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RochesterTurning....
So, during my first class back to Tae Kwon Do after a 5 month foot injury, I slipped and broke my wrist. As is often the case with stubborn men, I waited till the morning to see if I was still in agony before going to the emergency room. As my luck would have it, I was still quite broken.
So on a Wednesday, August Ninth as I was driving to visit the doctor and get a stylish black cast wrapped around on my hand. I flipped NPR on and who did I hear on 1370 Connection, but the man with no plan himself, Congressman Jim Walsh.
So with my right hand elevated, my left hand on the wheel and a cell phone wedged between my ear and shoulder, I called up to ask a simple question... Why did you vote for the minimum wage hike before you voted against it? You see, Jim Walsh recently voted yes on the House Appropriations committee to send a vote on a minimum wage hike to the floor, but when it arrived he voted against it!
I was determined to get my question in. I just wanted a simple explanation, but instead I got a direct lie (Audio here)! Walsh actually told me he's "never voted against the minimum wage," even though he had just done so a month and a half earlier. When confronted with the fact that he also voted to give himself and the rest of congress a pay raise to $168,500, Congressman Walsh told me that was an "automatic." Excuse me, but you're not only on the House Appropriations committee which determines said raises, I believe this was a vote on the house floor, and you voted for it! What part of voting yes on a bill makes it automatic?
It's unbelievable that somebody like Congressman Walsh feels he can lie without repercussions. I'd encourage everyone tocall or write Congressman Walsh to find out not only why he's opposed to giving working American's a raise from a meager $5.15 per hour (yes I say $5.25 in the clip, but hey... my hand was throbbing and twice it's usual size at this point).
Congressman Walsh... All I wanted to know why you felt you had to flip flop on this pivotal issue, but instead you claimed I didn't know what I was talking and proceeded to lie to YOUR constituents. For shame...