Posted on 10/08/2009 7:27:26 AM PDT by bestintxas
In the days after Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" at President Obama during his address to Congress last month the South Carolina congressman reached out to several of his longtime confidantes.
Rep. Joe Wilson has become in demand on the GOP fundraising circuit since shouting at President Obama.
A graduate of Washington and Lee University, a school with a strict honor code, and a veteran of the Army Reserves, Wilson was worried he had disappointed those close to him by showing a lack of civility.
"Joe has always operated as a gentleman, and I think for anyone to question if he was continuing to do that is something that concerned him," his friend Ed McMullen said.
But the people close to Wilson assured him that beyond apologizing for the outburst, he did not need to be ashamed for questioning the president's sincerity in the health care debate. Wilson made the outburst after Obama denied his health care plan would cover illegal immigrants, then apologized to the White House later that night.
"Joe knew he had to apologize, he knew it wasn't the right place," McMullen said. "But he was right. He told the truth. He wasn't saying anything that wasn't true."
That sentiment is shared by grassroots conservatives around the country, and his two-word shout has transformed a previously little-known congressman into a full-blown political celebrity, albeit a polarizing one.
South Carolina Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Fowler called him "a do-nothing."
"He doesn't do anything particularly," Fowler said. "He does parades. He hands out keychains."
But conservative activists have a very different opinion.
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How are his polls?
A smart decision, I'm liking this guy more and more.
Smart guy. HIS unalloyed views cannot be magnified or enlarged by the MSM... he said what he had to say and it will stand for itself. We comprehend very clearly.
I was so glad when Wilson abandoned protocol and called the president a liar. The very next day I made a small political contribution to him. Keep up the good work, Joe! Call em like you see em that’s all we ask!
I was so glad when Wilson abandoned protocol and called the president a liar. The very next day I made a small political contribution to him. Keep up the good work, Joe! Call em like you see em that’s all we ask!
Who said: “Calling a thing by its right name is the beginning of wisdom” ?? That guy was too right!!
Anyway, there are way worse crimes than blurting out your opinions.... and lots of them have been committed by other politicians as well!! Time to lay off Wilson, and look at the REAL crimes and criminals in DC.
The article’s end speaks of Wilson’s opponent, Ron Miller. I’m here to tell you Miller doesn’t stand a chance, regardless of how much money DU and HuffPo sent him. I’ll happily vote for him again.
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