Recently Keith Olbermann on Bill Maher's show tried to get through to the GOP voter in a bubble. The typical GOP voter has an incredible ability to not let facts get in the way of his/her ideology.
I was surprised today , when in a conversation with just such a typical GOP bubble voter, the comment by congressman Fleming about his hardship, living on a $600K income seems to have really disgusted this coworker of mine.
I remembered a couple of other similar Tea Party candidates, and he actually listened.
What really surprised me was his comment " People are waking up to the tea partiers"
I had pretty much given up trying to convince my Republican co-workers. After the discussion today, I decided to collect a list of similar tea party hypocrites, a short list is attached. Love to hear about others I might have missed.
Tea Partier Claim
John Fleming (R-LA) Spends $200K to feed his family, only has $400K left.
Sean Duffy (State) "Struggling on $174K per year"
Rick Scott (Gov. Fl) Hired 8 staffers at $500K
Nikki Haley (Gov. SC) Chief of staff got $27K raise, lawyer got $27K raise
Joe "deadbeat dad" Walsh (Fl) Concerned about passing debt to "our children", owes
over $100K in child support
Tom Graves (Ga) Defaulted on $2.2 M loan, settled with bank, details
kept secret.
Maybe this is the one time facts might actually get through to some of the Republicans.