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Hello all -
Georgia here, Director of New Media for Alexi's campaign. I know the community has been following Mark Kirk's serial lies and embellishments closely, but we thought it was important to highlight all of Mark Kirk's "misrememberances" in one place for voters.
I'm excited to share with you the launch of WhoIsMarkKirk.com.
HuffPo reports on this brand new site:
Election season is heating up, and every campaign is looking for a way to get out its message and define its opponent.
In Illinois, Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is going after Republican Mark Kirk in the form of a question, announcing the launch on Friday of the new site WhoIsMarkKirk.com.
The page is a homage to the TV game show "Jeopardy!" Various claims about Kirk are filed under five categories: Iraq & Afghanistan; Military Miscellany; Teaching; Health Insurance Reform; and National Security & Foreign Policy. The correct answer in every category, of course, is, "Who is Mark Kirk?"
Mark Kirk has made it clear that he's going to say anything or do anything to avoid talking about his credibility crisis. But we're not going to let him sweep his decade-long habit under the rug. This site will be updated throughout the election with Mark Kirk's latest lies. We know he can't help himself, so there will be many more categories and questions to come.
For now, WhoIsMarkKirk.com walks voters through his most egregious claims to date, including:
This person claimed to be 'the Navy's Intelligence Officer Of The Year,' even though the award didn't exist and he never won that award";
"This Republican narrated the following tall tale: 'The last time I was in Iraq, I was in uniform flying at 20,000 feet and the Iraqi air defense network was shooting at us.'";
"This Republican reminisced on the House floor about remembering nursery school children 'who bore scrutiny as people who might bring a gun to class.'"
But it also highlights less headline-grabbing aspects of the Illinois congressman's record, including his "scaremongering" opposition to health-care reform and his "tall tales" on Guantanamo detainees and African piracy.
Here's a screenshot. Click through to play!
"Who is Mark Kirk?" is going to be a key question on voter's minds. After all, from flip-flopping on choice, clean energy, unemployment benefits, and more, as one columnist put it, "who knows what he really believes?" And who knows who Mark Kirk really is?
The only thing we know for sure, it seems, is that he's a typical Washington politician who's addicted to the game of trading votes for corporate cash, and we're going to do everything we can over the next four months to let voters know about that.
In the meantime, have fun playing our game today, and add any more suggestions for questions/answers in the comments below.
Thanks, and have a great holiday weekend!