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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:56 PM Sep 2012

DAYUM! Thank you Joe Walsh. I was wondering if I was Gonna Hear This Ol'Phrase: GET A JOB! DERRRRP!

It took the Greedy Ol' Party long enough, but they finally cracked. GET A JOB! And we have nutty ol' wash to thank for showing the true colors of the GOP.



http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/09/10/818281/joe-walsh-sandra-fluke/

Rep. Joe Walsh, the ornery Republican Congressman from Illinois, is known for trying to diminish his opponents’ their accomplishments. Earlier this year he said of Tammy Duckworth, the woman running against him for his Congressional seat, “Female, wounded veteran … ehhh.”
Walsh is now attacking women’s health advocate Sandra Fluke, joining a long list of Republicans in denigrating Fluke after her speech at the Democratic National Convention.. Over the weekend, Walsh complained that Fluke should “get a job” and stop talking about affordable contraception because “we’ve got parents in this country who are struggling”:
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DAYUM! Thank you Joe Walsh. I was wondering if I was Gonna Hear This Ol'Phrase: GET A JOB! DERRRRP! (Original Post) berni_mccoy Sep 2012 OP
Republicans: stuck in the '50s as usual klook Sep 2012 #1
Walsh can pay child support ... when he is not OUT OF WORK. He needs a REAL JOB, soon. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #2
Yea, how dare this woman try and get an education! quinnox Sep 2012 #3
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Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
2. Walsh can pay child support ... when he is not OUT OF WORK. He needs a REAL JOB, soon.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:00 PM
Sep 2012

* Bank foreclosed on his condo.
* Sued for $20,000 unpaid campaign management services
* Drivers license suspended for lapsed insurance.
* Sued for $117,000 past due child support from 2005 to 2011
Note: Walsh told his ex-wife he didn't have the money because ...
[font size="+1"]... because he was out of work."[/font]
(Chicago Sun Times)


Following Walsh's victory in the 2010 Republican primary, it was reported that a bank had foreclosed on his condo and he had been evicted in October 2009, but that he and his family were living in a rented house in the Chicago North Shore suburb of Winnetka at the time.[1] A GOP spokesman said that voters would likely identify with Walsh's financial troubles.[1] He was also reportedly facing a lawsuit by a former campaign manager who claimed Walsh owed him $20,000 for services.[1] and had had federal and state tax liens in the 1980s and 1990s (all paid by 2001).[18] Walsh explained that the major portion of the past due taxes were on a college trust fund he received from his grandfather and that neither he nor his family had been aware that the funds were taxable.[18] He also explained that his more recent financial struggles have made him more attuned to the difficulties faced by the average constituent.[18]

In July 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Walsh's ex-wife, Laura, was suing him for $117,437 for past due child support dating from 2005 for three of the children.[14] Walsh allegedly told his ex-wife that he did not have the money because he was out of work.[14][61] Walsh's attorney said that Walsh did not owe "anywhere near that amount," and that he had had no more problems paying child support than "any other average guy".[61] Walsh and his ex-wife were reportedly trying to work out a settlement of the disputed past due amount as of late July 2011.[14] Walsh's financial problems inspired the proposal of a bill which would forbid people owing more than $10,000 in back child support from running for office in Illinois.[62] On April 20, 2012, a judge dismissed the child-support dispute. In a joint statement Walsh and his ex-wife Laura stated, "Having resolved these issues together and cleared up these mistakes in private, we now agree that Joe is not and was not a 'deadbeat dad' and does not owe child support."[63]

In August 2011, the Chicago Tribune reported that Walsh lost his driving privileges from mid-April to mid-July 2011 because he let his insurance lapse. In response, Walsh criticized the Tribune for "wast[ing] time and ink scrutinizing [his] driving record over the last 22 years rather than Washington's unsustainable spending".[19] -- Wikipedia
 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
3. Yea, how dare this woman try and get an education!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:06 PM
Sep 2012

so she can get a decent job, she should give up the law dream and drop out and go apply and work at the nearest Mcdonalds, and get a full time job ASAP.

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