Tag Archives: Illinois

Loans to Mobsters, Ties to BP? Kirk’s Attack Ads Go Too Far

Posted on July 9, 2010

Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is attacking his Democratic opponent in the Illinois race for the U.S. Senate with two ads that go beyond what the facts support. The ads make unsupported claims about the role Giannoulias played at his family’s troubled bank and strain  to tie him to BP, among …
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Obama’s Legislative Record

Posted on September 25, 2008

Q: How many times did Obama vote 'present' as a state senator? A:  He did so 129 times, which represents a little more than 3 percent of his total votes.

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