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38. Yes, but it also shows he doesn't have his facts straight,

Reply to niyad (Reply #24)

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 12:37 PM

Oct 2016

e.g. It would have been most unlikely for people from Thailand (Tammy's mother is Thai) to be in America in the 18th century fighting in the Revolutionary War...What Kirk was ignorant of is Tammy's heritage on her fathers side, which apparently included ancestors who fought in that war.

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Looks Like Kirk Just Conceded The Illinois Senate Race to Tammy Duckworth [View all] TrollBuster9090 Oct 2016 OP

WOW! The meanness of some people just amazes me. Arkansas Granny Oct 2016 #1

"Republicans don't have a sense of humor... alterfurz Oct 2016 #2

Mean streak? ailsagirl Oct 2016 #28

He managed to be xenophobic, racist, misogynist, and factually incorrect in one sentence. lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #3

I'm sure she'll be a good Senator....nt Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #4

to me rtracey Oct 2016 #5

Kirk is an Iraq War era reserve veteran who is running against an actual Iraq war combat veteran Siwsan Oct 2016 #6

a WOUNDED FEMALE combat veteran, at that. niyad Oct 2016 #8

It is just mind boggling that he would stoop so low. Siwsan Oct 2016 #11

he is a puke, after all. niyad Oct 2016 #12

Yea, but I always "hope" that veterans would have more respect for each other Siwsan Oct 2016 #14

he was a desk jockey. and he is a puke, which means he has no respect for women at all. niyad Oct 2016 #16

He is a despicable deplorable, that's for sure Siwsan Oct 2016 #18

keeping fingers crossed niyad Oct 2016 #19

REMF awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #31

thank you. had forgotten that one!! niyad Oct 2016 #34

You're welcome awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #35

enjoy!! the weather is beautiful here, happy that the kids will have a great candy day niyad Oct 2016 #36

We will be in the 80s during the day awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #37

isn't he one of the bastards who has lied, repeatedly, about his military record? niyad Oct 2016 #7

His web site, at one time, called him an 'Iraq War Veteran' Siwsan Oct 2016 #13

suuuuure it was niyad Oct 2016 #15

A fellow 'veteran' pal of Kirk keithbvadu2 Oct 2016 #32

what did his vile, ugly statement even mean? niyad Oct 2016 #9

It means he didn't know her father was Caucasian American whathehell Oct 2016 #23

I just took it to mean that he is an ignorant, hate-filled puke. niyad Oct 2016 #24

Yes, but it also shows he doesn't have his facts straight, whathehell Oct 2016 #38

welll, we know that kirky boy is a little light on facts. niyad Oct 2016 #39

Actually, I didn't know that whathehell Oct 2016 #40

I am crossing my fingers that she is yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #10

Ah yes! Plucketeer Oct 2016 #17

Kirk's Facebook is getting scalded roscoeroscoe Oct 2016 #20

What's amazing to me is his not knowing she is Amerasian.. whathehell Oct 2016 #21

Mark Kirk-REMF Mendocino Oct 2016 #22

That would be Lt. Colonel Dr. Duckworth to you, Mr. Kirk. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #25

In a different thread on this topic, I... 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #26

What an absolute prick. geardaddy Oct 2016 #29

There's a google page full of mark kirk's blatant racism.. Cha Oct 2016 #33

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