Walsh: Wow, Bean just doesn't get it
Republican Responds to Rep. Bean's Daily Herald Interview
| (Lake Zurich, Illinois) - February 20, 2010 - Joe Walsh, Republican candidate for Congress in the Illinois 8th, today said "Melissa Bean is amazingly out-of-touch with her constituents. She arrogantly dismissed the economic hardships most of her constituents are going through right now and she dismisses their anger and activism at speaking up against this government's spending," in response to Beans' comments published Feb. 19 in the Daily Herald. Rep. Bean said there is not a current "conservative resurgence" and "doesn't see the pendulum swinging back this year." As reported in the Daily Herald, Bean "bristled" at calling the tea party a "movement," pointing to the attendance of only 1,000 people at the National Tea Party Convention in Tennessee. "I remember being on the (National Mall), there being 1 million people for the (Obama) inauguration. That is a movement," Bean said. "I don't see a comparison." Last September over 2 million Tea Party supporters marched on the National Mall in Washington D.C. "She doesn't understand what's going on economically right now, she doesn't understand the depth of voter anger and passion that's out there, and she doesn't understand at all the meaning of and power of the tea party movement," Walsh said. "The tea party movement has nothing to do with party," Walsh said. "It consists of every Republican, Independent, and Democrat who has had it with this reckless spending. It's too late for Melissa Bean. Last year when voters in her district first voiced their concerns, she hid from them. Now, that it's an election year, she comes out and dismisses them. The train has left the station and Melissa Bean chose not to get on it and there is nothing she or any other Democrat incumbent can say or do this year that will change that." Democrat Melissa Bean voted yes for cap-and-trade, healthcare, bank bailouts, and two stimulus packages. Note: Melisaa Bean interview Feb 19, 2010 with the Daily Herald editorial board: (http://www.dailyherald.com/ # # # |
| Joe Walsh is the Republican candidate who can unseat incumbent Melissa Bean in 2010 for the Illinois 8th Congressional District. Born and raised in North Barrington, a policy maker, government educator, and business entrepreneur, Joe has spent his adult life advancing limited-government and conservative principles. For more information on Joe Walsh and his campaign visit |
1 comment:
I think the tone deaf congresswoman Bean is about to get an education on who works for whom. She has obviously forgotten the lessons of Phil Crane and in fact has begun to resemble him.
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