Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hughes: Kirk "desperate" for Palin's endorsement

Patrick Hughes is a conservative primary opponent of Mark Kirk in the primary battle on the Republican side in the race for Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat next year. Hughes released a statement after Kirk's appeal to Fred Malek, a friend of Sarah Palin, for her endorsement:
"I believe Mark Kirk, who has consistently supported President Obama's legislative agenda, including cap and trade legislation, is quickly realizing that Republican Primary voters do not share his extreme views. In a desperate attempt to prove otherwise, he is seeking the endorsement of Sarah Palin, a true Reagan conservative, to help disguise his liberal voting record," remarked Hughes.
Hughes, a Chicago-area businessman, is chairman of Sensible Taxpayers Opposed to Increased Taxes, or STOP-IT. The PAC was organized, according to the group's Web site, "to oppose Governor Patrick Quinn’s proposals to increase corporate and individual tax rates by 50%."

h/t: Illinois Review

- JP

2 comments:

  1. "Sarah Palin, a true Reagan conservative"

    Damn skippy! Say it loud and spread it round!

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  2. OT - Josh, don't know if my previous comments got through or not - they seem to be going into cyberspace - so I apologize for the repition, but I thought you would be interested in this story:

    http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=11445898

    The Salina Kansas Chamber of Commerce has suspended all ticket sales to Sarah's event on Feb. 5, 2010 because they cannot keep up with the unbelievable public demand. Within 48 hours they sold out all floor banquet seats (1,408). They then decided to put the bleecher seating in the arena (6,700) up for sale to the general public but the demand has been so great they cannot process all the requests. They believe that once they process all of the requests to date, they will have already sold all the tickets.

    Once other organizations see that they can easily pay Sarah's speaking fee and make a good profit, she will be in incredible demand.

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