OSWEGO – Oswego businessman James Marter gave his best to challenge incumbent Republican senator Mark Kirk – and right out of the box, he was met with reality when he learned that Governor Rauner didn't want left-leaning Kirk to have an opponent in the IL GOP primary.
Marter sounded off on his Facebook page this week – unedited:
I guess the question I have for the governor is what is he doing meddling in Republican Primaries in the first place? He was supposedly against that type of establishment political class gerrymandering in his run for Governor as an “outsider”, and claims to be against it when it comes to redistricting. And to be clear, I am not talking about simply being for a candidate and providing them assistance.
Trust me, I know better than anyone this election primary, the power of the Governor’s money and the cowardice of those under its influence. When I entered the race for U.S. Senator against incumbent, but hardly Republican Mark Kirk, I was assuming a level playing field. I can assure you that did not happen. On day two, I found out that the governor’s and Kirk’s people were none too happy with little known me. What were they afraid of? I was and still am, nobody special. The plan was to get Kirk on the ballot (see links below) but swap him out before the Primary was over. However, I am not sure what geniuses downstate came up with that plan. Based on Kirk’s victory speech on election night, I am pretty sure he was never down with the plan. Time will tell and we shall see.
The last time the establishment geniuses’ in Illinois hatched a plan to meddle in a U.S. Senate Primary, the seat held by Republican Incumbent Peter Fitzgerald. They gave us Senator Barack Hussein Obama. It is looking like this time they will give us Tammy Duckworth.
This is what I say if that plan does indeed come to fruition. Let all those who received more than 384,000 votes in the Primary, and filed on the first day of filing in Springfield with over 9,000 signatures, in just 64 days, step forth. All those who traveled the state, over 20,000 miles and over 200 events in over 50 counties around the state to meet and speak with the people of Illinois, step forth.
Let them be the ones to fill the vacant seat. Let us not send someone who should have joined me in the primary to gather signatures and did not. Let us not let someone waltz into a General Election for which they did nothing to earn the respect of the voters. Let a man who entered the race and ran on Republican principles, not a boy (or girl) who did nothing to earn it, be the one to fight the fight through November.
For those “Republicans” who don’t like my editorials, now that I am no longer a candidate, too bad. I am here to fight for my Republican Party’s platform and longstanding principles. I am here to take it back from those who do not have either the American citizen taxpayers or my interests at heart. I am also here to work with those who have long been fighting that battle and I will join you. I welcome all others who will join me to that end.
James T. Marter, former Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator
Oswego, ILhttp://www.dailykos.com/…/-Adam-Kinzinger-positions-himself…
http://www.redstate.com/…/vulnerable-sen-mark-kirk-maybe-r…/
http://capitolfax.com/…/yes-there-are-plenty-of-people-to-…/
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/…/top-gop-fundraiser-calls-o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)
