Kirk comments secretly recorded, made public

[Chris_]

Kirk comments secretly recorded, made public
Friday, October 08, 2010
WLS/ABCNEWS EXCERPT:
-- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is drawing some criticism for a remark he made to fellow Republicans about the upcoming election.

Kirk did not know he was being taped and certainly did not expect the recording to end up on YouTube. Now, Democrats are demanding that Kirk explain himself and apologize to African-American voters.

The Kirk campaign confirms the congressman was secretly taped this week while telling state Republican leaders about his hiring of a voter integrity squad to concentrate on four regions that happen to be areas populated by large numbers of African-Americans who vote heavily Democratic.

"These are lawyers and other people that will be deployed in key, vulnerable precincts, for example, South and West sides of Chicago, Rockford, Metro East, where the other side might be tempted to jigger the numbers somewhat".

"For him to insinuate that there is some vote fraud going on in these communities is just an insult to the hundreds and hundreds of people who serve as election judges on elections. I find it disgraceful and insulting," said Ald. Freddrenna Lyle.

Lyle, a Democratic Committee member and an Alexi Giannoulias supporter, and others were offended by Kirk's use of the verb "jigger" when talking about regions heavily populated by black voters.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary says "jigger" does mean "to alter, re-arrange, or manipulate" and has been used by many politicians to describe election fraud.

"The problem I had is that it sounds so much like another word," Rev. Albert Tyson said.
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1 DUCK sounds much like another word, too, for duck's sake...
2 HOW DARE Kirk properly use the English language? What a ducker...
3 Alderman Lyle is a CHICAGO politician offended by mention of voter fraud? Duck her

[JohnnyReb]

Chicago has the most honest voting record in the nation.










My fingers almost locked up while typing that.

[MrsSmith]

The term jigger may refer to:

    * A traditional Newfoundland unbaited weighted hook, often designed like a small fish, used with a line to catch larger fish by giving a sharp, upward jerk.
    * A Handcar, a hand-operated railway car
    * A Jigger (bartending), a measure of alcoholic beverage ingredients, and the tool used to measure them.
    * A jigger flea or chigoe flea, a parasitic arthropod found in tropical climates
    * A jigger mast or jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship.
    * A machine used in the production of ceramics such as pottery
    * The owner of Panathinaikos FC Giannis Vardinogiannis, a former rally driver under the alias "Jigger"
    * An alleyway in Liverpool
    * The sculpture of a coal miner in Brownhills
    * A small town in Louisiana
    * Inmate slang for a jailer or correctional officer.
    * A pallet jack
    * To alter, re-arrange, or manipulate.

Obviously a completely racist term.       Do these idiots ever actually listen to themselves?   

This is especially ironic given all the screaming about Diebold and "stealing the election" during Bush's term.      It is seriously as though they believed it to the point that actual Democratic voter fraud is somehow OK, just "making things even."  Not just moronic, but illegal.  (Not that they give a crap about legal or illegal, of course.)  And they wonder why voters are fleeing their party in droves?  DUH!!

[rich_t]

Hey Mr. Kirk.

Tell them all to duck off.

[Freeper]

Good thing he didn't happen to say Bigger, or chigger.
 

[Tess Anderson]

This is incredibly stupid, even for the Chicago media. Tells you they don't know what the meaning of the word "jigger" is, but it's unfamiliar to them, therefore it must be an evil evil racist word since it came out of the mouth of a RINO.

And the dead have beem voting in Chicago for Democrats since JFK was born, if not before. Kirk ought to tell them to FOAD,

[rich_t]

This is incredibly stupid, even for the Chicago media. Tells you they don't know what the meaning of the word "jigger" is, but it's unfamiliar to them, therefore it must be an evil evil racist word since it came out of the mouth of a RINO.

And the dead have beem voting in Chicago for Democrats since JFK was born, if not before. Kirk ought to tell them to FOAD,

This is the same sort of folks that get all upset about the word niggardly.  It sounds sort of like another word, but has no bearing at all on that other word definition wise.