While it seems unrealistic to swear off Joe Walsh stories for 2012, your LakeCountyEye had resolved to go cold turkey through the end of the year. Ha ha that won't be happening either -- the Congressman from the Eighth District, in the way of a seasons greeting, has flipped the holiday bird.As readers of this blog are truculently aware ...
Merry War On Christmas!there is a war on Christmas that is waged every year, around now, i.e. at Christmastime, and uncoincidentally so. And when there is fightin' to be done and a safe perch atop a grandstand to do it on, can Joe Walsh be far behind? The Sun-Times posed the question thus ...
Should members of Congress be able to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hanukkah" in taxpayer-funded newsletters to their constituents? Rep. Joe Walsh, R-McHenry, was incensed to learn that he could not under current House rules.At stake is whether your congresscritter should be allowed to mail out campaign lit, not only disguised as Christmas cards/newsletters -- but more importantly, campaign lit paid-for by your Federal government. Note to operatives: to succeed, frame this sort of battle against a backdrop of the first amendment or political correctness or the sanctity of Christmas or some other hot-button issue. The average voter will forget your primary goal is to pick their pocket.
Rep. Walsh on crusade for Christmas, Hanukkah mailing
Walsh, according to the Daily Herald, has declared Mission Accomplished ...
the beltway paper The Hill reported that House leaders have now received new guidelines on holiday correspondence. "The Franking Commission has spent the last year coming up with a whole host of revisions, and those are before the leadership now awaiting approval," Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock, the chairman of the House Franking Commission, told the paper. Walsh told The Daily Herald Friday evening that he was pleased his voice had been heard on the issueHa ha, operatives of all religious and non-religious affiliations in the Eighth District are now advised to watch their mailboxes for that Christmas greeting from Congressman Joe Walsh. You paid for it.
Walsh's Christmas mission is successful
Merry Christmas turkeys!
2 comments:
Hey, I got mine from Joe! It came in the form of an email, not paper. So I don't think it cost us too much to deliver!
We've been getting a flood of "constituent updates" from Joe, the great crusader against spending taxpayers' money. They all highlight one of his pet issues and each has a little survey you can fill out and send back, confirming that you agree with Joe. And they're not inexpensive flyers, but large-size, double-sided, full-color glossies. Not cheap, and extra postage to boot.
And best of all, he won't even be our Rep, even if he wins, due to redistricting, so it is a double waste of federal funds. His hypocrisy is exceeded only by his stupidity.
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