Andy Martin’s news conference criticizes Caprio’s attempt to “be on both asides of the fence at the same time,” and Pat Hughes’ attempt to deceive conservative voters with a sham endorsement process.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts Pat Hughes and Paul Caprio for “campaign fraud”
Martin says D. Paul Caprio’s deceptive actions have destroyed the bogus-to-begin-with Pat Hughes campaign
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 condemns Paul Caprio’s “sleaze” and Pat Hughes’ “inactive” political ethics.
(CHICAGO)(September 6, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin told a Chicago news conference Saturday that Paul Caprio’s attempt to deceive conservatives by staging a bogus endorsement process for his own undisclosed client, and by seeking to deceive Republican county chairman as to Caprio’s true role in Pat Hughes' U. S. Senate campaign, have fatally compromised both Hughes and Caprio.
“You can’t be on both sides of the fence at the same time,” Martin said. “Caprio took $10,000 in cash from Hughes, and joined Hughes’ ‘campaign,’ and then went around the state pretending to be an impartial ‘conservative leader.’ Even Illinois Democrats don’t use such fraudulent tactics any more.
“Caprio maintained a public image of impartiality, and used that false image to recruit signers to his ‘county chairmen’ letter, while he was secretly on Hughes’s payroll. If Caprio had disclosed his financial interest and his role in Hughes’ campaign, people would have said ‘Whoa,’ how can you be leading an endorsement process for your own client?
“Caprio even stooped to defrauding Phyllis Schlafly, one of the great ladies of the conservative moment. It almost looks as though Caprio would bamboozle his own mother for a buck.
“Is there no limit to how low he will stoop? Is there no limit to Pat Hughes’ embarrassing incompetence in allowing Caprio to make a laughingstock of Hughes’ campaign?
“Rather suspiciously, Hughes recently surrendered his license to practice law and went on ‘inactive’ status, though he still refers to himself as an ‘attorney.’ Maybe Hughes surrendered his law license and went on ‘inactive’ status because his professional ethics are ‘inactive.’ His campaign ethics were ‘inactive’ for sure in conducting his bogus endorsement charade. An honest lawyer would know better than to deceive the public. Hughes doesn’t have the common sense to know right from wrong. Some attorney.
“Let me be clear: Illinois Republicans will never regain the public’s trust by being as seedy as the Democrats. Conservatives will never defeat the ‘Combine’ by being as corrupt as Combine members. The only way we can win back the trust of Illinois voters is by holding ourselves to a higher standard and by showing we are more honest and open than the Democrats; not by showing that conservatives are just as sleazy as the sleaziest slime balls in Illinois politics.
“I have been fighting political corruption in Illinois for over forty (40) years. In those years I never took a penny from anyone to deceive the public about my goals. I have the scars to prove I fought crooked judges and crooked politicians and helped send the bad guys to prison. Pat Hughes didn’t even bother to vote until recently. And he wants to be a U. S. senator?
“Barack Obama’s dirt diggers and mud merchants went over my entire life last year, looking for ways to smear me. All they could come up with were stale examples where I had been attacked for exposing corruption in the courts. I am preparing to break a big judicial corruption scandal in DuPage County, right in the Republican heartland. Obama found nothing on me. I have lived an honorable life. I will continue to do so.
“Pat Hughes couldn’t even launch his own candidacy without engaging in fraud. How is he going to attack Democrats? Or even Kirk? By challenging their ethics?
“Hughes is an embarrassment to every conservative leader who announced his or her support for Hughes, and every Illinois voter who was defrauded by D. Paul Caprio’s sham endorsement charade in Bloomington.
“Hughes is apparently nothing more than a ‘front’ for Caprio’s own money-raising operations. Caprio’s ‘political consulting’ is clearly saturated with sleaze.
“If Pat Hughes is as stupid and incompetent as Caprio makes made him look, I feel sorry for Hughes. Hughes told people in Bloomington he is a great lawyer with excellent courtroom skills. If that is true, why did he make such a pathetic speech in Springfield on Republican Day? That was no great lawyer speaking. There is a big gap between what Hughes promises and what he produces, other than the $10,000 he produced for Caprio’s bank account and thousands more for others.
“The bottom line: Paul Caprio secretly orchestrated an endorsement process for his own client, while concealing his initial receipt of $10,000 from Pat Hughes, and Caprio’s ongoing role with Hughes. Caprio was using Hughes as his personal cash machine.
“Caprio’s ‘caper’ is one of the most sordid episodes in recent Illinois politics, in either party. That this shameless legerdemain was conducted by a so-called ‘family’ leader is a disgrace to the conservative movement of which Caprio claims to be a part.
“I want conservative support, but not at the price of my personal integrity or public morality,” Martin concluded. “Pat Hughes has a lot to learn before he steps into the political arena. He won’t learn it from hucksters like Caprio.”
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Mark Kirk’s fatally flawed campaign for the U.S. Senate
The “Kirk Fallacy” and the self-destructive impulses of the Illinois Republican “Combine” Party’s leadership
The Kirk Fallacy:
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin explains why Republican support for Mark Kirk is delusional
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:
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) I support the right of any candidate to run. People criticize me, and I criticize my opponents and their backers. That’s how the electoral process functions. But, ultimately, supporters of a candidate have to ask themselves: is his or her strategy viable?
Mark Kirk’s strategy for the U. S. Senate cannot succeed. That is why Kirk has sought to purchase the nomination by “donating” $50,000 to the Illinois Republican “Combine” Party.
Kirk’s theory is that a “liberal Republican” from the extremely liberal North Shore suburbs of Chicago can be elected to statewide office as a “moderate” or “liberal” Republican. This belief is delusional for two reasons.
First, let me admit that as one of Kirks competitors I am envious at the showering of media attention on Kirk’s doomed campaign. The liberal media just love to lavish attention on Kirk. Why? Because they want a liberal to win the Republican Senate primary. How many conservatives actually work at Chicago TV stations and newspapers? None.
But what the media giveth, the media also taketh away. The love fest with Kirk is only going to last until February 2nd. Once the Democratic candidate is determined, Kirk’s liberalism will be the reason the media reject Kirk. You can already see that happening within the liberal interest groups that heavily influence media coverage. They are attacking Kirk as a “conservative.” They want no part of a “Senator Kirk.”
Is it logical; is it rational to believe that on February 3rd Democrats are suddenly going to embrace Mark Kirk? Kirk may even be a radical on the issues, but he would vote for Republican leadership in the Senate. So Kirk is not going to win liberal votes. The day after the primary, liberal media support for Kirk will evaporate.
Well, you say, Kirk can run as a moderate. Here is where Kirk has hung himself with his own nose. If he tries to tack “moderate” in the general election, his friends in the liberal media will abandon him as a turncoat. So Mark Kirk is running a doomed campaign for the U. S. Senate.
Why is Kirk really running? In my opinion Kirk is a stalking horse for his friends in the Obama administration, such as Rahm Emanuel, who do not want a conservative Republican to emerge as the candidate for Senator.
Obama is terrified that my campaign might catch fire and win the nomination. Here’s why: first Obamabots know I am a ferocious opponent of Obama and everything he stands for. Obama knows my internet attacks cost him millions of votes in 2008. He knows how devastating I could be as a Senator.
Second, Obama knows what Republicans want (his pollsters are not stupid). They don’t want Mark Kirk. So if Obama’s liberal media quietly convince Republicans to nominate Kirk, he will be an easy candidate for Republicans to abandon in November, 2010. Republicans are already threatening to do precisely that!
In a column this week, Roger Simon (no conservative himself) ran the following remarks from Greg Mueller, “a political consultant who specializes in conservative candidates.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/
0809/26635_Page2.html
“‘There is a coalition to be tapped of Republicans, independents, reawakened Perot voters and center-right Democrats,’ Mueller said...’ Mueller said this coalition is looking for someone who will stand up and “fight in an energetic fashion.”…we don’t want someone who will try to wonk his way to victory.’”
Is Mark Kirk a candidate who has ever, in his entire life, been someone who would “stand up and ‘fight in an energetic fashion?’” Of course not.
Mr. Mueller was defining my candidacy, not Mark Kirk’s. You can love me or hate me, but you can’t deny I am a fighter. And Barack Obama knows I will fight him.
Please consider supporting my campaign. I am the only viable alternative to Kirk in the primary.
The Kirk Fallacy:
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin explains why Republican support for Mark Kirk is delusional
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:
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) I support the right of any candidate to run. People criticize me, and I criticize my opponents and their backers. That’s how the electoral process functions. But, ultimately, supporters of a candidate have to ask themselves: is his or her strategy viable?
Mark Kirk’s strategy for the U. S. Senate cannot succeed. That is why Kirk has sought to purchase the nomination by “donating” $50,000 to the Illinois Republican “Combine” Party.
Kirk’s theory is that a “liberal Republican” from the extremely liberal North Shore suburbs of Chicago can be elected to statewide office as a “moderate” or “liberal” Republican. This belief is delusional for two reasons.
First, let me admit that as one of Kirks competitors I am envious at the showering of media attention on Kirk’s doomed campaign. The liberal media just love to lavish attention on Kirk. Why? Because they want a liberal to win the Republican Senate primary. How many conservatives actually work at Chicago TV stations and newspapers? None.
But what the media giveth, the media also taketh away. The love fest with Kirk is only going to last until February 2nd. Once the Democratic candidate is determined, Kirk’s liberalism will be the reason the media reject Kirk. You can already see that happening within the liberal interest groups that heavily influence media coverage. They are attacking Kirk as a “conservative.” They want no part of a “Senator Kirk.”
Is it logical; is it rational to believe that on February 3rd Democrats are suddenly going to embrace Mark Kirk? Kirk may even be a radical on the issues, but he would vote for Republican leadership in the Senate. So Kirk is not going to win liberal votes. The day after the primary, liberal media support for Kirk will evaporate.
Well, you say, Kirk can run as a moderate. Here is where Kirk has hung himself with his own nose. If he tries to tack “moderate” in the general election, his friends in the liberal media will abandon him as a turncoat. So Mark Kirk is running a doomed campaign for the U. S. Senate.
Why is Kirk really running? In my opinion Kirk is a stalking horse for his friends in the Obama administration, such as Rahm Emanuel, who do not want a conservative Republican to emerge as the candidate for Senator.
Obama is terrified that my campaign might catch fire and win the nomination. Here’s why: first Obamabots know I am a ferocious opponent of Obama and everything he stands for. Obama knows my internet attacks cost him millions of votes in 2008. He knows how devastating I could be as a Senator.
Second, Obama knows what Republicans want (his pollsters are not stupid). They don’t want Mark Kirk. So if Obama’s liberal media quietly convince Republicans to nominate Kirk, he will be an easy candidate for Republicans to abandon in November, 2010. Republicans are already threatening to do precisely that!
In a column this week, Roger Simon (no conservative himself) ran the following remarks from Greg Mueller, “a political consultant who specializes in conservative candidates.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/
0809/26635_Page2.html
“‘There is a coalition to be tapped of Republicans, independents, reawakened Perot voters and center-right Democrats,’ Mueller said...’ Mueller said this coalition is looking for someone who will stand up and “fight in an energetic fashion.”…we don’t want someone who will try to wonk his way to victory.’”
Is Mark Kirk a candidate who has ever, in his entire life, been someone who would “stand up and ‘fight in an energetic fashion?’” Of course not.
Mr. Mueller was defining my candidacy, not Mark Kirk’s. You can love me or hate me, but you can’t deny I am a fighter. And Barack Obama knows I will fight him.
Please consider supporting my campaign. I am the only viable alternative to Kirk in the primary.
Andy Martin condemns fraudulent tactics by an Illinois “pro-family” activist
Martin says that D. Paul Caprio’s tactics in taking campaign cash from Pat Hughes, and them pretending to orchestrate an impartial “endorsement” process for Hughes, bordered on criminal activity
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts “conservatives” for engaging in campaign fraud
Martin says D. Paul Caprio and others who pocketed cash from Pat Hughes failed to disclose their employment while “endorsing” their employer
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:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says self-styled “conservative leaders” who took cash from Pat Hughes engaged in political corruption by later failing to disclose their financial ties to Hughes
D. Paul Caprio’s orchestration of a bogus “endorsement” process that “endorsed” Caprio’s employer bordered on criminal activity
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, September 5th to condemn corrupt endorsement practices by so-called Illinois conservative “leaders” and “pro-family” political consultants.
“D. Paul Caprio, a political consultant, who had previously received $10,000 from Pat Hughes, orchestrated a fraudulent ‘endorsement’ process for his client, and then issued a ‘letter,’ ostensibly authored by impartial ‘conservative leaders,’ claiming to endorse his paying client,” Martin will charge.
“Caprio did all of this activity without disclosing he was on Pat Hughes’ payroll. Other so-called conservatives were also claiming their thirty pieces of silver on Hughes’ payroll. They are as equally guilty as Caprio.
“Conservatives should strive to achieve honesty and openness in their political activity, not Daley Machine-style corruption. For Caprio to put $10,000 in his own pocket, and then seek to orchestrate an ‘endorsement’ of his employer was not far short of criminal fraud. Some would say he crossed the line. Caprio’s tactics are a disgrace to both himself and his ‘client’ Mr. Hughes.
“In fact, Caprio’s tactics on behalf of his client are even more fraudulent than Mark Kirk’s attempt to purchase the same Republican Party U. S. Senate nomination. Kirk paid cash on the barrel, but he did not attempt to orchestrate a bogus endorsement session as well as a bogus endorsement letter while concealing his $50,000 in blood money.
“Caprio’s situation is more sinister because while Kirk gave his money to the party, Caprio personally pocketed the cash. If this is the kind of ‘advice’ Caprio is giving Hughes, Mr. Hughes is in deep doo doo. Hughes has forfeited any credibility or integrity as a candidate for any office, let alone statewide federal office. The only position Hughes might qualify for is as a sleazy Chicago alderman.
“Imagine the outcry if ‘Combine Republicans’ had pulled what some so-called conservatives did, pocketing a pile of cash to conduct a phony endorsement session and then issuing a phony endorsement letter on behalf of their employer. Conservatives would be screaming if the Combine did that.
“Ethical conservatives should be screaming that D. Paul Caprio is using crooked activity to further his personal financial interests and his political consulting business. Caprio is an embarrassment to conservatives, pro-lifers and pro-family activists.
“Caprio doesn’t know the meaning of the term ‘conflict of interest.’ Should Caprio be allowed to grab $10,000 for his own pocket, and then pretend he is objectively ‘evaluating’ his own employer’s candidacy? Of course not.
“Let the word go forth today,” Martin will state. “I am a conservative who stands for honest government and honest politics, not D. Paul Caprio’s Daley Machine-style corrupt ‘conservative’ deal-making.
“The people who orchestrated the sham endorsement session in Bloomington in August should apologize to every Republicans—yes, even to Combine Republicans—and promise to never engage in similar acts of fraud. These people should withdraw their bogus endorsement of Hughes, and also notify county chairmen who received their fraudulent endorsement letter that some of the persons signing the 'conservative' letter were in fact on Pat Hughes payroll.
“Democrats and Independents can potentially vote for a conservative Republican in 2010, but they will only vote for a Republican who is honest and open, and not for someone such as Pat Hughes who bribes people and then uses his chumbolones to conduct bogus political activity designed to defraud the public,” Martin will charge.
“Very suspiciously, Hughes has put his law license on ‘inactive’ status. Maybe his legal ethics are also ‘inactive.’
“If Pat Hughes thinks crooked political activity is ‘mainstream’ Republicanism in Illinois, he belongs with the Combine, not with honest opponents fighting Combine infiltration on the Republican Party. Hughes and Caprio and the rest of Hughes’ employees owe every Illinoisan an apology.
“I will work with conservatives of every view and stripe. But I will not tolerate in the Republican Party the same corrupt, deceptive and fraudulent practices we condemn in Daley Machine Democrats or Combine Republicans. If we can’t do a better job, and a more honest and open job than Daley or Combine thugs, we don’t deserve to win.
“I will fight to expose corruption whether it is Daley Machine corruption, or Combine Republican corruption or, yes, even conservative or ‘pro family’ corruption,” Martin will conclude. “A crook is a crook. D. Paul Caprio has disgraced conservatives, disgraced the values he claims to support and disgraced himself by orchestrating and organizing a fraudulent endorsement charade.”
September 5th 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, September 5, 2009 11:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin condemns fraudulent political tactics by so-called “pro-family” and pro-life” “leaders” in conducting a fraudulent endorsement scheme motivated by money.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
-----------------------------
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.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts “conservatives” for engaging in campaign fraud
Martin says D. Paul Caprio and others who pocketed cash from Pat Hughes failed to disclose their employment while “endorsing” their employer
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:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
Andy Martin says self-styled “conservative leaders” who took cash from Pat Hughes engaged in political corruption by later failing to disclose their financial ties to Hughes
D. Paul Caprio’s orchestration of a bogus “endorsement” process that “endorsed” Caprio’s employer bordered on criminal activity
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, September 5th to condemn corrupt endorsement practices by so-called Illinois conservative “leaders” and “pro-family” political consultants.
“D. Paul Caprio, a political consultant, who had previously received $10,000 from Pat Hughes, orchestrated a fraudulent ‘endorsement’ process for his client, and then issued a ‘letter,’ ostensibly authored by impartial ‘conservative leaders,’ claiming to endorse his paying client,” Martin will charge.
“Caprio did all of this activity without disclosing he was on Pat Hughes’ payroll. Other so-called conservatives were also claiming their thirty pieces of silver on Hughes’ payroll. They are as equally guilty as Caprio.
“Conservatives should strive to achieve honesty and openness in their political activity, not Daley Machine-style corruption. For Caprio to put $10,000 in his own pocket, and then seek to orchestrate an ‘endorsement’ of his employer was not far short of criminal fraud. Some would say he crossed the line. Caprio’s tactics are a disgrace to both himself and his ‘client’ Mr. Hughes.
“In fact, Caprio’s tactics on behalf of his client are even more fraudulent than Mark Kirk’s attempt to purchase the same Republican Party U. S. Senate nomination. Kirk paid cash on the barrel, but he did not attempt to orchestrate a bogus endorsement session as well as a bogus endorsement letter while concealing his $50,000 in blood money.
“Caprio’s situation is more sinister because while Kirk gave his money to the party, Caprio personally pocketed the cash. If this is the kind of ‘advice’ Caprio is giving Hughes, Mr. Hughes is in deep doo doo. Hughes has forfeited any credibility or integrity as a candidate for any office, let alone statewide federal office. The only position Hughes might qualify for is as a sleazy Chicago alderman.
“Imagine the outcry if ‘Combine Republicans’ had pulled what some so-called conservatives did, pocketing a pile of cash to conduct a phony endorsement session and then issuing a phony endorsement letter on behalf of their employer. Conservatives would be screaming if the Combine did that.
“Ethical conservatives should be screaming that D. Paul Caprio is using crooked activity to further his personal financial interests and his political consulting business. Caprio is an embarrassment to conservatives, pro-lifers and pro-family activists.
“Caprio doesn’t know the meaning of the term ‘conflict of interest.’ Should Caprio be allowed to grab $10,000 for his own pocket, and then pretend he is objectively ‘evaluating’ his own employer’s candidacy? Of course not.
“Let the word go forth today,” Martin will state. “I am a conservative who stands for honest government and honest politics, not D. Paul Caprio’s Daley Machine-style corrupt ‘conservative’ deal-making.
“The people who orchestrated the sham endorsement session in Bloomington in August should apologize to every Republicans—yes, even to Combine Republicans—and promise to never engage in similar acts of fraud. These people should withdraw their bogus endorsement of Hughes, and also notify county chairmen who received their fraudulent endorsement letter that some of the persons signing the 'conservative' letter were in fact on Pat Hughes payroll.
“Democrats and Independents can potentially vote for a conservative Republican in 2010, but they will only vote for a Republican who is honest and open, and not for someone such as Pat Hughes who bribes people and then uses his chumbolones to conduct bogus political activity designed to defraud the public,” Martin will charge.
“Very suspiciously, Hughes has put his law license on ‘inactive’ status. Maybe his legal ethics are also ‘inactive.’
“If Pat Hughes thinks crooked political activity is ‘mainstream’ Republicanism in Illinois, he belongs with the Combine, not with honest opponents fighting Combine infiltration on the Republican Party. Hughes and Caprio and the rest of Hughes’ employees owe every Illinoisan an apology.
“I will work with conservatives of every view and stripe. But I will not tolerate in the Republican Party the same corrupt, deceptive and fraudulent practices we condemn in Daley Machine Democrats or Combine Republicans. If we can’t do a better job, and a more honest and open job than Daley or Combine thugs, we don’t deserve to win.
“I will fight to expose corruption whether it is Daley Machine corruption, or Combine Republican corruption or, yes, even conservative or ‘pro family’ corruption,” Martin will conclude. “A crook is a crook. D. Paul Caprio has disgraced conservatives, disgraced the values he claims to support and disgraced himself by orchestrating and organizing a fraudulent endorsement charade.”
September 5th 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, September 5, 2009 11:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin condemns fraudulent political tactics by so-called “pro-family” and pro-life” “leaders” in conducting a fraudulent endorsement scheme motivated by money.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
-----------------------------
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.
Andy Martin criticizes Mark Kirk for failing to condemn Barack Obama’s “Bill Ayers agenda”
Martin says that Obama’s September 8th speech to schoolchildren, and his initial request that students write ‘the president’ letters, was straight out of Bill Ayers’ socialist revolutionary handbook.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts Barack Obama and Mark Kirk
Martin says Kirk’s silence is an indication that Kirk does not oppose Obama’s school indoctrination speech
Has Mark Kirk ever criticized the Barack Obama/William Ayers association?
“Can anyone seriously claim they believe that a Senator Mark Kirk would oppose Barack Obama’s politics?” Martin asks
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:
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin told a Chicago news conference that senate candidate Mark Kirk lacked any credibility as a conservative or Republican by failing to condemn Barack Obama’s school indoctrination speech set for September 8th.
“Barack Obama’s efforts to insert himself between parents and students, and his initial request that students write letters stating how they were going to serve their ‘Maximum Leader’ Obama, were a transparent effort to adopt Bill Ayer’s revolutionary social agenda,” Martin charged.
“Mark Kirk remains silent.
“When has Mark Kirk ever criticized Barack Obama’s politics? When has Kirk ever stood up to Obama? Never.
“Kirk occasionally votes against an Obama proposal, but his ‘opposition’ is flaccid. Why would anyone think Kirk will change in the U. S. Senate? Kirk would continue to be Obama’s ‘favorite Republican,’ and probably end up voting for cap and trade in the senate, claiming he thought it would then ‘fail in the House.’[Kirk has already voted for cap and trade in the House, and justified his vote claiming he thought the law would ‘fail in the senate.’]
“Kirk and Obama, perfect together, but wrong for Illinois and wrong for America,” Martin concluded.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts Barack Obama and Mark Kirk
Martin says Kirk’s silence is an indication that Kirk does not oppose Obama’s school indoctrination speech
Has Mark Kirk ever criticized the Barack Obama/William Ayers association?
“Can anyone seriously claim they believe that a Senator Mark Kirk would oppose Barack Obama’s politics?” Martin asks
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:
(CHICAGO)(September 5, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin told a Chicago news conference that senate candidate Mark Kirk lacked any credibility as a conservative or Republican by failing to condemn Barack Obama’s school indoctrination speech set for September 8th.
“Barack Obama’s efforts to insert himself between parents and students, and his initial request that students write letters stating how they were going to serve their ‘Maximum Leader’ Obama, were a transparent effort to adopt Bill Ayer’s revolutionary social agenda,” Martin charged.
“Mark Kirk remains silent.
“When has Mark Kirk ever criticized Barack Obama’s politics? When has Kirk ever stood up to Obama? Never.
“Kirk occasionally votes against an Obama proposal, but his ‘opposition’ is flaccid. Why would anyone think Kirk will change in the U. S. Senate? Kirk would continue to be Obama’s ‘favorite Republican,’ and probably end up voting for cap and trade in the senate, claiming he thought it would then ‘fail in the House.’[Kirk has already voted for cap and trade in the House, and justified his vote claiming he thought the law would ‘fail in the senate.’]
“Kirk and Obama, perfect together, but wrong for Illinois and wrong for America,” Martin concluded.
Friday, September 4, 2009
CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE: Andy Martin slams Mark Kirk for silence on Obama “indoctrination”
Martin will tell a Chicago news conference that Mark Kirk is a patsy for Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel. Kirk is afraid to condemn Obama’s attempt to brainwash America’s schoolchildren with bogus “letters to ‘the president.’”
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts Obama’s schoolhouse indoctrination, calls for national student boycott September 8th
Martin says he predicted Obama’s socialist schemes on Fox News
Are Americans seeing the “voice of Obama” but the “hands of Bill Ayers?”
Martin chides Mark Kirk for being an “Obama/Rahm Emanuel patsy” who is afraid to criticize Obama’s schemes
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:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FRIDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS OBAMA’S ATTEMPT TO INDOCTRINATE SCHOOLCHILDREN IS “STRAIGHT OUT OF BILL AYERS’ PLAYBOOK”
MARTIN SAYS PARENTS, NOT SCHOOL BOARDS, SHOULD STAGE A NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF OBAMA’S SPEECH SEPTEMBER 8TH
(CHICAGO)(September 4, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Friday, September 4th to call for a nationwide school boycott of Barack Obama’s latest attempt to brainwash America’s schoolchildren. “We make fun of North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader’ but we have a dictator-in-the-making here at home in the United States,” Martin will state.
“And guess what, the pro-Obama media don’t want you to know that Obama’s tactics come straight out of Bill Ayers playbook to start a ‘Bolivarian’ revolution by brainwashing school children.
“Did I predict it all on Fox News? You be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UKSq2oJ0W1c&feature=related
[Click on Part two for Andy’s segment]
“Why is Mark Kirk not standing up to condemn Obama’s brainwashing and indoctrination of schoolchildren? Kirk is hiding as usual. Kirk has no sense of the protective role of parenthood. If Kirk is afraid to stand up and speak the truth as a candidate, why would anyone think he will take a stand against Obama in the U. S. Senate? Kirk is nothing more than a Republican Party patsy for Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel.
“The Illinois Republican ‘Combine’ Party should be ashamed of itself for supporting Kirk.
“What Obama is trying to do is a form of child abuse, or child molesting. He wants to create a link between himself, ‘the president,’ and school children that bypasses parents and the family. His original demand that children tell him how they can ‘help the president’ was the transparent Bill Ayres agenda, and an obvious tip-off that Obama is trying to indoctrinate children as a bulwark against their parents. Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez are smiling at the boldness of their acolytes Obama and Ayers.
“I am the only Republican that Illinois voters can count on to stand up and speak up on their behalf in the U. S. Senate. And I unhesitatingly call for a national school boycott on September 8th to send Barack Obama a message: stop molesting our children with your socialist poison and Bill Ayers’ schemes to create a Castro/Chavez dictatorship in the United States.
“Obama’s scam is something out of the Bible, the ‘voice of Jacob but the hands of Esau.’ We have the smooth voice of Obama, but the hairy hands of Bill Ayers in this sick attempt to create a cult of personality around ‘the president’,” Martin says.
September 4th 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:
Thursday, September 4, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks parents keep their children out of school on August 8th to protest the Bill Ayers/Barack Obama indoctrination speech
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com-----------------------------
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.
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin blasts Obama’s schoolhouse indoctrination, calls for national student boycott September 8th
Martin says he predicted Obama’s socialist schemes on Fox News
Are Americans seeing the “voice of Obama” but the “hands of Bill Ayers?”
Martin chides Mark Kirk for being an “Obama/Rahm Emanuel patsy” who is afraid to criticize Obama’s schemes
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:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FRIDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS OBAMA’S ATTEMPT TO INDOCTRINATE SCHOOLCHILDREN IS “STRAIGHT OUT OF BILL AYERS’ PLAYBOOK”
MARTIN SAYS PARENTS, NOT SCHOOL BOARDS, SHOULD STAGE A NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF OBAMA’S SPEECH SEPTEMBER 8TH
(CHICAGO)(September 4, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Friday, September 4th to call for a nationwide school boycott of Barack Obama’s latest attempt to brainwash America’s schoolchildren. “We make fun of North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader’ but we have a dictator-in-the-making here at home in the United States,” Martin will state.
“And guess what, the pro-Obama media don’t want you to know that Obama’s tactics come straight out of Bill Ayers playbook to start a ‘Bolivarian’ revolution by brainwashing school children.
“Did I predict it all on Fox News? You be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UKSq2oJ0W1c&feature=related
[Click on Part two for Andy’s segment]
“Why is Mark Kirk not standing up to condemn Obama’s brainwashing and indoctrination of schoolchildren? Kirk is hiding as usual. Kirk has no sense of the protective role of parenthood. If Kirk is afraid to stand up and speak the truth as a candidate, why would anyone think he will take a stand against Obama in the U. S. Senate? Kirk is nothing more than a Republican Party patsy for Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel.
“The Illinois Republican ‘Combine’ Party should be ashamed of itself for supporting Kirk.
“What Obama is trying to do is a form of child abuse, or child molesting. He wants to create a link between himself, ‘the president,’ and school children that bypasses parents and the family. His original demand that children tell him how they can ‘help the president’ was the transparent Bill Ayres agenda, and an obvious tip-off that Obama is trying to indoctrinate children as a bulwark against their parents. Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez are smiling at the boldness of their acolytes Obama and Ayers.
“I am the only Republican that Illinois voters can count on to stand up and speak up on their behalf in the U. S. Senate. And I unhesitatingly call for a national school boycott on September 8th to send Barack Obama a message: stop molesting our children with your socialist poison and Bill Ayers’ schemes to create a Castro/Chavez dictatorship in the United States.
“Obama’s scam is something out of the Bible, the ‘voice of Jacob but the hands of Esau.’ We have the smooth voice of Obama, but the hairy hands of Bill Ayers in this sick attempt to create a cult of personality around ‘the president’,” Martin says.
September 4th 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:
Thursday, September 4, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks parents keep their children out of school on August 8th to protest the Bill Ayers/Barack Obama indoctrination speech
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com-----------------------------
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.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Illinois Republicans asked to return “crooked cash” from Mark Kirk.
[Andy Martin tells a Chicago news conference that Mark Kirk is engaging in corrupt “pay to play” politics, of the type currently being prosecuted in federal court. Martin says Kirk comes “cloaked with the appearance and aroma of impropriety.” Martin releases a letter to Republican Chairman Pat Brady asking the party to return Kirk’s “dirty dollars” to the senate candidate.]
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: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
September 3, 2009
Pat Brady
Illinois Republican Chairman
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Dear Pat:
This year I celebrate forty years since my graduation from law school. But even before I graduated, I was a corruption-fighter, tackling Daley Machine crooks in Springfield and helping out with the investigation that led to the resignation of two Illinois Supreme Court justices for taking bribes while serving on the court.
You served honorably with the Department of Justice, also in a corruption fighting capacity.
Therefore, we start with a common reservoir of experience in analyzing the Illinois Republican Party’s (“IRP’s”) current dilemma.
I am writing to address two (2) issues involving an appearance of impropriety and to invite your efforts to elevate the ethics of the IRP. First, I am writing to suggest the serious appearance of impropriety in the IRP’s acceptance of $50,000 from Mark Kirk, a candidate some members of the leadership are supporting. Second, I write to address your own prior “endorsement” of Kirk in the 2010 primary.
Many Illinoisans believe that the IRP is part of a “Combine” of corruption in state and national politics. I believe that is the case. The past and present “Combine” prosecutions in federal court clearly document bipartisan corruption.
One of the evils of Illinois politics that is currently the subject of criminal prosecution in federal court is our state’s history of “pay to play.”
Earlier this year, Mark Kirk gave $50,000 to the IRP. In return, he has received the active support of IRP members and staffers in his senate campaign. It is difficult to conceive of a more graphic example of “pay to play.” Parties are supposed to be open, and primaries are supposed to be conducted on a level playing field. But when state party leaders lock me out of the “Voter Vault,” and censor my speaking at party meetings in Springfield or the State Fair, it is clear that “pay to play” is working and having a pernicious influence in the IRP.
Just last year I carried or nearly carried forty (40) counties in the U. S. Senate primary, and received a quarter of a million votes. Attacking me is attacking the Republicans who have supported me. I can see why Kirk would want to undermine my candidacy, but why would the IRP want to help him? Pay to play.
Mark Kirk has used the party apparatus to try to eliminate his most serious primary opponent, me, simply by bribing party leaders to support his candidacy.
The IRP should not be for sale to the highest bidder. When a primary candidate gives an extremely large sum to the IRP (we would not be having this discussion if Kirk had donated $1,000), and the party thereafter supports his candidacy and seeks to undermine and denigrate his principal opponent, then the appearance of impropriety is overwhelming and must be eliminated.
Kirk’s corrupt $50,000 in cash, moreover, came from out of state donors, primarily lobbyists and special interests who had an interest in influencing Kirk’s vote in Congress. I don’t yet know if Kirk has committed crimes, but I do know that he comes cloaked with the appearance and aroma of impropriety in the extreme. Kirk’s career represents everything that is evil and corrupt in Washington.
I therefore respectfully request that the IRP return Mr. Kirk’s $50,000. That sum is so large and its role in the IRP’s subsequent support of Kirk’s candidacy is so extreme, that the appearance of impropriety cannot be allowed to stand.
In 2006 the IRP conducted a relatively honest primary, and the result was that after the primary all of the candidates on the ballot supported the winner. If you allow Kirk’s corrupt cash contribution to stand, then no one will support Kirk after the primary, and you will lead a divided party into the general election. Is that worth $50,000? You will be jeopardizing the entire ticket solely to accommodate Mr. Kirk.
Secondly, prior to your becoming party chairman you personally endorsed Mr. Kirk. Private citizens, of course, are free to endorse whom they wish. But you are no longer a private citizen. You lead a state party with many candidates and many conflicting campaigns. Indeed, the IRP has asserted a fiduciary claim to the use of the very term “Republican.”
When Mr. Kirk announced, the names of some “supporters” were fraudulently added to his list of endorsers. You cannot, consistently with your fiduciary duty to the entire party as party chairman, remain an open supporter of Mark Kirk. Once again, the appearance of impropriety would be overwhelming. The “chairman” of an organization is usually someone who is required to be neutral.
When you leave the chairmanship of the IRP some day, all you will take with you is your good name. Sadly, Andy McKenna played dirty politics with Republicans, and when he departed no one really minded and McKenna’s “good name” was a thing of history. Even the Combine was forced to dump him after a Sangamon County judge effectively ruled he had violated my civil rights.
The temptation to act for short run gain may be seductive; but that temptation can have lethal long-term consequences, as we have seen with the decline of the IRP and McKenna’s demise.
I am occasionally criticized for exposing and prosecuting Republican corruption. Some people say “don't speak ill of another Republican.” But when I see a crook, I see a crook, I do not see a Democrat or Republican. Corruption in this state is bipartisan. It is largely due to the failure of the Republican Party to vigorously oppose corruption, and to participate in profiting from the affairs of the Combine, that our party has gone into decline and public ridicule. We cannot condemn Democratic Party’s “pay to play” when we are doing the same thing ourselves with Mark Kirk’s $50,000 bribe to party leaders.
I urge you to do the right thing, and to return Kirk’s money. I also urge you to openly and visibly withdraw your endorsement of Kirk and adhere to the view that as IRP Chairman you should be neutral and not take sides in party primaries.
An open and honest primary will pay big dividends. A crooked and rigged primary will leave serious liabilities. The choice is yours.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
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: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
September 3, 2009
Pat Brady
Illinois Republican Chairman
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Dear Pat:
This year I celebrate forty years since my graduation from law school. But even before I graduated, I was a corruption-fighter, tackling Daley Machine crooks in Springfield and helping out with the investigation that led to the resignation of two Illinois Supreme Court justices for taking bribes while serving on the court.
You served honorably with the Department of Justice, also in a corruption fighting capacity.
Therefore, we start with a common reservoir of experience in analyzing the Illinois Republican Party’s (“IRP’s”) current dilemma.
I am writing to address two (2) issues involving an appearance of impropriety and to invite your efforts to elevate the ethics of the IRP. First, I am writing to suggest the serious appearance of impropriety in the IRP’s acceptance of $50,000 from Mark Kirk, a candidate some members of the leadership are supporting. Second, I write to address your own prior “endorsement” of Kirk in the 2010 primary.
Many Illinoisans believe that the IRP is part of a “Combine” of corruption in state and national politics. I believe that is the case. The past and present “Combine” prosecutions in federal court clearly document bipartisan corruption.
One of the evils of Illinois politics that is currently the subject of criminal prosecution in federal court is our state’s history of “pay to play.”
Earlier this year, Mark Kirk gave $50,000 to the IRP. In return, he has received the active support of IRP members and staffers in his senate campaign. It is difficult to conceive of a more graphic example of “pay to play.” Parties are supposed to be open, and primaries are supposed to be conducted on a level playing field. But when state party leaders lock me out of the “Voter Vault,” and censor my speaking at party meetings in Springfield or the State Fair, it is clear that “pay to play” is working and having a pernicious influence in the IRP.
Just last year I carried or nearly carried forty (40) counties in the U. S. Senate primary, and received a quarter of a million votes. Attacking me is attacking the Republicans who have supported me. I can see why Kirk would want to undermine my candidacy, but why would the IRP want to help him? Pay to play.
Mark Kirk has used the party apparatus to try to eliminate his most serious primary opponent, me, simply by bribing party leaders to support his candidacy.
The IRP should not be for sale to the highest bidder. When a primary candidate gives an extremely large sum to the IRP (we would not be having this discussion if Kirk had donated $1,000), and the party thereafter supports his candidacy and seeks to undermine and denigrate his principal opponent, then the appearance of impropriety is overwhelming and must be eliminated.
Kirk’s corrupt $50,000 in cash, moreover, came from out of state donors, primarily lobbyists and special interests who had an interest in influencing Kirk’s vote in Congress. I don’t yet know if Kirk has committed crimes, but I do know that he comes cloaked with the appearance and aroma of impropriety in the extreme. Kirk’s career represents everything that is evil and corrupt in Washington.
I therefore respectfully request that the IRP return Mr. Kirk’s $50,000. That sum is so large and its role in the IRP’s subsequent support of Kirk’s candidacy is so extreme, that the appearance of impropriety cannot be allowed to stand.
In 2006 the IRP conducted a relatively honest primary, and the result was that after the primary all of the candidates on the ballot supported the winner. If you allow Kirk’s corrupt cash contribution to stand, then no one will support Kirk after the primary, and you will lead a divided party into the general election. Is that worth $50,000? You will be jeopardizing the entire ticket solely to accommodate Mr. Kirk.
Secondly, prior to your becoming party chairman you personally endorsed Mr. Kirk. Private citizens, of course, are free to endorse whom they wish. But you are no longer a private citizen. You lead a state party with many candidates and many conflicting campaigns. Indeed, the IRP has asserted a fiduciary claim to the use of the very term “Republican.”
When Mr. Kirk announced, the names of some “supporters” were fraudulently added to his list of endorsers. You cannot, consistently with your fiduciary duty to the entire party as party chairman, remain an open supporter of Mark Kirk. Once again, the appearance of impropriety would be overwhelming. The “chairman” of an organization is usually someone who is required to be neutral.
When you leave the chairmanship of the IRP some day, all you will take with you is your good name. Sadly, Andy McKenna played dirty politics with Republicans, and when he departed no one really minded and McKenna’s “good name” was a thing of history. Even the Combine was forced to dump him after a Sangamon County judge effectively ruled he had violated my civil rights.
The temptation to act for short run gain may be seductive; but that temptation can have lethal long-term consequences, as we have seen with the decline of the IRP and McKenna’s demise.
I am occasionally criticized for exposing and prosecuting Republican corruption. Some people say “don't speak ill of another Republican.” But when I see a crook, I see a crook, I do not see a Democrat or Republican. Corruption in this state is bipartisan. It is largely due to the failure of the Republican Party to vigorously oppose corruption, and to participate in profiting from the affairs of the Combine, that our party has gone into decline and public ridicule. We cannot condemn Democratic Party’s “pay to play” when we are doing the same thing ourselves with Mark Kirk’s $50,000 bribe to party leaders.
I urge you to do the right thing, and to return Kirk’s money. I also urge you to openly and visibly withdraw your endorsement of Kirk and adhere to the view that as IRP Chairman you should be neutral and not take sides in party primaries.
An open and honest primary will pay big dividends. A crooked and rigged primary will leave serious liabilities. The choice is yours.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
Andy Martin says Mark Kirk gave “corrupt” $50,000 to Illinois Republican Party
Martin asks Illinois State Chairman Pat Brady to return Kirk’s “tainted” $50,000, says the appearance of a conflict of interest is overwhelming
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the Illinois Republican Party should not be “for sale to the highest bidder”
Martin will ask State Chairman Pat Brady to return “tainted” dollars from senate candidate Mark Kirk
How Mark Kirk’s “dirty dollars” from Inside-the-Beltway are used to corrupt state politics in Illinois
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:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THURSDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS MARK KIRK’S $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY REEKS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND STATE PARTY CORRUPTION
MARTIN SAYS “FUND RAISING” LAWS ARE DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE HONEST POLITICS; THE ILLINOIS “COMBINE” IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A PERPETUAL MONEY MACHINE THAT USES CASH TO CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
(CHICAGO)(September 3, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Thursday, September 3rd to release a letter asking Illinois Republican State chairman Pat Brady to return a “tainted” $50,000 contribution from senate candidate Mark Kirk.
“If anyone wants a textbook example of why our national politics is so corrupted by money, and why the Illinois Republican Party is corrupted by a bipartisan ‘Combine’ that controls both parties, Mark Kirk’s donation of $50,000 to the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”) is the classic evidence,” Martin says.
“At the national level, politicians have written ‘campaign spending’ laws that are anything but. Incumbents such as Mark Kirk are encouraged to create what amount to perpetual money machines, raising money constantly. This cash is available as a personal slush fund to subsidize any form of political activity they want. Legislators such as Kirk then sell their votes in Congress to raise money for their slush funds.
“Kirk raised over a million dollars before he even told people if he was running for any office. People were giving Kirk cash to do with as he pleased, and he was giving them his vote in return. Kirk's money does not come from Illinois contributors; it is virtually all ‘Beltway Dollars,’ from lobbyists and special interests.
“For example, over a period of time Kirk squeezed $100,000 from Exelon, the utility company. Kirk then delivered his vote for ‘cap and trade’ that would return a billion dollars to Exelon executives. This was ‘honest graft’ in its most repugnant sense. All of this dirty money and vote selling was technically legal, if despicable. Kirk was selling out the people of Illinois to put cash in his own pocket.
“Kirk recently used his “dirty dollars’ to donate $50,000 to the IRP to effectively purchase a senate nomination.
“The IRP rewarded Kirk by ‘endorsing’ his campaign for the U. S. Senate. Kirk essentially bought IRP support with tainted cash. Any honest candidate wishing to run for the senate finds himself locked out of the process by Kirk’s graft and the IRP’s willingness to accept graft and sell support in return.
"Kirk’s tactic of buying control of the IRP is a classic ‘Combine’ technique. The bipartisan Illinois ‘Combine’ is a loosely affiliated series of individuals who function as a perpetual government, with both parties rewarding their ‘opponents’ so that this group of elite fixers stays in constant control of state and national government. Mark Kirk and Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, for example, are both close political associates and Combine stooges.
“The essence of Combine control is that special interest cash such as Kirk’s is used to dominate both political parties. Let me be clear: I represent Main Street Republicans; Mark Kirk is the candidate of the Daley Machine-dominated ‘Combine.’ Republicans cannot win in 2010 by being two-faced about Combine corruption in both political parties. They can’t claim they are for ‘reform’ and ‘throwing the rascals out’ when they use the same techniques as the incumbents they are attacking.
“IRP State Chairman Pat Brady is a former federal prosecutor. He of all people knows how subtle ‘deals’ and ‘campaign cash’ are used to buy influence and corrupt politics. I am asking Pat to return Kirk’s tainted $50,000 beltway Dollars, and to announce that the IRP will endorse an ‘open primary’ with no secret support or corrupt influence for Kirk or any other primary challenger.
“How can anyone have confidence that the IRP is an open and honest political organization when the appearance of Kirk’s corruption and conflict of interest is so overwhelming? Kirk forks over $50,000 and buys the IRP’s support. Could it be any clearer?
“Pat Brady has an opportunity to make a fresh start; I am giving him an opportunity to break with the past and point the way to a corruption-free future for Illinois Republicans,” Martin will state in releasing his letter to Brady.
September 3rd 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:
Thursday, September 3, 2009 3:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin demands that the Illinois Republican Party return a tainted contribution from Senate candidate Mark Kirk. Martin will release his letter to IRP Chairman Pat Brady asking Brady to return Mark Kirk’s “dirty dollars.”
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 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.
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U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the Illinois Republican Party should not be “for sale to the highest bidder”
Martin will ask State Chairman Pat Brady to return “tainted” dollars from senate candidate Mark Kirk
How Mark Kirk’s “dirty dollars” from Inside-the-Beltway are used to corrupt state politics in Illinois
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THURSDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS MARK KIRK’S $50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY REEKS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND STATE PARTY CORRUPTION
MARTIN SAYS “FUND RAISING” LAWS ARE DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE HONEST POLITICS; THE ILLINOIS “COMBINE” IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A PERPETUAL MONEY MACHINE THAT USES CASH TO CORRUPT GOVERNMENT
(CHICAGO)(September 3, 2009) Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Thursday, September 3rd to release a letter asking Illinois Republican State chairman Pat Brady to return a “tainted” $50,000 contribution from senate candidate Mark Kirk.
“If anyone wants a textbook example of why our national politics is so corrupted by money, and why the Illinois Republican Party is corrupted by a bipartisan ‘Combine’ that controls both parties, Mark Kirk’s donation of $50,000 to the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”) is the classic evidence,” Martin says.
“At the national level, politicians have written ‘campaign spending’ laws that are anything but. Incumbents such as Mark Kirk are encouraged to create what amount to perpetual money machines, raising money constantly. This cash is available as a personal slush fund to subsidize any form of political activity they want. Legislators such as Kirk then sell their votes in Congress to raise money for their slush funds.
“Kirk raised over a million dollars before he even told people if he was running for any office. People were giving Kirk cash to do with as he pleased, and he was giving them his vote in return. Kirk's money does not come from Illinois contributors; it is virtually all ‘Beltway Dollars,’ from lobbyists and special interests.
“For example, over a period of time Kirk squeezed $100,000 from Exelon, the utility company. Kirk then delivered his vote for ‘cap and trade’ that would return a billion dollars to Exelon executives. This was ‘honest graft’ in its most repugnant sense. All of this dirty money and vote selling was technically legal, if despicable. Kirk was selling out the people of Illinois to put cash in his own pocket.
“Kirk recently used his “dirty dollars’ to donate $50,000 to the IRP to effectively purchase a senate nomination.
“The IRP rewarded Kirk by ‘endorsing’ his campaign for the U. S. Senate. Kirk essentially bought IRP support with tainted cash. Any honest candidate wishing to run for the senate finds himself locked out of the process by Kirk’s graft and the IRP’s willingness to accept graft and sell support in return.
"Kirk’s tactic of buying control of the IRP is a classic ‘Combine’ technique. The bipartisan Illinois ‘Combine’ is a loosely affiliated series of individuals who function as a perpetual government, with both parties rewarding their ‘opponents’ so that this group of elite fixers stays in constant control of state and national government. Mark Kirk and Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, for example, are both close political associates and Combine stooges.
“The essence of Combine control is that special interest cash such as Kirk’s is used to dominate both political parties. Let me be clear: I represent Main Street Republicans; Mark Kirk is the candidate of the Daley Machine-dominated ‘Combine.’ Republicans cannot win in 2010 by being two-faced about Combine corruption in both political parties. They can’t claim they are for ‘reform’ and ‘throwing the rascals out’ when they use the same techniques as the incumbents they are attacking.
“IRP State Chairman Pat Brady is a former federal prosecutor. He of all people knows how subtle ‘deals’ and ‘campaign cash’ are used to buy influence and corrupt politics. I am asking Pat to return Kirk’s tainted $50,000 beltway Dollars, and to announce that the IRP will endorse an ‘open primary’ with no secret support or corrupt influence for Kirk or any other primary challenger.
“How can anyone have confidence that the IRP is an open and honest political organization when the appearance of Kirk’s corruption and conflict of interest is so overwhelming? Kirk forks over $50,000 and buys the IRP’s support. Could it be any clearer?
“Pat Brady has an opportunity to make a fresh start; I am giving him an opportunity to break with the past and point the way to a corruption-free future for Illinois Republicans,” Martin will state in releasing his letter to Brady.
September 3rd 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:
Thursday, September 3, 2009 3:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin demands that the Illinois Republican Party return a tainted contribution from Senate candidate Mark Kirk. Martin will release his letter to IRP Chairman Pat Brady asking Brady to return Mark Kirk’s “dirty dollars.”
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
-----------------------------
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.
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