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Congressman Mark Kirk is my Representative in Washington. He’s a decent guy in person but apparently enjoys speaking out of both sides of his mouth a bit too much – saying one thing in public and another when he’s trying to rally his base of conservatives.
This being the week taxes are due, the other day he expressed his ire with Gov. Quinn’s proposed income tax increase by saying:
Congressman Mark Kirk is standing by his earlier comments that Illinois residents “are ready to shoot anyone who is going to raise taxes” as much as Gov. Pat Quinn is proposing.
Last week a right-wing extremist shot 3 cops in Pittsburgh.
Shot them dead. Three police officers who were just doing their jobs. Dead.
Shooter Richard Poplawski was upset about a bunch of crackpot conservative conspiracy theories after getting pumped up on the violent, eliminationalist rhetoric of conservative pundits.
And now my Congressman is echoing those thoughts and, rather than admitting his egregious failure, he’s adamantly standing behind his incitement to snipers. We expect that sort of proselytizing about assassination fantasies from conservative pundits who make a buck off stirred up emotions – consequences be damned – but from a supposedly “moderate” United States Congressman?
Mr. Kirk, words have consequences. Three families in Pittsburgh will be among the first to tell you that you should already know this.
PS: How does this square with Rep. Kirk’s supposedly moderate stands on gun control? …It doesn’t.
This astroturfer with the pre-printed poster at today’s Chicago PR stunt is beyond-the-pale. And just a few rows back from someone flying a Gadsden flag? Don’t tread on me, indeed.
Methinks someone spiked their chamomile. Either that or hot tea doesn’t help soothe Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Conservative protester makes light of the Holocaust
How is it that conservatives keep (laughably) claiming that they’re not somehow promoting extremist violence and hatred with their acid-tongued hyperbole?
No wonder right-wing ideologues are shooting cops in fear of the non-existent conspiracy theories which are being peddled by conservative partisans. I wouldn’t wanted to endure what Hitler did to Jewish people during the Holocaust either, if I were to actually believe this conservative protester’s spittle that is.
And just think… all this astroturfing and conservative whining is a direct result of the Obama Stimulus Package which included the biggest middle class tax cut in American history.
(h/t bsmechanic)
O, the tyranny of it all. Maybe they’ve got a point about that tyranny thing … except I think maybe the Ill Review editor needs to look in the mirror instead of the courtroom to find the tyrannosaur. 
Say, isn’t the Illinois Review editor also “unelected”? No Love Boats for Ill Review anytime soon.
