A Closet Democrat

Profile of a closet Democrat:

• Voted for Nancy Pelosi's radical Cap & Tax Bill
• Voted against new oil drilling in ANWR for energy independence
• Has earned an "F" from the NRA for being "a true enemy of gun owners’ rights...and a consistent anti-gun candidate who always opposes gun owners’ rights."
• Voted against the final surge in Iraq.
• As a supporter of partial birth abortion, he gets a 100% rating from NARAL.

For this stellar performance as a liberal RINO, Representative Mark Kirk has earned a score of 48 (out of 100) from the American Conservative Union. Looking at it from another angle, Kirk is 52% liberal.

In a state where conservatives outnumber liberals by 12 percentage points, I struggle to understand why establishment Republicans like John McCain have chosen to put their thumbs on the scale for Mark Kirk's candidacy for U.S. Senate before the GOP primary.

Have they learned nothing from the fine example set by Arlen Specter? Have they learned nothing from the Dede Scozzafava debacle?

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I don't know who this tough guy is, but Mark Kirk had better watch out:

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Stop Mark Kirk. Support Patrick Hughes.

Cap’n Tax: Mark Kirk

Mark Kirk Voted for cap and trade after he claimed to have read it.

Illinois: 35% Conservative, 23% Liberal

Illinois conservative Republicans are essentially being insulted by their own party’s effete elites.

Tell Mark Kirk to go join the Democratic Party. That's where he really belongs!

Thomas Sowell: Republicans' "Big Tent" Battle

It's a Trap!

via iOwnTheWorld.com

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Cap'n Tax Kirk, via Brooks Bayne

Illinois RINO Alert

Remember when Nancy Pelosi passed her radical Cap & Trade Bill in the House? With its oppressive new taxes, new mandates, and new regulations, Cap & Trade turned out to be far too radical, and the Senate wouldn't touch it with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole. But with the help of eight traitorous Republicans, Pelosi was able to push the infamous climate change legislation further than ever before.

One of those eight Republicans, Mark Kirk, wants to be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois. As recently as 2004, that seat was occupied by a conservative, but the Republican establishment has thrown its support behind Mark "Cap&Trade" Kirk.

As Mark Levin points out, Kirk's support for cap and trade was inexcusable:

Any Republican who votes for Cap and Trade is a complete sellout because Cap and Trade is big government industrial policy that reaches into everybody's home...

Kirk knew that, he was the one of the ones who was getting all these calls. And he defied the people.

Unfortunately, Kirk's record of recklessness is not limited to his support for Cap and Trade. Let's review who Kirk really is, via Free Republic:

• Kirk gets an "F" rating from the NRA
• Kirk voted against the successful Surge in Iraq
• Kirk gets a 100% rating from NARAL
• Kirk voted for Cap and Trade
• Kirk is a John McCain RINO (Kirk's ACU rating = 48, much worse than McCain's rating of 63)

Cap&Trade Kirk must be stopped...but we only have eight days! The GOP senate primary is on February 2nd. Fortunately there's a solid conservative for whom we can rally: Patrick Hughes.

Hughes is the most serious conservative candidate running against Mark Kirk:

If conservatives come out early next week in an organized fashion, throw a pile of targeted money into Illinois, and rapidly drive up Pat Hughes’ name identification, the polling in Illinois suggests Hughes will win.

He is not polling well against Kirk right now, but then he has significantly lower name identification. All the polling suggests Kirk’s support is very weak and once people find out about Hughes, they break overwhelmingly for Hughes.

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Learn more about Patrick Hughes. Listen to these great interviews with Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin:

Patrick Hughes on the Laura Ingraham Show

Patrick Hughes on the Mark Levin Show

Exit question: When is Hannity going to have this guy on his shows?

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Conservative Wake-Up Call: RINO Mark Kirk eight days away from being Senate nominee.

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RINO Republican Mark Kirk's Stunning Admission on Cap and Trade Vote

National Republican Senatorial Committee: Stuck on Stupid

Cap and Trade: 44 Democrats vote no, 8 Republicans vote yes, Pelosi wins.

Mark Kirk is using the Martha Coakley playbook: Ducking Debates and Avoiding Appearances.

Support Patrick Hughes

He's not as pretty as his opponent, Mark Kirk, but he's opposed to Cap & Tax, he's a constitutional conservative and he has the right perspective on national security.

Let's fight to put a Reagan conservative in Barack Obama's old Senate seat. The time to support Hughes is now. The GOP primary is on February 2nd.