by Frank James
Rep. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, was on C-Span this morning discussing the economic stimulus plan when the host asked him whether the Gov. Rod Blagojevich story had "become a joke in his mind."
"It has" said Kirk who then related an encounter he had in Afghanistan where he recently was deployed as a military reservist, the first member of the House to be militarily deployed in an "imminent danger area since 1942" he said.
Kirk said he had a meeting with the Afghan government official who, after he learned he was a reservist, asked him what he did in civilian life. Kirk continued:
"I said 'I'm a congressman.'
"He said 'What state do you represent?'
"I said 'The state of Illinois.'
"And this Afghan minister started laughing. And he said 'You know, Afghanistan is a corrupt country but not that corrupt.' "
Comments
Don't think the Afghan government official staement will disrupt the Illinois Democrat Politicians one bit, as long as MONEY is GREEN
Posted by: Inky | January 27, 2009 5:03 PM
Message to Kirk:
You aren't going to win a Senate seat in 2010, so quit bloviating to the media.
Posted by: Purple Haze | January 27, 2009 5:16 PM
Frank.....some of us come to the swamp for real news, not tab stories like this one....oh wait, I see you have a willing audience posting.
Posted by: Xcellentform | January 27, 2009 5:52 PM
This Afghan minister knows what Illinois is all about...just wish the democrat drones that live here knew as much.
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | January 27, 2009 8:00 PM
Wrong headline, Frank--it's the trial against Blago that makes the state look stuck on stuoooppppiiiiiiid.
Posted by: Kangaroo Courts don't make anybody look good | January 28, 2009 6:49 AM
Not only is Afghanistan corrupt, their government can't even defend their own country. They need U.S. soldiers to do it for them. Did Boy Wonder, I mean Mark Kirk, mention that.??
Posted by: Doug R. | January 28, 2009 8:40 AM