Pivoting off Abdon Pallasch's Sunday Sun-Timesarticle, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow devoted a segment to GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's lengthy record of misstatements last night. It serves as a great recap of the whole controversy:
Those audio clips from Kirk's WLS interviews? You heard them herefirst.
The controversy over GOP Senate candidate Mark Kirk's false claim that the Navy once named him "intelligence officer of the year" got some airtime on MSNBC's Morning Joe earlier today. Co-host Joe Scarborough commented, "Kirk ... says he won an award he didn't win. A military award. Unbelievable." Politico reporter Mike Allen went on to note that he wouldn't describe himself as "journalist of the year" if his news outlet won a Pulitzer -- referring to the fact that it was Kirk's intelligence unit that won an award in 2000. Watch it:
You can get more background on the controversy here.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock made his first appearance yesterday on NBC's marquee Sunday show Meet The Press. His
performance featured the expected litany of GOP talking points and
false claims. Thankfully, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was on the panel to
keep him in check.
The Illinois congressional delegation was all over MSNBC yesterday. Rep. Jan Schakowsky showed up on the Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss her decision to move her personal accounts from Bank of America to a community bank on Chicago's North Side. You can check out her full appearance here. Also, Rep. Phil Hare talked to Ed Schultz about his job creation bill. Watch it.
