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By now, we all know the latest mess coming from the Family Research Council – how the organization recently awarded Congressman Joe Walsh an award for supposedly fighting for “family values” even though Walsh owes over $100,000 in child support.
Of course the ugly irony is that earlier that week, FRC publicly prayed that God would keep gays from adopting children. So apparently being a gay father or a lesbian mother is a bad thing, but not paying your child support is a virtue.
But what gets me is Walsh’s response in receiving the award:
“I am proud and honored to be recognized by the Family Research Council as the only member from Illinois with a 100 percent pro-family voting record,” he said in a press release. “Defending American values have always been one of my top priorities, and this reward reaffirms my dedication to that fight.”
Yes, I know. Apparently paying for your children’s care isn’t an American value in Walsh’s book. Now allow me to tell you what will probably happen next.
The Family Research Council will either ignore this incredible faux pas on its part or respond much later after formulating some type of battle plan to explain away what it did.
Count on this battle plan to include one-sided articles in phony “pro-family” publications such as the American Family Association’s One News Now and appearances on “friendly” areas such as Fox News.
But above all, this battle plan will not include anything remotely looking like an apology or any type of acknowledgement that the organization goofed.
After all, the Family Research Council works for Jesus. And those who boast they work for Jesus never make goofs.
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Walsh is another gift from the Obama/Emanuel/DNC with their Blue dog center-right candidates like Melissa Bean. At least Walsh has a primary fight in 2012 with being redistricted into Rep. Hultgren’s IL 14.
What I don’t get is why is this guy even available to accept the award…why is NOT sitting a courtroom preparing to explain a judge why he shouldn’t be put in jail for failure to pay, and why is his Congressional paycheck not being garnished to pay that?
jimjr – NO. Walsh is a gift from the tea party, as is Hultgren (my rep. who beat Foster who was endorsed by just about everyone).
bjohnm – That’s what Walsh’s wife is trying to do right now.
I look forward to the 2012 Winner, Jerry Sandusky.
Wouldn’t it be great if the Family Research Council’s family values award was $100,000 and the money went directly for child support to Walsh’s ex-family? Then everybody would have reason to be happy.
There’s an underlying connection between this and the article about Cain not losing ground in the GOP polls over sexual harassment. The connection is women in general and the neo-conservative attitude toward and value thereof.
OK, that makes both Walsh and Hultgren who won their respective general election contests because their Democratic opponents were wimpy, Blue Dog corporatists who thought that acting like Republicans would get them re-elected in their Republican leaning districts.