Team America again carries water for the Kirk campaign with this goofy rant that Congressional Candidate and Northwestern Professor Dan Seals is “unemployed”…
Wasn’t it just a few short weeks ago that TA was griping about Mr. Seals’ very employment at Northwestern University? Yes. Yes it was.
It’s really an either/or — partisans can’t complain that he’s both employed and unemployed. Then again, that would mean that TA would have to pick just one distortion to infopimp rather than simply shake the Magic 8 Ball and see what pops up.
Arch and Brownsox have some other thoughts on this manufactured baloney.
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That same TA post also features a tear-jerker of a story (and “story” seems quite an appropriate word) from a commenter labeled “awwinnetka” claiming to work in the office in which the Seals family closed on their current home and that Dan Seals was very sad to learn the home he bought was not in the 10th… We’ve already seen one bogus Internet hoax promoted by Illinois’ con blogosphere today. This bizarre little soliloquy has all the hallmarks of being another tall tale, especially since Hank Perritt and then Lee Goodman, not Dan Seals, ran in the elections following redistricting. Note that TA responded with positive reinforcement to “awwinnetka” just 8 minutes later…
Sockpuppet or simply speedy silliness? We retort. You decide.
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Rep. Mark Kirk may be getting nervous (or one of the local precinct captains volunteering for him is)…
His yard signs popped up all over the neighborhood about two weeks ago; but very literally just in this one precinct within a couple blocks’ radius.
Most towns do not allow political yard signs more than 90 days out so mid-July is quite early.
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And, mere weeks after conservative bloggers went ballistic because Cong. Bill Foster sent out a franked district newsletter, Cong. Kirk has sent out another of his seemingly more frequent newsletters. In addition to the usual photo of the VA hospital unveiling and astronaut Jim Lovell, this one also features a blurb touting how Rep. Kirk is fighting against Governor Blagojevich of all people.
Not that a Congressman working in Washington DC can actually do much about the governor back in their homestate, but Rep. Kirk again claimed that Illinois’ earmarked Federal capital dollars were in jeopardy (because of Blago) and that Kirk worked with Democratic Congresswoman Melissa Bean to save them.
“Save them” from what is unclear, since the money doesn’t ever appear to have really been at risk as political journalist Rich Miller and others have frequently reported.
Why Kirk focused solely on championing for our just desserts over Gov. 13% (rather than throwing in Senate Pres. Emil Jones and other characters) is more clear… Blago’s got a big target on his back from Dems and GOPs alike.
I’ll scan the newsletter in when I have a chance.
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July 24, 2008 at 9:30 am
Team America
Rob- read the TA post again. The point is that Seals lied to Roll Call when he said he was a biz consultant and NU professor “since 2006″. Obviously, we all know he taught night school in April 2008. But, I guess dates aren’t important.
I can tell when we hit a nerve with a TA post because all you blue bloggers go nuts the next morning.
July 24, 2008 at 9:39 am
robnesvacil
I did read and re-read your post.
Lying about a candidate, even if he’s your guy’s opponent and even if it’s picked up by the media (whether a national pub or local blogosphere), does tend to hit a nerve with honest people.
Just because you and your friends have taken to incessantly and relentlessly spinning and distorting Mr. Seals’ resume doesn’t make the words you say any more true.
As for going nuts, you’ve been doing it on a regular basis since October 13th, 2007.