Mark Kirk smears Greeks!

[Joanne98]

In recent months, Mark Kirk, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois, has increasingly been bringing up the financial crisis in Greece as a warning of what could happen if America doesn't reduce its own government spending. The undertones of these comments, however, seem to be directed at raising questions about the ancestry of his Democratic opponent, Alexi Giannoulias, who is the child of Greek immigrants and has been painted as a "mobster" by Republicans during this campaign season.

Here are some examples of Kirk bringing up Greece's financial situation:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/alexi-giannoulias-mark-kirk-greek_n_703230.html