The Priorities Of Rep Joe Walsh

Sept 14th, 2011

Who knows what Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) was doing today? He just couldn't make it to court. I don't see why the judge is so upset. After all, Rep. Walsh also had better things to do than attend a joint session of Congress called by the President of the United States. Via WLS:

"A judge in Chicago issued a preliminary ruling Wednesday against U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh in the Tea Party favorite’s child-support dispute with his ex-wife, ordering him to explain why he appears to be $100,000 behind on child-support payments, the Sun-Times is reporting.

Cook County Circuit Judge Raul Vega also wanted to know why Walsh wasn’t in court for the hearing — the McHenry Republican’s ex-wife, Laura Walsh was — and said he expects him to show up at the next hearing, in November.

Walsh’s new attorney, Janet Boyle, asked Vega “for what purpose” he wanted the congressman in court.

Vega gave her a puzzled look.

To which Boyle responded: “Mr. Walsh is a U.S. congressman.”

"Well, he’s no different than anyone else," the judge said." EMPHASIS OURS

I think a lot of us have had that same puzzled look lately when the subject of Representative "Deadbeat" has come up.

They Did What?

July 28th, 2011

We couldn't make this up if we tried.

As anyone who has been within a quarter mile of a television or the internet in the last month by now knows, the whole of American representative governance has ground to a halt over raising the debt ceiling. Today was supposed to the big day for Speaker Boehner's bill. It may be dead on arrival in the Senate, but that's only if it ever gets there. Here's what happened via WaPo:

"The House was nearing the end of its debate on the legislation when Republicans suddenly shifted gears. They instead moved to a bill renaming a post office in Peoria, Ill." EMPHASIS OURS

"GOP leaders have been laboring to line up the 216 votes the debt bill would need to pass the House, and they have encountered opposition from some conservatives. There are 240 Republicans in the House."

Rep. Boehner may well be the most incapable Speaker of the House in generations.