Posted on 12/18/2010 10:31:32 PM PST by rabscuttle385
(AP) Republican Mark Kirk broke with his majority of his party Saturday to support repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military, casting one of the first high-profile votes he’s faced as Illinois’ junior senator.
The Senate voted 65-31 to let gays serve openly in the military. President Barack Obama was expected to sign the legislation next week, although the change wouldn’t take immediate effect. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-175, on Wednesday.
Kirk was one of six Republicans to break ranks. The move was a reversal for him after he’d earlier helped block repeal legislation. A spokesman said as recently as two days ago that Kirk was still undecided on the issue.
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Another useless bum. He needs to be defeated in 2016. If by a Dem, then so be it. Better an enemy in front of us than a traitor behind us.
Where are all the Mark Kirk bootlickers now?!?!
Hmm, McCain did stand against this one though, and one’s dislike of him is nearly legendary..:D
Burr is the one who surprised me, 6 yrs may seem an eternity in political time, it is not for me, I live to see him booted out on his opportunistic silken clad behind.
So it wasn't even close. Disappointing.
Every Repub who voted for this needs to be targeted and removed, whatever the cost. This was an important call, and anyone who got it wrong is not a Repub. Or if they are, I'm not.
Swish!
Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.)
Sen. John Ensign (Nev.)
Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill.)
Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.)
Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine)
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
These people disgust me.
Murkowski voted FOR the Dream Act also. Why is she still a Republican?
The military needs sexual deviants!
I suspect that she will be even more liberal now than she was before the 2010 election, she’s going to be giving Snowe and Collins a run for their money as to who is the biggest RINO.
We’ve located eight Repubs who are actually even worse than McCain. Who let them in? Who are they working for, since it clearly isn’t us?
Check out these archived articles at HillBuzz, I remember reading a good one about 2 months ago about Kirk.
May explain why he voted this way!
http://hillbuzz.org/?s=mark+kirk
This leftist Rhino is a disaster.
Me too. Why do they call themselves Republicans?
Most of Kirk's groupies have been hiding in shame since their guy was sworn in, but one of them is STILL on here pimping for the guy -- even defending Kirk when he betrayed on us permanent tax cuts, the ONE issue Kirk claimed be solidly in the conservative camp!
I'm not sure which is worse, Kirk or his "conservative" apologists.
how did Kirk vote on Dream?
The fact of the matter is that the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy was the camel’s nose under the tent. An open homo policy became inevitable once the compromise of DADT was enacted into law. Pretty soon we will see gay marriage among troops. Indeed, under this new policy, a soldier can now get married in Vermont to to a same sex partner and then force the military to let his husband live with him on the military housing.
DADT was the first step. This is the next. Frankly I am not at all optimistic about the future of our nation. We are Sodom and Gomorrah.
“Kirk votes to support repeal of military gay ban”
That’s because he’s one of them.
Both Democrats and Republicans have something like this — where closeted gay men of public prominence can meet guys for sex and fun without blowing their covers. Republican Congressman Aaron Schock, for example, used the Chicago Young Republicans organization extensively through the summer of 2009 to meet hot young guys here in Chicago. We know of several guys who “dated” Schock through the CYRs…and these guys were chosen because they are ambitious, bisexual/questioning, and closeted themselves…so they could be trusted to keep Schock’s secret. We imagine people like Mark Kirk, Lindsey Graham, Larry Craig, Eric Massa, Mark Foley, Charlie Crist, and others had similar arrangements with Cocktail Party Republican establishment organizations that introduced these closeted gay men with young, attractive guys who could be trusted not to talk about doing whatever they were doing with politicians. These are NOT male prostitutes…but rather young men who want to get ahead in the GOP, so they’re willing to give a little…head…fill in the blank if you know what we mean. Not every guy is as attractive as Schock, but if you knew anything about the CYRs you’d see just how many guys in a groupd like that would love to do just about anything to have a Congressman write him letters of recommendation…especially in this economy.
What is going on with her election? I have not heard anything lately. Is Miller still fighting this? After yesterday, let’s hope so. (not that yesterday is the only reason but it put the icing on the cake).
And, truth be known, this Kirk character and the Naked Guy probably engage in homosexual behavior themselves.
That might even be the case with Collins and Snowe!
That article is typical of most homosexual literature ~ but that doesn't mean Kirk isn't gay.
For a guy who’s been in and supports “gay openess” baffles me . He (Kirk) was on WLS’s Don Wade & Roma show earlier before this vote Friday 12/17/10 with Wade gushing all over Kirk as “savior”.
Did 3 pieces for a WI state house candidate and took out a 40 year fixture in the state assembly,if you want to see what I did let me know.
What happened with Pollack ?
Is Kirk gay, or is he clueless in connection with knowledge and experience with our military? He might just be an intellectual lightweight, too. He is now a heretic in my opinion.
It would be intersting to this old screwup to see how many of the Lame ducks that got their Congressional Pass pulled voted for this abomination out of spite-to punish the American people for refusing their place at the public trough.
And equally interesting to see how many Americans remember the names of the Members in the House and Senate that voted for this “change” .I would love to see a Patriot Guard show up at EVERY political event where one of these Namby Pamby Reprobate
men and wombless women come holding big signs that say stuff like congress man fecal head voted for Sodomy in the Ranks.
A portent of thing to come. Watch these 8 people for more RINO activity.
America didn’t win the election we just placed a new set of trash in the old chairs.
The corruption in Washington is deep set in both parties.
Oops! sorry - wrong photo ..... I’ve asked to have it removed ....
“Is Kirk gay, or is he clueless in connection with knowledge and experience with our military?”
Kirk is a Commander in the Naval Reserves, and is a Intelligence Officer. He’s not clueless. He may be gay.
His ex-wife said in an interview earlier this year that she was disappointed with the views he was taking during the election, and that he had assured her privately that he would vote for the repeal of DADT when the time came.
The American Military has been Sabotaged from Within! What a Horrific Act of Dispicable Disgust Obozo and his Goons have pulled off! Obozo and his boyfriend, Reggie LOVE, have QUEERED DOWN Our Great American Military AGAINST Our Will! OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Did Graham vote “No” on this or did he not vote?
It's time to cleanse the GOP of RINOs even if Democrats take the seats.
Exactly. RINOS GIVE THE ENEMY COVER AND MAKE IT EASIER TO BLAME ALL REPUBLICANS. Better to take a principled stand and get the message right. You cannpot win an argument if you have your side COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER SIDE!!
Commander, Naval Reserves? That explains everything.
*** how did Kirk vote on Dream? ***
Kirk Voted NO. Helped kill the bill.
That was one of two votes in a row where Kirk voted the 'right' way. (can't recall the other now)
I was so shocked I posted on the IL Board that Kirk was going to give me a heart attack :-)
Obviously the liberal media is going to milk this guy's "Republican" status for the next six years to give the Dems cover for their radical agenda.
It's funny how the Kirk cheerleaders keep screeching about how horrible things would be with Alexi in the Senate due to the fact he's slightly to the left of Kirk, but they never want to talk about the fact he would have no sway whatsoever as a tainted crooked. Would Alexi voting for DADT repeal be front page news? That would be like a front page story telling us George Soros is against Bush.
Obviously the liberal media is going to milk this guy's "Republican" status for the next six years to give the Dems cover for their radical agenda.
It's funny how the Kirk cheerleaders keep screeching about how horrible things would be with Alexi in the Senate due to the fact he's slightly to the left of Kirk, but they never want to talk about the fact he would have no sway whatsoever as a tainted crooked. Would Alexi voting for DADT repeal be front page news? That would be like a front page story telling us George Soros is against Bush.
Graham voted NO on the DADT repeal, as did John McCain.
It's amusing when freepers say they can't stand John McCain but Kirk is OK as long as he doesn't "become another Lindsey Graham". In order for Kirk to become "another Lindsey Graham", he'd have to move about 20X to the right of where he is right now. He's currently another Jim Jeffords, c. 2000.
Since Kirk is knowledgeable of the position of the Marine Corps, then he must be gay. Even if gay, the repeal of DADT is nothing short of an attempt to wreck the effectiveness of our military. Gays have been serving well for many years.
Given the position of Islam on homosexuality, that policy really sticks it in their face, and may incite and motivate the Islamofacists even more. You would think that Kirk would know that, given that he is in intelligence.
But in spite of all that, these evil heretics put DADT at the top of the list of what is important to the lawmakers in America, not jobs, not employment, not our debt load, not our safety, not the will of the people, not science, not common sense, but a policy that will prove to further erode the ability of our country to defend itself, while increasing health and safety risks across the board.
The fact that Sen. Kirk is in the navy reserves doesn’t explain his vote, to me. I was in the navy for 21 years (11 on active duty and 10 in the reserves). I was in marine units for eight years. I never heard any of my co-workers say that gays should be allowed to serve, in the military.
“these evil heretics put DADT at the top of the list of what is important to the lawmakers in America, not jobs, not employment, not our debt load, not our safety, not the will of the people, not science, not common sense, but a policy that will prove to further erode the ability of our country to defend itself, while increasing health and safety risks across the board.”
Exactly.
For those of us who don’t like the way Kirk votes, the moest effective thing we can do is find a local candidate to work for in the 2011 local elections.
If we replace a lousy village trustee or school board member with a good candidate, that will be heard louder than our whining about Kirk.
It has yet to be proven that the Tea Party is more than just a single election phenom.
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