Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh sued for $100,000 in child support

Chicago Sun Times ^ | July 27, 2011 | Abdon Pallasch

[jmaroneps37]

“Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh sued for $100,000 in child support” and?

THIS is supposed to mean he can’t get in the ring and take on the fraud in the straw hat? I DON’T THINK SO!

Hang in Joe, keep fighting.

[Condor51]

*** Nice to see the He-Man Woman Haters Club is out in full force, but this guy is a loser... ***

Don't pull that trigger yet. I read this *thing* too...

1. This articl Hit Piece is from the Chicago Slum-Times.
   
2. The Slum-Times carries the water for Chicago and Cook County Rats.
   
3. Some of the Slum-Times staff includes the racist Mary Mitchell and the not so 'Rev' Jesse Jackson.
4. Note the Judge's name in this family court case. Female - He was cooked from day one.
   
5. In IL every Father-Husband in a divorce and/or custody case is GUILTY even when proved innocent.₍₁₎
   
6. In IL you can have your Driver License suspended for failing to have your car take and pass, an emissions test.
   
7. As to his Evanston condo situation -- I could name a dozen reasons for that. None are politically correct.

(1) I could write a HORROR Story, but a TRUE one, of what happened to our ex next door neighbor(s). The wife was a slut and the hubby got F___ed. She played the whole thing out like she had it planned from day one of their *marriage*.

[AuH2ORepublican]

How is this news surprising? We knew that Walsh was a deadbeat since the campaign (he had his condo foreclosed, tax liens on other properties for non-payment, and didn’t pay his campaign staffers their salary), and he almost lost in a heavily GOP district despite the huge GOP wave. And, as you said, he got shafted in redistricting and was going to be a one-termer anyways. Maybe he can get a cable TV show after his one term in Congress, but aside from that possibility he’ll never again make enough money to pay off his 9-year child-support debt, so his ex-wife is smart to sue now instead of waiting until he loses reelection and has already pissed away all the money he made.

This should be a cautionary tale for us: just because someone is eloquent and says all the right things does not mean that he or she is a good candidate. (I was going to say that Walsh is a male version of Christine O’Donnell, but I just remembered that in the DE GOP Senate primary threads I had described O’Donnell as a female version of Walsh.)

[marstegreg]

Does anyone find the timing of this a little suspect? How about the fact this originated in Chicago?

[freekitty]

I was trying to think of this one. I have never liked that Jeri Ryan since then. She sold out.

[PhilCollins]

I think that Rep. Walsh will win the primary. Republican primaries are usually won by the most conservative candidate, and Walsh is more conservative than Hultgren.

[octex]

“It doesn’t actually say that they were divorced in 2010. She just filed this particular petition asking for back child support in 2010.”

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The article said she FILED the divorce papers in December along with the petition for child support. They weren’t divorced in December, since that’s when the papers were filed.

[Gosh I love this neighborhood]

A little late, but here it is.

[zeugma]

Been there and played this game. My Ex signed an afidavit to the great state of Texas, claiming I was over 10K in arrears on my child support. I was able to bring to court, a copy of my bank statements and cancelled checks that showed that not only was I not in arrears, but I had over paid by several thousand dollars.

Consequences to her for filing a false document with the court, lying about it under oath, and other similar things? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Women lie about this kind of thing all the time. Don't believe a word about this until it's been adjudicated.

[Vigilanteman]

Double damn disgusting. My brother had an ex- who was playing patty cake on him. He wanted out and wanted custody of his daughter to give her a chance to grow up with somebody but a skank. He was a decent guy, made an acceptable living and was able to prove her encounters, drug use and other miserable lifestyle issues. His daughter was young (4 years old) but still knew enough to prefer Dad.

None of this mattered to the dumb-assed court. She got custody and child support. The court told him he was lucky because he didn't get hit with alimony as well. He ruined himself financially trying to save his daughter. I've hated these kangaroo courts ever since.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

He lives in Hotels, tears out the walls, then has his lawyers pay for it all.........Life’s been good to him so far.....

[Impy]

I think that Rep. Walsh will win the primary. Republican primaries are usually won by the most conservative candidate, and Walsh is more conservative than Hultgren.

He is and he may have the CFG's money but I don't see it happening. Add up these 'scandals' (democrat voters may not care if one of theirs has these issues but Republicans do) with that fact that Hultgren is an experienced, well known politician and the district is more Hultgren's territory and I'd be surprised if Walsh could win.