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marmar

(77,084 posts) Mon Feb 11, 2013, 09:07 PM Feb 2013

Joe Walsh, Captain Asshole

from the chicago Sun-Times:

After insisting he wasn’t a “deadbeat dad” throughout his failed campaign for re-election, ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh skipped last month’s child support payment and has asked to stop paying altogether.

His reason: Since he’s out of Congress, he’s now unemployed.

Walsh, a flame-throwing Tea Party Republican who was trying to land a radio deal and has launched a social media campaign against Fox commentator Karl Rove, did not pay the $2,134 in child support he owed in January, according to the attorney who represents Walsh’s ex-wife,.

And now Walsh has filed a request in Cook County Circuit Court to stop paying child support because he’s unemployed. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.suntimes.com/18165026-761/ex-tea-party-rep-joe-walsh-wants-to-stop-paying-child-support-because-hes-out-of.html