Posted on 09/10/2009 1:34:49 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
LITTLETON, Colorado (BNO NEWS) -- Former Republican U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo says Rep. Joe Wilson should not apologize for "telling the truth" when he shouted "you lie" to President Obama during his address to Congress on Wednesday.
Wilson received fierce criticism for his outburst in Congress, which was aired live around the world. Wilson immediately apologized to President Obama, which he accepted.
"Joe is right, Obama is a liar," Tancredo said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. "Republicans attempted to attach language to the Democrat health care bill in committee that would have required the government to verify the legal status of anyone receiving benefits under the plan and imposed enforcement mechanisms for violations of that requirement. Unfortunately, the Democrats voted that amendment down," the former congressman from Colorado continued. "If the Democrats and the President truly wanted to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining publicly funded health care benefits, they would have approved that amendment."
Tancredo continues on to say they are not alone in questioning Obama's claims. He gives a letter from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf as an example, which he wrote on June 15.
Elmendorf wrote: "According to the preliminary analysis, once the proposal was fully implemented, the number of people who are uninsured would decline to about 36 or 37 million, representing about 13 percent of the nonelderly population. (Roughly a third of those would be unauthorized immigrants or individuals who are eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled in that program.)"
Tancredo also questioned the facts for other claims made by Obama. "The President expects us to believe that he can provide health insurance free of charge to those who can't afford it, the care will not be rationed, premiums cannot go up, risk factors cannot be considered, no one will be excluded, taxes will not increase, and that none of this will cost the taxpayers a dime. In fact, he expects us to believe this huge federal program will actually save the taxpayer money. How dumb does the President think the American people are?," Tancredo asks.
"First the President tells America that we are facing imminent national bankruptcy because of Medicare's spiraling costs -- then in the next breath he tells us that his solution to this problem is to basically expand Medicare to cover any person in America, and that this will result in a reduction in the deficit. In essence - he is arguing that the best way to reduce spending is to spend more. This makes no sense," he continues.
"It's as if Democrats in Washington have become so drunk with power that they now believe they can repeal the basic laws of economics with a simple majority vote of Congress," Tancredo concluded.
Yeeeehaaaaaw!
yet another reason Tanc was my #1/#2 choice in last year’s primary
Yeah I was for Hunter but more than OK with Tanc.
He needs to speak up more often, like Palin.
Hey DemocRATS you think Obama should not have been shouted at, Joe Wilson was right and I wish he had not apologized for the lack of civility (He still stands by the “you Lie” part.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/10/flashback_democrats_boo_bush_at_2005_state_of_the_union.html
The more Tom speaks, the more me likey.
Wilson’s outburst, no matter how true, was uncalled for. And in the end it was politically stupid beyond belief - it simply plays into the liberal stereotype of conservatives being out-of-control. Moreover, it helps convince the large “middle” that the liberals are right about us. We need less hysterical outbursts, and more reasoned logic - such as the way it is explained above how Obama was lying.
go ahead report me to info@leftistsSeekingHitlerPower.com
I don’t think the rude hypocrisy of the democrats is an example we should be following.
ping
I LOVE TOM!!
Tom Tancredo —— wish he could have done better in the primaries. Have always likedhim a lot
Daddy! Daddy look!!! The Emperor has no Clothes on!!
The truth is that Obama’s lies in the Present will have the outcome of Killing Grandma in the future.
Obama Lies and Grandma Dies.
Welcome to FR.
Hope this sign makes the rally!
I wince at the rudeness but it is not hypocrisy. And do you realize what sticking to the higher ground and turning the other cheek got us? A big Zero.
Call them out, loud and often.
Anyone who can’t accept and understand the anger displayed by Wilson really belongs with the democrats anyway. Obozo’s whole speech was an insulting attack filled with lies and halftruths.
In case you haven’t noticed the media has been portraying us in a bad light for years. Quite frankly the “centrists” can kiss my ass. They’re nothing but mutts cowering with their tails between their legs hoping the marxists will toss them a few crumbs.
Tanc has almost redeemed himself
Democrats are drunk period, whether in or out of power. They thrive on false sentiments. They instill those false sentiments in our children in schools and colleges. So now when in power Democrat may govern with those false sentiments and gain the approval of those who have been corrupted with a false education.
At least some people in public life have the courage to stand up and expose the corruption of the Democrats. Tancredo has spoken truthfully.
Precisely the strateegery liberals want to use with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The fact that McCain is spittling the same ‘can’t we just all get along’ crap means it is unsound and counter productive to winning against wicked people.
“We need less hysterical outbursts, and more reasoned logic...”
And where will be able to exhibit our more reasoned logic other than the restricted media of talk radio and certain sites on the Internet? Do we have access to Obama’ bully pulpit, the broadcast networks and their many affiliates, most of the newspapers, the union newsletters? No, we must get our message out where and how we can.
I am looking forward to the day that someone speaks the truth and doesn’t apologize for it afterwards. I’ll probably be waiting a long time.
Tancredo fan here since I heard him give a speech back in ‘06 (or ‘07)...He was upfront, right, and honest in his assesment then as he is now.
And, precisely the type of statement I’d expect from an East-Coast, Big-Tent, Country-club RINO.
Only to those idiots who believe that. And Americans are coming around fast on that score. They know better.
We need less hysterical outbursts, and more reasoned logic - such as the way it is explained above how Obama was lying.
The reasoned logic over the past couple months, such as that coming from Sarah Palin and others, is what's turned the debate around in our favor. It's there and has been noticed. Outbursts like this don't do that much damage. In fact we could all use a little passion. It's time to take the gloves off. The socialist elite do it all the time. Just ask Obama and his communist Czars.
We need to get the old Three Dog Night Song “Liar” to be linked to Obama/Liar Threads.
Alinsky tactics dictate that they hold us to standards they themselves don’t hold.
It only makes us appear weak and I for one am sick of playing that game.
Zero is a pathological liar. He lied throughout that speech.
Calling him a liar during his mendacious spew accomplished two things:
1) It rattled him and his minions.
2) It got the idea "0bama Lies" into the public consciousness.
A calm, reasoned rebuttal would have accomplished nothing.
By jove I believe you’ve got it!!
Personally I think we should insult the centrist republicans by just referring to them as “half breeds”
That has always carried a nice insulting connotation
“I don’t think the rude hypocrisy of the democrats is an example we should be following.”
Sometimes when a tone as been set you can not just roll over and play nice nice....granted he should not of shouted it out but since he did he should not of apologized! Are you saying it was OK for Obama to call us out, to belittle and talk down to us and tell us basically to “shut up” our side has nothing to say unless agree with him...that is not democracy, not even for liberals. This attitude really creates a lot of emotion within me, are you saying it does not make emotions rise up with in you? I for one WILL NOT roll over, I will stand my ground and if
“””THE LIAR IN CHIEF””
or anyone else does not like it, oh well, last time I checked this is still not a dictatorship.
Hey, we’re just doing what Obama does.
“Argue With Your Neighbors, Get In Their Face”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9CDZ4
Right.....because those rowdy out of control town halls really hurt us...oops. Guess they didn’t.
You know what hurts us? When Republicans bend over and refuse to tell the truth for the sake of “civility and decorum” while the enemies are screaming they are Nazi’s. That’s what hurts us.
I have no use for your idea of politics anymore. It didn’t work, it never worked. From now on we tell the truth, unvarnished and without fear of what the other side says about us. They are going to lie either way.
Been here for a while - thanks.
REALLY??? You honestly think this way??? Not me. I was THRILLED someone had the guts to speak out in front of God and everyone. It is a lie . . . should be called a lie. I was cheering for the guy and sad to hear he was probably FORCED to apologize. Need more like him.
Maybe, but it was heard around the world. Guess what I did today, I researched how many lies , in total, were presented by YOUR LIAR IN CHIEF in his 55 minute bore. Came up with seven at first glance. I think he is a worse liar than your “ I did not have sex with that woman” ex President.
The worst lie of the night was “ First, I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future". This from a guy who added more debt to your taxpayers in 6 months than the cumulative debt incurred for the two centuries that preceded him! Thanks to Mr. Wilson this speech is seared in my memory has the Obama lying session before the American joint congress. If my eyes did not cheat me, I saw embarrassment on the face of some Democrats! As my favorite political philosopher stated: 'In a demecracy, you deserve the government that you elect and you deserve everything that they do to you once in power" Sincere good luck to your democracy because I'm smart enough to know that if yours is taken away, ours will die soon after.
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Tancredo is one of the few who ever had any guts.
He was also brave enough to tell the truth about Islam.
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Barack Hussein Obama has banned the National Day of Prayer from the White House, now get a load of THIS!!
ISLAM ON CAPITOL HILL 2009 - islamoncapitolhill.com
Alarming! Infuriating!!
Does THIS leave any doubt as to what we have sitting in the White House?
Be sure to read every page!
Every page ends with ‘OUR TIME HAS COME’!!
http://islamoncapitolhill.com/Home_Page.html
I’m “In Maryland” also. You’re what’s wrong with Maryland.
The POS in Chief can call Palin a liar and get standing ovations, but don’t you DARE calling the Oshyster a liar.
I not only disagree, but disagree strongly. To believe that conservatives are, as you term, "out-of-control" and are pursuing the debate from the moral low ground, one must be willfully blind. When the Speaker of the House refers to American citizens voicing their opinions at town hall meetings as Nazis, how in the world is calling the President a liar (which, by the way, he has been repeatedly documented to be) an act of wretched excess? It is high time some elected official showed the courage to say what is on the mind, an in the hearts, of millions of Americans. Rep. Wilson deserves our thanks and support.
Tancredo BUMP!
Hah!
1) "Worse Liar" as in "not as good at it" ... Yep. Zero just doesn't have X42's slimy ability to weasel around the truth. His lies are more obvious and less convincing.
2) "Worse Liar" as in "does it more often" ... Yep. Zero makes up for his lack of skill in prevarication by spewing out more mendacity per 100 words of speechifying than X42 ever considered. He also spews out more total senseless verbiage than X42.
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