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TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:48 AM Oct 2016

Looks Like Kirk Just Conceded The Illinois Senate Race to Tammy Duckworth

Last edited Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:29 PM - Edit history (1)

Seriously, WTF? Who SAYS things like this in 2016 in front of a TV camera?

Okay Democrats, looks like you won't have to spend any more money on Senator Duckworth. You can divert some extra funds to Florida.



UPDATE: Well, I might have spoken too soon. Looks like Jason Chafetz just saved his ass by stepping on today's headline about Kirk, and replacing it with the bogus story about Comey 're-opening' the email investigation.



"GOTCHA!"

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Looks Like Kirk Just Conceded The Illinois Senate Race to Tammy Duckworth (Original Post) TrollBuster9090 Oct 2016 OP
WOW! The meanness of some people just amazes me. Arkansas Granny Oct 2016 #1
"Republicans don't have a sense of humor... alterfurz Oct 2016 #2
Mean streak? ailsagirl Oct 2016 #28
He managed to be xenophobic, racist, misogynist, and factually incorrect in one sentence. lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #3
I'm sure she'll be a good Senator....nt Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #4
to me rtracey Oct 2016 #5
Kirk is an Iraq War era reserve veteran who is running against an actual Iraq war combat veteran Siwsan Oct 2016 #6
a WOUNDED FEMALE combat veteran, at that. niyad Oct 2016 #8
It is just mind boggling that he would stoop so low. Siwsan Oct 2016 #11
he is a puke, after all. niyad Oct 2016 #12
Yea, but I always "hope" that veterans would have more respect for each other Siwsan Oct 2016 #14
he was a desk jockey. and he is a puke, which means he has no respect for women at all. niyad Oct 2016 #16
He is a despicable deplorable, that's for sure Siwsan Oct 2016 #18
keeping fingers crossed niyad Oct 2016 #19
REMF awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #31
thank you. had forgotten that one!! niyad Oct 2016 #34
You're welcome awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #35
enjoy!! the weather is beautiful here, happy that the kids will have a great candy day niyad Oct 2016 #36
We will be in the 80s during the day awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #37
isn't he one of the bastards who has lied, repeatedly, about his military record? niyad Oct 2016 #7
His web site, at one time, called him an 'Iraq War Veteran' Siwsan Oct 2016 #13
suuuuure it was niyad Oct 2016 #15
A fellow 'veteran' pal of Kirk keithbvadu2 Oct 2016 #32
what did his vile, ugly statement even mean? niyad Oct 2016 #9
It means he didn't know her father was Caucasian American whathehell Oct 2016 #23
I just took it to mean that he is an ignorant, hate-filled puke. niyad Oct 2016 #24
Yes, but it also shows he doesn't have his facts straight, whathehell Oct 2016 #38
welll, we know that kirky boy is a little light on facts. niyad Oct 2016 #39
Actually, I didn't know that whathehell Oct 2016 #40
I am crossing my fingers that she is yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #10
Ah yes! Plucketeer Oct 2016 #17
Kirk's Facebook is getting scalded roscoeroscoe Oct 2016 #20
What's amazing to me is his not knowing she is Amerasian.. whathehell Oct 2016 #21
Mark Kirk-REMF Mendocino Oct 2016 #22
That would be Lt. Colonel Dr. Duckworth to you, Mr. Kirk. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #25
In a different thread on this topic, I... 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #26
What an absolute prick. geardaddy Oct 2016 #29
There's a google page full of mark kirk's blatant racism.. Cha Oct 2016 #33
Dec 1969 #

alterfurz

(2,474 posts)
2. "Republicans don't have a sense of humor...
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

...they have a mean streak, and think that is the same thing."

lapfog_1

(29,204 posts)
3. He managed to be xenophobic, racist, misogynist, and factually incorrect in one sentence.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:02 AM
Oct 2016

Does that score extra in DumbFuckTrumpistan?

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
6. Kirk is an Iraq War era reserve veteran who is running against an actual Iraq war combat veteran
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:06 PM
Oct 2016

A FEMALE combat veteran. Kirk was in the Naval Reserves, and remained stateside.

Which makes his trying to chide and disparage her, even more vile.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
18. He is a despicable deplorable, that's for sure
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:36 PM
Oct 2016

I hope Tammy buries him in a massive landslide.

niyad

(113,302 posts)
36. enjoy!! the weather is beautiful here, happy that the kids will have a great candy day
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:47 PM
Oct 2016

(it frequently snows on halloween here.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
13. His web site, at one time, called him an 'Iraq War Veteran'
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:29 PM
Oct 2016

They claimed that was a 'staff error'. Yea, right.

keithbvadu2

(36,802 posts)
32. A fellow 'veteran' pal of Kirk
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:33 PM
Oct 2016

A fellow 'veteran' pal of Kirk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/10/28/he-lied-about-being-a-marine-sniper-to-get-a-lighter-sentence-then-officials-dug-deeper/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1

"He lied about being a Marine sniper to get a lighter sentence. Then officials dug deeper. "

(He never served at all but claimed he served in iraq like Kirk claimed)

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
23. It means he didn't know her father was Caucasian American
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:06 PM
Oct 2016

and could therefore have ancestors who could have lived in and fought in the American revolution

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
38. Yes, but it also shows he doesn't have his facts straight,
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 12:37 PM
Oct 2016

e.g. It would have been most unlikely for people from Thailand (Tammy's mother is Thai) to be in America in the 18th century fighting in the Revolutionary War...What Kirk was ignorant of is Tammy's heritage on her fathers side, which apparently included ancestors who fought in that war.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
10. I am crossing my fingers that she is
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:19 PM
Oct 2016

Voted in. We have enough Republican Assholes in Congress and the Senate.

roscoeroscoe

(1,370 posts)
20. Kirk's Facebook is getting scalded
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:43 PM
Oct 2016

I posted some thoughtful, polite comments to the effect that he needs to apologize immediately and take a good look in the mirror.

Oddly, his Facebook doesn't have a word about the debate, people are dropping posts all over his other back-patting posts.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
21. What's amazing to me is his not knowing she is Amerasian..
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:00 PM
Oct 2016

I've known it forever and I'm not running for office against her. Guess it's not just the Donald who's unprepared.
....

Mendocino

(7,489 posts)
22. Mark Kirk-REMF
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:03 PM
Oct 2016

Once claimed he was fired on by Iraqis during an anti-fly zone patrol. He later admitted that it never happened.

3catwoman3

(23,983 posts)
26. In a different thread on this topic, I...
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:46 PM
Oct 2016

...commented that some of Kirk's inappropriate utterances were thought, after his stroke, to be a result of that. However, he was recently declared by his doctor not to have any cognitive deficits.

So, when he says mean-spirited, shitty things, it is because he meant to say them.

That was really vile and snide.

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