Andy Martin threatens corrupt Republican leader Tolbert Chisum with a lawsuit over a fraudulent “endorsement” of Mark Kirk.
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for 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:
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www.MarkKirk.us
August 2, 2009
Tolbert Chisum
New Trier Township Committeeman
509 Park Drive
Kenilworth, IL 60043
via fax (847) 251-2143
Re: Misuse abuse of http://www.ntro.org/ web site and organization
LEGAL NOTICE
Dear Tolbert:
It seems that like a perennial blight, you are always there to embarrass New Trier Township Republicans with your dirty, Daley-style corruption of the Republican Party.
I regret the necessity to send this legal notice but your latest misbehavior and subservience to Andy McKenna may make legal action unavoidable.
Your township web site lists all of the candidates for Governor, but only one candidate for U.S. Senator, “Our candidate” Mark Kirk. Obviously, you are trying to rig the party’s support for one office while remaining “open” for other offices. As a “banker,” or self-styled banker, you should know such discrimination violates both Illinois and federal law.
My experience with New Trier Republicans is that they very democratically conduct an “endorsement” session at which they invite all candidates for all offices to appear. No such endorsement session has been held for any office. Thus Kirk is not “your” candidate and not NTRO’s candidate. The web site claim is objectively false.
I respect your right as an individual to support whomever you wish. But you have no right to rig your township organization without any legal authorization from the committeemen to do so.
At some point in the future, NTRO may conduct an endorsement session for all offices, and I suppose you can try to corrupt that vote when it takes place. But at least until all of the committeemen have assembled and voted for all the offices through a formal and independent procedure, you are not allowed to substitute your personal choice as the organization’s choice.
In order to avoid a lawsuit next week, in which you personally and your personal assets will also be placed at risk as an admitted supporter of Mr. Kirk, I will offer you one of two reasonable options:
You can remove Kirk from the “Our Candidates” list, or you can list all candidates who have filed with the U. S. Senate as a candidate for that office (U. S. Senate candidates must file with the U. S. Senate). That includes me, and my web site. All I am asking for is a fair and level playing field.
If you persist in fraudulently using the NTRO web site to broadcast a nonexistent endorsement, a lawsuit will be filed against you, Kirk and NTRO seeking damages as well as additional relief.
In closing, please allow me to offer some thoughts which many would consider wise words concerning Mr. Kirk.
First, superficially, Mark Kirk appears to be an attractive candidate. Superficially. Mark has raised money in the past, as an incumbent. However, his fund raising prowess as a statewide candidate in a party that is incredibly hostile to him is unproven. Kirk's prior fund raising was nothing but political extortion inside the Washington Beltway. Previously Mark has not generated any significant financial support inside Illinois.
Second, while you claim Kirk is “purple,” many would consider him "pink." Kirk is more liberal than any of the Blue Dog Democrats in Congress. Kirk and Barney Frank make a nice pair together. But someone who is not even up to the standards of a Blue Dog Democrat is a radical, not a moderate.
Third, while the media support Kirk as the conventional choice for Republicans in our primary, the media are not going to back Kirk in November 2010 when he comes up against a Democrat. The media’s agenda is liberal, and they will break for the “D.” So current media adulation is a false indicator of Kirk's future media acceptability.
Fourth, with over forty (40) years of experience in Illinois politics, I have never seen a candidate who creates more hostility among the Republican rank-and-file than Mark Kirk. The anger against Kirk is incredible. You may not agree with my views, or may dislike me personally, but you ought not to so easily discount forty years of experience.
Fifth, Kirk’s fundamental political strategy is fatally flawed. Your piece at NTRO.org suggests that the way for Republicans to win in Illinois is to go “liberal.” That is just flatly wrong. "Liberalism" is a theology, and theological holy warriors are not going to vote for the alternative when they can vote for one of their own true believers.
Conservatism, on the other hand, is not a rigid ideology or orthodoxy. Conservatives come in all shapes and sizes. They can open their minds, and often switch their votes. The way to win in Illinois is not to skew slightly to the left but, rather, slightly to the right. Mark Kirk is far left. There is no way Kirk is going to win any conservative Democrats.
People of a certain age (which includes yourself) love to reminisce over the “Reagan Democrats” that brought Ronald Reagan to power. Regan Democrats were culturally conservative working-class Democrats, not country club liberals.
Kirk has no appeal for working people. With “cap ‘n trade” he just voted to take away their jobs and to send their paychecks to China.
Kirk, of course, is Barack Obama’s favorite Republican, and best buds with extreme leftist Rahm Emanuel. Why would you back someone with that record as a Republican?
Finally, I am sure you have heard the rumors about Kirk’s personal life. We began a series on Kirk’s marital troubles but were diverted to focus attention on the Obama/Gates beer “brewhaha.” We will be back writing stories about Kirk’s somewhat embarrassing private life soon enough.
Personally, I could care less what Kirk does in dark corners, or with whom. But many voters do care. And you must surely remember the Jack Ryan disaster. Kirk is a Jack Ryan disaster waiting to happen. If he beats me in the primary, which is by no means assured, he will explode sometime next summer and sink the Republican ticket.
For myself, I have been “vetted” by the ultimate mud merchants and dirt diggers, Barack Obama’s and David Axelrod's den of thugs. All they could find to smear me with last year was 25 and 35 year old nonsense. Their tactics boomeranged. People are not concerned with what happened a quarter century ago. They are concerned with the future, and future embarrassment. Kirk is a classic case of future embarrassment.
Are you planning to recruit Alan Keyes to move back to Illinois “permanently” for the second time if the media slip Kirk a Mickey?
I will be marching this Wednesday in the Lake Forest Day Parade. That area used to be Mark Kirk's “base.” It no longer is. Please answer a question for me: if Mark Kirk has lost his Republican base in the Tenth District, how is he going to build a new “base” in the statewide Republican party, which is considerably more conservative than Republicans in the 10th District? Good question.
I hope we can avoid a lawsuit. You have your options above. Please respond in writing if you wish to settle this matter.
I wish you the very best in your choice of a candidate but, sadly, I think you are engaged in the same kind of Kamikaze mission as you were when you personally orchestrated an “endorsement” of Steve Sauerberg in 2007. You don’t have a very good track record of endorsements, do you? In case you have forgotten how your handiwork defeated Republicans last year, just call Andy McKenna's friend Rick Pearson at the Chicago Tribune. I am sure Pearson will be happy to send you a copy of his report on your prior activity.
Please feel free to call me if you want to discuss this matter. Or have your attorneys call me. I try to deal with everyone cordially, even those who dislike or disagree with me. I am not a disagreeable person.
Best wishes,
ANDY
AM:sp
P.S. I formally/legally request that you immediately send me a complete and current list of all NTRO committeemen, including addresses and e-mail addresses. If you refuse, we will, of course, sue to obtain access to the list.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Mark Kirk becomes the laughingstock of Illinois Politics
Congressman Mark Kirk began his quest for the U. S. Senate by releasing a bogus list of campaign endorsers. What was he thinking? In Part One of the continuing saga of “Kirkie Boy,” U.S. Senate candidate [and Kirk opponent] Andy Martin strips the bark off professional, perennial phony Mark Kirk.
Mark Kirk becomes the laughingstock of Illinois Politics: Part One
Andy Martin says that Kirk’s latest exaggerations disqualify him as a candidate for the U. S. Senate
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:
ANDY MARTIN SAYS MARK KIRK SHOULD STEP DOWN AS A CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATOR
KIRK’S USE OF IMAGINARY “ENDORSEMENTS” EMBARRASSES THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
PART ONE OF THE SAD AND CONTINUING SAGA OF “KIRKIE BOY”
WHY WON’T ILLINOISREVIEW.COM RELEASE KIRK’S BOGUS ENDORSEMENT LIST?
(CHICAGO)(July 23, 2009) Mark Kirk came out of the starting gate as a senate candidate by embarrassing the entire Illinois Republican party and by making a fool of himself.
Kirk released a bogus list of “endorsements.”
What could be more embarrassing to a candidate than releasing a list of “endorsers,” some of whom then deny making any endorsement?
Among the "embarrasses” was gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard, who promptly denied endorsing Mark Kirk for U. S. Senator.
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2000
Dillard, you will remember, had his own “endorsement malfunction” when he starred in TV commercials for Barack Obama. The last thing Dillard needed was to be fraudulently listed as a Kirk endorser. That would be a nice way for Dillard to gratuitously rile conservatives. Dillard promptly denied endorsing Kirkie Boy. [Who added Dillard’s name to the bogus list?]
Here the plot thickens.
The so-called “Crossroads of the Conservative Community” is running interference for Kirkie Boy,
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2009/07/confusion-over-kirk-endorsements.html
by claiming there is “confusion” about Kirk’s fraudulent activity. Where’s the "confusion?" Illinois Review admits that they contacted the endorsers and some of them denied endorsing Kirk. No confusion there. Kirkie Boy lied. Bad boy. (Full disclosure: Frank Eaton has a “hard on” for me; she removes my postings to IR and denies I exist; thattaboy Fran).
But in a classic cover-up that shows Republicans how some “conservatives” can be pathetic weenies, Illinois Review will not release the names of Kirk’s “non-endorsers.” How can anyone pretend to conservative journalistic objectivity and then refuse to release the names of people whose names have been used and abused by Kirk?
John Kass has a word for Kirk and the Illinois Review: the Republican Party’s latest chumbolones.
Kirk had months to plan his campaign announcement. Months. He botched the event. Nice planning, Mark. What was he thinking by releasing a fraudulent list of endorsers? Or is he going to claim the Illinois Republican Party is the fraudster? Who gave the IRP the bogus list of endorsers?
Kirk is a man who has been in office for almost a decade, and who has spent his whole adult life as a coat-holder for Washington fixers, in other words a classic “career politician.” He should have known better than to lie at his campaign announcement. It’s like lying to your wife. [I won’t go there, yet.]
Of course Chicago media are so incompetent most of them will be surprised to learn they were played for fools by Kirk. Many will learn it from this column. The links are up there boys and girls. Read them for yourselves.
Rick Pearson, the creepy reporter of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune, and Lynn Sweet, the Norma Desmond-like impresario of the equally bankrupt Sun-Times, failed to tell their readers about Kirk’s bogus endorsers. Maybe they were afraid Kirkie Boy would freeze them out. Sweet and Pearson are professional flacks, not reporters, as their latest cover-up confirms. And they wonder why no one reads their newspapers any more.
A closing note.
We had decided to “bank” the Kirk divorce story because the Kirk “marriage” is too rich a scandal, and too risqué a fraud on Illinois Republicans (or too deep a mine shaft?) for just one column. Somewhere out there, Jack Ryan is smiling.
But we have not been able to get back to writing about Kirk’s faux marriage because he keeps creating beautiful new material such as “Endorsementgate,” and “IllinoisReviewgate.”
Please rest assured we will be writing about the Kirk “marriage” in the near future. We have several columns banked already, with one to be added about the announcement appearance of Kirk’s own Eva Peron, Kimberly Vertoli. Come to think about it, Eva Peron had more integrity than Kimberly Vertoli. But then everything about Mark Kirk is phony, even his “wife.”
Tomorrow, “Mark Kirk Becomes the Laughingstock of Illinois Politics: Part Two” Stay tuned.
And Kirk wants to be a U.S. senator.
Kirkie Boy makes me look like a great statesman by comparison.
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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.
Mark Kirk becomes the laughingstock of Illinois Politics: Part One
Andy Martin says that Kirk’s latest exaggerations disqualify him as a candidate for the U. S. Senate
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:
ANDY MARTIN SAYS MARK KIRK SHOULD STEP DOWN AS A CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATOR
KIRK’S USE OF IMAGINARY “ENDORSEMENTS” EMBARRASSES THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
PART ONE OF THE SAD AND CONTINUING SAGA OF “KIRKIE BOY”
WHY WON’T ILLINOISREVIEW.COM RELEASE KIRK’S BOGUS ENDORSEMENT LIST?
(CHICAGO)(July 23, 2009) Mark Kirk came out of the starting gate as a senate candidate by embarrassing the entire Illinois Republican party and by making a fool of himself.
Kirk released a bogus list of “endorsements.”
What could be more embarrassing to a candidate than releasing a list of “endorsers,” some of whom then deny making any endorsement?
Among the "embarrasses” was gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard, who promptly denied endorsing Mark Kirk for U. S. Senator.
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2000
Dillard, you will remember, had his own “endorsement malfunction” when he starred in TV commercials for Barack Obama. The last thing Dillard needed was to be fraudulently listed as a Kirk endorser. That would be a nice way for Dillard to gratuitously rile conservatives. Dillard promptly denied endorsing Kirkie Boy. [Who added Dillard’s name to the bogus list?]
Here the plot thickens.
The so-called “Crossroads of the Conservative Community” is running interference for Kirkie Boy,
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
2009/07/confusion-over-kirk-endorsements.html
by claiming there is “confusion” about Kirk’s fraudulent activity. Where’s the "confusion?" Illinois Review admits that they contacted the endorsers and some of them denied endorsing Kirk. No confusion there. Kirkie Boy lied. Bad boy. (Full disclosure: Frank Eaton has a “hard on” for me; she removes my postings to IR and denies I exist; thattaboy Fran).
But in a classic cover-up that shows Republicans how some “conservatives” can be pathetic weenies, Illinois Review will not release the names of Kirk’s “non-endorsers.” How can anyone pretend to conservative journalistic objectivity and then refuse to release the names of people whose names have been used and abused by Kirk?
John Kass has a word for Kirk and the Illinois Review: the Republican Party’s latest chumbolones.
Kirk had months to plan his campaign announcement. Months. He botched the event. Nice planning, Mark. What was he thinking by releasing a fraudulent list of endorsers? Or is he going to claim the Illinois Republican Party is the fraudster? Who gave the IRP the bogus list of endorsers?
Kirk is a man who has been in office for almost a decade, and who has spent his whole adult life as a coat-holder for Washington fixers, in other words a classic “career politician.” He should have known better than to lie at his campaign announcement. It’s like lying to your wife. [I won’t go there, yet.]
Of course Chicago media are so incompetent most of them will be surprised to learn they were played for fools by Kirk. Many will learn it from this column. The links are up there boys and girls. Read them for yourselves.
Rick Pearson, the creepy reporter of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune, and Lynn Sweet, the Norma Desmond-like impresario of the equally bankrupt Sun-Times, failed to tell their readers about Kirk’s bogus endorsers. Maybe they were afraid Kirkie Boy would freeze them out. Sweet and Pearson are professional flacks, not reporters, as their latest cover-up confirms. And they wonder why no one reads their newspapers any more.
A closing note.
We had decided to “bank” the Kirk divorce story because the Kirk “marriage” is too rich a scandal, and too risqué a fraud on Illinois Republicans (or too deep a mine shaft?) for just one column. Somewhere out there, Jack Ryan is smiling.
But we have not been able to get back to writing about Kirk’s faux marriage because he keeps creating beautiful new material such as “Endorsementgate,” and “IllinoisReviewgate.”
Please rest assured we will be writing about the Kirk “marriage” in the near future. We have several columns banked already, with one to be added about the announcement appearance of Kirk’s own Eva Peron, Kimberly Vertoli. Come to think about it, Eva Peron had more integrity than Kimberly Vertoli. But then everything about Mark Kirk is phony, even his “wife.”
Tomorrow, “Mark Kirk Becomes the Laughingstock of Illinois Politics: Part Two” Stay tuned.
And Kirk wants to be a U.S. senator.
Kirkie Boy makes me look like a great statesman by comparison.
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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.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Andy Martin on the Mark Kirk Divorce: Part One
Andy Martin seeks to interview Kirk's former wife
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:
ANDY MARTIN SEEKS TO INTERVIEW MARK KIRK'S FORMER WIFE
MARTIN SUGGESTS KIRK/VERTOLI MARRIAGE "MAY HAVE BEEN A SHAM"
DID ANYONE EVER SEE MARK KIRK AT 3292 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE IN ALEXANDRIA (VA), OR 275 WHISTLER ROAD IN HIGHLAND PARK (IL)?
(CHICAGO)(July 17, 2009) Every campaign today for a major office involves due diligence on the part of each campaign. Sometimes opponents are looking for dirt, and the terms "dirt diggers" and "mud merchants" describe such behavior. But everyone does due diligence to learn as much as possible about a campaign opponent. Our campaign performs these functions openly and above-board. We have nothing to hide.
The liberal media are enamored of Kirk because he is Barack Obama's favorite "Republican." That is why, apart from some catty remarks by blogger Tom Roeser, there has been no analysis of the Kirk divorce in the Chicago media.
Until recently Mark Kirk was not on my radar screen. He became a person of interest when he announced that he might run against me for the U. S. Senate.
In many decades of political experience, I have never experienced anything like the Kirk phenomenon. Almost every day disaffected and disgruntled Republicans and former Kirk supporters contact me, offering to help my campaign. (We have asked one of them for permission to release a redacted version of his cri de coeur.)
Thus, although the liberal mainstream media in Chicago try hard to pretend I don't exist, I am indeed the 800-pound gorilla in the February primary. (I would like to slim down to no more than 700 pounds.) I have run statewide before; Kirk has not. Most importantly, Kirk has an army of enemies that are ready to pounce on him; every day new information about Kirk comes in over the transom at our offices.
None of the real facts about the primary election are apparent from reading the Associated Press or the bankrupt dead tree newspapers in Chicago. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times has said Kirk had a "repair" job to do with "conservatives." Chicago Tribune reporters have labeled Kirk a national "best bet." Don't bet on it.
The mainstream media have never forgiven me for almost defeating Barack Obama in 2008. My Internet campaign cost Obama millions of votes. If McCain had been a more solid candidate, he would have slipped into office. We did our part; he didn’t do his. That is why the local media pretend I don’t exist. But I do.
Over the next few days, we will be providing analysis of the Kirk/Vertoli divorce. We are also sending investigators to Virginia to question neighbors, etc. Later we will also be sending investigators to 275 Whistler Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. Anyone who has ever seen Kirk living anywhere and doing the things people do who live in a property—taking out the garbage, mowing the grass, etc.—is invited to contact our offices.
We began our investigation of Kirk's divorce and surrounding circumstances after numerous tips, some anonymous, some identified. We forced the Clerk of the Court in Alexandria, Virginia where Kirk apparently lives to release the Kirk divorce file after the Clerk initially claimed the papers were sealed.
We have now contacted Kimberly Vertoli's divorce lawyer:
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for 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
July 16, 2009
Carolyn M. Grimes, Esq.
Lieblich & Grimes
3135 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22305
via fax (703) 683-0237
Re: Vertoli v. Kirk, No. CL09002422
Dear Mr. Grimes:
I would like to interview your client, Kimberly Vertoli, about her former husband.
In particular, I am concerned that the Vertoli/Kirk marriage may have been a sham.
As someone who has taught family law, and consulted in family law litigation, I found the entire divorce file very peculiar and perplexing.
I have not found any evidence that Mr. Kirk actually lived at 3292 Mount Vernon Avenue, or anywhere else in the Commonwealth. We are going to be sending investigators to the neighborhood to see if anyone actually saw Kirk there, or anywhere else in the company of Ms. Vertoli.
Because you represent Ms. Vertoli I did not want to initiate any contact with your client without prior notice to you and your prior approval.
Unlike some campaigns that resort to surreptitious "dirt diggers" and other legerdemain, I am seeking perfectly legitimate background facts about my primary opponent and I am proceeding in an open and above-board manner to obtain that information. Due diligence on the opposition is an essential element of any campaign for office.
I could interview Ms. Vertoli in your offices if you prefer, or at any other agreeable location either in Alexandria or the District. Because my mother lived in Alexandria for over twenty years I am generally familiar with the area.
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
NEXT: Andy Martin on the Mark Kirk Divorce: Part Two
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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/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.
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:
ANDY MARTIN SEEKS TO INTERVIEW MARK KIRK'S FORMER WIFE
MARTIN SUGGESTS KIRK/VERTOLI MARRIAGE "MAY HAVE BEEN A SHAM"
DID ANYONE EVER SEE MARK KIRK AT 3292 MOUNT VERNON AVENUE IN ALEXANDRIA (VA), OR 275 WHISTLER ROAD IN HIGHLAND PARK (IL)?
(CHICAGO)(July 17, 2009) Every campaign today for a major office involves due diligence on the part of each campaign. Sometimes opponents are looking for dirt, and the terms "dirt diggers" and "mud merchants" describe such behavior. But everyone does due diligence to learn as much as possible about a campaign opponent. Our campaign performs these functions openly and above-board. We have nothing to hide.
The liberal media are enamored of Kirk because he is Barack Obama's favorite "Republican." That is why, apart from some catty remarks by blogger Tom Roeser, there has been no analysis of the Kirk divorce in the Chicago media.
Until recently Mark Kirk was not on my radar screen. He became a person of interest when he announced that he might run against me for the U. S. Senate.
In many decades of political experience, I have never experienced anything like the Kirk phenomenon. Almost every day disaffected and disgruntled Republicans and former Kirk supporters contact me, offering to help my campaign. (We have asked one of them for permission to release a redacted version of his cri de coeur.)
Thus, although the liberal mainstream media in Chicago try hard to pretend I don't exist, I am indeed the 800-pound gorilla in the February primary. (I would like to slim down to no more than 700 pounds.) I have run statewide before; Kirk has not. Most importantly, Kirk has an army of enemies that are ready to pounce on him; every day new information about Kirk comes in over the transom at our offices.
None of the real facts about the primary election are apparent from reading the Associated Press or the bankrupt dead tree newspapers in Chicago. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times has said Kirk had a "repair" job to do with "conservatives." Chicago Tribune reporters have labeled Kirk a national "best bet." Don't bet on it.
The mainstream media have never forgiven me for almost defeating Barack Obama in 2008. My Internet campaign cost Obama millions of votes. If McCain had been a more solid candidate, he would have slipped into office. We did our part; he didn’t do his. That is why the local media pretend I don’t exist. But I do.
Over the next few days, we will be providing analysis of the Kirk/Vertoli divorce. We are also sending investigators to Virginia to question neighbors, etc. Later we will also be sending investigators to 275 Whistler Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. Anyone who has ever seen Kirk living anywhere and doing the things people do who live in a property—taking out the garbage, mowing the grass, etc.—is invited to contact our offices.
We began our investigation of Kirk's divorce and surrounding circumstances after numerous tips, some anonymous, some identified. We forced the Clerk of the Court in Alexandria, Virginia where Kirk apparently lives to release the Kirk divorce file after the Clerk initially claimed the papers were sealed.
We have now contacted Kimberly Vertoli's divorce lawyer:
ANDY MARTIN
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July 16, 2009
Carolyn M. Grimes, Esq.
Lieblich & Grimes
3135 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22305
via fax (703) 683-0237
Re: Vertoli v. Kirk, No. CL09002422
Dear Mr. Grimes:
I would like to interview your client, Kimberly Vertoli, about her former husband.
In particular, I am concerned that the Vertoli/Kirk marriage may have been a sham.
As someone who has taught family law, and consulted in family law litigation, I found the entire divorce file very peculiar and perplexing.
I have not found any evidence that Mr. Kirk actually lived at 3292 Mount Vernon Avenue, or anywhere else in the Commonwealth. We are going to be sending investigators to the neighborhood to see if anyone actually saw Kirk there, or anywhere else in the company of Ms. Vertoli.
Because you represent Ms. Vertoli I did not want to initiate any contact with your client without prior notice to you and your prior approval.
Unlike some campaigns that resort to surreptitious "dirt diggers" and other legerdemain, I am seeking perfectly legitimate background facts about my primary opponent and I am proceeding in an open and above-board manner to obtain that information. Due diligence on the opposition is an essential element of any campaign for office.
I could interview Ms. Vertoli in your offices if you prefer, or at any other agreeable location either in Alexandria or the District. Because my mother lived in Alexandria for over twenty years I am generally familiar with the area.
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
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NEXT: Andy Martin on the Mark Kirk Divorce: Part Two
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