-By Warner Todd Huston
Republicans United Against Mark Kirk for US Senate, a blog to chronicle Representative Mark Kirk’s record by folks not very happy with his record has been set up to argue against his candidacy.
According to the opening main statement, the blog is set up to reveal Kirk’s “departure from the GOP’s state and national platforms.”
This blog is a response to US Rep. Mark Kirk’s bid for the US Senate seat from Illinois. It will reveal Mark Kirk’s voting record as a member of the US House of Reps. and address Kirk’s departure from the GOP’s state and national platforms. This site will provide a venue for Illinois voters to express their opinions on not only Kirk, but others who will be on the GOP’s primary ballot in 2010. Read letters to the editor, articles and commentaries regarding Kirk’s position on the issues.
Kirk’s Cap and Trade vote really set off a firestorm of anti-Kirk sentiment out there, it seems.
The blog was started by one Jay Cleary who told RFFM.org’s Daniel T. Zanoza that he got the idea from one of Zanoza’s editorials.
“I have never been involved in politics to any great extent,” said the site’s creator Jay Cleary. “I got the idea when I read an article posted on GOPUSA Illinois written by Dan Zanoza of RFFM.org*. I became a Republican for a reason. As I understand the GOP platform both for the state of Illinois and nationally, I don’t understand why there are members of the Republican establishment who would support someone like Kirk. I don’t believe in the philosophy of ‘Republican, right or wrong’. I vote for individuals because of how they stand on the issues I care about.”
Kirk doesn’t just have Cap and Tax troubles because his 2nd Amendment record is not a stellar one either.
In any case, voters deserve a full hearing of Kirk’s record as we gear up to choose who will support us during this coming primary season.
Let us hope that we, the voters of the state of Illinois, get a chance to pick our own candidate before the national party pokes its nose into our business and choses Kirk by fiat before we are all well informed of his and the other candidate’s record.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as NewsBusters.org, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, TheRealityCheck.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, and the New Media Journal, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. Warner is also the editor of the Cook County Page for RedCounty.com.
He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston
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