Who's On First?

With November just around the corner, operatives don't need to be reminded that means one thing and one thing only: World Series. So to honor the winter fall classic, your LakeCountyEye will attempt to break Joe DiMaggio's record of 56 consecutive Joe Walsh stories. The play-by-play ...

To lead off, the NorthWest Herald revealed that Joe Walsh balked at signing a League of Women Voters media waiver, prior to his debate last week ...

Republican Congressional candidate Joe Walsh almost didn't make it to his long-awaited opportunity to take on Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean in public. Not because he was tardy to Wednesday’s forum at Grayslake Central High School, but because he would not sign off on the long-established taping rule set down by the League of Women Voters of Lake County, which moderated the event. The rule, No. 12 of 13 on the one-page contract, forbid candidates, campaigns and supporters from recording the event or using it in advertising.
Politicking before debate

Was Walsh's truculence a sign that a plant was waiting in the audience -- one who would demand a recitation the Pledge of Allegiance? Not according to Walsh, who claimed no prior knowledge. Details were posted on this blog ...

P.O.A.

It's unclear why Walsh would not want to sign a media agreement, unless he knew something was afoot. Nonetheless, Walsh manages to pull off a double-play -- both asserting his right to rebroadcast the event, plus packing the stands with an agitator to create some Internet buzz. The result -- Viola -- Joe Walsh slides in for a perfectly executed squeeze play ...

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Holy Cow!

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