I thought it was bizarre at first, but accepted that a church pre-school might well take in some students who would be disadvantaged and Kirk was projecting a bit. No, he was just making shit up. I still believe he worked there–records and memories from that long ago aren’t that good and if he was a work study student, there’s some record somewhere, but good luck finding it. Maybe I’m still assuming Mark Kirk has some connection to reality and that may well be a bad assumption, but it’s hard to believe he didn’t teach at the pre-school. Actually a male teacher at a pre-school is a pretty important thing and I hand it to him. Usually teachers at the elementary level or pre-school level who are male are treated with a fair amount of suspicion which is silly and bigoted.
But let’s make it clear, Mark Kirk’s statements appear to be complete fabrications and the both the Illinois GOP and his campaign are sending out ridiculous attacks that only reinforce that message. More power to them.
Rich puts this all in perspective though:
Mark Kirk is an accomplished, decorated Naval veteran who blew that reputation out of the water with unfathomable exaggerations about his military record. He’s an intellectual graduate of the London School of Economics who lied about his experience with liberal nursery school students carrying guns.
These accusations against Mark Kirk are no longer about mere “embellishments” or “exaggerations.” This campaign is now about whether anything he says is true, and why.
What disturbs many isn’t just the lying, but the fact that they are lies that make no sense. They are only marginally helpful and yet carried a huge downside as must be obvious to 5 Star Admiral Kirk now.
He’s making Bruce Dold cry…
I sub-taught kindergarten once and while the experience proved the point made in Kindergarten Cop: “never turn you back on kindergarten,” I never once worried that any of the children were packing heat.
Also, I don’t know that I agree with Rich that Kirk is accomplished. It seems he found a way to use his connections to make the military work for him. I guess that’s some sort of accomplishment, but is that what is generally thought of as “accomplished”.
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