GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Melts Down, Screams At Constituents: ‘Dont Blame Banks!…'

[There Is No Spoon]

By Lee Fang on Nov 8, 2011 at 5:30 pm


Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) erupts at a constituent who asked about the bank lobby


Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is known for his anti-Obama rhetoric on cable television and his inability to pay his child support payments. But during a recent meeting with constituents in his Chicago-area suburban district, Walsh lost his cool when several attendees asked about why banks have so much power in government. At one point, Walsh even threatened to eject a man who asked Walsh about the revolving door of bank lobbyists infiltrating Congress and financial regulatory agencies.

Walsh at one point screamed, “don’t blame the banks … this pisses me off!” After several constituents accurately pointed out that bank lobbyists occupy key positions within Congress, the SEC, and other oversight bodies that are supposed to supervise bank practices, Walsh began sticking his finger close to his constituent’s faces, yelling, “quiet for a minute or I’ll have to ask you to leave.” The constituent, who had calmly asked his question before being cut-off midway through his sentence, obliged:

Quote: WALSH: Thats not the problem! The problem is you’ve got to be consistent. And I dont want government meddling in the marketplace. Yeah, they move from Goldman Sachs to the White House, I understand all of that. But you gotta’ be consistent. And it’s not the private marketplace that created this mess. What created mess was your government, which has demanded for years that everybody be in a home. And we’ve made it easy as possible for people to be in homes. [...] Don’t blame banks, and don’t blame the marketplace for the mess we’re in right now! I am tired of hearing that crap! This pisses me off! Too many people don’t listen. [...]

... http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11...ank-lobby/

This guy is a fruit loop.

[OptimistesMaddie]

To those constituents you get what you voted for, an ill informed idiot who doesn't have your interest in mind.

Seriously, the guy doesn't pay his child support...how is that for fiscal responsibility.

[atomic]

Walsh is a real piece of work. He's a clueless, loud mouth buffoon. He was being groomed for a leadership position, frequently appearing with Agent Orange and Cantor at the podium I hope the deadbeat is hounded mercilessly until he pays up.

[jaxx]

Walsh is a teabagger, and he is showing us all just what teabaggers do and think. He sucks.

[Ikonoklast]

Good thing he's a Congressman.

Pulling shit like that gets a beat-down if he was just another jerkoff Teabagger in some corner bar.

You can square up all you want against people asking you legitimate questions with the police standing behind you, right, Walsh?

Try pulling that shit as just another citizen, see how far you get with that.

[Oilcan]

Here's the video. What a prick.

edit: oops the link is already at think progress. lo siento...

[sandnsea]

What a fucking idiot. Everybody IS in a home of some sort. The only difference is whether you pay off somebody else's home, or your own home. Nobody told the banking industry to create explodable ARM loans. Nobody told the banking industry to repackage the loans, trade mortgages like food stamps for drugs, or let other industries place bets that the mortgage system would collapse. People like Joe Walsh need deprogramming.