Captain Kirk’s racist homophobe of a primary challenger is getting fresh on air, accusing the sitting congressman of getting fresher with Lt. Sulu, or something related to Star Trek so that I can keep the Captain Kirk thing going until the end of this sentence. Whew, made it. Hotline:
Frequent candidate Andy Martin (R) has launched a statewide radio ad in IL accusing GOP frontrunner/Rep. Mark Kirk (R) of being gay.
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“Today, I am fighting for the facts about Mark Kirk. Illinois Republican leader Jack Roeser says there is a solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual. Roeser suggests that Kirk is a member of a Republican Party homosexual club,” Martin says in the ad.
Man, oh man (hah!*). I wonder what goes down (hah!*) in their clubhouse. I bet you have to enter through the back (hah!*).
Its an ulgy coincidence that Andy Martin is eligible to run against Kirk in the first place, for any challenge from the right in that particular Republican safe haven is bound to bring about some offensive behavior. The only person I know personally from that district is a right-wing religious freak, which I hear is about par for the whites-only course around there. Martin himself has said some lunatic shit in his day — oh hey here’s his blog — like the time he called a judge a “crooked, slimy Jew”. Still, I want to say calling out an opponent’s sexuality outright, on the radio and apropo of nothing is a new one. Its complicated, obviously, by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be any factual backing for the claim, and I would guess some level of opportunism is at play here on account of Kirk having divorced a few months ago.
Anyway, for you politics folks out there, this is one to watch, because there’s nothing quite like two total pricks getting at each other’s throats. I hope they both lose.
*Today is raunchy double entendre about gay sex day at WTPWB; we’re a little out of practice at this whole comedic writing thing, which is sort of like streetfighting in the sense that, when all else fails, aim below the belt (hah!). This, I think, is the part where you leave a comment about how unfunny we were in the first place.
Republican infighting is so
cutefucked up sometimes.Man, oh man (hah!*). I wonder what goes down (hah!*) in their clubhouse. I bet you have to enter through the back (hah!*).
Its an ulgy coincidence that Andy Martin is eligible to run against Kirk in the first place, for any challenge from the right in that particular Republican safe haven is bound to bring about some offensive behavior. The only person I know personally from that district is a right-wing religious freak, which I hear is about par for the whites-only course around there. Martin himself has said some lunatic shit in his day — oh hey here’s his blog — like the time he called a judge a “crooked, slimy Jew”. Still, I want to say calling out an opponent’s sexuality outright, on the radio and apropo of nothing is a new one. Its complicated, obviously, by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be any factual backing for the claim, and I would guess some level of opportunism is at play here on account of Kirk having divorced a few months ago.
Anyway, for you politics folks out there, this is one to watch, because there’s nothing quite like two total pricks getting at each other’s throats. I hope they both lose.
*Today is raunchy double entendre about gay sex day at WTPWB; we’re a little out of practice at this whole comedic writing thing, which is sort of like streetfighting in the sense that, when all else fails, aim below the belt (hah!). This, I think, is the part where you leave a comment about how unfunny we were in the first place.