Andy Martin for President: 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

JOHN SHIMKUS SLIME: Conservative blogger Andy Martin says the Illinois 13th congressional race reeks of fraud and corruption

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says a meeting of Illinois Republican Chairman Saturday May 19th in Springfield, Illinois reeks of criminality and Illinois political corruption. Andy points out that Rodney Davis, a “money launderer,” is a prime candidate to be given a congressional nomination. Andy Martin says Southern Illinois’ “toxic congressman” John Shimkus is trying to strong-arm a nomination for his corrupt and probably criminal aide Davis. Wall Street executives Ken Griffin of Citadel LLC and Ann Griffin are also participants in the criminal conspiracy to launder campaign cash intended for the Illinois Republican Party.

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Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says Congressman John Shimkus is a “toxic congressman” who is trying to steal a congressional nomination for his sleazy staff member Rodney Davis

Andy says Rodney Davis, along with State Republican Chairman Pat Brady, was involved in a sophisticated criminal scheme to launder money for the Republican Party.

The Shimkus-Davis-Brady scheme also involves Wall Street executives Ken and Anne Griffin

Andy is fighting to give 13th congressional district Republican Party voters a chance to choose their congressional candidate; he is working to block county chairman from participating in a corrupt scheme with Congressman Tim Johnson to avoid a primary election for selecting the party’s nominee for congress

(CHICAGO) (May 19, 2012) Independent Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says John Shimkus is a “toxic congressman” for Illinois Republicans and for the Southern Illinois district where Shimkus serves.

Shimkus is now trying to strong-arm a congressional nomination for his slimy assistant, Rodney Davis. Andy says that Rodney Davis is more likely to end up in the federal pen in Wisconsin (where Illinois pols are sent) than he is to end up in Congress. Here are Andy’s views:

Rodney Davis’s handiwork, which Davis brags about in his campaign appearances, involves a sophisticated money laundering and mail fraud scheme to evade Illinois’ new campaign contribution laws. Davis admits he organized and orchestrated the money laundering operation, so prosecutors will have an easy time sending him to jail.

The money laundering scandal, as reported by Doug Ibendahl of Republican News Watch, and Bernie Schoenburg of the State-Journal Register, involves Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel LLC, an investment firm. Griffin’s wife, Anne Dias Griffin, founded and runs Aragon Global Management. (I have not done any original investigation on this criminal conspiracy, yet; I am relying on Schoenburg and Ibendahl as sources. But, as always, I will be doing the original legal work and preparing the approach to federal and state prosecutors.)

Prosecutors will find this case more "sexy" because of the presence of the Griffins than because of the liability of Rodney Davis who concocted the scheme with State Republican Chairman Pat Brady. Here’s how the criminal conspiracy and mail fraud scheme operated (see the two links below for a detailed explanation): the Griffins donated to a number of fringe Republican Party political committees. Giving money is not illegal even though the Griffins' choice of committees was very suspicious. What comes next is the nexus of a federal criminal case.

The Griffins combined to donate more than $200,000 to more than 10 Illinois GOP organizations, including GOP committees in Logan, Douglas, Fayette, Madison and Richland counties. Those “committees” then steered more than $120,000 of the Griffins’ cash to the Illinois Republican Party in the first three months of this year. Toadies of County Chairman’s Association “Chairman” Randy Pollard were invited into the money laundering scheme and are also at risk.

Under Illinois law, campaign contributions may not be made anonymously or in the name of another person or through a conduit such as the county chairmen.

Here’s the sad part: a group of sleazy and corrupt Republican Party chairmen placed Rodney Davis’ name on a list of “finalists” for a congressional nomination which is tainted by the bogus resignation of incumbent Tim Johnson. I have a pending lawsuit in Macoupin County seeking to block Johnson's scheme. My lawsuit has already had the salutary impact of forcing Pat Brady to step down as “chairman” of the corrupt county chairmen’s "selection committee." We won the first round.

How can someone such as Davis, who is involved in an open-and-shut case of money laundering and obvious federal and state criminal activity, be a prime candidate for congress? Only in Illinois. One of the county chairmen “voters,” County Chairman Deb Detmers, received immunity for her role in the criminal schemes of Shimkus and imprisoned Governor George Ryan. Only in Illinois can someone who was granted immunity from criminal prosecution then be a party leader (see story link below).

The county chairmen are led by another Illinois political thief and crook, Randy Pollard, who was a prison guard before closeted gay Senator Mark Kirk appointed Pollard to be his “office manger.” (The Pollard-Kirk connection is another federal criminal case in the making.) Kirk likes to pretend he is “above the fraud” but, notwithstanding his recent stroke, Kirk is involved in Illinois corruption with Pollard, Shimkus, Davis and the rest up to Kirk's eyeballs. Kirk is a sleazy little critter though he tries to pretend otherwise in Washington and Tel Aviv.

Shimkus is one of the most corrupt congressmen in Washington. He and Kirk were part of the cover-up of Congressman Mark Foley’s sexual harassment scandal involving Foley’s importunation of teenage congressional pages. Shimkus’ job was to protect the children in his employ; instead Shimkus allowed the Republican Party's gay mafia in the House of representatives to molest the children and to disgrace the House.

The sliminess of Shimkus, Kirk, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and their coat-holders cost the Republican Party control of Congress in 2006. But Shimkus and his degenerate associates are still in business, this time trying to scam a congressional nomination for Davis, another leading member of Shimkus’ criminal crew.

Is it any wonder the State of Illinois has become a laughingstock, that the state is hundreds of billions of dollars in debt after being plundered by both Republicans and Democrats, and that Illinois continues to lead the nation in political corruption and criminality? For an absolutely fascinating look at how Illinois crooks are endlessly tied together, read the link below at “philosopher forum.” You see how Deb Detmers, a “voter” today, is linked to Shimkus, imprisoned Governor George Ryan and the rest. They are all part and parcel of the same wolf pack.

Monday I will be asking a judge to block the latest perverted acts of Randy Pollard and his country chairman. Their “nomination” is fatally tainted and legally void. I want Republican Party voters to have a voice and a real vote. My lawsuit seeks to undo the sleazy “retirement” of Representative Tim Johnson. Johnson has his own creepy hound, Jerry Clarke, in the dishonest “campaign” to anoint a congressional nomination in violation of the U. S. Constitution and Illinois primary election laws.

Stay tuned. I may not announce my request on Monday, but I will be asking federal and state prosecutors to consider criminal prosecution. I am working on the criminal case as well as my own civil lawsuit to mandate a primary election for the congressional replacement. Neither Clarke nor Davis will make it to the House if I have anything to say about it.

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http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=12032

http://philosopheforum.blogspot.com/2006/04/true-colors.html

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WHAT OTHERS SAY:

“Andy Martin is revolutionizing journalism… [Andy] brings to online journalism what Rush Limbaugh [brings] to radio or Michael Moore to film: sleek little stories that fit into larger political narratives…”

“The only American journalists that are “standing UP” [to Obama] are, Andy Martin…”

ABOUT ANDY:

Andy is a legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Chicago Public Radio calls Andy a “boisterous Internet activist.” The Chicago Tribune calls him “Chicago’s own…political activist.” He has forty-four years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” http://www.contrariancommentary.com/. He comments on regional, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the

USA

and around the world.

Andy has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois and American politics and courts for over forty-five years. [www.AndyMartin.com] He is currently sponsoring http://www.americaisreadyforreform.com/. See also http://www.firstrespondersonline.us/; http://www.englishforamerica.org/

He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Republican presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin lands in Hawai’i May 2nd to conduct continuing research into President Barack Obama’s personal history

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin is the Internet’s leading independent conservative investigator and analyst. Andy’s research in Hawai’i into Barack Obama’s “Hawai’i years” has already drawn worldwide attention because of Andy’s thoroughness, integrity, originality and professionalism, all of which are reasons why Barack Obama and Obama’s cohort intensely dislike Andy’s investigative activity. Andy’s investigative team will landing Honolulu May 2nd to continue its research into President Obama’s “Hawai’i years.” Please join us in supporting the Hawaii’s research team as it continues its efforts to unearth the facts about the President Obama’s Hawai’i years. Andy’s team welcomes input from anyone who knows about Barack Obama’s “Hawai’i years” or Frank Marshall Davis’ life story.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin set to land in Honolulu

Andy says “The seven-day countdown has begun for our latest Hawai’i investigation into President Obama’s past”

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Andy hopes that the “climate of fear” which candidate-President Obama created to discourage Hawai’ians from candidly discussing Obama’s Hawai’i years is now being dissipated

Andy welcomes input from anyone and everyone who has information about Barack Obama’s Hawai’i years

Andy says he continues to be intrigued by his theory that the controversial Frank Marshall Davis is Obama’s biological father

(NEW YORK)(April 25, 2012) Eight years after Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin became Barack Obama’s first critic, and four years after Andy landed in Honolulu with the first independent investigative team, Andy is set to return to Honolulu on May 2nd, 2012 to lead Andy’s latest research and investigation operartion in Hawai’i.

Andy may have been the first name on Barack Obama’s enemies list; but through all of Obama’s counterattacks, lies, smears and distortions Andy has kept searching only for the truth and kept trying only to find the facts about President Barack Hussein Obama. In Hawai’i Obama, as a teenager, was known as “Barry,” not Barack.

1. Our new look

Come August, Andy’s status as a Republican presidential candidate will end. Andy plans to endorse and support Mitt Romney. Until then Andy will continue to press Romney & Co. to prepare and present a vigorous case against President Obama. In 2008, Senator John McCain surrendered the “character issue” to Obama; McCain’s incompetence helped elect Obama. Andy says we can’t allow that to happen with Mitt Romney.

As a part of his transition out of campaign mode and into ContrarioanCommentary.com mode, effective today Andy will start using dual mastheads. Stories will have either a “ContrarianCommentary.com” masthead if they are primarily non-political, or a “Candidate” masthead if they directly relate to Andy’s current political campaign activity. Current readers will get both sets of stories. Hawai’i research falls under the ContrarianCommentary.com format.

2. Honolulu help!

If you are someone or know someone with information about Barack Obama or his family and friends, or Frank Marshall Davis or his family and friends, please contact us so you can schedule a meeting in Hawai’i with Andy’s research team. Whether you are a supporter or critic of President Obama, Andy welcomes your input; he’ll treat you fairly.

3. Join us in Hawai’i

If you’d like to join the Hawaii research team or meet with us in Honolulu, please get in touch.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Republican presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be impeached for disgracing America

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be impeached and removed from office for “grounding” a flight carrying members of a congressional oversight panel. Andy says, “Clinton betrayed the separation of powers, betrayed congress and betrayed every American when she groveled to the slimy Afghan dictator Hamid Karzai. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, every American must stand together to protect the right of Congress—Democrats, Republicans and Independents--to engage in congressional oversight. President Obama’s latest surrender to another foreign dictator and crook, Hamid Karzai, mandates that Obama be defeated for reelection.”

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Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says Hillary Clinton’s grounding of a congressional flight is an impeachable offense

Andy says Clinton’s attempt to interfere with congressional oversight of Afghanistan, a nation where Americans are dying and tax dollars are being wasted, is contempt of congress and impeachable behavior

Andy says Congress has also disgraced itself by betraying one of its own members, and betraying every American, though the blind obedience of some representatives and senators to the crooked Afghan dictator Hamid Karzai

Andy says Americans should complain; Representatives and Senators should be outraged. We should dump Karzai in his own sewers and leave

Afghanistan

as soon as possible. Karzai and his cabal are getting rich off the blood of young Americans

Constitutional scholar and Constitutional litigator Andy says he believes Clinton has disgraced and abused the Constitution

(PALM BEACH) (April 23, 2012) Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says he is outraged at the Obama’s administration’s latest groveling to a foreign dictator. Andy says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be impeached. At the very least Clinton should be censured by the U. S. House of Representatives and found in contempt of congress. Andy says:

I thought I had seen the lowest of the low from the Clintons, and I thought Obama had stopped bowing and groveling to foreign dictators. But I was wrong. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s actions today have triggered a constitutional crisis. Clinton has stabbed Congress in the back and Clinton has stabbed every American in the back.

Congress, moreover, has disgraced itself. The spineless representatives (and senators?) who dumped one of their own in genuflection to the crooked Afghan leader Hamid Karzai’s demand that an American be barred from Afghanistan are a disgrace in their own right. [See links below for the original story.]

First, a couple of thoughts.

Number one, I am not a particular admirer of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. He’s not my cup of tea. But Rohrabacher is a subcommittee chairman in the U. S. House and he is entitled to the deference due every member of congress. Many people don’t like Rohrabacher’s style. I respect their right to their own opinion. But like or dislike is not the issue.

Number two, if there is one sacrosanct principle in American culture it is that we are “all for one and one for all.”

That’s why our troops do not leave dead comrades behind in battle. That’s why we are still searching for Viet-Nam and Korean-era dead. We never abandon one of our men or women. An attack on any American is an attack on every American. That’s the source of our national strength. Today our great nation was humiliated by Hillary Clinton and Hamid Karzai.

Clinton “grounded” a congressional oversight flight on the basis that the Afghan crook and dictator Hamid Karzai did not want Rep. Rohrabacher in

Afghanistan

. They left Rohrabacher behind.

Rep. Rohrabacher is an official American and his right to travel to areas where Americans are fighting and dying should not be questioned by Hillary Clinton. The executive branch does not order around the legislative branch.

Democrats say they want to run Hillary for president in 2016? I say Clinton should be impeached as a traitor to congress and a traitor to every American.

The idea that “dictator” Clinton should ground a congressional flight is an almost unbelievable. The executive branch does not and cannot be allowed to control congressional oversight.

Every representative and every senator that was on Rohrabacher’s flight should have refused to go forward unless all of them could travel together. They betrayed the independence of congress when they dumped one of their own and genuflected to Clinton and her Afghan “handler.”

Since 2006 I have been warning Republicans and Americans that

Afghanistan

is a sinkhole. We are pouring blood and treasure into a gutter. The flights out of Kabul bulge with satchels of American taxpayer cash. So let me see if I get this right. We borrow money from

China

to send to

Afghanistan

. Karzai and his cronies then steal the cash and dump it in Persian Gulf banks. What’s wrong with this picture?

I am often asked if I am “still” a candidate for president. Well, yes I am. What happened today is the reason. I am still running a campaign to ensure Mitt Romney keeps his spine. I will be in Tampa asking Republicans to dump Karzai.

Obama is now promising another decade of wasted blood and wasted “Cash for Karzai.” Are we crazy? Subsidizing this thief is insanity.

America

’s foreign policy and hard-working Americans should not be pouring resources into

Afghanistan

. Congress should not be groveling to Karzai. Once again Obama has fumbled and failed in foreign policy.

As I said above, my outrage would be just as strong if they had barred Rep. Barney Frank, or Senator Charles Schumer, whom I do not like. But I would never hesitate to defend their right to participate in congressional oversight without interference from the White House/Secretary of State. I would never, never, never, ever allow a scumbag like Karzai to disgrace the

United States of America

or its Congress by dictating to our Secretary of State.

As a scholar the United States Constitution I am outraged by Clinton’s disrespect for the Constitution.

Mittens, it’s time for us to bring the troops home. Where do you stand on Obama’s and Clinton’s disgraceful behavior? You say you “support”

Afghanistan

, but what is it that you “support” and how do you propose to deal with a crook and enemy of the

United States

like Karzai? How indeed.

Brave American men and women are fighting in

Afghanistan

. But cowards were on the congressional flight that took off without Representative Rohrabacher. Hillary Clinton was an enemy of

America

in the 60’s and 70’s. She is still an enemy of the American people and should be removed from office. For shame.

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clinton-made-reasonable-request/2012/04/23/gIQAGG0HcT_blog.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/

04/23/karzai-bars-dana-rohrabacher-afghanistan_n_1445729.html

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Republican presidential candidate, conservative blogger Andy Martin says President Obama mishandled Secret Service incident and should reverse course, offering amnesty and reinstatement

Independent Republican Presidential Candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin is takes a “contrarian” view of President Obama’s handling of the Secret Service incident in Columbia. Andy says Obama has created a monster that could jeopardize the agency, the presidency and Obama’s own candidacy. Andy says Obama should offer all agents and military personnel amnesty, offer them reinstatement, and limit punishment to non-dismissal sanctions. Andy says Obama does not understand the “warrior culture.” Andy will hold a Florida news conference today, April 23^rd, to discuss the Secret Service imbroglio.

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Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin says President Barack Obama should provide amnesty for all secret service agents who have been dismissed and quiet down the furor he created over the Cartagena incident

Andy says Obama has no conception of “the warrior culture”

Andy says Obama may find himself on the receiving end of retaliation from Secret Service agents he abuses

(PALM BEACH) (April 23, 2012) Republican Presidential candidate and conservative blogger Andy Martin will hold a Palm Beach, Florida news conference Monday, April 23rd to provide some “free advice” for President Obama: Andy says Obama should grant an amnesty to Secret Service agents who have been fired, invite them back on the payroll and impose administrative punishments short of dismissals on any Secret Service or military personnel who were caught up in the Cartagena chaos. Andy says Obama has allowed the Secret service controversy to become a circus that has spiraled out of control and risks damaging the agency and the presidency. Andy is faxing the president a “bipartisan letter” of advice.

Andy’s letter to the president follows:

ANDY MARTIN /2012

Republican candidate for

President of the

United States

Andy Martin, J.D.

Adjunct Professor of Law (ret.)

City University of New York

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April 23, 2012

President Barack Obama

The White House

Washington, DC 20500

via fax (202) 456-2461

Re: Secret Service scandal

Dear President Obama:

I am writing you to ask you to reconsider how you have handled the so-called “Secret Service” scandal. I believe you should offer an amnesty/no retaliation pledge to all employees, offer to reemploy anyone who has been dismissed, and impose administrative punishment short of dismissal on anyone who acted poorly.

I start with one of the great quotes of the late Speaker Sam Rayburn, who famously stated he wished someone on the White House staff “had run for sheriff.” Rayburn’s meaning was that abstract intellectuals and professional “staff” people often lacked the streetwise attitude of people who had lived and worked in the real—and very imperfect—world.

1. How can I give advice to a political opponent?

You might ask: how or why would I give advice to a political opponent? You have known of me for eight years, and there is no doubt in your mind where I stand on the political and public policy issues which divide us. I am a conservative Republican.

On the other hand, I am concerned that the Secret Service scandal you have created may damage the agency, may endanger the White House and could jeopardize your presidency. Where issues involving the presidency are concerned we should be able to work together.

2. The “warrior culture”

Most of the people on your staff, and you personally, lack any familiarity with the military culture or what I call the “warrior culture.” The Secret Service is a paramilitary agency with a warrior culture. They are not paid to be strategists (except when they are planning presidential security). They are people—whether in the uniformed service or the presidential detail—who must unquestioningly “take a bullet” for the president without regard to their own lives. That’s a pretty tough assignment. That’s an exemplar of the warrior culture.

3. The original mess

I have never patronized a prostitute and find the concept repellent. Had I been in charge, I would have cautioned the men (and any women on the detail) to be cautious and avoid anything risky while “in country.” That’s a standard briefing.

But I have also lived in the warrior culture and understand how people who risk their lives for a living think. They don’t think like lawyers sitting in their offices. They are prone to rambunctious behavior. Did anyone say “wheels up, rings off?”

4. Why you mishandled the incident

We need warriors in our society. We need them in our military and intelligence establishments. We can never repay them for risking their lives and losing their lives, which is why we honor them publicly with medals and uniforms and ribbons, and also offer generous benefits. But supervising warriors, whether in the field or in the home office, is never and should never be an easy or rote task. Warriors are trained to be aggressive.

If people are placid in the office they will not take risks in the field. The kind of person who is prepared to risk his or her life is by definition and nature a little edgy and rambunctious.

If you had simply used the “No Drama Obama” approach for which you were once noted, and stated, “Some people got out of hand. I wish that hadn’t happened. We will deal with any problems quietly and internally,” the matter would be long gone. “Spankings maybe administered but no heads will roll” should have been the punitive promise.

If you had handled the issue coolly no one would now remember the Secret Service embarrassment last week. Your statement of potential “anger” created a firestorm, and that firestorm is endangering the agency, risking White House Security and undermining your own role. The issue would have simply dissolved; instead it has become a corrosive media circus.

Politically, I suspect we will see books and exposés that may present your tenure in an unflattering light. The potential personal and political damage could be substantial, all for what should have been treated as a “spanking” incident and not a “heads will role” crisis. Your instincts failed you and no one on your staff gave you the cool advice you needed to deal with a few missteps by your warriors.

5. What you should do now

A confession of error is the best approach. I would urge you to consider quietly reinstating the men that have been dismissed, with an admonishment or some other administrative warning in their file but no dismissal or retaliation; I would extend an amnesty to anyone who was involved, either Secret Service or military; I would tell the media you may have inadvertently overreacted and that the Secret Service brouhaha is over; I would ask congressional committees to either close their inquiries or conduct them under national security standards. I would suggest to the Director that perhaps the manual of standards should be amended to include recommendations on what to do when you are not on the clock but on assignment in the field.

There was undoubtedly a management and supervision failure, and I would encourage conversation and openness, instead of a reign of terror in which careers are destroyed and families are endangered. But as the matter stands today your failure compounded what was an initially limited incident.

And, finally, I would hire someone for your staff who has run for sheriff.

Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN

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APRIL 19TH FLORIDA (ILLINOIS) NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO:

Republican Party Presidential Candidate Andy Martin

WHAT:

Republican Presidential Candidate Andy Martin says Obama has bungled the Secret Service incident, should offer amnesty to dismissed agents

WHERE:

Sidewalk in front of

95 N. County Road, Palm Beach

(former U. S. Post Office)

WHEN:

Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 3:00 P.M.

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