An angry supporter of Congressman Mark Kirk for the U.S. Senate slams Andy Martin for questioning the Representative’s “fire in the belly” to actually announce that he is a candidate.
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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
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MARK KIRK SUPPORTER HAS HIS KNICKERS IN A TWIST OVER ANDY MARTIN
“COFFEE AND DONUTS” KIRK SHOULD BE MEETING WITH HIS STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN BRAIN TRUST, IF THERE IS ONE, SATURDAY, TO MAKE SERIOUS PLANS, NOT DONUT-EATING,” SAYS ANDY MARTIN
“PERSONAL ATTACKS BY MARK KIRK’S BACKERS SHOW ME KIRK IS ALREADY MELTING,” SAYS ANDY
(CHICAGO)(June 13, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of hard-hitting news conferences and commentaries on his potential opponent, Mark Kirk. Today, Saturday, June 13th Martin comments on a Kirk supporter who has threatened Martin with retaliation.
Unfortunately, the supporter does not respond either to the substance of Andy’s claims concerning Kirk’s stands on issues, or respond to the rumors that are circulating about Kirk’s personal life.
“This is a perfect case of ‘ostrichism,’” says Andy Martin. “I am sure Mark Kirk is a nice guy. I bear him no ill will. But Kirk’s ‘supporter’ who attacked me, a fact that was confirmed by a simple check of the supporter’s Facebook page (see below), shows a naiveté about Obama-era politics. The ‘angry supporter’ can’t win against the Democrats with a ‘candidate’ who is hiding his head in the sand; as a backer, he can’t hide his own head in the sand either.
“Mr. Kirk can’t even make up his mind about whether to become a candidate, 52 days before petition circulation starts. How is he going to be able to handle the run-and-gun of the Obama Smear Machine?
“Saturday morning Kirk will be doing coffee and donuts:
This Saturday is our meeting with Cong. Mark Kirk here at HQ, 909 E. Rand Road, Arlington Heights (southeast of Palatine Road, northwest of Dryden in the Centrum Building across from Blockbuster)………………Come on time at 8:30 a.m.; we'll have coffee, juice and breakfast baked goods available to you, as usual, and Mark has a full schedule, so it's especially vital that we fill the room as close to 8:30 as possible.
“In the meantime, Kirk’s statewide ‘campaign’ is becalmed. Is that the way a candidate for U. S. Senator behaves? I don’t think many experienced statewide consultants would say that leaving matters to the last minute reflects a very strong urge to become a candidate.
“As for Kirk’s supporter who threatened me, I won’t release his name (unless you send me an e-mail and ask for it), but you can find him on Facebook. Look at the bottom of his page, where he is listed as a supporter of ‘Kirk for Senate,’ and the ‘Illinois McKennacrat Party,’ and lists Andy McKenna as a ‘Facebook friend:’
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.
php?sid=cd626379b2a4ba2b960592e625f0276c&id
=1528995884&hiq=jim%2Cmclaughlin&ref=search
PagesSee All (3) Illinois Republican Party
Government
Congressman Mark Kirk
Politician
GroupsSee All (2) Member of:Northfield Township Republican Organization, Mark Kirk For Senate
“Now if only this angry gentleman had an actual candidate for U. S. Senator, he would not have to send Pecksniffian e-mails to the real candidates in the race.
“Finally, although Mr. Kirk’s supporter was angry and threatening, I did not respond in kind, and I will not respond in kind. Mr. Kirk is a really nice man. I just do not believe he has the ‘fire in the belly’ to run for the U. S. Senate.
“I promised to be polite to Mr. Kirk’s supporter if he called me, and I will be polite to any Republican that wants to call to agree, or disagree, with me. Just pick up the phone and say hello. Hey, I’m a nice guy too. Only I have personal experience with Obama’s Smearmacht, and I am prepared to give as good as I get.
“Best wishes to all, and especially to Mark’s supporters. I’m not angry with Mark, so please do not be angry with me for running a tough campaign for the nomination. I want to win. Mark apparently hasn’t made up his mind yet.”
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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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Friday, June 12, 2009
Andy Martin challenges Cong. Mark Kirk to confront “rumors”
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says Representative Mark Kirk should address rumors about his personal life before, not after, he seeks to run against Martin for the U. S. Senate
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
June 11, 2009
Honorable Mark Kirk
U.S. Representative
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
via fax (202) 225-0837;
(847) 940-7143
Dear Representative Kirk:
It is my understanding that you are considering running against me for the U.S. Senate nomination in 2010.
Earlier this week, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin posited that any Republican senate candidate will come under attack from Barack Obama’s smear-and-slime machine. I know what Obama’s people are like. In 2008 they attacked me in the New York Times, as well as with bogus Internet activity. But, after digging, all they could come up with was old lawsuits having no connection to the present. Nevertheless, my experience was instructive.
You probably remember what the media did to Jack Ryan in 2004. It was not a coincidence that Obama’s smear artists trumped up the disclosures about Jack. They also smeared Blair Hull with marital problems in the 2004 primary. And in 2008 they slimed Senator John McCain in the pages of the same New York Times that was used to smear me. Once again, McCain’s marital issues were front page news.
You are aware, of course, about the rumors concerning your personal life. Tom Roeser, a blogger, alluded to these rumors earlier this week:
But his divorce which threatened at one time to be nasty has turned amicable which removes one great liability. www.tomroeser.com
I want you to know if the rumors are true, I will not use them against you or exploit them in the primary. But Obama will use them against you if you win the primary. He has a history of using sex scandals to discredit both Democrats and Republicans. Carol Marin’s Sun-Times story suggested Obama will use his own personal praetorian guard to smear any Republican candidate. “Any Republican seriously thinking of running for Senate will have to run against Obama.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article
I can deal with Obama’s smears. Can you?
Illinois is a pretty tolerant and forgiving place. But when candidates try to keep secrets from the public, those tactics inevitably backfire.
I would urge you to look within yourself to decide (i) if the rumors are indeed true and (ii) whether the Illinois Republican Party would be better served by full disclosure sooner rather than later.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
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
June 11, 2009
Mr. Andy McKenna
Illinois Republican Party
Suite 1245
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Dear Andy:
As you know, since we first encountered each other in 2003 we have been adversaries. You hired a Democratic lawyer, Andy Raucci, to undermine my candidacy, and that set us off.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with adversarial relationships in politics. People see others as rivals, etc. and act accordingly.
However, today America is imperiled by the Obama juggernaut.
If there is any basis for us to try to work together for the good of the Republican Party and American people, I am open to exploring that possibility.
We don’t have to like each other to work together.
During the 2008 presidential election, I came under investigation and attack by the Barack Obama slime-and-smear machine. They dug as deeply as they could, and all they could unearth about me were lawsuits more than a quarter of a century old. In a very practical sense, I have been battled tested and combat hardened by my experience with Obama. There are no secrets in my past.
I am concerned by the drumbeat of rumors concerning Mark Kirk and his “Jack Ryan” problem. Mark’s situation is not one that I will use against him in the primary if he decides to run against me in the U. S. Senate race. But voters deserve to be told openly and candidly if there is a problem before the primary, not afterwards, so the Party is not embarrassed again as it was during the Jack Ryan imbroglio.
In some sense, the Ryan fiasco elected Barack Obama, and the IRP has not recovered from that episode. We don’t want a repeat of the Ryan revelations.
If you would like to sit down and discuss matters, I am open to meeting at our mutual convenience. We may decide we can’t work together, or we may decide we can; there is no harm in reviewing the possibilities.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
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
June 11, 2009
Honorable Mark Kirk
U.S. Representative
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
via fax (202) 225-0837;
(847) 940-7143
Dear Representative Kirk:
It is my understanding that you are considering running against me for the U.S. Senate nomination in 2010.
Earlier this week, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Carol Marin posited that any Republican senate candidate will come under attack from Barack Obama’s smear-and-slime machine. I know what Obama’s people are like. In 2008 they attacked me in the New York Times, as well as with bogus Internet activity. But, after digging, all they could come up with was old lawsuits having no connection to the present. Nevertheless, my experience was instructive.
You probably remember what the media did to Jack Ryan in 2004. It was not a coincidence that Obama’s smear artists trumped up the disclosures about Jack. They also smeared Blair Hull with marital problems in the 2004 primary. And in 2008 they slimed Senator John McCain in the pages of the same New York Times that was used to smear me. Once again, McCain’s marital issues were front page news.
You are aware, of course, about the rumors concerning your personal life. Tom Roeser, a blogger, alluded to these rumors earlier this week:
But his divorce which threatened at one time to be nasty has turned amicable which removes one great liability. www.tomroeser.com
I want you to know if the rumors are true, I will not use them against you or exploit them in the primary. But Obama will use them against you if you win the primary. He has a history of using sex scandals to discredit both Democrats and Republicans. Carol Marin’s Sun-Times story suggested Obama will use his own personal praetorian guard to smear any Republican candidate. “Any Republican seriously thinking of running for Senate will have to run against Obama.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article
I can deal with Obama’s smears. Can you?
Illinois is a pretty tolerant and forgiving place. But when candidates try to keep secrets from the public, those tactics inevitably backfire.
I would urge you to look within yourself to decide (i) if the rumors are indeed true and (ii) whether the Illinois Republican Party would be better served by full disclosure sooner rather than later.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
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
June 11, 2009
Mr. Andy McKenna
Illinois Republican Party
Suite 1245
205 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
via fax (312) 201-0181
Dear Andy:
As you know, since we first encountered each other in 2003 we have been adversaries. You hired a Democratic lawyer, Andy Raucci, to undermine my candidacy, and that set us off.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with adversarial relationships in politics. People see others as rivals, etc. and act accordingly.
However, today America is imperiled by the Obama juggernaut.
If there is any basis for us to try to work together for the good of the Republican Party and American people, I am open to exploring that possibility.
We don’t have to like each other to work together.
During the 2008 presidential election, I came under investigation and attack by the Barack Obama slime-and-smear machine. They dug as deeply as they could, and all they could unearth about me were lawsuits more than a quarter of a century old. In a very practical sense, I have been battled tested and combat hardened by my experience with Obama. There are no secrets in my past.
I am concerned by the drumbeat of rumors concerning Mark Kirk and his “Jack Ryan” problem. Mark’s situation is not one that I will use against him in the primary if he decides to run against me in the U. S. Senate race. But voters deserve to be told openly and candidly if there is a problem before the primary, not afterwards, so the Party is not embarrassed again as it was during the Jack Ryan imbroglio.
In some sense, the Ryan fiasco elected Barack Obama, and the IRP has not recovered from that episode. We don’t want a repeat of the Ryan revelations.
If you would like to sit down and discuss matters, I am open to meeting at our mutual convenience. We may decide we can’t work together, or we may decide we can; there is no harm in reviewing the possibilities.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
“What was Mark Kirk thinking?”
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says Mark Kirk is not ready to handle a U. S. Senate campaign and should bow out immediately.
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK IS NOT EVEN A CANDIDATE YET, AND HE’S ALREADY STEPPING IN HIS OWN DOO DOO
MARTIN SAYS KIRK SHOULD “END THE ‘SUSPENSE’” AND BOW OUT OF THE SENATE CAMPAIGN IMMEDIATELY
(CHICAGO)(June 12, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin continues "Kirk Week" and maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with the following “dividend” from today’s Washington Post:
Democrats to Rep. Mark: Now Who's Un-American?
During the Bush era, it was Republicans who often hurled charges of un-American sentiments at their Democratic rivals. Now the tables have turned, and Democrats are hammering Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for a comment he made on a recent trip to China.
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Kirk said he told Chinese officials "the budget numbers that the U.S. Government has put forward should not be believed." He went on to say that Congress will wind up spending even more. (Here's a link to a video of the speech put on YouTube by Talking Points Memo.)
Democratic operatives aren't letting this one go. They're fixated on Kirk's declaration that the U.S. budget numbers "should not be believed." In other words, Democrats charge, Kirk is calling his own country a liar.
"After helping get us into this current economic crisis by supporting President Bush's failed economic policies, Congressman Mark Kirk went to China and told Chinese officials that the American government was not to be trusted," says Ryan Rudominer, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "Congressman Kirk's questioning of America while representing our government in China is incredibly irresponsible and endangers the American economy."
We asked Congressman Kirk if he really meant that America cannot be trusted, as Democrats are charging. Without directly answering the question, here is how Kirk's spokesman, Eric Elk, replied:
"Congressman Kirk said what American and Chinese readers see daily in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. As China lent more and more to the U.S., its leaders are getting used to watching Congress spend much more than expected. What is changing is China's willingness to keep lending. The Congressman is very concerned about the government's spending and growing deficit.
We know that Standard & Poors and Fitch rating agencies have informed the British government that their spending and debt have jeopardized their AAA rating. Loss of a. AAA rating would push mortgage interest rates up. The congressman is working to ensure the United States does not suffer this fate family savings are founded on the soundness of the U.S. dollar. Since World War I, the dollar served as the world's reserve currency, insulating Americans against inflation and the volatility of foreign currency markets."
Kirk, who announced earlier this month that he and his wife of eight years, Kimberly Ann Vertolli, are divorcing, is a prime target of Democrats in the next election cycle. The congressman has hinted he may run for either governor of Illinois in 2010 or for the Senate seat currently held by Roland Burris.
Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a potential future rival of Kirk who has already declared his candidacy for the Senate seat Burris now holds, is also attacking Kirk as un-American.
"In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Mark Kirk is essentially telling China, which holds more U.S. debt than any nation on earth, not to trust the American government, and by extension, the American people," Giannoulias said in a statement. "This puts the full faith and credit of the United States at risk and threatens to permanently wreak havoc on the credit markets that are essential to our recovery and our economic future."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/democrats_to_rep_mark_now_whos.html?hpid=sec-politics
“What was Kirk thinking,” Martin asks? “I think Kirk should end the pseudo-‘suspense’ and bow out of the Senate race before he makes himself unelectable to any office. He's not ready for prime time.”
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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
His 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK IS NOT EVEN A CANDIDATE YET, AND HE’S ALREADY STEPPING IN HIS OWN DOO DOO
MARTIN SAYS KIRK SHOULD “END THE ‘SUSPENSE’” AND BOW OUT OF THE SENATE CAMPAIGN IMMEDIATELY
(CHICAGO)(June 12, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin continues "Kirk Week" and maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with the following “dividend” from today’s Washington Post:
Democrats to Rep. Mark: Now Who's Un-American?
During the Bush era, it was Republicans who often hurled charges of un-American sentiments at their Democratic rivals. Now the tables have turned, and Democrats are hammering Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for a comment he made on a recent trip to China.
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Kirk said he told Chinese officials "the budget numbers that the U.S. Government has put forward should not be believed." He went on to say that Congress will wind up spending even more. (Here's a link to a video of the speech put on YouTube by Talking Points Memo.)
Democratic operatives aren't letting this one go. They're fixated on Kirk's declaration that the U.S. budget numbers "should not be believed." In other words, Democrats charge, Kirk is calling his own country a liar.
"After helping get us into this current economic crisis by supporting President Bush's failed economic policies, Congressman Mark Kirk went to China and told Chinese officials that the American government was not to be trusted," says Ryan Rudominer, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "Congressman Kirk's questioning of America while representing our government in China is incredibly irresponsible and endangers the American economy."
We asked Congressman Kirk if he really meant that America cannot be trusted, as Democrats are charging. Without directly answering the question, here is how Kirk's spokesman, Eric Elk, replied:
"Congressman Kirk said what American and Chinese readers see daily in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. As China lent more and more to the U.S., its leaders are getting used to watching Congress spend much more than expected. What is changing is China's willingness to keep lending. The Congressman is very concerned about the government's spending and growing deficit.
We know that Standard & Poors and Fitch rating agencies have informed the British government that their spending and debt have jeopardized their AAA rating. Loss of a. AAA rating would push mortgage interest rates up. The congressman is working to ensure the United States does not suffer this fate family savings are founded on the soundness of the U.S. dollar. Since World War I, the dollar served as the world's reserve currency, insulating Americans against inflation and the volatility of foreign currency markets."
Kirk, who announced earlier this month that he and his wife of eight years, Kimberly Ann Vertolli, are divorcing, is a prime target of Democrats in the next election cycle. The congressman has hinted he may run for either governor of Illinois in 2010 or for the Senate seat currently held by Roland Burris.
Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a potential future rival of Kirk who has already declared his candidacy for the Senate seat Burris now holds, is also attacking Kirk as un-American.
"In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Mark Kirk is essentially telling China, which holds more U.S. debt than any nation on earth, not to trust the American government, and by extension, the American people," Giannoulias said in a statement. "This puts the full faith and credit of the United States at risk and threatens to permanently wreak havoc on the credit markets that are essential to our recovery and our economic future."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/democrats_to_rep_mark_now_whos.html?hpid=sec-politics
“What was Kirk thinking,” Martin asks? “I think Kirk should end the pseudo-‘suspense’ and bow out of the Senate race before he makes himself unelectable to any office. He's not ready for prime time.”
------------------------------------------
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
His 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.
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin roils Illinois U S senate election
Martin is set to release copies of letters he has sent to Representative Mark Kirk and Illinois Republican leader Andy McKenna
“Is Senator John Cornyn trying to sell Illinois Republicans a ‘pig in a poke’?”
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
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN KEEPS ROILING THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK"
TODAY MARTIN RELEASES LETTERS HE HAS SENT TO REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK AND ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN ANDY MCKENNA
MARTIN SAYS KIRK OWES ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ANSWERS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE BEFORE THE PRIMARY, NOT AFTERWARDS
(CHICAGO)(June 12, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of hard-hitting news conferences. Today, Friday, June 12th (details below) Martin releases letters Martin has sent to Representative Mark Kirk and Illinois republican Chairman Andy McKenna.
“Today I am delivering letters of inquiry to potential 2010 U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk, and Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna,” Martin will state.
“Based on information circulating on blogs and elsewhere, my letter to Kirk concerns matters that Representative Kirk needs to consider and address openly and honestly.
“Likewise, my letter to McKenna asks where we go from here, in light of the challenges faced by the Republican Party.
“Earlier this week I distilled the ‘Carol Marin Test’ from a column by Chicago Sun-Times writer Carol Marin.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article#
“In sum and substance, Marin makes clear that Barack Obama is personally going to unleash his attack dogs on any Republican who wants to take the ‘Obama seat’ in the U. S. Senate. Obama’s obsession means that any Republican candidate is going to come under Obama’s usual form of character assassination and personal smears. Obama and Axelrod did this to Blair Hull, to Jack Ryan, and to Senator John McCain. In the cases of Hull and Ryan, Obama’s personal smears inflicted lethal blows.
“Liberals are already salivating at the prospect of a Kirk campaign, and demanding to ‘know’ what Kirk is hiding:
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Wed May 06, 2009 at 02:58:49 PM PDT
Chicago Daily Observor confidently declares that Mark Kirk will not run for Burris's Senate seat, but will seek re-election to his IL-10 House seat.
See below:
· possiblefuture's diary :: ::
·
Mark Kirk. U. S. Rep. Mark Kirk, preferred by GOP ticket-planners to run for either governor or senator, will decline both jobs in order to seek reelection to his House seat, I have been told on what I believe is excellent authority. The reason is not political but personal. His decision will likely be spun as acknowledgment that no Republican can win either race... a conclusion the liberal media will quickly buy and propagate: but the true reason lies not in politics but with other concerns. This decision leaves the list wide open for the two top spots, governor and senator. Kirk was the odds-on favorite of liberal media and prominent GOP fund-raisers who have sought to raise double-digit millions for him and the ticket, if he were to have run for governor. At the same time, it was noted that Kirk's strong pro-abort positions and other liberal stances... i.e. his support of the so-called "hate crimes" legislation... would deprive him of social conservative support in the primary-but the ticket-builders argued that this could be offset by other candidates on the ticket: a conclusion that has been widely disputed. My own feeling is that Kirk would be a better choice for U.S. Senator than governor-although I wouldn't have voted for him for either job. ** Tom Roeser is the Chairman of the Chicago Daily Observer Editorial Board.
Well, at least one announcement actually did came out -- Kirk is finally finishing up his divorce (see Politico column, "Shenanigans":
"Rep. Mark Kirk is almost officially divorced. 'Congressman Kirk is separated from his wife, and they are working out the final divorce details,' his spokesman confirmed to Shenan."
However, even though he promised an announcement at the end of April after months of mulling about it, this is not the announcement Republicans were waiting for. Kirk has not yet announced what he is going to do about statewide office.
Although Chicago Daily Observer and his excellent authority have it wrong (at this point), it leaves some interesting questions.
Why the delay? Why the Hamlet act? What's behind the indecision? The Republicans are dying for Kirk to step up and go after the seat. They're ready to throw big money at Kirk to claim Obama's former seat, even though he is a moderate Republican, voted for SCHIP and the first bailout. But what is Kirk afraid will be revealed? Getting a divorce is not a scarlet letter anymore, even among Republicans. Sure, they might squawk a little about divorce...a worse attack on marriage than same sex marriage.
So, what is the problem? Inquiring minds want to know!
UPDATE: Crain's Chicago Businessreports on Kirk's possible wavering.
So, why is he wavering?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/6/728567/-Is-Mark-Kirk-Running-for-IL-Senator-Spot
“Is Mark Kirk up to defending himself against the personal revelations that Obama and David Axelrod are going to direct at Kirk?
“Senator John Cornyn has been promoting Kirk’s candidacy. Is Cornyn aware of the blog postings and rumors? Or is Cornyn trying to sell Illinois voters a ‘pig in a poke?’”
“Obama has already taken his best shot at me. He tried to smear me on the front page of the New York Times last year, and it boomeranged. They had to go back 35 years to find lies. We have had the New York Times in court since then; they are spending a fortune defending their distortions and misrepresentations.
“No one doubts if anyone throws mud at me, I will throw it right back, and I know how. So in my case as a nominee, maybe the Democrats will avoid smears and try addressing the issues, for a change.
“As a 2010 primary candidate I know we are going to see the usual Chicago Tribune’s Rick Pearson column the week before the primary detailing the same stale accusations that my opponents always make and which usually create a backlash in my favor.
“But what about Kirk? Does he have a ‘Jack Ryan problem?’ I think Kirk owes us an open and honest answer now, not later. Jack Ryan’s inability to confront his own life created chaos in 2004 and inflicted damage on the Illinois Republican Party that is still having an impact.
“My letters pose difficult questions for both men. But Republicans are entitled to answers. We will release the texts this afternoon at 4:00 P.M.,” Martin says.
June 10th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Friday, June 12, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sends Representative Mark Kirk and Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna letters concerning the 2010 U. S. Senate primary
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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.
“Is Senator John Cornyn trying to sell Illinois Republicans a ‘pig in a poke’?”
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN KEEPS ROILING THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK"
TODAY MARTIN RELEASES LETTERS HE HAS SENT TO REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK AND ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN ANDY MCKENNA
MARTIN SAYS KIRK OWES ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ANSWERS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE BEFORE THE PRIMARY, NOT AFTERWARDS
(CHICAGO)(June 12, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of hard-hitting news conferences. Today, Friday, June 12th (details below) Martin releases letters Martin has sent to Representative Mark Kirk and Illinois republican Chairman Andy McKenna.
“Today I am delivering letters of inquiry to potential 2010 U. S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk, and Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna,” Martin will state.
“Based on information circulating on blogs and elsewhere, my letter to Kirk concerns matters that Representative Kirk needs to consider and address openly and honestly.
“Likewise, my letter to McKenna asks where we go from here, in light of the challenges faced by the Republican Party.
“Earlier this week I distilled the ‘Carol Marin Test’ from a column by Chicago Sun-Times writer Carol Marin.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article#
“In sum and substance, Marin makes clear that Barack Obama is personally going to unleash his attack dogs on any Republican who wants to take the ‘Obama seat’ in the U. S. Senate. Obama’s obsession means that any Republican candidate is going to come under Obama’s usual form of character assassination and personal smears. Obama and Axelrod did this to Blair Hull, to Jack Ryan, and to Senator John McCain. In the cases of Hull and Ryan, Obama’s personal smears inflicted lethal blows.
“Liberals are already salivating at the prospect of a Kirk campaign, and demanding to ‘know’ what Kirk is hiding:
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Wed May 06, 2009 at 02:58:49 PM PDT
Chicago Daily Observor confidently declares that Mark Kirk will not run for Burris's Senate seat, but will seek re-election to his IL-10 House seat.
See below:
· possiblefuture's diary :: ::
·
Mark Kirk. U. S. Rep. Mark Kirk, preferred by GOP ticket-planners to run for either governor or senator, will decline both jobs in order to seek reelection to his House seat, I have been told on what I believe is excellent authority. The reason is not political but personal. His decision will likely be spun as acknowledgment that no Republican can win either race... a conclusion the liberal media will quickly buy and propagate: but the true reason lies not in politics but with other concerns. This decision leaves the list wide open for the two top spots, governor and senator. Kirk was the odds-on favorite of liberal media and prominent GOP fund-raisers who have sought to raise double-digit millions for him and the ticket, if he were to have run for governor. At the same time, it was noted that Kirk's strong pro-abort positions and other liberal stances... i.e. his support of the so-called "hate crimes" legislation... would deprive him of social conservative support in the primary-but the ticket-builders argued that this could be offset by other candidates on the ticket: a conclusion that has been widely disputed. My own feeling is that Kirk would be a better choice for U.S. Senator than governor-although I wouldn't have voted for him for either job. ** Tom Roeser is the Chairman of the Chicago Daily Observer Editorial Board.
Well, at least one announcement actually did came out -- Kirk is finally finishing up his divorce (see Politico column, "Shenanigans":
"Rep. Mark Kirk is almost officially divorced. 'Congressman Kirk is separated from his wife, and they are working out the final divorce details,' his spokesman confirmed to Shenan."
However, even though he promised an announcement at the end of April after months of mulling about it, this is not the announcement Republicans were waiting for. Kirk has not yet announced what he is going to do about statewide office.
Although Chicago Daily Observer and his excellent authority have it wrong (at this point), it leaves some interesting questions.
Why the delay? Why the Hamlet act? What's behind the indecision? The Republicans are dying for Kirk to step up and go after the seat. They're ready to throw big money at Kirk to claim Obama's former seat, even though he is a moderate Republican, voted for SCHIP and the first bailout. But what is Kirk afraid will be revealed? Getting a divorce is not a scarlet letter anymore, even among Republicans. Sure, they might squawk a little about divorce...a worse attack on marriage than same sex marriage.
So, what is the problem? Inquiring minds want to know!
UPDATE: Crain's Chicago Businessreports on Kirk's possible wavering.
So, why is he wavering?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/6/728567/-Is-Mark-Kirk-Running-for-IL-Senator-Spot
“Is Mark Kirk up to defending himself against the personal revelations that Obama and David Axelrod are going to direct at Kirk?
“Senator John Cornyn has been promoting Kirk’s candidacy. Is Cornyn aware of the blog postings and rumors? Or is Cornyn trying to sell Illinois voters a ‘pig in a poke?’”
“Obama has already taken his best shot at me. He tried to smear me on the front page of the New York Times last year, and it boomeranged. They had to go back 35 years to find lies. We have had the New York Times in court since then; they are spending a fortune defending their distortions and misrepresentations.
“No one doubts if anyone throws mud at me, I will throw it right back, and I know how. So in my case as a nominee, maybe the Democrats will avoid smears and try addressing the issues, for a change.
“As a 2010 primary candidate I know we are going to see the usual Chicago Tribune’s Rick Pearson column the week before the primary detailing the same stale accusations that my opponents always make and which usually create a backlash in my favor.
“But what about Kirk? Does he have a ‘Jack Ryan problem?’ I think Kirk owes us an open and honest answer now, not later. Jack Ryan’s inability to confront his own life created chaos in 2004 and inflicted damage on the Illinois Republican Party that is still having an impact.
“My letters pose difficult questions for both men. But Republicans are entitled to answers. We will release the texts this afternoon at 4:00 P.M.,” Martin says.
June 10th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Friday, June 12, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sends Representative Mark Kirk and Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna letters concerning the 2010 U. S. Senate primary
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/AndyMartinUSA
His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
NEWS CONFERENCE: Mark Kirk is an anti-Second Amendment Extremist
Andy Martin says liberal media in Chicago are trying to sabotage the Republican Party by supporting an anti-Second Amendment zealot as a candidate for the U. S. Senate.
“Mark Kirk is an anti-Second Amendment extremist”
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN KEEPS ROILING THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK" AND PROCLAIMING MARK KIRK AN “ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT EXTREMIST”
MARTIN SAYS A KIRK PROPOSAL WOULD HAND OBAMA STOOGE ERIC HOLDER THE POWER TO BAN GUNS IN AMERICA
(CHICAGO)(June 11, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of Illinois news conferences. Today, Thursday, June 11th (details below) Martin proclaims Representative Mark Kirk an “anti-Second Amendment extremist.”
“I am just amazed,” says Martin, “that Senator John Cornyn, who supports gun rights in Texas, would come to Illinois and ask Republicans to nominate a gun control nut for the U. S. senate.
“Mark Kirk is an anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment extremist. In the current congress he has sponsored a law that would empower Obama stooge Eric Holder with the authority to ‘ban’ people from owning firearms. This is nothing les than a totalitarian, not to say unconstitutional, proposal.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4879
“The Illinois State rifle Association considers Kirk anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment.
ISRA ALERT – REP. MARK KIRK NEEDS TO HEAR FROM GUN OWNERS
As many of you may know, 10th District Congressman Mark Kirk is certainly no friend of the law-abiding firearm owner. Over the years, he has supported every gun bill to come down the pike. Most recently , he sponsored federal legislation that would revive and toughen the Clinton “assault weapons” ban.
*****
3. Politely ask Kirk direct questions about his views on private firearm ownership. Ask him why he introduced the legislation renewing the Clinton gun ban. Ask Kirk if he knows that there are over 1.5 million law-abiding firearm owners in Illinois and whether he realizes that, as either governor or senator, he would have the obligation to represent their interests.
“As a blog posting at IllinoisCarry.com has said:
It is indeed sad to see RINO Mark Kirk's name right up there in HR2159 with such names as Charles The Tax Cheat Rangle and Carolyn Second Amendment Denier McCarthy. A man is known by the company he keeps.
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16057&pid=157969&mode=threaded&start=
“Enough. The liberal Chicago news media are trying to defeat the Republican Party by supporting a U. S. Senate candidate who is one of the most anti-second Amendment extremists in Congress. I am not going to say, as some have, that Kirk is not a Republican. He represents a liberal district. But Kirk has shown no courage in trying to change the views of his liberal constituents. He is their liberal ‘slave.’ We do not need a Republican ‘slave’ to Barack Obama in the U. S. Senate.
“I will say that Mark Kirk as a Republican U S. Senate candidate is a joke. Run Mark, run,” Martin will state. “I want to take you on in the primary.
“Now we know why I call Andy McKenna and his Daley Machine handlers ‘McKennacrats.’ They are trying to shove Mark Kirk down our throats. McKenna is working overtime: to defeat Republicans and elect Democrats. But Kirk may be smarter than we think, in refusing to announce his candidacy; he doesn’t wasn’t to start an uprising among Illinois’s millions of gun owners.”
June 11th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk/main entrance to DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton
WHEN:
Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Representative Mark Kirk is an “anti-Second Amendment extremist” who wants to empower the Obama Administration to eliminate private ownership of firearms.
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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 is an anti-Second Amendment extremist”
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN KEEPS ROILING THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK" AND PROCLAIMING MARK KIRK AN “ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT EXTREMIST”
MARTIN SAYS A KIRK PROPOSAL WOULD HAND OBAMA STOOGE ERIC HOLDER THE POWER TO BAN GUNS IN AMERICA
(CHICAGO)(June 11, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of Illinois news conferences. Today, Thursday, June 11th (details below) Martin proclaims Representative Mark Kirk an “anti-Second Amendment extremist.”
“I am just amazed,” says Martin, “that Senator John Cornyn, who supports gun rights in Texas, would come to Illinois and ask Republicans to nominate a gun control nut for the U. S. senate.
“Mark Kirk is an anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment extremist. In the current congress he has sponsored a law that would empower Obama stooge Eric Holder with the authority to ‘ban’ people from owning firearms. This is nothing les than a totalitarian, not to say unconstitutional, proposal.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4879
“The Illinois State rifle Association considers Kirk anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment.
ISRA ALERT – REP. MARK KIRK NEEDS TO HEAR FROM GUN OWNERS
As many of you may know, 10th District Congressman Mark Kirk is certainly no friend of the law-abiding firearm owner. Over the years, he has supported every gun bill to come down the pike. Most recently , he sponsored federal legislation that would revive and toughen the Clinton “assault weapons” ban.
*****
3. Politely ask Kirk direct questions about his views on private firearm ownership. Ask him why he introduced the legislation renewing the Clinton gun ban. Ask Kirk if he knows that there are over 1.5 million law-abiding firearm owners in Illinois and whether he realizes that, as either governor or senator, he would have the obligation to represent their interests.
“As a blog posting at IllinoisCarry.com has said:
It is indeed sad to see RINO Mark Kirk's name right up there in HR2159 with such names as Charles The Tax Cheat Rangle and Carolyn Second Amendment Denier McCarthy. A man is known by the company he keeps.
http://illinoiscarry.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16057&pid=157969&mode=threaded&start=
“Enough. The liberal Chicago news media are trying to defeat the Republican Party by supporting a U. S. Senate candidate who is one of the most anti-second Amendment extremists in Congress. I am not going to say, as some have, that Kirk is not a Republican. He represents a liberal district. But Kirk has shown no courage in trying to change the views of his liberal constituents. He is their liberal ‘slave.’ We do not need a Republican ‘slave’ to Barack Obama in the U. S. Senate.
“I will say that Mark Kirk as a Republican U S. Senate candidate is a joke. Run Mark, run,” Martin will state. “I want to take you on in the primary.
“Now we know why I call Andy McKenna and his Daley Machine handlers ‘McKennacrats.’ They are trying to shove Mark Kirk down our throats. McKenna is working overtime: to defeat Republicans and elect Democrats. But Kirk may be smarter than we think, in refusing to announce his candidacy; he doesn’t wasn’t to start an uprising among Illinois’s millions of gun owners.”
June 11th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk/main entrance to DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton
WHEN:
Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Representative Mark Kirk is an “anti-Second Amendment extremist” who wants to empower the Obama Administration to eliminate private ownership of firearms.
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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 CONFERENCE CHICAGO: “Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago” Day”
Andy Martin demands that U. S. senator John Cornyn keep his hands off Illinois Republican Party politics. Martin points out Cornyn backed a loser for the U. S. Senate in 2008, and is back supporting another loser in 2010. “Illinois Republicans do not want a Democratic Party gun control stooge as a Republican U. S. Senate candidate in 2010,” Martin says.
“Keep (U.S. Senator John) Cornyn Out of Chicago Day”
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN ROILS THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK" AND PROCLAIMING “KEEP CORNYN OUT OF CHICAGO DAY”
MARTIN SAYS TEXAS U. S. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN SHOULD KEEP HIS NOSE OUT OF ILLINOIS POLITICS
(CHICAGO)(June 10, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of Chicago news conferences. Today, Wednesday, June 10th (details below) Martin proclaims “Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day.”
U. S. Senator John Cornyn is in charge of recruiting U. S. Senate candidates for the Republican Party. Martin says that Illinois Republicans should be free to make their own choice unencumbered by influence from either Cornyn’s “Beltway weenies” or the corrupt bipartisan Illinois “Combine.”
“Why should a bunch of Washington-based pasty-faced ‘weenies’ try to come into Illinois to play favorites in the Republican senate primary?” Martin will ask. “John Cornyn says he plans to anoint a gun control advocate who wants to gut the Second Amendment as a ‘Republican’ candidate for the U. S. Senate in 2010. Hello? Is John Cornyn is out of touch with reality?
“Cornyn’s ‘candidate’ is for sure out of touch with reality. Ironically, Cornyn's dog won't hunt. The ‘Combine’s’ stooge candidate promised his 'answer' by the end of April. It is now the middle of June and Prince Hamlet refuses to acknowledge Cornyn's entreaties. Some fighter Cornyn has picked. The guy is afraid to even announce his candidacy and face the Obama Smear Machine. Is this Cornyn’s idea of a campaign strategy?
“Cornyn should keep his nose to the grindstone in Texas and let Illinois Republicans chose their own candidates without outside interference from the weenies who run the ‘Beltway’s’ Republican organizations.
“Cornyn’s jokers embarrassed Illinois Republicans when they backed a clown for the U. S. Senate in 2008. Yah, Cornyn was behind ‘millionaire’ Steve Sauerberg. Anyone seen him lately? Now they are back playing the same corrupt hand, trying to pick a sure loser as the Republican candidate in 2010. Cornyn's game is not building the Republican Party. Rather, he is playing footsie with Andy McKenna and McKenna’s ‘Combine’ crooks that have devastated the local party. Cornyn is supporting another loser to placate the Democratic Party’s ‘Republicans’ who are destroying the Illinois Party.
“I proclaim today, June 10th, ‘Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day,’” Martin says. “Illinois candidates should be selected in an open and honest primary by Illinois voters, not by Beltway weenies.”
June 10th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks U. S Senator John Cornyn to “keep his nose out of Illinois politics,” with “Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day”
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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 demands that U. S. senator John Cornyn keep his hands off Illinois Republican Party politics. Martin points out Cornyn backed a loser for the U. S. Senate in 2008, and is back supporting another loser in 2010. “Illinois Republicans do not want a Democratic Party gun control stooge as a Republican U. S. Senate candidate in 2010,” Martin says.
“Keep (U.S. Senator John) Cornyn Out of Chicago Day”
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN ROILS THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY CONTINUING "KIRK WEEK" AND PROCLAIMING “KEEP CORNYN OUT OF CHICAGO DAY”
MARTIN SAYS TEXAS U. S. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN SHOULD KEEP HIS NOSE OUT OF ILLINOIS POLITICS
(CHICAGO)(June 10, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will continue "Kirk Week" as Martin maintains his U. S. Senate campaign in attack mode with a series of Chicago news conferences. Today, Wednesday, June 10th (details below) Martin proclaims “Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day.”
U. S. Senator John Cornyn is in charge of recruiting U. S. Senate candidates for the Republican Party. Martin says that Illinois Republicans should be free to make their own choice unencumbered by influence from either Cornyn’s “Beltway weenies” or the corrupt bipartisan Illinois “Combine.”
“Why should a bunch of Washington-based pasty-faced ‘weenies’ try to come into Illinois to play favorites in the Republican senate primary?” Martin will ask. “John Cornyn says he plans to anoint a gun control advocate who wants to gut the Second Amendment as a ‘Republican’ candidate for the U. S. Senate in 2010. Hello? Is John Cornyn is out of touch with reality?
“Cornyn’s ‘candidate’ is for sure out of touch with reality. Ironically, Cornyn's dog won't hunt. The ‘Combine’s’ stooge candidate promised his 'answer' by the end of April. It is now the middle of June and Prince Hamlet refuses to acknowledge Cornyn's entreaties. Some fighter Cornyn has picked. The guy is afraid to even announce his candidacy and face the Obama Smear Machine. Is this Cornyn’s idea of a campaign strategy?
“Cornyn should keep his nose to the grindstone in Texas and let Illinois Republicans chose their own candidates without outside interference from the weenies who run the ‘Beltway’s’ Republican organizations.
“Cornyn’s jokers embarrassed Illinois Republicans when they backed a clown for the U. S. Senate in 2008. Yah, Cornyn was behind ‘millionaire’ Steve Sauerberg. Anyone seen him lately? Now they are back playing the same corrupt hand, trying to pick a sure loser as the Republican candidate in 2010. Cornyn's game is not building the Republican Party. Rather, he is playing footsie with Andy McKenna and McKenna’s ‘Combine’ crooks that have devastated the local party. Cornyn is supporting another loser to placate the Democratic Party’s ‘Republicans’ who are destroying the Illinois Party.
“I proclaim today, June 10th, ‘Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day,’” Martin says. “Illinois candidates should be selected in an open and honest primary by Illinois voters, not by Beltway weenies.”
June 10th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks U. S Senator John Cornyn to “keep his nose out of Illinois politics,” with “Keep Cornyn Out of Chicago Day”
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Can U.S. Representative Mark Kirk pass the "Carol Marin test?"
"Kirk Week" tests whether Congressman Mark Kirk can become a serious candidate for U. S. Senator in Illinois.
Has Mark Kirk become the "Hamlet" of Illinois politics?
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN ROILS THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY LAUNCHING "KIRK WEEK"
MARTIN SEEKS TO GOAD MARK KIRK, THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE OF ILLINOIS' CORRUPT POLITICAL "COMBINE," INTO DECLARING FOR THE REPUBLICAN U. S. SENATE PRIMARY
"PETITIONING BEGINS IN SIXTY DAYS," SAYS MARTIN; "WHERE'S KIRK?"
ANDY MARTIN SAYS HE PASSES THE "CAROL MARIN" TEST
(CHICAGO)(June 9, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will launch "Kirk Week" as Martin maneuvers his U. S. Senate campaign into attack mode with a series of Chicago news conferences beginning Tuesday, June 9th (details below).
Martin says that Representative Mark Kirk is incapable of passing the "Carol Marin test."
Martin is launching "Kirk Week" to attack Representative Mark Kirk on Kirk's political record. "There will be no personal or family smears against Kirk from me," says Martin.
"I need a primary opponent. The corrupt 'Combine' that rules both political parties, and Chicago's flaccid news media, are having heart spasms at the prospect that I might be the Republican U. S. Senate candidate in 2010. Mark Kirk is the 'Combine candidate.' Why won’t Kirk announce? That dog won’t hunt.
"Kirk may have been distracted by his recent divorce, but if a simple family matter throws him off track, how can he stand the stress and struggle of a statewide campaign?
"Under existing state law, which looks increasingly unlikely to be modified, we start petitioning in approximately sixty days.
"Carol Marin has posited that "Any Republican seriously thinking of running for Senate will have to run against Obama."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article#
"In other words, Barry Obama's 'crew' is going to launch their usual smear campaign against any Republican senate candidate, except me. Obama smeared his Democratic primary opponent in 2004 with marital woes. He smeared Jack Ryan, his original 2004 opponent with Ryan's 'sexless' sex scandal. More marital muck. He was gearing up in 2008 to smear Senator John McCain with McCain's marital history.
"Can Kirk expect his divorce to become an issue? Obama is addicted to smearing opponents with marital dirt. Hello?
"When people ask me if I have skeletons in my closet, I tell them I have so many skeletons I can’t even close the closet. Big deal. You fight crooks in politics, you make enemies. Corrupt federal and state judges hate me. Crooked lawyers tremble. In other words, they know I am capable of throwing as much dirt back at them as they direct at me.
"Obama put me on the front page of the New York Times with a national smear campaign, and I fired right back.
"I have exposed more of Obama's lies than anyone else in the media (see below). All of my reporting about Obama has subsequently been verified and confirmed by Obama himself.
"In effect, I was 'vetted' by the Obama smear machine in 2008. The best they could come up with against me was a 25 year-old lawsuit with some controversial language, part of the mud thrown by all of the participants in that case. Not much.
"In other words, the Democrats know I will be as nasty as they are if that's the way they want to campaign. Maybe then they will stick to the issues and we can debate our national agenda.
"I am the only Republican who has the experience and expertise to be a credible opponent against the Democratic candidate in November, 2010.
"Mark Kirk? He's become the 'Hamlet' of Illinois politics. How is he going to fight a campaign when he can't even make up his mind to become a candidate?
"In the past, Andy McKenna and his crooked 'Combine Republicans' have rigged the primary against me, using their straw men as fronts. But McKenna is going to have a hard time rigging the 2010 primary when he is under relentless attack for his own corruption and mismanagement of the Illinois Republican Party.
"Mirabile dictu. We might actually have an honest and open election, despite McKenna's current attempts to create a 'closed' 2010 Republican statewide primary.
"McKenna's 2008 Senate candidate was a joke. Steve Sauerberg promised millions and produced very little after the primary. And after rigging the primary with bogus endorsements and his usual dirty tricks, McKenna abandoned his stooge; Sauerberg became a complete embarrassment to the Illinois Republican 'Combine' Party.
"I am ready for battle, and battle-tested under the most excruciating conditions: attacks by the Obama smear machine. Can Kirk show any similar ability and experience to stand up to Obama's malicious campaign tactics?
"Can he pass the 'Carol Marin test?' I don’t think so," Martin says. "Marin's 'test' posits that Obama will take a personal interest in the 2010 senate race, and gear up his smear machine. Can Kirk stand up to Obama's heat? Who believes Kirk can pass the Marin test? No one.
"If the Democrats want to debate the issues, I am ready. And if they want to go hand-to-hand, I'm ready for a mud fight. Just ask Barry Obama what kind of an opponent I can be.
"'Kirk Week' will help Illinois Republicans decide if Kirk is the man to oppose me in the 2010 primary."
[For "Kirk Week" we are planning news conferences Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on Mark Kirk's record.]
June 9th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks whether Representative Mark Kirk, the preferred 2010 senate candidate of Illinois' corrupt "Combine," has become the "Hamlet" of Illinois politics, and whether Kirk can pass the "Carol Marin test."
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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.
Has Mark Kirk become the "Hamlet" of Illinois politics?
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
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNET POWERHOUSE ANDY MARTIN ROILS THE 2010 ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN BY LAUNCHING "KIRK WEEK"
MARTIN SEEKS TO GOAD MARK KIRK, THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE OF ILLINOIS' CORRUPT POLITICAL "COMBINE," INTO DECLARING FOR THE REPUBLICAN U. S. SENATE PRIMARY
"PETITIONING BEGINS IN SIXTY DAYS," SAYS MARTIN; "WHERE'S KIRK?"
ANDY MARTIN SAYS HE PASSES THE "CAROL MARIN" TEST
(CHICAGO)(June 9, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin will launch "Kirk Week" as Martin maneuvers his U. S. Senate campaign into attack mode with a series of Chicago news conferences beginning Tuesday, June 9th (details below).
Martin says that Representative Mark Kirk is incapable of passing the "Carol Marin test."
Martin is launching "Kirk Week" to attack Representative Mark Kirk on Kirk's political record. "There will be no personal or family smears against Kirk from me," says Martin.
"I need a primary opponent. The corrupt 'Combine' that rules both political parties, and Chicago's flaccid news media, are having heart spasms at the prospect that I might be the Republican U. S. Senate candidate in 2010. Mark Kirk is the 'Combine candidate.' Why won’t Kirk announce? That dog won’t hunt.
"Kirk may have been distracted by his recent divorce, but if a simple family matter throws him off track, how can he stand the stress and struggle of a statewide campaign?
"Under existing state law, which looks increasingly unlikely to be modified, we start petitioning in approximately sixty days.
"Carol Marin has posited that "Any Republican seriously thinking of running for Senate will have to run against Obama."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1609739,CST-EDT-carol07.article#
"In other words, Barry Obama's 'crew' is going to launch their usual smear campaign against any Republican senate candidate, except me. Obama smeared his Democratic primary opponent in 2004 with marital woes. He smeared Jack Ryan, his original 2004 opponent with Ryan's 'sexless' sex scandal. More marital muck. He was gearing up in 2008 to smear Senator John McCain with McCain's marital history.
"Can Kirk expect his divorce to become an issue? Obama is addicted to smearing opponents with marital dirt. Hello?
"When people ask me if I have skeletons in my closet, I tell them I have so many skeletons I can’t even close the closet. Big deal. You fight crooks in politics, you make enemies. Corrupt federal and state judges hate me. Crooked lawyers tremble. In other words, they know I am capable of throwing as much dirt back at them as they direct at me.
"Obama put me on the front page of the New York Times with a national smear campaign, and I fired right back.
"I have exposed more of Obama's lies than anyone else in the media (see below). All of my reporting about Obama has subsequently been verified and confirmed by Obama himself.
"In effect, I was 'vetted' by the Obama smear machine in 2008. The best they could come up with against me was a 25 year-old lawsuit with some controversial language, part of the mud thrown by all of the participants in that case. Not much.
"In other words, the Democrats know I will be as nasty as they are if that's the way they want to campaign. Maybe then they will stick to the issues and we can debate our national agenda.
"I am the only Republican who has the experience and expertise to be a credible opponent against the Democratic candidate in November, 2010.
"Mark Kirk? He's become the 'Hamlet' of Illinois politics. How is he going to fight a campaign when he can't even make up his mind to become a candidate?
"In the past, Andy McKenna and his crooked 'Combine Republicans' have rigged the primary against me, using their straw men as fronts. But McKenna is going to have a hard time rigging the 2010 primary when he is under relentless attack for his own corruption and mismanagement of the Illinois Republican Party.
"Mirabile dictu. We might actually have an honest and open election, despite McKenna's current attempts to create a 'closed' 2010 Republican statewide primary.
"McKenna's 2008 Senate candidate was a joke. Steve Sauerberg promised millions and produced very little after the primary. And after rigging the primary with bogus endorsements and his usual dirty tricks, McKenna abandoned his stooge; Sauerberg became a complete embarrassment to the Illinois Republican 'Combine' Party.
"I am ready for battle, and battle-tested under the most excruciating conditions: attacks by the Obama smear machine. Can Kirk show any similar ability and experience to stand up to Obama's malicious campaign tactics?
"Can he pass the 'Carol Marin test?' I don’t think so," Martin says. "Marin's 'test' posits that Obama will take a personal interest in the 2010 senate race, and gear up his smear machine. Can Kirk stand up to Obama's heat? Who believes Kirk can pass the Marin test? No one.
"If the Democrats want to debate the issues, I am ready. And if they want to go hand-to-hand, I'm ready for a mud fight. Just ask Barry Obama what kind of an opponent I can be.
"'Kirk Week' will help Illinois Republicans decide if Kirk is the man to oppose me in the 2010 primary."
[For "Kirk Week" we are planning news conferences Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on Mark Kirk's record.]
June 9th news conference details:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin asks whether Representative Mark Kirk, the preferred 2010 senate candidate of Illinois' corrupt "Combine," has become the "Hamlet" of Illinois politics, and whether Kirk can pass the "Carol Marin test."
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/AndyMartinUSA
His 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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