Rep. Joe Walsh Blasts Double Amputee's Military service,

[PatSeg]

Says She's Not A 'True Hero"

WALSH: Understand something about John McCain. His political advisers, day after day, had to take him and almost throw him against a wall and hit him against the head and say, “Senator, you have to let people know you served! You have to talk about what you did!” He didn’t want to do it, wouldn’t do it. Day after day they had to convince him. Finally, he talked a little bit about it, but it was very uncomfortable for him. That’s what’s so noble about our heroes. Now I’m running against a woman who, my God, that’s all she talks about. Our true heroes, it’s the last thing in the world they talk about. That’s why we’re so indebted and in awe of what they’ve done.

More and video at link:

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510443/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth-service/?mobile=nc

What a creep!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. Please tell me he will lose

What fucking idiot in Illinois is going to vote for this scumbag?

[PatSeg]

5. The comments

indicate he isn't doing very well in Illinois, thank god. He's barely qualified to sell used cars. He might make a good carnival barker though.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. Maybe that's a good sign

When even the usual troglodytes that inhabit a comments section can't defend you......

[kysrsoze]

10. You'd be surprised how many idiots we have here in Illinois, willing to vote for this shitbag

I have to think there's a special place in hell for this deadbeat-dad motherf**ker.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

30. It may be because the suburbanites, or at least some of them, have voted for Walsh as a reaction

to the corrupt Chicago politics.

For some, it is a reaction to the Chicago and Madigan politics rather than a vote "for" Walsh.

[whathehell]

64. Nah...He only won by about 295 votes and some of that had to do with

his opponents lackadaisical approach to the campaign.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. It was really flukey for him to win the gop nom. last time and he hasn't made many friends since.

Between that and the district boundary changes, I don't think his luck is going to hold.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

27. Diebold

[shcrane71]

33. +1

[freshwest]

2. Most GOP do it. For them, only good vet is a dead one. Cheaper and can stuff words in their mouth.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

53. +1 zillion

I never considered that before, but I think you're onto something.

Cheaper, and ---Stuffing words in the dead soldiers' mouths is their opportunity to showboat themselves, sermonize about their patriotism and virtue.

[tsuki]

60. Or one that agrees with them. nt

[brewens]

3. If he was even in the National Gaurd for a couple months we'd see

pictures of him in uniform.

[DainBramaged]

4. Joe Walsh and dog shit

I'd rather step in dog shit to avoid him than listen to him

[unblock]

7. after they got away with what they did to cleland, a TRIPLE amputee, nothing surprises me anymore.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

31. With the assistance of the MSM.

[Blue_Tires]

39. I remember that very well

I voted for Cleland the first time he won...

[livetohike]

8. This article from TIME magazine disputes Walsh's claim about McCain

I think McCain talked about his years as a POW all the time.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837074,00.html

[riderinthestorm]

11. John McCain wrote an entire book glorifying his military service

yes, and those of his "fathers" as well but jayzus, McCain's not shy about putting his military service out there at all!

[livetohike]

13. Republicans are idiots. They must think that no one can fact check them, but

the problem is, who in the MSM will call them on their b.s.?

[JHB]

20. But calling them on it would be "liberal bias"...

...and gracious! The MSM can't let anyone even imagine that, can they? What a disaster that would be!

[whathehell]

67. Walsh is definitely an idiot..I'm in his district and just sent him an email

on his little "take" on Tammy Duckworth

Dear Joe,

"I've heard you say some unusual things during your time in office,

but even I couldn't believe you actually said that Tammy Duckworth,

a disabled veteran who lost both legs in Iraq, should somehow

be set apart from "true heroes"....Generally speaking, even

someone holding such a callous opinion would have the brains

to keep it to himself...What a CLASSLESS loser you are"!

[PatSeg]

18. I'm guessing

Walsh didn't read that article.

[livetohike]

28. The guy probably hasn't read anything in years

[PatSeg]

41. He would have to sit still for at least five minutes

in order to read anything. This guy is so hyper, its exhausting just watching him.

[quakerboy]

68. In contrast to the audience

who appear to have sat, lifelessly staring forward, even when the man walked behind them. Many seemed to struggle even to turn their heads to look while he was in front of them. Almost like people who didn't really care to be there. Like how people look at one of those work conferences that no one wants to go to, but the boss mandates it and your on company time, so you are there anyway, staring at the clock and waiting for the flow of useless pseudo information to end.

[PatSeg]

71. Yes, that's exactly how it looks

And the more withdrawn his audience becomes, the louder and crazier he gets. Either he's on meds or more likely he NEEDS meds.

[sarge43]

49. Horse sneeze.

During the campaign, ask McCain the time of day and get something like -- when I was a POW I didn't have a watch.

[atreides1]

9. McCain served

But he failed to tell the whole truth about his service...the only thing McCain is known for is getting shot down and being a POW!

His military career from beginning to end, with the exception of his capture, was one of getting over because of who his grandfather and father were...if not for that "noble" bloodline, the good senator probablty would have ended up as laundry officer on a supply ship!

[SDjack]

14. McCain's fellow POWs called him "songbird", because he frequently violated

the code of silence. Even today, most of them shun him.

[PatSeg]

16. Exactly

He was known for being a spoiled admiral's kid and crashing planes. I have nothing but compassion for anyone who was a prison-of-war and they deserve it, but that does not make them glorified heroes.

[coalition_unwilling]

25. Please don't insult laundry officers! :) - n/t

[sarge43]

50. He wouldn't gotten that far. He would have been booted out the academy. n/t

[riderinthestorm]

12. Duckworth's a walking poster for military service. She can't hide her missing legs and mangled arm

I'm also going to guess its made an enormous impression on her and transformed her life. Trying to ask her to NOT talk about it, is like trying to ask Obama to NOT discuss racial issues. Some things are just too obvious and can't be ignored.

Except of course by the behind-in-the-polls idiot Joe Walsh who desperately wishes he was half the person Tammy Duckworth is.

[JDPriestly]

62. +1000000

Tammy Duckworth has to explain to people why she is sitting in front of them at times when usually a politician is standing.

She is the image of courage and I, as a Democrat, am proud of her.

Walsh is just jealous of her courage and good character. He has demonstrated neither of those traits in his life.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Please please people in that District

Vote for Tammy and get that asshole out of office. And make sure he takes Allen West with him.

[PatSeg]

21. Tammy just needs to play this video over and over again

The man is clearly off balance.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. I think Tweety plays that famous one alot.

[PatSeg]

47. Yep

Walsh yelled at Matthews the very first time he was on the show and Matthews never forgets stuff like that.

[Quantess]

38. I wonder if he had been drinking?

He doesn't seem intoxicated, but there was a bar right there... or is he that belligerent when sober? Sheesh.

[PatSeg]

42. It was in the morning

which wouldn't stop some people from drinking, but I think it is something else with Walsh. I've seen that behavior in men before and its very disturbing. If that's how he acts in public with strangers, how did he act at home when he was married?

[lpbk2713]

40. "If you interrupt my irrational rant you will have to leave this public establishment !!1!"

He must have been an only child is all I can figure.

[Doc Holliday]

63. Oh, come on, now....

What would being an only child have to do with being an ignorant douche nozzle?

[Oldtimeralso]

75. No, it was...

his brother that was an only child! And they were twins!

[lpbk2713]

76. BWAHAHA

[Ganja Ninja]

43. I think I would find it hard to keep from punching him in the face if I met him.

If you look up "prick" in the dictionary you'll find his picture.

[Bake]

19. Did this dirtbag ever pay his child support?

If not, he should just shut the !@#! up.

Bake

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Better question, did he ever SERVE in the military?

The biggest blowhards are the ones who have never been there, done that yet toss stink bombs at someone who lost her legs but still got up and not only walked again, but is running for office.

He apparently "settled" the child support issue with his ex-wife:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/04/rep_joe_walsh_child_support_ca.html

[sarge43]

51. No, not according to the Wiki bio.

When on that rare occasion Repubs do, they make a BFD of it.

[donquijoterocket]

73. not only

went to elected office for public service but has done much fine work making sure other veterans get the treatment they need as director of the Illinois office of Veteran's affairs and as the asst. Sec.for veteran's affairs .Walsh on the other hand is the typical repcon unmitigated @$$hole who sees his ride on the wingnut welfare gravy train coming to an end and is desperate. I've got to believe this will backfire on him big time sooner,rather than later, and I'd expect him to try to walk it back some shortly or send some spokeshole out to try to do it for him. Meantime I'd suggest everybody find her Act Blue donations page and drop whatever you can spare on her campaign.
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/tammyduckworth

[AnotherMcIntosh]

32. Why didn't any of the suburban judges put him in jail for not paying child support?

It couldn't be due to the corrupt Republican judges in the suburbs, could it?

[coalition_unwilling]

22. That this character still has any political viability whatsoever should

tell you everything you need to know about today's Repig Party and those who support it.

Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Ike Eisenhower are spinning in their graves. Were he alive today (or at any time after the late 20s), I believe Lincoln would have been a Dem and so would Ike. Not sure about TR, but I suspect he too would have nothing to do with these chickenhawk booboisie.

[WI_DEM]

24. if this guy wins then something is seriously wrong with that district.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

34. Those who count the votes determine the outcome.

[Initech]

29. What a creep indeed!! How do these psychos get elected?

[lpbk2713]

35. WTF would a republican know about military heroes?

To them anyone in the military is a worker bee from the lower socio-economic classes that they send off to
some third world country in order to perpetuate the capitalist way of life in a war the privileged classes created
to generate huge profits from. It is just too bad for the service member if they are KIA or if they come home
damaged physically or mentally. They see it as the service member's fault for being a casualty.

[maxrandb]

36. There's no down-side for him

As long as the myth is allowed to perpetuate that simply having an "R" after your name means you "support the troops" and are "strong on defense"...he has nothing to lose.

That myth allowed the Repukes to turn the guy with multiple Purple Hearts and Bronze and Silver Stars earned in combat into a "traitor"...and the guy who spent his combat eligible years defending the Flora-Bama Bar into a "hero".

Right now, I guarantee you that there are a bunch of old guys sitting around the TV at the local VFW Post, doing their very best to explain how "Wilson is the real military hero"...I've seen similar with my own eyes.

How the hell else can you explain polls of military veterans that have Romney with a "double-digit" lead among veterans?

It truly is one of the most bizarre things in the history of American politics.

[Swede Atlanta]

37. It's the same crap they used successfully here in Georgia....

against Max Cleland. I don't see how any MORAL person could dare tread on the loyalty and patriotism of candidates that have suffered life-altering injuries as a result of their service to our nation.

This is how polarized we have become - black = white, right = wrong. Amputee survivor of war = socialist, America-hater. Chickenhawk = true patriot.

What is up with this crap?

[PatSeg]

44. And the biggest share of the blame

goes to those who buy the ridiculous crap these right-wingers spout. It is clearly willful ignorance. Somewhere inside they know its bullshit, but they made a choice to follow the bullshitters. God forbid that they decide to change course or admit they were wrong.

[Freddie Stubbs]

46. They never criticized Cleland's military service

[Freddie Stubbs]

45. A politician who has never served cannot criticize the serviced of someone who has served without

inflicting great political damage to himself.

[PatSeg]

54. Pick on a young woman

who went to war and came back missing two legs. That is bound to backfire, especially from a man known to have deprived his ex-wife and children of over $100,000 in support.

What an idiot.

[IggleDoer]

69. But the Supreme Court has ruled that it is OK to lie about military service.

So this scumbag can puff himself up to "greater hero" status.

[Freddie Stubbs]

91. Just because he can do it doesn't mean that people will believe him

[tpsbmam]

48. Thanks to my prisoner of war experience, I had, as they say in politics, a good first story to sell.

Quote from John McCain's book, Worth Fighting For (2002)

[abolugi]

52. What a putz!

The irony is Ms.Duckworth fought for his right to trash her like that!
Shame on his constituents for not shunning him!!!

[patrice]

55. MCCAIN HAS NEVER HAD TO DO ANYTHING!! He's from a DIFFERENT economic class than Tammy Duckworth.

McCain has never HAD to do anything, including keep his mouth shut or REFRAIN from showing off with a jet-fighter on a crowded air-craft carrier deck.

Tammy Duckworth has had to fight for her way through life; she doesn't have an entire economic-class constantly promoting what she has done in any and every way possible.

[ieoeja]

56. I am an apostate in this particular instance.

There is one and only two** reasons I do not care for Injured Iraqi War Veteran Tammy Duckworth. The only thing Injured Iraqi War Veteran seems to campaign on are the injuries that Injured Iraqi War Veteran got in Iraq.

I am looking forward to the Tea Bagging poster boy going down. But I really do get sick of that shit. Also I would like to know, does Injured Iraqi War Veteran actually stand with Democrats on anything? I hope she doesn't turn out to be another Cindy Sheehan.


[font size1]** Two would be my #1 reason actually. After big money helped Centrist Tammy Duckworth narrowly beat out the local Democrat whom all the polls showed trouncing the Republican, Centrist went on to lose that race. The local would probably have won that election and campaigned as a Liberal, Progressive. Centrist took the centrist route and lost. Actually, I might like this about Centrist as she has provided excellent proof that this centrist bullshit doesn't work.[/font]

[patrice]

58. Thanks for the info.

[riderinthestorm]

61. What??!! Dupage County was held by Henry Hyde for decades, one of the reddest US counties

there was no way a Dem was going to win there, especially a progressive like Christine Cegelis. Henry Hyde personally hand selected his replacement in Peter Roskam and threw his substantial clout behind him.

Every single US Rethug presidential candidate in the world goes to Dupage County to fund raise and give speeches. All of them - its that red. Besides that Pete Roskam had every Rethug heavyweight coming to specifically campaign for him when he ran for that seat including Cheney, Laura Bush, and Karl Rove.

Tammy Duckworth came as close to winning that seat as any Dem will ever come - she was within 3 pts. I know because I lived in Wheaton for 25 years. I went to high school with Pete Roskam, I even have naked baby pics of Pete and I in the baby pool together as toddlers. Furthermore, I worked on Tammy's campaign in order to say I did everything I could to try to turn that seat blue.

It beggers belief why you would distort her very, very admirable run against Roskam. She did a damn fine job on her first campaign ever trying to take Hyde's seat.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

66. In response to your question, and you raise a good one, here's a link to where her issues

are posted:
http://www.tammyduckworth.com/issues/

As indicated by her web site, the issues on which she is running have the headings:
[] The American Dream
[] Jobs & Economy
[] Budget, Deficit & Taxes
[] Education
[] Bipartisanship
[] Energy, Gas & Environment
[] Social Security
[] National Defense & Foreign Policy
[] Afghanistan
[] Civil Rights
[] Veterans Issues

You are right in that big money helped "centrist" Duckwork narrowly beat out the local Democrat. What is a "centrist?" I have no clear idea except for the fact that a "centrist" does not want to be an FDR-type Democrat. (E.g., "I will always remember that my oath of office will be to serve the people of the United States and not any political party of interest group.&quot

On her web site, she says that she favors governmental austerity, payroll tax credits, revising the Tax Code, accountability in the classroom, "investing in safe and responsible domestic oil while moving towards a clean energy future," opposing terrorism around the world, etc.

[patrice]

57. Isn't McCain responsible for the Indefinite Detention provisions in NDAA? Would TD have done that?

I bet not!

[hifiguy]

59. This guy is the very definition of the word "shitheel." nt

[appleannie1]

65. What a he man, dead beat dad. He hates women and it is obvious.

[Dalai_1]

70. Tammy Duckworth on Martin Bashir today n/t

[PatSeg]

72. Thank you

That should be very interesting.

[davidwparker]

74. I haven't googled his record, but let me guess ... He didn't serve. n/t

[frylock]

77. she should talk non-stop about this dickhole's deadbeat dad status..

just when you think this asshole couldn't be any more of an asshole.

[PatSeg]

78. Oh his ex-wife changed her mind

<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.>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)

I think he probably paid her to retract what she said. There is a rather lengthy list of "Controversies" at Wikipedia.

[tanyev]

79. True heroes don't get $100,000 in arrears on their child support.

[marble falls]

80. I'd like to thank Joe Walsh for his military service .......

oh, yeah, that's right - he never served.

[McCamy Taylor]

81. So Dem vets should shut up and GOP vets should brag?

That is what Walsh said.

[PatSeg]

82. Yes it is

Democrats aren't suppose to be patriotic. Republicans have a monopoly on patriotism. Everyone else needs to shut the hell up.

[KharmaTrain]

83. He Got A Real Cold Reception In a Parade This Morning...

He marched with some teabagger buddies and heard boos and catcalls along the way. People calling him a "coward" and "deadbeat".

Meanwhile just a few minutes later...along came Tammy Duckworth...



To cheers and salutes...

[PatSeg]

84. That's so cool

They both get exactly what they deserve!

Walsh is just a hustler and I think his fifteen minutes are almost up.

[derby378]

85. Let HIM step on a land mine and see if he still feels the same way

Awwww, you're a double amputee because you tried to save your comrades? Suck it up, you faker, you.

The derp, it burns...

[DeltaLitProf]

86. Walsh is going to LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!

I can't imagine Tammy not beating him by a dozen percentage points at least, even if the district is usually pro-Republican. He crossed the line into an area where his political career won't survive.

[PatSeg]

87. If Walsh wins,

we have a serious problem. I can't recall a worse candidate.

[npk]

88. Hey Walsh did you watch McCain's 60 minutes interview

It was 45 minutes of him talking about his military service and how that made him the perfect Commander in Chief. He also spoke at length on the campaign trail about his service. His first debate against President Obama had at least 20 questions about how his military experience would aid him in guiding America through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McCain used his service card more than any other person I can ever remember that ran for higher office.

Of course I could see why this irritated Walsh so much. Since most GOPers do everything they can to avoid service, they don't like to be around those who actually have served.

[The Wizard]

89. A public horse whipping is in order(NT)

[sinkingfeeling]

90. Funny most Republicans claim anybody who served is a hero.