Posted on 09/20/2009 1:11:37 PM PDT by SLB
While Helen of Troy’s face may have launched a thousand ships, Joe Wilson’s two words have launched an armada of pundits and elected Democrats on a crusade as ill considered as the Christian Crusades. While the Crusaders carried red cross emblazoned white flags to send their message, today’s crusaders rely on main stream media to proclaim that infidels protesting Obama Care must be silenced.
Like Pope Urban II did in 1095 A.D., today’s crusaders rely on distortions to motivate their believers.
Congressman Hank Johnson, (D-GA), in remarks supporting a resolution of rebuke of Wilson’s outburst said, “I guess we’ll have folks putting on white hoods and robes again and riding through the countryside intimidating people.”
Pundit Maureen Dowd claims she heard “You lie, boy!” when Wilson called out “you lie” when Obama claimed illegal immigrants would not receive medical care under his medical plan.
Even misery index guru Jimmy Carter, who praised “black boy” Obama just before Obama won the Democrat presidential nomination last year, has joined in the fray. In a meeting at his Presidential library, Carter claimed “There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s congressional lemmings rebuked Wilson in a 240-179 vote. The vote coincided with the passage of censorship for congressional members.
Congressional members are now prohibited from calling a President a liar or a hypocrite nor can he be called intellectually dishonest. No member is allowed to accuse the President of giving aid and comfort to the enemy. No comment or allusion to a President’s personal misconduct, including sexual misconduct, is allowed by any congressional member.
Apparently Pelosi and company are so concerned about presidents’ self esteem that they must be protected from insult.
The country itself must be feeling lowly for it too received protection from harsh words in congressional chambers. Congressional members can not say the government is oppressive. Thankfully such censorship was not in place following the Japanese internment episode, decades long federal compulsive segregation of the races, Joe McCarthy’s persecutions, or the murder at Ruby Ridge.
Democrats repeatedly booed President Bush during his 2004 State of the Union address and heckled him in 2005 when Bush pushed for Social Security reform.
Although Republicans controlled the House during these outbursts there were no calls for censure or speech code enforcement.
Democrats have no class or they are just afraid of criticism.
Wilson’s two words were not profane and merely expressed his opinion. Wilson’s rebuke will not long be remembered, but the censorship it spawned by political opponents will prohibit congressional members in the future from speaking their minds.
Logophobia reigns in the House of Representative. When governmental bodies begin fearing words, censorship is around the corner.
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” Potter Stewart, Supreme Court Justice (1958-1981).
But for the Crusades, we'd all be bowing 5 times a day towards Mecca.
Carter claimed “There is an inherent feeling among many in
this country that an African-American should not be president.”
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YOU LIE !
And lost in all the noise about race is the base question: Where is the investigation into whether Barack Obama was telling the truth when Joe Wilson said, “you lie”?
Mark, you need to study the history a little more.
FWIW, in Canada we venerate our Head of State (the Queen), as the embodiment of the nation. We treat our Head of Government like any other politician (often badly).
The President is both the Head of State, and the Head of Government. If I may opine from foreign soil; when the President wants to get down-and-dirty with the pols, he should expect to be treated like other politicians. If he wants the veneration due a Head of State; he should be a statesman, not a politician.
You weren’t even using that free speech!
You won’t miss it....
The Crusades were wholly justified wars on Islamic terrorism. It’s just too bad that they didn’t scour Islam from the face of the Earth once and for all.
Time to start teaching some real history in our schools, when even a conservative writers believes that kind of leftist, civilization-hating swill.
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Like H.E. double hockey sticks it won't.
when they can’t beat you w/ cogent arguments...when they won’t even engage you in arguments based on facts because they recognize there’s no way they can win...they’ll pursue censorship to win at any cost..............
“Like Pope Urban II did in 1095 A.D., today’s crusaders rely on distortions to motivate their believers.”
The author of this story is a moron no matter what else he says.
We haven't opposed Obama any differently than we opposed Clinton. Nor have we opposed Obama any differently than the left opposed Bush. Those facts are beyond dispute.
I enjoyed that.
Thank you.
I’m sure glad I’m not a Congressional member. I will accuse 0 everyday of treasonous behaviour, being a liar, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and being the biggest hypocrite I have ever seen. So, go ahead and report me to flagwhatever.
Yes, I agree. Mark has to study history a little more!!! Or drop the Crusades analogy.
Implying whites are about to jump into sheets and hoods and beat up people is so completely and utterly racist that I’m amazed Congressman Hank Johnson, (D-GA) wasn’t called on it.
Hank Johnson is a racist of the lowest, most vile sort that need to be called out for what he is.
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