Posted on 09/10/2009 7:13:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Joe Wilson’s outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it drew winces from Republicans worried that their party is becoming known less for the power of its ideals and more for the pettiness of its vitriol.
“Neither party has an exclusive on whack jobs,” says Republican media consultant Mark McKinnon. “Unfortunately, right now the Democrats generally get defined by President Obama, and Republicans, who have no clear leadership, get defined by crackpots — and then they begin to define the Republican Party in the mind of the general public.”
Turn on the TV, and you see what he means.
Here’s Orly Taitz, insisting that the commander in chief was born in Kenya. There’s a flock of town hall protesters, waving photos of the president in a Hitler moustache. Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin warns darkly that Obama is planning “death panels” for senior citizens. Georgia Rep. Paul Broun equates the president’s plans with “Nazi” policies. Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt — last heard calling John Murtha a “coward” — tells a birther: “I agree with you, but the courts don’t.”
And then, in the midst of all the catcalls, hand-held signs and “I’m not listening” BlackBerrying, Wilson interrupts Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress by shouting, “You lie!”
“The president was helped more by the optics of House Republicans than by his own speech,” says former Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.). “It’s not likely to do any long-term damage, but they need to be very careful how they oppose this president.”
One veteran GOP official puts it bluntly: “The image of a bunch of white guys booing an African-American president is about as bad as it gets.”
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Spineless, pure and simple.
I don't think so. The image of an African president mugging a bunch of white guys and their grandchildren is a lot worse.
Basically this guy is a RINO type who seeks out the fascist lowest common denominator to find leadership.
And he said what?
He lied
What? Dear leader can call people liars but no one is allowed to call him one?
If someones emotional cry of “you lie!” was unfitting of the moment why is someones PLANNED charge of the same thing about the left and the medias favorite whipping dog, Sarah Palin ok with everyone?
Is only one side allowed to speak their minds?
http://mfile.akamai.com/5913/wmv/whitehouse.download.akamai.com/5913/2006/01/20060131-10.v.asx
Fast-forward to about 45:50 to see it. And at 46:05, take careful note of who you see in the lower left corner of the frame.
Hint: he didn't vote "present" this time.
I can agree that the timing and manner of his statement were a breach of decorum (akin to the Dems booing Bush during the State of the Union address); however, the content of his statement was accurate.
Okay lets see:
The “free” press is in the tank for the democRATS. They are the propaganda machine no question about it. pmsnbs and abc and cbs and fox all carry water for the ‘rats.
Conservatives complain about the spineless republicans inability to speak up/find a pair/do ANYTHING. So finally someone calls obama what he is,: a frigging LIAR.
And the Rino’s jump to apologize. McCain needs to be put out to pasture quickly, he embarrasses himself and all conservatives.
Hell, I have been saying the same thing about Ozero since he was elected a senator. He is nothing but a lying piece of crap Chicago politician. But that is being redundant.
What else would you expect from a purely Dimocrat website???
Now that’s the absolute best reply I’ve read in quite a while. EXACTLY!
The appropriate time to call a lying SOB a “lying SOB” is on the spot to his face.
The commmunist serial liar [who does not have a birth certificate] is however no more despicable than those who pimp for him -—about 400 congresscritters
These liberal wimps can’t admit failed policy even while they control the House, the Senate, and the White House.
How can Republicans possibly be to blame?
the self-appointed Queen Nazi Pelousy with her “dagger-eyed gasp”............
So Obama, who called people liars on national TV when they weren't there to defend themselves, and lied on national TV, blatantly and obviously, is somehow a better role model than the man who called him out on a lie?
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