# Joe Walsh is a fucking hypocrite (big surprise) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798 "2011-07-30T01:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/1 "2011-07-30T01:54:13Z")
The Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill) is such a fucking hypocrite it’s sickening. This guy bloviates in phony indignation on national televison about how he will not stand for letting another dollar of debt be saddled on the children of this generation, his children. He is particularly snide and arrogant in his delivery and impassioned attacks on Obama and democrats in the most partisan of ways. Yet this confronter of injustice, himself owes more than $100,000 in unpaid child support payments. The man who (says he) will not stand for accepting another dollar of debt for his children has stood for accepting more than six figures in debt for his children. Get my vomit bag. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/2 "2011-07-30T02:01:06Z")
It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame/ Everybody’s so different/ He hasn’t changed. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/3 "2011-07-30T02:04:30Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame/ > Everybody’s so different/ > He hasn’t changed. I’m having a hard time clearly discerning your point here. Are you defending him? Defending him because his wealth as a member of Congress is relatively new? And yeah, everyone’s different, some are douchebag hypocrites, some aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/4 "2011-07-30T02:08:30Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I’m having a hard time clearly discerning your point here. Are you defending him? Defending him because his wealth as a member of Congress is relatively new? And yeah, everyone’s different, some are douchebag hypocrites, some aren’t. He’s spoofing on the song “Life’s Been Good” by the _rock musician_ Joe Walsh… ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/5 "2011-07-30T02:09:01Z")
It doesn’t surprise me at all - I fucking hate the Eagles, man. Oh, wrong Joe Walsh. Seriously, though, this guy is just another typical Douche Party teabag hyocrite. And just because I know **someone** will call it out eventually - here are a [few hundred cites](http://www.google.com/search?q=joe+walsh+child+support#q=joe+walsh+child+support&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=nws&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=79cbe1721c2d506b&biw=1920&bih=884). ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/6 "2011-07-30T02:10:07Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I’m having a hard time clearly discerning your point here. Are you defending him? Defending him because his wealth as a member of Congress is relatively new? And yeah, everyone’s different, some are douchebag hypocrites, some aren’t. [It’s from an Eagles song](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eagles/lifesbeengood.html)…[written](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life's_Been_Good) by [Joe Walsh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh). ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/7 "2011-07-30T02:10:46Z")
This surprises me about as much as the antigay right wingers who get forced out of the closet. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/8 "2011-07-30T02:11:46Z")
He’s (sort of) quoting the other Joe Walsh, singer/songwriter and member of The Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/9 "2011-07-30T02:12:48Z")
Man, that was fast. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/10 "2011-07-30T02:19:06Z")
Correction, though – it’s not an Eagles song, it’s from his solo album _But Seriously, Folks…_ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/11 "2011-07-30T02:19:55Z")
> [@SuperAbe](#): > > [It’s from an Eagles song](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eagles/lifesbeengood.html)…[written](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life's_Been_Good) by [Joe Walsh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh). Its not an Eagles song, is it? That’s a solo Joe Walsh song, I am pretty sure. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/12 "2011-07-30T02:40:03Z")
I thought he wrote it with Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/13 "2011-07-30T02:52:16Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I thought he wrote it with Duran Duran. No, you’re thinking of…uh…don’t tell me…it’s on the tip of my tongue, it’s a city…it starts with a Rrrrr…Ri…ri…o…“All She Wants to Do Is Dance.” That’s it! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/14 "2011-07-30T03:22:05Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > The Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill) is such a fucking hypocrite it’s sickening. This guy bloviates in phony indignation on national televison about how he will not stand for letting another dollar of debt be saddled on the children of this generation, his children. He is particularly snide and arrogant in his delivery and impassioned attacks on Obama and democrats in the most partisan of ways. > > Yet this confronter of injustice, himself owes more than $100,000 in unpaid child support payments. The man who (says he) will not stand for accepting another dollar of debt for his children has stood for accepting more than six figures in debt for his children. Get my vomit bag. Aw, give the dude a break. His mind is Tiffany-twisted, ever since he got that new Mercedes-Benz and all. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/15 "2011-07-30T04:14:52Z")
> [@jamiemcgarry](#): > > I’m having a hard time clearly discerning your point here. Are you defending him? Defending him because his wealth as a member of Congress is relatively new? And yeah, everyone’s different, some are douchebag hypocrites, some aren’t. He was referring to the quarterback Joe Walsh who used to play for the Eagles. The backfield in masse was known as the James Gang. He always claimed “the smoker you drink, the player you get”. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/16 "2011-07-30T04:38:56Z")
Does he still have that Maserati that does 185? Ever get his license back? _sigh_ First thing that flew through my head when I saw the thread title. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/17 "2011-07-30T05:19:08Z")
To be fair, he is talking about making his children _pay_ a debt left by their parents, where as the child support is a debt \*he \* owes to them. But yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/18 "2011-07-30T05:27:12Z")
Leave him a message telling him how you feel. Maybe he’ll call. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/19 "2011-07-30T06:13:30Z")
Gotta admit, life’s been good to him so far. [Song here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzxF-M2erx8). Mostly awesome, with a hint of kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798/20 "2011-07-30T06:23:55Z")
Just goes to prove that if Obama’s name were Conway Twitty we would have avoided this whole mess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-walsh-is-a-fucking-hypocrite-big-surprise/590798.md?page=2)