Illinoisans: Please Call Mark Kirk's Office and Urge him to Vote for Cloture on DADT Repeal (DAB)

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Mark Kirk campaigned as an independent in Illinois, at least in the Chicago area. His major pitch was as follows:

"I am an independent, and I can work with all parties." Indeed, he was almost never identified as a Republican in his ads.

Make him own that. The GOP has made him deputy whip in order to neutralize his local, constituent-driven need to vote as a moderate. But he must retain some independence from the GOP in order to run again successfully in 2016. Moreover (and this is inside baseball for Illinois politics), he has to maintain at least the appearance of an LGBT-friendliness in order to avoid having an increasingly financially powewrful LGBT community in Chicago and the suburbs throw its substantial contributions against him in the next election. It's why he's always straddled the line on DADT, and often claimed to be in favor of repeal. Make him own it.

His phone number is 202-224-2854.

Please note, Kirk has supported LGBT legislation in the past:

# Rated 75% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)
# Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
# Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)

When you call, don't play him up like a hater. Ask him to do what is right, what is independent, and what is consistent with his pro-civil rights record.

he is not an independent, and he can not work with all parties. He is a stereotypical Bush loving republican.

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independant. He is a total tool. There have been quite a few reports that he is gay which he denies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/mark-kirk-denies-gay-rumo_n_600939.html

I'm asking you to call his office and ask that he vote for cloture, and do it in a way that uses his own words as part of your argument.

Perhaps less spouting and more calling would be appropriate?

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Urgent action here, people!

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