by Sam Pierce
Allow me to begin by clarifying that it is hard to imagine that there could be a worse candidate for U.S. Senate than current Treasurer of the broke state of Illinois and failed mob banker Alexis Giannoulias. Allow me, kind party-above-principle apparatus, to clarify that honest assessment of the candidate with the magical "R" behind his name does not equate to an endorsement of Giannoulias!
It is a shame that the state of the electoral process is such that the preceding statements would seem necessary. Of course, it may be fitting given the shameful state those in power have created for our state and our nation. There is a perpetual vermin infestation problem in the capitols of our state and our nation. Lucky us! We in Illinois get to choose between part of the problem and part of the problem in November's contest to fill the seat once used as a stepping stone by one Barack Hussein Obama.
If you have read my previous posts, you will know that I am no fan of Giannoulias' Republican opponent. I suppose my previously held low opinion of Mark Kirk's character is the reason I wasn't extremely surprised to see a news alert from The Washington Obamost regarding Kirk's inaccurate claim of winning a certain military award. I wonder if Obama's unofficial staff at WaPo believe that this will help them reach their goal of getting Democrats elected wherever possible and especially in such places as the former home of their historic deity:
"Illinois Senate candidate admits claim about military award was inaccurate"
The Republican candidate for President Obama's old Senate seat has admitted to inaccurately claiming he received the U.S. Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year award for his service during NATO's conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s.
Rep. Mark Kirk, a Navy reservist who was elected to Congress in 2001, acknowledged the error in his official biography after The Washington Post began looking into whether he had received the prestigious award, which is given by top Navy officials to a single individual annually.
Simple error on a published bio? Not if the report is accurate.
Kirk, whose campaign has emphasized his military service as a reservist, similarly misstated the award during a House committee hearing in March 2002. In a remark recorded by C-Span, he said, "I was the Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year," an achievement he depicted as providing special qualifications to discuss national security spending.
If this post is read, it is likely to be met with outrage by those who defend anything Republican. There may be accusations of "helping Alexi" and similar. There are likely to be lectures on the importance of this particular election cycle... after all a crisis should never be allowed to go to waste!
We are indeed stuck with Kirk or Giannoulias absent a miraculous awakening of the state electorate. Of course, we know that many will not vote while others will nurture the self-fulfilling prophecy that an independent or third party candidate can't win by voting for a man who does not measure up, but qualifies as the lesser of two evils.
Look around. Nothing to see here. Everything is as it should be, you just do your part and send another dishonest politician to Washington. Your children can afford any debt you leave them. It is just politics after all... and hey, what's a little lie here and there when compared to the record of the other guy?
The two major parties are starting to resemble an impaction in the colon of a weakened nation. When will it be time for a deep cleansing enema?
Cross-posted from "The Immoderate Blog"
