Demagoguery and Illinois’s U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk


I get e-mail from a friend:

Got a lovely email from my Senator, Mark Kirk. Back when he was a House member, he was actually a moderate. No more. His latest missive is a beautiful work of obfuscation. He sent me this poll question…

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois - Washington Post

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois - Washington Post image

As your Senator, should I…

___ Stand with my fellow Republicans in protecting social security

___ Break ranks and support the President in raiding the Social Security Trust Fund in order to try yet another stimulus to create jobs

Isn’t that just lovely? And you can bet – in another week or so – he will be on the Senate floor announcing the results of this survey. The very notion that Republicans want to protect Social Security is like saying the Colonel wants to protect chickens. I let him know that, for all the good it will do.

Will Sen. Kirk actually make the bizarre claim that Democrats want to raid Social Security for unemployment benefits?  Would he post such a claim on his website?

2 Responses to Demagoguery and Illinois’s U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk

  1. Grung_e_Gene's avatar Grung_e_Gene says:

    Why not lie to people? Its been getting them elected for decades. The Right has created Cargo Cult Conservatism. It allows them to continually promise that if they just keep lecting Republicans everything they want will magically appear!!!

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  2. James Kessler's avatar James Kessler says:

    Oh look, another Republican treating the people of the United States like idiots….

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