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Kirk Campaign Hits Giannoulias on Résumé Padding

2:17 PM, Jun 14, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

The campaign of Illinois Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk responds to recent reports that his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias has embellished his record:

First there was the dishonesty about his failed banking experience, then exaggerations about charitable work at the AG Foundation and now we learn his claim to membership on the board of the Community Bankers Association is not true. Alexi Giannoulias' already-limited resume has suddenly gotten a lot shorter. This is just another example of Alexi’s pattern of deception. He wasn’t honest about his resume, he wasn’t honest about the loans he made to organized crime figures and he wasn’t honest about the $150 million he lost in Bright Start college savings. Illinois voters cannot trust Alexi Giannoulias.

Giannoulias's Embellishments: Rhetoric vs. Reality

3:20 PM, Jun 11, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

To hear Alexi Giannoulias describe his quite modest, now-defunct AG Foundation – and his involvement with its work – one could be forgiven for thinking the organization was saving the world.

The resume-padding seems to have started long ago.

2:45 PM, Jun 9, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Last week, THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported that Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias had embellished his record. Giannoulias claimed on his official website – he is currently the state treasurer of Illinois – to be the founder and chair of the AG Foundation.

The Illinois Senate candidate misrepresents his record.

5:00 PM, Jun 3, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

“I don't know why he feels the need to embellish the record and not tell the truth,” Alexi Giannoulias recently said of his opponent Mark Kirk. But now it would be fitting for Giannoulias to ask himself the same question he posed to his opponent, both of whom are vying for the Illinois Senate seat now held by Roland Burris.

10:50 AM, May 13, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Yesterday, Alexi "Ali G" Giannoulias said "we didn't need" wars in Afghanistan and Iraq:

Illinois Senate Race: Kirk 46%, Giannoulias 38%

1:23 PM, May 3, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Rasmussen has released its latest poll on the race to fill Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois:

Kirk now attracts 46% support in Illinois' race for the U.S. Senate, up from 41% in early April. Support for Giannoulias is at 38%, virtually unchanged from the previous survey but down from March, when he earned 44% of the vote. Five percent (5%) currently support some other candidate, and 12% are undecided...