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In Senate Race, the Illinois G.O.P. Is Digging Its Own Hole
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 01, 2010 11:59am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, December 31, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By JAMES WARREN
Published: December 31, 2009
The Republican primary for President Obama’s old United States Senate seat is so consumed by closets, it should be sponsored by Bed Bath & Beyond.
Is Representative Mark Steven Kirk, a Republican respectfully feared by the White House, gay? Amid the recession, the health care debate and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, this question is the 800-pound pink elephant in the G.O.P. room.
It’s why the Illinois Republican Party, only six years after desperately airlifting Alan Keyes from Maryland to run for the Senate against Mr. Obama, risks another act of self-immolation — thanks to zealots on its right flank and Andy Martin, a bomb-throwing lightweight. The victim could be Mr. Kirk.
Mr. Martin started running radio advertisements in which he mentioned a “solid rumor” that Mr. Kirk was gay, as well as claiming that Ray True, the Lake County Republican leader, had said Mr. Kirk had “surrounded himself with homosexuals.” The mainstream news media then reported on the advertisements.
The same unconfirmed rumors about Mr. Kirk’s sexual orientation have been regurgitated quite a bit by the ideological swamp that is the blogosphere. Then there is the right wing’s overriding rage that Mr. Kirk, who represents a moderate north suburban district, supports abortion rights. |
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