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Rave if you think Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois was WRONG for suggesting double-amputee Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth not a ‘true hero’

Che Guevara - Hero 2012/07/05 03:23:27
Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
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Republican Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois is under fire this Fourth of July for complaining that his Democratic challenger, a veteran who lost her legs in Iraq, talks too much about her military service.


Tammy Duckworth, a Black Hawk pilot, was awarded the Purple Heart after her helicopter was hit by an RPG in 2004. She lost her legs and some use of her right arm in the explosion.


At a town hall meeting on Sunday, Walsh complained that he is “running against a woman who, I mean my God, [military service] is all she talks about.”


The first-term congressman also suggested that Duckworth is not a “true hero,” while comparing her unfavorably to Arizona Sen. John McCain.



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  • Grandpa Che Gue... 2012/07/06 12:22:22 (edited)
    Grandpa
    Thats BULLSH__ passed around by clowns like you and is easily remove with a cold beer >> Cowards like you sir are what this country needs less of >>> You can't be much of a man if the only thing you will fight for is a Dead beat dad and live in a country that someone else has to do your fighting for you >>>> Guess you don't care if some dictator is killing women and kids ,or blowing up our citizen ?? What would you grow a set of Ba-- FOR ???? Perhaps your own stinken hide >>> You would do better thanking that lady for fighting for you as you seem to be afraid to
  • Che Gue... Grandpa 2012/07/06 20:58:49
    Che Guevara - Hero
    Coward ? I'm no Conservative. I didn't cut and run like your boy "Mittens" Romney or serve stateside in the National Guard like GW Bush. I not only served, I volunteered, just like my Father, and Grandfather....All Liberals.
    conservative draft dodgers
  • Grandpa Che Gue... 2012/07/06 21:51:28
    Grandpa
    +1
    For that you get a attaboy >. As I too spent 4 years chaseing bad guys
  • my2cents Grabitz 2012/07/05 22:44:57
  • Keeping It Real 2012/07/05 16:05:50
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    Keeping It Real
    +5
    He's a straight up RWNJ that will get his a$$ kicked out of office this November.
  • Che Gue... Keeping... 2012/07/05 21:04:43
  • UnusualSuspect 2012/07/05 16:03:44
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    UnusualSuspect
    +4
    Che...don't do what KCurtis does...be better than her and give a reasonable choice of answers...

    Seems to me Walsh is only cutting his own throat here.

    If he were a real man...if he were a human being...if he wanted to show that conservatives aren't really that backwards group of people who they say they aren't, then he wouldn't make an issue of this at all.

    Can't he see that he's a conservative bully, and that no one in their right mind will vote for him now?

    Any comments from conservatives?

    Love to read 'em...
  • Texas Johnny 2012/07/05 15:41:07
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    Texas Johnny
    +2
    He should have known better. Same goes for any democrat who does the same thing.(Be fair)
    Being an Army Aviator is dangerous work no matter what you fly or where you fly it. Any man or woman that has the courage and talent to fly a helicopter is a hero no matter what and that service should never be disparaged!
    army aviation
  • ally 2012/07/05 15:39:29
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    ally
    +6
    So, this is what the Republican party has succumbed to- those who would degrade a true hero, who paid with the loss of her legs. Did John McCain stand up against this? Did any of the so called "patriotic" GOTPers? How shameful this party has become.
  • TheNightFly 2012/07/05 15:38:02 (edited)
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    TheNightFly
    +1
    A hero is anyone who conscientiously fights only to defend human rights and nothing more. Is that what Tammy Duckworth was doing; is that what John McCain was doing; or were they both simply following orders to kill? If all you do is follow orders to kill, without regard to why or what end, you're not a hero, you're a tool.
  • Che Gue... TheNigh... 2012/07/05 21:06:18
    Che Guevara - Hero
    +3
    She has something you never will. She has earned my respect.
  • TheNigh... Che Gue... 2012/07/06 00:01:52 (edited)
    TheNightFly
    If people have to earn your respect, it means you are usually disrespectful. So it's no surprise that you want to disrespect me. But if you are disrespectful to people, why would anybody want to earn your respect?
  • jacktown kid 2012/07/05 15:24:14
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    jacktown kid
    +4
    Joe Walsh off is rocker too
  • Guru_T_Firefly 2012/07/05 15:01:18
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +8
    Why does the Republican party continually allow this kind of idiot into their party? Is it because they don't want to appear credible or honest?
  • dallas Guru_T_... 2012/07/05 17:51:15
  • MsTlynne dallas 2012/07/05 18:23:43
    MsTlynne
    +7
    He's a tea party "trick." They are his pimp.
  • Guru_T_... dallas 2012/07/06 01:30:18
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +1
    And they have the nerve to try and call us unpatriotic. These people aren't the sharpest crayons in the box, are they?
  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/07/05 14:37:23
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    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    There wasn't a medium choice, so I chose what I chose. being a double-amputee doesn't make you a hero, what you did to BECOME a double amputee may or may not, but being one, in itself, doesn't confer that distinction upon you.
  • dallas Christo... 2012/07/05 18:35:27
  • Che Gue... dallas 2012/07/05 21:10:07
    Che Guevara - Hero
    +4
    Douche probably thinks he was.
  • Christo... dallas 2012/07/06 02:41:16
    Christopher Kirchen
    No.
  • Che Gue... Christo... 2012/07/05 21:09:46
    Che Guevara - Hero
    +4
    You don't even know how she lost her legs Douche. What sacrafices have you made for our country ?

    "Duckworth lost the lower part of both legs from injuries sustained on November 12, 2004, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents. This made her the first female double amputee from the Iraq war. The explosion also "almost completely destroyed her right arm, breaking it in three places and tearing tissue from the back side of it. Duckworth received a Purple Heart on December 3 and was promoted to Major on December 21 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where she was presented with an Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
  • Guru_T_... Che Gue... 2012/07/06 01:31:10
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +1
    He's gone from a case of beer each night down to only 23 cans.
  • 4gotten Israelite 2012/07/05 14:28:12 (edited)
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    +8
    Now this is the poster republican who is truly unpatriotic, he's ignorant, arrogant, he's a dead beat father he's the worst American I've ever seen. If republicans aren't Disgusted, with this moron, then they're just as bad.
  • Christo... 4gotten... 2012/07/05 14:38:43
    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    Disgusted, you mean? Discussed, means talked about.
  • 4gotten... Christo... 2012/07/05 15:24:20
    4gotten Israelite
    +1
    Thank you for your correction
  • bob h. 2012/07/05 14:22:53
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    bob h.
    +8
    Maybe he can get a job at FOX Snooze, home of the draft dodgers.
  • warkitten 2012/07/05 14:20:50
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    warkitten
    +6
    Walsh is just jealous...how could he say that about a person who sacrificed so much for us and that includes him and his family....I don't care if she's your opponent or not you don't say that jerk off
  • Guru_T_... warkitten 2012/07/05 15:03:06
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +8
    I have little doubt that the only thing he's ever sacrificed was his fifth martini at happy hour.
  • RobinPeta 2012/07/05 14:18:26
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    +8
    Republicans are not about people. They are all about money... in their own pockets.
  • Christo... RobinPeta 2012/07/05 14:40:45
    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    Democrats are too, but they pretend to be on the side of the poor, then flash their limos in the poor communities! Who's the nasty one now!
  • Guru_T_... Christo... 2012/07/05 15:04:25 (edited)
    Guru_T_Firefly
    +7
    At least, the Democrats aren't pretending to be honest patriots like the Republicans are.
  • Che Gue... Christo... 2012/07/05 21:11:27
    Che Guevara - Hero
    +3
    What in the HELL are you babbling about ? lol
  • mich52 2012/07/05 14:14:04
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    mich52
    +10
    I've seen many examples of Walsh and he seems to be a disgusting person... He represents the GOP quite well..
  • KrSpo 2012/07/05 14:03:21
  • elijahin24 2012/07/05 13:42:44
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    elijahin24
    +14
    I don't think this Child-support-dodging douchebag needs to be attacking ANYONE. But, sure, go ahead Joe. Attack away. Tammy has a Purple Heart and two prosthetic legs to back up her heroism. What do you have to support your claim that she isn't? Oh yeah, nothing.
  • lstl5 2012/07/05 13:38:59
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    lstl5
    +9
    He only won by a couple hundred votes last time, and he will definitely lose this time. Hey, hey, ho, ho, Joe Walsh has got to go. The scumbag wont be around much longer.
  • findthelight2000 2012/07/05 13:14:24
    Yes, Republican Representative Joe Walsh was WRONG
    findthelight2000
    +10
    Joe Walsh is always wrong! As a deadbeat Dad, like Rick Scott of Florida, he's just another criminal elected by the tea-party's brainless minions.
  • Linda 2012/07/05 13:04:51
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    Linda
    +9
    Yes, he was wrong. Besides being a rude blind idiot, he's scum and a republican.
  • Grandpa 2012/07/05 12:53:55 (edited)
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    Grandpa
    +8
    Has that clown ever served this country other than milking the goverment job he now holds ???? Like so many in Washington have never put thier a$$ on the line to protect this country ,But run for office and cheat the people and feather thier nest at our expense >>>> What does Joe Welsh talk about ??? How he sat on his behind while others served this country so we could live free ??? >>> Another stinken politian who only fights for his stinken pay check and all he can get under the table not for this country >>> Kick his behind Tammy as he is a disgrace to our country >> A failure who can't keep a wife and won't pay to support the kids he fostered >> Is that the kind we vote to represent us ???? Please note as he has served one term he will get a goverment pension that he can draw at age 50 which is 10 times what he would, if it were Social Security >>>> Perhaps it should be given to his ex-wife to support his 3 kids >>>. Please vote wise in 2012

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