Posted on 09/15/2009 8:55:25 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
It was bound to happen, but it might have been the Orlando Sentinel's TV reviewer Hal Boedeker that was first out of the gate to compare the obscenity laden tirade disgorged at a tennis match by Serena Williams to the no more than annoyed outburst of "you lied" from Representative Joe Wilson during President Obama's healthcare speech.
Apparently, according to Sentinel columnist Boedeker, there is no difference to pointing out that a liar is lying, as Wilson did, and losing one's mind in a petulant, childish explosion of anger, as Williams did. In fact, Boedeker didn't just compare Wilson to the diva tennis player but he lumped Fox News, Tea Party attendees and Glenn Beck into the mix just for good measure. They are all "angry" according to Boedeker.
After comparing Williams tirade to Rep. Wilson, , Boedeker went on to claim that the "fury" of the Tea Party goers won't help anything, then he chided Rep. Wilson for raising funds as a result of the incident last Wednesday, hit at Glenn Beck and Fox News, and on and on it went. It was one extended attack on everything conservative.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
It's like a comic opera. A bad comic opera.
Serena’s a racist! She would not have spoken that way to a black line judge.
Don't know about the other one.
What Joe Wilson said was the truth. He just could not take it any more by Obama lying to a joint session of Congress and so the outburst. I understand Joe’s outburst completely.
There was also the rapper at the MTV awards representing the moment best of all -I gotta be me, decorum my arse, me knows best.
Why are male tennis players allowed to compete as females?
“Serena” is a man.
She’s a MAN, baby!
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