the timeless words of Joe Louis, Hughes can “run,” but he can’t hide--from his own lies.
Ultimately, if you say and do nothing to stop Hughes, he makes you look bad. Enough said.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for all
the People of Illinois”
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says Patrick Hughes’ habitual misconduct mandates that Hughes withdraw as a senate candidate
Martin asks Illinois Republican leader Pat Brady to have a “man to man” with Hughes about Hughes’ chronic violations of the Party’s Campaign Code of Conduct
(CHICAGO)(October 17, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Monday, October 19th to demand that Hinsdale “chumbolone attorney” Patrick Hughes withdraw as a candidate because he has repeatedly lied to the Republican Party and People of Illinois.
Martin is asking Illinois Republican Chairman Pat Brady to “counsel” Hughes to withdraw (see letter below) because Hughes has repeatedly violated the Illinois Republican Party Campaign Code of Conduct:
http://www.digitalvictorycms.com/_uploaded/347054-IRPCodeofCampaignConduct.pdf
October 19th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash, Chicago
WHEN:
Monday, October 19, 2009 2:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
says that Patrick Hughes must withdraw as candidate because he lied to the Republican Party. Martin says lying is unacceptable.
MEDIA CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for all the People of Illinois”
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.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
October 19, 2009
Pat Brady, Chairman
Illinois Republican Party
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Re: Pat Hughes violates Illinois Campaign Code of Conduct
Dear Pat:
None of us is perfect in life, and all of us have flaws. We all make occasional mistakes and misstatements. My opponents, for example, like to attack me for things I allegedly said twenty-five years ago. They can’t find anything more current to criticize. So I am writing this letter not as someone who is perfect, but as a candidate who always tries hard to do the right thing.
Pat Hughes is becoming a major embarrassment to the Republican Party, not just to himself.
The Illinois Republican Party has adopted a Campaign Code of Conduct. That Code is biding on “all candidates seeking the Republican nomination for federal,…office.”
Hughes lied when he said Mike Ditka had “endorsed” him as a candidate. Ditka, who is beloved by many in Illinois including me, was forced to disown and repudiate Hughes’ untrue claim.
Hughes lied again when he said Ditka was serving on Hughes’ Finance Committee. Ditka disowned and repudiated that statement as well.
What makes Pat Hughes lie, and lie over and over again? Is it because he has no record of political or public accomplishments, and feels compelled to lie about imaginary endorsements? I don’t have the answer. Do you?
You were in Springfield with me on August 29th when Hughes said he had “$400,000” in financial commitments. The money vanished. The obvious implication: Hughes lied again.
How can Republicans seriously consider a habitual liar for a statewide nomination?
Hughes also created an ongoing ruckus when he bribed so-called “Christian leaders” to secretly endorse his candidacy. He lured other, unsuspecting, candidates to bogus “forums” which were nothing more than a sham created to endorse Hughes and no one else. Another violation of the Code: "I will not undertake or condone any dishonest..."
Hughes recently asked two victims of his campaign fraud to
“withdraw” as candidates. He didn’t pick the candidates with
the lowest public support. He singled out the African-American
candidates and demanded they withdraw. What a way to run for
office: lying to the public and attacking African-Americans.
That violated the “full and equal participation in the electoral
process” provision of the Code.
You need to have a man-to-man talk with Hughes and ask him to
avoid any further embarrassment to the Republican Party. He
needs to step down to spend more time with his family. And maybe
a therapist.
We are the Party of Lincoln, and we are the party with a long
tradition of honest government. None of us is perfect, and I
I would be the last one to throw the first stone. But
neither I nor you can blind ourselves to Hughes habitual lying.
It’s out there for everyone to see.
How can any “Christian” support a candidate who habitually bears “false witness?”
You are an attorney, and I am a former adjunct professor of law. Hughes is also an attorney, though based on his current behavior you have to wonder what kind of an attorney he was. Attorneys are held to a higher standard than lay persons.
When an attorney who is seeking public office blatantly lies
about nonexistent endorsements he gives the legal profession a bad reputation. That is why it is imperative that you, as state party Chairman, take decisive action to bring down Pat Hughes’
embarrassing charade as a candidate. In a twist on the timeless words of Joe Louis, Hughes can “run,” but he can’t hide--from his own lies.
Ultimately, if you say and do nothing to stop Hughes, he makes you look bad. Enough said.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
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