Joe Wilson will be stumping for former Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-07) in October. For $20 you can enter the event, for $150 you get two tickets and a photo. Not quite the price tag of a dinner with Sarah Palin, but I'm sure everyone can think of a million better ways to spend $150. Most Americans don't have $150 for bills, grocery or truth.
Walberg's website invites you to a reception featuring Joe Wilson which says "Stand for Truth" under Wilson's name. Stand for Truth because that's what Joe Wilson was doing when he lied about our President lying.
Paying $150 for a picture with Joe Wilson is about as idiotic as paying $150 for a picture with the latest Bachelor. Joe Wilson is no more than the latest faux reality star. Joe Wilson is about as much of a hero as Joe the Plumber.
Incumbent Mark Schauer's (D) office says
"By embracing his former colleague, Tim Walberg has made it clear that he embraces what is wrong with Washington, and is not serious about fixing our broken health care system. If you are the company you keep, then Tim Walberg stands with Joe Wilson and the obstructionists."
Joe Wilson yells at the President, gives a half-cooked apology and becomes a right-wing cult hero. Don't underestimate the number of people that will get pictures made with Confederate States of American loving fool and put them up in their living rooms.
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