Republican ideologues bent on blowing up the US government by any means necessary, even if it takes blowing up the world economy, took another step in that direction. The sabre-rattling was ratcheted up a notch, as mouthpieces for the conservative agenda threatened, in front of the teevee cameras this weekend, to see the US Government default on its debt obligations.Lake County's very own Eighth District Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Crackpot) was spotted on Face the Nation yesterday, defending their Path-to-Armageddon™ ...
BOB SCHIEFFER: Well, let me ask you this, Congressman. I mean, what do you think would happen if in fact, Congress voted not to raise the debt ceiling? What do you think the impact would be not just in this country but around the world? Is that being overstated?Sobering words indeed. Especially coming from someone who does not seem to have the word overstated in his vocabulary.
REPUBLICAN JOE WALSH: It is being overstated. It's being overstated.
Face the Nation
Curiosity to the peak and scrappin' for a challenge, your LakeCountyEye consulted teh Google for other matters that Congressman Walsh has deemed overstated. Here are Ten:
| Ten More Issues Joe Walsh Believes Are Overstated |
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Look for your LakeCountyEye, overstating the facts, near you.
9 comments:
Dear Eye: DO YOUR DUTY!!!!!! I just came back from a very long journey to and from Mr. Walsh's town meeting. All the lies, and fictions I heard from this man are dangerous, especially to his own supporters. You, who are far more sophisticated than I, had better attend and write down this stuff and then report back to us the truth. How about a contest on which are the biggest ones? Your readers are depending on you. If you don't I will....... I will, er, cancel my subscription!! And not only that, I will renew my subscription and SCOLD YOU IN CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!
Wow, better break out the tinfoil hats...
The Lake Villa TH was finally a true Town Hall. Joe got an earful and did his best Fred Astaire.
TA...don't you wish you had such a blog-a-bull character in the 10th. You have a much more down to earth Congressman.
hi IllinoisJim,
If you're auditioning for the job of LakeCountyEye stringer, you're hired. Please send your field reports to: lakecountyeye@gmail.com
-BB-
hi TA,
I haven't forgotten you. The offer made to IllinoisJim goes for TA as well.
-BB-
Hi BB - appreciate the offer but I'm too much of a partisan to be affiliated with a noted "non-partisan" blog like LCE. I'll just have to keep doing my thing over at Team America, but I'll continue to check in on you guys from time to time to keep you honest.
hi TA,
I guess every Humbert Humbert has his Clare Quilty.
-BB-
It is alleged that Rahm Emanuel said "never let an emergency go to waste." Apperently, the Right is not going to let this Wall Street manufactured emergency get away.
Here's more on Walsh:
Walsh's Chief of Staff (Justin Roth), was a political hack and lobbyist for the Insurance and Bank lobby for many years. On January 5, 2011, Walsh started out as the poorest member of Congress - but has now raised almost $400,000 in the 1st Quarter of 2011. I wonder if Walsh ever explained any of this to his Tea Party followers in The Great Awakening, Barrington Tea Party, Palatine Tea Party, Northern Illinois Patriots, or the 9-12 Patriots. I'm guessing Walsh never mentioned it to his followers. Now you know why Justin Roth is Walsh's Chief of Staff.
Walsh's District Director (David Carlin), is another political hack. He already had at least one big political paycheck in DuPage County - and his connections to Pat Brady and Kirk Dillard made him valuable to Walsh. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Insiders think they now have instant credibility with all those Tea Party supporters through Walsh. Nothing could be further from the truth because the Tea Party Leaders are in the dark about the deal Walsh has cut with the IRP. Now you know why David Carlin is Walsh's District Director.
By the way, Walsh lent $28,500 - (supposedly his own money) to his campaign in 2010. You can verify this by looking at the FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings. So how did Walsh do that? Where did all that cash come from?
Walsh is broke. He wasn't even paying his bills. Walsh lost his expensive Evanston Condominium to Foreclosure just a year earlier. His highest ever income was once $35,000 for a single year. Walsh also has a few kids attending some very expensive Universities. So who's paying for that? Where is all this money coming from? Be prepared for more money stories from this clown.
One last item, if you look at any of his FEC filings, you will see what cash was raised, what bills were paid, and how much debt was still outstanding at the end of each Quarter. But if you flowchart the Walsh cash flow, it doesn't add up.
At the end of 2010, Walsh claimed he still had almost $400,000 in debts. And for the 1st Quarter of 2011, he raised almost $400,000 and spent about $100,000 including paying himself back on some personal loans to the campaign, but he also decided to skip out on almost all of the $400,000 in debt he had at the end of 2010. He is now disputing almost all of it.
Here is the website to look up the FEC reports yourself:
http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00473579
Sinceley,
Insider Lake GOP
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