Senate Candidate Andy Martin Draws Fire for Homosexual Accusations
December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Elections, Gays, GOP, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
Perennial Illinois candidate Andy Martin has done it again. This time Martin has launched a series of radio commercials for his Senate candidacy accusing Representative Mark Kirk (R, Ill) of being a homosexual. The commercials have resulted in a rare rebuke from the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady.
In his commercial Martin claims that Raymond True, a well known Republican from Lake County, Ill., once said that Kirk is a homosexual and that he, True, knows Kirk “pretty well.” Presumably Martin is using Ray True’s quote to confirm Kirk’s sexual proclivities. For his par Mr. True told the State GOP Chairman that he denies ever having said this to anyone.
“Mr. Martin did not contact me in any way before making his announcement. The comments attributed to me are completely false. I request through the media that Andy Martin cease and desist from making any additional statements that are incorrectly attributed to me.”
Chairman Pat Brady issued a rebuke of Martin in short order.
“The Illinois Republican Party disavows the statements made today by Mr. Andrew Martin in his statewide radio advertisements. His statements today are consistent with his history of bizarre behavior and often times hate-filled speech which has no place in the Illinois Republican Party. Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican Candidate by the Illinois Republican Party.”
I have to say, this is not cricket as far as I am concerned. Martin should be excoriated for this foolishness. Republicans should not be in a habit of “outing” other Republicans. Sexual proclivities should not be a subject of discussion between candidates, even rival ones and they most assuredly should not form any part of a candidate’s campaign commercials.
This line of attack does no one any good. It reflects badly on Martin specifically and the GOP in general and will give Kirk sympathy as opposed to opprobrium. For my part, I’d wish to avoid anything that lends sympathy to candidate Mark Kirk. There are plenty of reasons not to support Mark Kirk. His being or not being gay is the least of the worries with his candidacy.
The fact that Kirk is a center left candidate and not the center right candidate he claims to be is far, far more damaging to his candidacy than any sexual rumors. His vote for Cap and Tax, his anti-gun stance, his bad economic stance and his left leaning voting record is plenty damaging.
Andy Martin should truly be ashamed of himself with this latest outrage.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, TheRealityCheck.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, and the New Media Journal, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. Warner is also the editor of the Cook County Page for RedCounty.com.
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