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A Temporary Spine
The Cypress Times ^ | 9/11/09 | Ken Lowder

Posted on 09/11/2009 4:49:38 AM PDT by Patriot1259

Wow! Did you see Representative Joe Wilson grow a spine on TV Wednesday night? I hope you did because it didn't last. By morning he was calling the White House and apologizing to the president for calling the liar a liar.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: healthcare; joewilson; obama

1 posted on 09/11/2009 4:49:38 AM PDT by Patriot1259
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To: Patriot1259

Bad reprting. Wilson apologized for breaching House protocol by speaking out while the potus was speaking and making the comment personal- he did not apologize for the content of his comment.


2 posted on 09/11/2009 4:56:19 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: silverleaf

Correct.Thanks for posting that.


3 posted on 09/11/2009 5:06:20 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: silverleaf

They probably threatened his kids in a midnight phone call.


4 posted on 09/11/2009 5:14:00 AM PDT by 50sDad (The Left cannot understand life is not in a test tube. Raise taxes, & jobs go away.)
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To: 50sDad

Someone posted some of the twitter chatter and there were death threats against him and his children within hours.


5 posted on 09/11/2009 5:16:16 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: silverleaf

Sorry, but I don’t buy it. That’s more of Washington-speak that takes a licensed psychologist to ferret out “what’s really meant.”

He spoke up. He backed down. That’s what it looked like, and that’s how it’s being reported.

Deep cover meanings in mysterious phrases don’t count for a lot in my world.


6 posted on 09/11/2009 5:44:42 AM PDT by xzins
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To: silverleaf

He shouldn’t apologize for anything in this instance!


7 posted on 09/11/2009 5:54:35 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: xzins

If you want to believe it “as it is being reported”, have another koolaid on me.

You may also want to believe as it is being reported that the general public is outraged and has sent $400,000 in 2 days to Wilson’s democrat opponent. (It is not being reported how much has been sent to Wilson).

If he “backed down”, the democrat piranhas would not be rallying for another attack on Rep Wilson. His defiance of the One is still infuriating them. His apology was worded in a very Palinesque way, imho. Technical and sincere for breach of protocol. But not apologizing for what really stung the dhimmis- calling attention to their lying potus.


8 posted on 09/11/2009 5:56:33 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: silverleaf
have a koolaid on me

They haven't changed the bill, there are death panels in it, illegals will be covered, and abortion will be funded.

What's so hard about Wilson saying, "I'm NOT sorry."?

But, he did, and that pretty well ruins it.

It sounds like you're saying that YOU have such a great supply that you are loaning out koolaid.

No thanks.

9 posted on 09/11/2009 6:45:16 AM PDT by xzins
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To: Patriot1259

This is dumb. Apologizing for wrong place/time is nothing close to apologizing for the truth of the statement or retracting it.

I hate it when as soon as someone does something the least bit helpful and right, along come the whining nellies to criticize the person for not doing enough or not doing it such-and-such way.

Moreover, by apologizing for the protocol breach, Wilson completely took that aspect off the table. Now if they want to pursue him, it has to be on the merits of his charge. To which he is saying: bring it on.


10 posted on 09/11/2009 7:55:58 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Mr. President: Why did you appoint a Communist to your Administration?)
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To: silverleaf

Not only what you said, but there was a thread here on FR last night about how the Rats were scrambling to close the loophole in the healthcare bill that DID, in fact, provide coverage for illegal aliens.

IOW, they know Wilson was right and they know his apology for breaking protocol did nothing to lessen the sting of the truth of his criticism.


11 posted on 09/11/2009 7:57:51 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Mr. President: Why did you appoint a Communist to your Administration?)
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To: xzins

“Ruins” it?

Sounds like you’re saying you think it would have been better if Joe Wilson had said nothing at all in the first instance.

Sorry. I think that’s just dumb. Nothing has been “ruined.” Wilson’s remark, as well as his apology for breaking protocol, have both advanced the debate.


12 posted on 09/11/2009 7:59:25 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Mr. President: Why did you appoint a Communist to your Administration?)
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To: silverleaf

Bad Reporting? Not “reporting” a reader’s Opinion/Editorial piece. We publish Op/Ed’s from our readers. Anything labeled as opinion is just that and is not in any way construed to be “reporting”. Those articles would go in a “Your News”, “National News”, etc. Thanks


13 posted on 09/11/2009 8:07:38 AM PDT by Patriot1259 (Not Reporting - Opinion.)
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To: fightinJAG

Right.

“You lie” means “I’m sorry.”

and

“I’m sorry” means “I’m not sorry.”

This kind of BS sends me looking for the airsick bag.


14 posted on 09/11/2009 8:17:52 AM PDT by xzins
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