Posted on 06/01/2010 3:34:32 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
We knew this was coming, but some Republicans chose to keep their heads in the sand.
As we reported over the weekend, Mike Rogers of BlogACTIVE.com wrote on Saturday that Mark Kirk is definitely gay, and promised to follow up with more details.
Rogers has now done just that. His follow-up story is here: Truth or Consequences.
We find Rogers’ reporting very credible and frankly it just confirms what’s been widely rumored for years.
From Rogers’ article:
In an effort to move the base in Illinois Senate race, Kirk decided to tack right and that means throwing the gays (like him) under the bus. And once he voted that way, the phone began to ring. Not one or two, or three but 5 separate individuals contacted me about the now divorced Mr. Kirk. (Mr. and Mrs. Kirk were married from 2001 to 2009, the marriage produced no children.)
Within hours of the DADT repeal vote I was contacted by two people who knew Kirk from his college days.
“In law school in DC everyone knew Mark was gay,” the first source told me. I explained that the information was intriguing, it would not be enough to go on. He continued, “But I had sex with him a number of times.” Well, now we’re onto something I thought. “Could someone verify for me that you knew Kirk and went to school with him?” I asked. “Yes” was the swift reply. “Could you recall personal details about Kirk that others may not know?” “Yes,” he said.
And he did.
The next source claimed to have gone to undergraduate school with Kirk. I asked for proof that he and Kirk were in school together and once that was shared with me, I met with the source. The source introduced me to a man whom had also been friends with Kirk college. They both shared with me their interactions with Kirk, including one sexual in nature. The source who claimed to have sex with Kirk described personal details about the House, um, er, “member.” The description was the same as the first source.
And in DC, Kirk wasn’t all THAT closeted. You see Mark Kirk told me he was gay. Before I had BlogActive, I had a life in Washington. As a fundraiser I raised major gifts from $5,000 to over $1,000,000… You don’t do that kind of work at a keyboard, you do it at events with attended by people with money. The movers and shakers and their friends.
It was early 2004 when I was at a social gathering on Capitol Hill. I’m guessing there were 35-40 people present, including the guy who brought me as his guest. While the party was no means a “gay” party, I’d guess that of the men at least 75% were overtly gay. The others present were either straight men or their women friends.
It was at that party that I met Mark Kirk. I was introduced to him by the person I came with and at the time did not realize he was a member of the House. As my friend walked away, Kirk asked me if the man who introduced us was “single or attached.” When I said that he had a partner Kirk replied disappointingly, “oh, well.” At the end of that interaction I walked away and didn’t think much of it at the time.
Then Kirk became a hypocrite. Kirk voted against repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, despite his being a closeted gay man in the military. As a Commander in the Navy Reserves Kirk has voted to keep a policy that if he were investigated under he would be tossed.
Recently we learned that it’s just not about his being a closeted gay man that Kirk lies about; he has a habit of making up awards supposedly given to him by the Navy.
Nice try, Mark. The gig is up.
Doug Ibendahl is a Chicago Attorney and a former General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party.
The "gig is up"?
Is that a) an alternative spelling, b) a nautical pun or c) political correctness run amuck?
Call me crazy, but I don’t think a man who is sexually attracted to other men should be showering and sleeping with them in military barracks. Unless of course we are going to suddenly allow normal heterosexual soldiers to shower with nude women and bunk with them. It seems pretty commons sense to me.
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Triple E,
You need to pay attention, or stop being disingenuous. Kirk has very publicly repudiated his cap and trade vote. I have (on numerous threads that you were part of) talked about how he changed in response to constituent letters (yours truly included). While he is too liberal, he is FAR better than alexi buttboy.
What else are you distorting? What makes you different from a lefty nihilist?
Anything...
ANYTHING at all to save the Corrupt Mobster Crook G’...
Abso-freakin’ unbelievable.
Don't miss reading it.
Absolutely. This is Illinoisistan you know. NOTHING is beyond what a democrat is willing to do!
I think homosexuals have deliberately infiltrated the Republican Party in order to undermine it. They have taken jobs working for conservative candidates and have run for office themselves in order to split the Christian vote away from the Republicans.
Never trust a homo. They seem to be unable to prevent themselves from always getting caught up in one of these scandals. Their lifestyle becomes a deviant compulsion which invariably leads to trouble.
This is just another in a long list of reasons why it would be better for the GOP to disappear. Instead, it looks as if the 2010 and 2012 elections will return us to the same stasis we experienced before Obama—only with much bigger government firmly entrenched.
Interesting read. Can the GOP hold a special primary and get another candidate if Kirk drops out now? The dems do it all the time.
Why is this hypocritical? Mark Kirk may believe that it it better for America that homosexuality is not open in the military. Basta. I've just gained respect for Mark Kirk to take that position.
Now, what bugs me about Kirk is that he's one of the 'knee-cap and tax' Treighters. He voted to vastly increase the costs of energy, create a huge slush fund by reason of a hoax; global warming.
Here's a word to Leftwingers: Righties could care less, who you pork in bed. No one cares. Just shut up about it, it's called TMI. Okay? Got it? The Left believes their own propaganda that conservatives are anti-black, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-minority. Sorry, Lefties, you're the racists.
Did Obama invite him to the signature ceremony for the GLBT Pride Month proclamation?
Is that a) an alternative spelling, b) a nautical pun or c) political correctness run amuck?
I agree, let's call a spade a spade.
Ah, who is Mark Kirk and why should I care what he sucks on?
Just asking.
As someone who lives in Wisconsin, I challenge your assertion. Feingold and KOHL?
You have just summed up the problem the Republic faces in one question. I am speechless.
You are kidding, right?
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