"And a douchebag's can-di-da-cy...:"
Dec. 29th, 2009 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiendYou may have seen this on the news, but just in case you haven't, things are going down the Stupid route quite early this election cycle.
Just when you thought that Illinois statewide primaries couldn't get dumber, this guy shows up and decides to prove us all wrong.
As unsympathetic as I am towards Mark Kirk for any number of reasons, the guy should be judged on what he seems to believe is effective public policy and how he votes, not the rantings of a squirrely individual like Candidate Nutjob here:
In the radio ad, which aired Monday on WGN-AM and WBBM-AM, Martin attributes a "solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual" to conservative Republican businessman Jack Roeser. Martin's ad also claims that Raymond True, the chairman of the conservative Republican Assembly of Lake County organization, says Kirk has surrounded himself with homosexuals. The ad says Kirk should address the rumors.
Uh huh. The only way those rumors should be "addressed" is through ridicule and derision, but my guess is that the Kirk campaign won't give Martin the kick in the seat he deserves even though he usually polls less than Mickey Mouse in primaries. Oh, and he's a holder of other charming views such as the following:
In federal court filings from the 1980s related to bankruptcy proceedings against him, Martin called one federal judge a "crooked, slimy Jew, who has a history of lying and thieving common to members of his race." He also expressed sympathy to the perpetrators of the Holocaust
Fun guy, eh?
In a state where political corruption on the part of functionaries from both major parties is endemic, it's occasionally nice to know that it's only mere corruption we have to worry about.
Just when you thought that Illinois statewide primaries couldn't get dumber, this guy shows up and decides to prove us all wrong.
As unsympathetic as I am towards Mark Kirk for any number of reasons, the guy should be judged on what he seems to believe is effective public policy and how he votes, not the rantings of a squirrely individual like Candidate Nutjob here:
In the radio ad, which aired Monday on WGN-AM and WBBM-AM, Martin attributes a "solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual" to conservative Republican businessman Jack Roeser. Martin's ad also claims that Raymond True, the chairman of the conservative Republican Assembly of Lake County organization, says Kirk has surrounded himself with homosexuals. The ad says Kirk should address the rumors.
Uh huh. The only way those rumors should be "addressed" is through ridicule and derision, but my guess is that the Kirk campaign won't give Martin the kick in the seat he deserves even though he usually polls less than Mickey Mouse in primaries. Oh, and he's a holder of other charming views such as the following:
In federal court filings from the 1980s related to bankruptcy proceedings against him, Martin called one federal judge a "crooked, slimy Jew, who has a history of lying and thieving common to members of his race." He also expressed sympathy to the perpetrators of the Holocaust
Fun guy, eh?
In a state where political corruption on the part of functionaries from both major parties is endemic, it's occasionally nice to know that it's only mere corruption we have to worry about.
