So, the Republican Party has no where else to go but…down.

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), the front-runner in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate is being tagged as gay by one of his opponents in the race, Andy Martin (aka Anthony Martin-Trigona).

Who?

You know, Andy Martin. He has run for numerous elective offices over the last three decades in Illinois, Florida and Connecticut. Hasn’t won anything I don’t think, but he sure has a solid source when it comes to the subject of Rep. Kirk’s sexual orientation. He has taped an ad with the shocking “truth”:

Illinois Republican leader Jack Roeser says there is a ‘solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual’.  Roeser suggests that Kirk is part of a Republican Party homosexual club. Lake County Illinois Republican leader Ray True says Kirk has surrounded himself with homosexuals. Mark Kirk should tell Republican voters the truth.”

Maybe Andy should tell the Republican’s the truth…He doesn’t have a shot at winning so he falls back to the old Republican playbook, make shit up and hope it sticks!

Kirk, a U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, was unavailable for comment because he is on active duty serving our country.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Patrick Brady had this to say about Martin and the ad:

The Illinois Republican Party disavows the statements made today by Mr. Andrew Martin in his statewide radio advertisements. His statements today are consistent with his history of bizarre behavior and often times hate-filled speech which has no place in the Illinois Republican Party. Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican candidate by the Illinois Republican Party.”

Kirk began his candidacy with an endorsement from his ex-wife who he had just recently divorced.

What?

She stepped to the podium and said, “I support him 100 percent. He’ll make a great senator.”

Stand by your man girlfriend! Uhhh, paydays are on Friday.

Martin has never won elective office. He completed law school and passed the bar exam, but the Illinois Supreme Court’s Character and Fitness Committee refused to grant him a law license.

The Chicago Sun Times has more interesting tidbits about Mr. Martin:

• Martin objected at one committee meeting when staffers retrieved a document from his Selective Service file labeling him unfit for military service because of a “moderately severe character defect manifested by well-documented ideation with a paranoid flavor and a grandiose character.” Martin called committee members “scum.”
• When reporters report these facts, Martin sometimes sues them alleging libel. His penchant for filing so many lawsuits later dismissed as frivolous has enraged some judges who have held him in contempt of court over the years. Some of his court filings have included anti-semitic comments.
• Martin garnered some national attention for pushing rumors that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and that the Hawaiian birth certificate Obama posted on his Web site early in his campaign was a fake.

Rumor monger, a birther, and has a “moderately severe character defect manifested by well-documented ideation with a paranoid flavor and a grandiose character.” Oh, anti-semitic too.

God love the Republican Party…

And for the people of the great state of Illinois -

Please vote responsibly.