Posted on 09/17/2009 10:25:40 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
The Sun News, a McClatchy owned paper in Myrtle Beech, South Carolina, was excited to tell its readers that the state’s tourism officials were getting “flooded” with emails from folks upset and threatening to cancel future vacations in South Carolina. What raised the ire of these emailers was the behavior of Representative Joe Wilson (R, SC) who called out that Obama was a liar during the president’s healthcare speech delivered before a joint session of Congress last week.
In its first two paragraphs, the Sun News made it seems as if an avalanch of folks had emailed state officials expressing their outrage.
State and local tourism officials are being flooded by e-mails and calls from people across the country, who say they won't vacation in South Carolina because they're upset by Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst at President Obama.The story goes on to rehash the whole Wilson “liar” incident assuming that all kinds of tourists are turning against South Carolina vacations because of Wilson’s conduct.A number of the out-of-state e-mailers have said they've taken beach trips for years in Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and other resort areas, but don't plan to return, officials said.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
I wonder how many emails were received indicating that they would visit S.C. based on what JW said?
First on my list.
If they do stop going to SC, it will help keep SC conservative.
So, where’s the problem? :)
South Carolina will have 147 less liberals to contend with then. Sounds like a good thing to me.
I am leaving Sunday for a week in Myrtle Beach (from Pa.). We are having my Air Force squadron reunion there next weekend and I haven’t received one cancellation. In fact, knowing the guys I was stationed with, some might extend their visit and spend more of their “tourist” money.
Technically, Wilson did not call O a “Liar”. What he said was, “You lie”. That is not the same thing as the appelation of Liar, which connotes a habitual behavior (which may have itself been true).
Don’t really know why the Dems are even discussing this when compared to the outbursts they have had during the State of the Union addresses by Bush.
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