Posted on 09/11/2009 9:38:33 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
(CNN) -- Less than a day after Rep. Joe Wilson formally apologized to President Obama over his "you lie" outburst, a campaign aide confirms that the South Carolina Republican has raised "more than $200,000" in the wake of the now-infamous moment.
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, shouts "You lie!" during President Obama's speech Wednesday night.
News of that cash haul comes after Wilson directly asked in a Web video for campaign cash to fend off attacks from political opponents and said he's standing by his opposition to Democratic efforts at health care reform.
"On these issues, I will not be muzzled, I will speak up and speak loudly against this risky plan," Wilson said in a YouTube video released Thursday evening. "The supporters of the government takeover of health care and the liberals who want to give health care to illegals are using my opposition as an excuse to distract from the critical questions being raised about this poorly conceived plan."
The congressman disbursed the video via Twitter and asked his followers to "please watch and pass on."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
I gave $25.
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 gave $17.76.
Good catch.
His website for donations was down for quite awhile — the $ numbers will go up when the US mail donations arrive - as mine is one of them.
LOL. Appropriate.
His only mistake was apologizing afterwards.
“I gave $25.”
Likewise. I hope there are thousands more.
Our congressman are acting like wimps. MO
Just wait until the election 2010. They will be surprised to find themselves “OUT” of being in the privileged few. MO..
Excellent!
Thanks to Joe Wilson for showing the way ... speaking out may become a fund raising source for his colleagues who can’t be moved by any other means.
Only partial /s
More coming by mail from those of us who didn't need a tweet from his campaign in order to support him. And, BTW, I understand why he apologized for the venue of his statement, but would have been happier if he'd mentioned that the dems booed Pres. Bush during a SOTU address, which, in my view, is much worse.
Journalism - not to mention grammar - is dead on CNN. And everyone knows that the alleged $1M is coming from Soros.
God I hope the feds don’t go the way of the Philadelphia City monkey house.
To ridicule Rep. Wilson is the same as ridiculing the American people. He yelled out what we thought, in two simple words.
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