Seals Web site has lies about Kirk

While I and many of my 10th District neighbors have been surprised at the level of vitriol advertising executive Dan Seals has directed at our incumbent Congressman Mark Kirk, I was still surprised to discover a flat-out, blatant lie published on the Democratic challenger's Web site. Seals' ironically titled KirkFacts page contains a contrived list of supposedly Frequently Asked Questions, including "Is it true Mark Kirk got an A+ from the NEA?" "No," offers the campaign, "his actual rating is a B." Helpfully, the site provides an adjacent link to the NEA's House Scorecard so that readers can themselves verify Seals' claims. There's just one problem: Actually checking out the NEA's ratings reveal that Kirk received an "A."

Seals, attempting to represent my area, hasn't seen fit to actually move into it; he clearly takes his political cues from fellow Chicago politicians in his native 9th District. Answering a question nobody asked with a blatant lie about our respectable, independent Congressman is precisely the type of harmful mudslinging we suburbanites are quite content to leave, along with Mr. Seals, at our district border.

Andrew Quinn

Lake Forest