{"id":21452,"date":"2017-05-04T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=21452"},"modified":"2017-05-04T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T02:57:08","slug":"former-congressional-loudmouth-pops-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=21452","title":{"rendered":"Former congressional loudmouth pops off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Joe Walsh once was known as a loudmouth politician from Illinois.<\/p>\n

Now he’s just a former<\/em> loudmouth pol, who has entered the discussion about health care reform in a most undignified and ironic manner.<\/p>\n

Late-night TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel went on the air Monday night and revealed that his newborn son was born with a heart ailment. Nurses detected a problem with the baby, a renowned cardiac surgeon was summoned and he repaired the infant’s heart.<\/p>\n

Kimmel gave a heartfelt and tearful testimony\u00a0that saluted\u00a0the medical staff at the hospital where little Billy was born — and argued on behalf of efforts to guarantee health insurance for all Americans.<\/p>\n

Then came Joe Walsh, who tweeted, “Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else’s health care.”<\/p>\n

Social media erupted with outrage at Walsh’s insensitive reaction. Walsh is a former Republican lawmaker who once popped off with remarks about Black Lives Matter and President Barack Obama that some folks had interpreted as a threat. Walsh, who’s now a TEA Party activist and a talk-radio host (imagine that), was defeated for re-election.<\/p>\n

There’s more — of course.<\/p>\n

Walsh also once was caught failing to pay child support for his own children; he reportedly owed about $117,000 in support payments.<\/p>\n

Tsk, tsk, tsk …<\/p>\n

For this clown to interject himself into a heartwarming story involving an entertainment personality and his family speaks pretty graphically about\u00a0this individual’s\u00a0profound lack of character and compassion.<\/p>\n

The word “hypocrite”<\/em> also comes to mind.<\/p>\n\n

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