Joe Walsh is scum

[Cain]

Vote for Joe Walsh: His ideas have legs.

 

[brazenlilraisin]

Stay classy, Herm.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

james gang > the eagles

No.

 

[joobie]

No.

wrong.

 

[Puppycow]

This reminds me of what they did to Max Cleland.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Talk bad about the war/the troops/etc. = America hater.
Talk bad about an individual trooper you disagree with = that's just politics.

Stay classy Joe Walsh.

 

[daredelvis]

This reminds me of what they did to Max Cleland.

That was my initial thought. It got pretty ugly on this forum with some of the wing-nuts defending the attacks on Cleland.

Daredelvis

 

[BenBurch]

That was my initial thought. It got pretty ugly on this forum with some of the wing-nuts defending the attacks on Cleland.

Daredelvis

Unfortunately, the attacks on Cleland had their desired effect.

Are we going to allow these attacks on Duckworth to succeed?

 

[Monketi Ghost]

I was surprised and yet unsurprised.

The GOP has used military service/service members as a cudgel against those it deems unpatriotic for years, wrapping themselves in the flag while doing it. And then this sort of thing happens...

I'm pretty sure some GOP service members have told the guy to shut up.

 

[DavidJames]

I was surprised and yet unsurprised.

The GOP has used military service/service members as a cudgel against those it deems unpatriotic for years, wrapping themselves in the flag while doing it. And then this sort of thing happens...

This falls into line with their strategy trying to make their opponents strength become their weakness. This was very evident in the Swift Boating of Kerry.

Yes those elements of the GOP (and it's not a small number) are despicable.

I'm looking forward to the usual apologists to show up, making excuses for them.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

It happens when a douchebag attacks the troops.

I'm aware people will try to make money off the actions of others.

It demonstrates the emptiness of the default position of the GOP to support our troops. Most don't give a god damn about the troops.

What is the default position if the GOP when it comes to supporting the troops, and how does this demonstrate it's empty and that most GOP'ers "don't give a god damn about the troops." That sounds like an awfully broad brush you're using.

Interesting that there are people who can't simply step up and say "yeah, the guy is a grade a prick he is".

Who are these people?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Okay. There's one. Hardly the whole thread. Grizzly's claim has just a wee tad of hyperbole.

Well, "the one" was the OP.

 

[BenBurch]

Well, "the one" was the OP.

And I am totally unapologetic for it, too.

Anybody who is such anti-American trash as to denigrate the sacrifice of a multiply-decorated American soldier deserves defeat whether a member of the Republican party or the Democratic party. How much comfort do you think it gives AlQ to see that when our wounded return home, we disrespect them in this fashion? I think it makes them happy.

I think that anybody who helps elect him is every bit the terrorist-comforting swine Walsh himself has demonstrated he is.

Those who are not swine may help here;

http://www.tammyduckworth.com/

 

[pgwenthold]

I'm somewhat surprised that a thread that is nothing more than a plea to donate money to a political candidate has seen this much action.

Well, sure, its certainly easier to try to misdirect the thread than to actually acknowledging how much of a slime he is. Because you know, since there is no denying the fact that Joe Walsh is completely scum, as evidenced by his past, it is best for you to make it about the OP instead.

 

[RandFan]

I'm aware people will try to make money off the actions of others.

Are you also aware that some people like Walsh are also douchebags?

What is the default position if the GOP when it comes to supporting the troops, and how does this demonstrate it's empty and that most GOP'ers "don't give a god damn about the troops." That sounds like an awfully broad brush you're using.

Very broad. I grant you all of it. It's only my opinion based on my anecdotal experiences. When it comes time to step up and actually help the troops with policy then we typically here nothing but crickets from the GOP. Just how it was with the first responders to 9/11. They had to be shamed into providing additional health care funding.

 

[pgwenthold]

Very broad. I grant you all of it. It's only my opinion based on my anecdotal experiences. When it comes time to step up and actually help the troops with policy then we typically here nothing but crickets from the GOP. Just how it was with the first responders to 9/11. They had to be shamed into providing additional health care funding.

The GOP "supports the troops," just not individual soldiers.

 

[carlitos]

Okay. There's one. Hardly the whole thread. Grizzly's claim has just a wee tad of hyperbole.

Well, the Original Post kind of defines the whole thread, no? Is this OK per the MA?

More recently:

Those who are not swine may help here;

http://www.tammyduckworth.com/

 

[carlitos]

Since the OP didn't link the actual quote, it's from an Elk Grove townhall meeting here.

Actual words on youtube, posted by thinkprogress.

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. [pretty long pause here] 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.

Not the best way to phrase the idea he's talking about, but he hardly said she's not a true hero. One could certainly reasonably infer that, though, from what he said. Not great.

 

[BenBurch]

That is exactly what he said and what that means.

Try to spin it as "he misspoke" all you like, but it does not change what he is.

 

[RandFan]

Since the OP didn't link the actual quote, it's from an Elk Grove townhall meeting here.

Actual words on youtube, posted by thinkprogress.



Not the best way to phrase the idea he's talking about, but he hardly said she's not a true hero. One could certainly reasonably infer that, though, from what he said. Not great.

What's another reasonable inference?