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Until the accusations against Jan Schakowsky are proven true, I think it is very wrong to even be publishing this stuff.
Schakowsky has been a STAUCH ally for us in a blue state that tends to give us wishy-washies like Lisa Madigan, Dick Durbin and crooks like Roland Burris. Oh did I also mention the President?
I personally don't care if this story is true or not. Schakowsky has gone to bat for us on numerous occasions and quite frankly we shouldn't be denigrating those who help us.
MY congresswoman is bi??? lolwut
how cool would that be
Re: Schakowsky, LAME.
You should be ashamed, printing this stuff about Rep. Schakowsky. Did you check a single fact? No. Did you check with the Congresswoman's office? I think not. Did you apply any journalistic skill whatsoever? No. Do you risk alienating one of the most loyal votes for GLTB issues? Yes. What is wrong with you?
Queerty and their bigotry against anything from Illinois (good Lord, when was the last time you published any good news from my state?).
Jan Schakowsky is my Congressperson and, yes, she is one of our strongest allies. I disagree with her on some things (her changing her vote on additional war funding, for one) but why would you even publish unsubstantiated garbage like this?
Referring to The American Conservative, the Turkey-based Bugun website reported that a Turkish female spy struck up lesbian relations with Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, which enabled the gent to obtain classified information and prevent the adoption of a bill on the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress.
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator and the founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition told the magazine that Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky was targeted by the Turks who compromised her with a Turkish female spy who seduced the bi-sexual and married Schakowsky. Schakowsky's townhouse had been bugged with cameras and microphones to capture the sex acts to later blackmail her.
Bugun reports that the blackmail enabled Turkish special services to obtain secret documents on nuclear weapons and prevent the adoption of a bill on the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress.
They already had Hastert, the mayor, and several other Illinois state senators involved. He agreed to cooperate with Turkish special services. At present he works for Turkey at the Dickstein Shapiro organization.