The Hound has kept muzzled on the Kirk-Seals race, but that irritating Seals commercial with the unidentified Iraqi vet was the last straw. Officeseekers always decry those negative ads and voters say they don't like them, but pols sure keep those ad agencies busy with them.
Unless you've been in a coma the past few weeks, Dan Seals of Wilmette, who doesn't live in the 10th District, is running for the second time against incumbent Republican Mark Kirk who lives in Highland Park which is about smack-dab in the middle of the district. The contest is getting downright nasty. Dueling polls show a close race on the Nov. 4 horizon with Seals hoping for some coattails from presidential candidate and fellow Illinoisan, Barack Obama.
The ad The Hound referred to has been airing frequently, attempting to tie Kirk to the Bush administration's Iraq policy. It doesn't identify the veteran, how long he served in Iraq, which unit or what his military occupational speciality was while he was there. He also accuses Kirk of voting to cut off Iraq veterans' health care once they've returned. The Hound wants to know: Where'd they find this guy? Does he live in the 10th District? Can they find any more? Why didn't his fellow GIs frag this guy when they had the chance? What branch of the service did Dan Seals serve?
It has been determined this veteran Seals discovered either agrees or has ties to a group which believes the 9/11 attacks are part of a government coverup. The 911truth.org alleges the terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon somehow were a shadowy conspiracy. Sounds like talking points for a Section 8 out of a war zone.
But the silliest of the commercial is maintaining Kirk is anti-veteran. Nobody's anti-veteran. Veterans vote. Veterans know Kirk saved the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center by partnering with the Navy. Besides, The Hound will take an astronaut Jim Lovell --- a real American hero who has endorsed the congressman --- over an unamed, unranked GI.
Being attacked, Kirk has started his own set of negative ads about Seals' last full-time job being with General Electric and how the company was involved in the subprime meltdown. That's a stretch, too. We'll see come Nov. 4 if negative political ads carry the day.
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The News Mutt is a GOP lap dog.obvioulsy
THE HOUND SEZ: First, J-Tad, you can't spell. The word is obviously, not obvioulsy. Use your spell check, Brozo. Now, just because The Hound agrees with numerous veterans in the 10th District, including Medal of Freedom and Medal of Honor recipients, let alone those awarded Silver and Bronze stars, regarding the Kirk/Seals race doesn't make one a GOP lapdog. If that's how you grade the curve, then, "woof".
The News Mutt is obviously a GOP lap dog. Maybe he simply forgot about the Tammy Duckworth and Max Cleland commercials. Did those enrage him as well? Probably not.
THE HOUND SAYS: You again? Well, J-Tad, you now can spell. Of course those commercials enraged The Hound, as did the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry in 2004. Max Cleland was dubbed nearly a Communist by his right-wing Georgia opponent. As for Duckworth, she should be named to Barack Obama's Senate seat if he takes the presidency. Besides, do you live in the 10th District, J-Tad?
Why didn't his fellow GIs frag him? Are you kidding? Are you calling for this man to be murdered, or did you wish he had been while in Iraq?
THE HOUND SEZ: Looks like this bolo has about the same courage the GI complaining about Mark Kirk's record on veterans benefits has. No name, The Hound doesn't kid and if you can't sign a name, don't bother coming back.