And here it is –
Joe Walsh’s oldest son, 25-year old Joe, read a statement from himself and his siblings.
Joe’s Walsh’s son Joe pointed out that his brother still had to face people at high school who had seen the ads run by Tammy Duckworth.
Below is the letter that Walsh’s son read:
Dear Ms. Duckworth,
Yesterday, we like many people saw your TV commercial attacking our family.
While it is understandable campaigns can be heated, and at times things can turn negative, we would have hoped that a private family issue that our parents resolved on their own, over seven months ago, would not be the centerpiece of your campaign.
While we didn’t grow up rich both our mom and dad were always there for us and pretty much every dollar they earned went toward us kids.
They sacrificed much to send us to Catholic grade school and Loyola Academy for high school.
Both of our parents were always around and made clear we were the most important things in their lives.
Our Dad coached us in football, baseball, and basketball, took us on trips to visit college, and along with our mom, helped make us the young adults we have become.
Our Mom and Dad didn’t agree on everything, but even during and after the divorce they made clear to us that we were their priority.
After the divorce, they each continued to do their best to provide for us financially and emotionally.
Most of all, they both made us their priority during the public child support dispute last year by not discussing the case or us in public and this past April, they privately resolved their differences, once again keeping us out of the news.
That’s why we are so disappointed and hurt that you would publicly attack our family with these lies and hurtful things you’re saying about him.
Our parents took care of their issues months ago and now you have decided to bring this issue up again purely for political gain, despite the pain it causes us kids.
The pain you cause our family by spending millions of dollars falsely accusing our dad of something that was not true and was resolved months ago, is clearly something that you could never understand.
We understand that politics is a rough business but these ads are wrong and very hurtful to us. It’s wrong you’re saying these untrue things about our Dad.
Please Ms. Duckworth, try to win this campaign by focusing on issues where you disagree with our Dad.
But don’t attack him as a Father. He was and is a wonderful Father.
Please pull these TV ads.
It’s just not right to be doing what you are doing.
Sincerely,
Joe Walsh 25 years old
Megan Walsh 21 years old
Patrick Walsh 18 years old
Just one more reason not to vote for duckworth.
She will say anything. One day something she says will be fact.
Just not in this election.
Tammy Duckworth is losing credibility with veterans.
You do not mess with, or otherwise hurt, children.
And this attack, which is completely baseless, is hurting the children and family of Joe Walsh.
It isn’t even debatable.
This case, drug up in the Chicago Tribune, has been dismissed in a court of law.
Now Tammy Duckworth wants to try it in the court of public opinion.
While this is fine for most DC, sleazy, politicians, this should not be coming from a Lieutenant Colonel.
We expect more from you LTC Duckworth.
Get your troops under control, or is this how you always ran your commands?
Andrew Gasser
Dear Ms. Duckworth,
Yesterday, we like many people saw your TV commercial attacking our family.
While it is understandable campaigns can be heated, and at times things can turn negative, we would have hoped that a private family issue that our parents resolved on their own, over seven months ago, would not be the centerpiece of your campaign.
While we didn’t grow up rich both our mom and dad were always there for us and pretty much every dollar they earned went toward us kids.
They sacrificed much to send us to Catholic grade school and Loyola Academy for high school.
Both of our parents were always around and made clear we were the most important things in their lives.
Our Dad coached us in football, baseball, and basketball, took us on trips to visit college, and along with our mom, helped make us the young adults we have become.
Our Mom and Dad didn’t agree on everything, but even during and after the divorce they made clear to us that we were their priority.
After the divorce, they each continued to do their best to provide for us financially and emotionally.
Most of all, they both made us their priority during the public child support dispute last year by not discussing the case or us in public and this past April, they privately resolved their differences, once again keeping us out of the news.
That’s why we are so disappointed and hurt that you would publicly attack our family with these lies and hurtful things you’re saying about him.
Our parents took care of their issues months ago and now you have decided to bring this issue up again purely for political gain, despite the pain it causes us kids.
The pain you cause our family by spending millions of dollars falsely accusing our dad of something that was not true and was resolved months ago, is clearly something that you could never understand.
We understand that politics is a rough business but these ads are wrong and very hurtful to us. It’s wrong you’re saying these untrue things about our Dad.
Please Ms. Duckworth, try to win this campaign by focusing on issues where you disagree with our Dad.
But don’t attack him as a Father. He was and is a wonderful Father.
Please pull these TV ads.
It’s just not right to be doing what you are doing.
Sincerely,
Joe Walsh 25 years old
Megan Walsh 21 years old
Patrick Walsh 18 years old
Anyone else notice that neither Joe Walsh, Sr, Joe Walsh, JR, or the siblings’ letter pointed out one that that was false or a lie? Not one thing.
Not one denial of one accusation.
They called them “lies” – but never pointed out one of them. All they said is that “it was resolved months ago.”
Again – Joe Walsh has ADMITTED to not paying his court mandated child support payments.
And just because he and his ex-wife settled the case doesn’t mean that he didn’t pay them.
One more time – not one lie was pointed out.
Congressman Walsh is who brought his children into the campaign.
That was a conscious decision.
Settling a case does not mean the issue wasn’t real.
It just means the two sides compromised.
I do alot of work with Veterans- Congressman Walsh did alot of damage when he made his comments about Duckworth’s service record earlier in the campaign- I have not heard anything about this is yet.
Dave this is politics and Joe Walsh can take the heat, I favor his term limits stand, also he believes that service to the Country is just that…service…he turned down his Congressional health benefits and pension which is very admirable, he does what he speaks, he is making a difference in Congress which is why he is the #1 target of the self serving Democrats.
He speaks my values.
Obviously Duckworth is desperate to not become a two-time loser.
What she fails to recognize it that rummaging throught the detritis of a dead marriage looking for political advantage, demeans her heroic military service.
It says more about her character than Joes.
This has happened because she has allowed herself to become a peice of lint in sleaze-master David Axelrods pocket.
His manipulation of her in the campaign has dodged issues and debates — making her unfit to hold office at these perilous times.
Re: Jim says: 10/24/2012 at 12:03 am
I agree. I wish we had others like him.
Walsh is what all our politicians should be!
While no 2 people agree 100% of the time, he does have the same ideology as I do.
I agree too, Jim says:10/24/2012 at 12:03 am
I voted for Joe yesterday.
Duckworth, be ashamed.
I don’t think Duckworth has kids. She’s either clueless or heartless about the impact her ads might have on the Walsh’s kids.
The kids should come before a political score or whether or not Walsh shafted his wife.
I feel like she’s a puppet of the Democratic machine whose ridiculous redistricting has the 8th boundaries turning about 275 times in portions of DuPage, Cook, and McHenry County from Oakbrook Terrace to Barrington Hills to Arlington Heights to Bensenville.
I’m sorry but that’s absurd.
Can you imagine a country, township, or municipality boundary turning 275 times?
Madigan has lost it, his only concern is if something is legal, logic or ethics is irrelevant.