Mark Kirk, serial liar

[marmar]

via AlterNet:



Posted by Joshua Holland at 12:57 pm
June 18, 2010

Mark Kirk Also Lied About Being a Teacher


Via Oliver Willis:

A leader of the church in upstate New York where Representative Mark S. Kirk of Illinois claimed he worked as a nursery school teacher said on Friday that he had overstated his role there.

The leader, Sally Grubb, a member of the administrative council at Forest Home Chapel, said Mr. Kirk, a Republican candidate for the United States Senate, had a limited role as a student while working part-time in a work-study program at Cornell University.

‘He was never, ever considered a teacher,’ Ms. Grubb said in a phone interview after spending two days researching the history of Mr. Kirk’s association with the nursery school. ‘He was just an additional pair of hands to help a primary teaching person.’

Here’s the original article.



http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/18/mark-kirk-also-lied-about-being-a-teacher/

[The Magistrate]

1. The Ads Write Themselves, Sir: Mark Kirk --- Can We Be Sure He Really Is In Congress?

[City Lights]

2. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Or: Does He Really Live in Illinois?

I have to wonder what else on his resume is garnished.

[The Magistrate]

5. He Says He Does, Ma'am...So there Is Room For Doubt....

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. I really hope that all these exaggerations torpedo his campaign....

Not good when he tries to present such a squeaky clean image. I hope that you came through today's storm all right. My coworkers -- at least those of us actually working this afternoon -- went to a windowless room when the sirens went off.

[The Magistrate]

9. Indeed, Ma'am, And They Just Might

We were fine; the storm was a pleasant break from the heat....

[Rincewind]

12. I've lived in Illinois

my whole life, and I've never seen him anywhere.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Rachel just laughed her way through this story

It is actually pretty damned funny.

[RKP5637]

7. More like a compulsive liar. He sounds a little sick IMO. n/t

[provis99]

8. how do we know Mark Kirk is his real name?

Sounds like some made-up porn star name, IMO.

[saltpoint]

10. Did you guys all know that Mark Kirk was actually a member of the

original Beatles? It's true. But the others got together and decided they wanted Peter Best instead of Kirk.

So Kirk returned to the United States and founded the Red Cross, the March of Dimes, and the Sierra Club.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. I know a lot of people in "Teacher" Kirk's district.

That guy is an asshat extraordinaire. Hopefully Dan Seals will finally be able to pick up that seat, this year.