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Wilson Defends Outburst, Says He Will Not Apologize on House Floor
FOXNews.com ^ | Sunday, September 13, 2009 | FOXNews.com

Posted on 09/13/2009 7:54:28 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday that he will not apologize on the House floor for his outburst during President Obama's health care address, even though Democratic leaders have threatened to formally discipline him if he does not. 

Wilson noted that he already apologized directly to the White House after shouting, "You lie," to the president during his Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. The outburst triggered a political firestorm, but Wilson told "FOX News Sunday" that Democrats are just "playing politics" by trying to drag out the issue and force another apology. 

"I've apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, the vice president. ... I am not apologizing again," he told "FOX News Sunday." 

Wilson said he would "never do something like that again," but continued to defend himself. 

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; apology; censure; culture; democrats; dems; donttreadonme; healthcare; joewilson; liberalfascism; obamacare; pelosi; wilson
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Reminds me of my childhood....”If you don’t apoligize I’m going to beat the tar out of you!”

“I’m sorry, Momma.”

Then later...”I’m not really sorry but I don’t want to get beaten.”

Pelosi is a child. A dangerous child.

But, if the dems are voted out in 2010 the republicans will forgive and forget and probably even appoint co-chairs of all the committees.


21 posted on 09/13/2009 8:05:10 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I hate all politicians, including republicans.)
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To: teg_76

The idiotic health care bill is going to pass no matter what the GOP does. The question is whether the GOP is going to use it as an opportunity to position themselves for a challenge to the Dems in 2010, or simply cower in fear. Wilson prefers the former, I think.


22 posted on 09/13/2009 8:05:15 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wilson should apologize AFTER every dem who booed President Bush apologizes. And after President Obama apologizes for appointing a self proclaimed communist to the administration. ( Van Jones is gone - but not forgotten)
23 posted on 09/13/2009 8:05:28 AM PDT by GOPJ (Glen Beck needs to show ALL the ACORN tapes. In for a penny - in for a pound...)
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To: All
Related FR Thread:

Obama Administration Graciously Accepts Apology from Repugnant Filth

24 posted on 09/13/2009 8:06:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Brilliant

Well we have an idea what Palin would do....and I think also Wilson...


25 posted on 09/13/2009 8:08:15 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
He should "apologize" like Sheridan "apologizes" in the Babylon 5 episode "The Fall of Night" (here, just after 33 minutes). To wit:

Capt. John Sheridan: [practicing his "apology"] I apologize... I'm sorry.

[exhales]

Capt. John Sheridan: I'm sorry we had to defend ourselves against an unwarranted attack. I'm sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I'm sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to Hell!... As with everything else, it's the thought that counts.

26 posted on 09/13/2009 8:09:07 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Dumb,Evil and Stunned...


27 posted on 09/13/2009 8:09:13 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59; steve0
And another FR Thread:

Vanity: White House now ADMITTING Joe Wilson was right, by issuing "clarification"

28 posted on 09/13/2009 8:11:12 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Dallas59

That is gonna be a Classic.


29 posted on 09/13/2009 8:12:07 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Here is what Wilson should say: “I apologize for my breach of decorum.” Then launch into an explanation of how what zero said was untrue. Followed by: “While my outburst may have been inappropriate, the fact remains ....... HE LIED!!!”


30 posted on 09/13/2009 8:13:51 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Apologize to that rat face King Obama again? Not on your life.
31 posted on 09/13/2009 8:14:04 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Here is the speech he should deliver....

Madam speaker......... it is with the greatest feeling and humble humility that I come before this august body to seek your forgiveness and to express my sincerest feelings on the matter

He lied

Thank you and best wishes in your future endeavors.

In the words of a great American, Lets Roll

32 posted on 09/13/2009 8:14:50 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Quotes of the century: 2001 "Lets Roll"..... 2009 "You Lie")
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To: All; SeekAndFind
And the Media comments....FR Thread:

NY DAILY NEWS: 'You lie!' yeller Rep. Joe Wilson tells truth about GOPers' fringe

********************************EXCERPT INTRO*******************************

A class act he is not, but South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's boorish behavior during President Obama's speech on health reform more than earned him his 15 minutes of infamy.

It is understandable that he chose - or as some suggested, was told - to bellow "You lie!" when the President was explaining for the umpteenth time that undocumented immigrants would not be covered under health care legislation. After all, Wilson's extreme anti-immigrant positions are well known.

His outburst, for which he has half-heartedly apologized, not only exposed Wilson for the uncouth nativist he is, but made clear that immigration is still very much one of the Republican Party's war horses.

"Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst is not only a massive breach of decorum," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, "but the latest example of how race-baiting and immigrant bashing have become standard fare for hard-right elements of the Republican Party."

One has to wonder if Wilson and his ilk are intent on committing political suicide - and in the process taking down with them the entire GOP - or if their prejudices are so deep that they just cannot help themselves.

Many believe that Wilson's outburst was planned to distract from the President's speech. If it was, the plan worked like a charm. Shamefully, media coverage of Obama's message became a sidebar to Wilson's disgusting show of coarseness.

Yet, the plan could turn out to be no more than a pyrrhic victory.

33 posted on 09/13/2009 8:15:47 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I am not apologizing again

Joe Wilson has no need to consider additional apologies.

I read now that the Democratic leadership is seeking a public apology from Wilson to his colleagues on the House floor.

Here is what I think the democrats deserve and openly and loudly should seek. They should demand that Wilson and Wilson's supporters prove his assertion that Obama lied. From what I have read in HR3200 that should be relatively easy to do.

34 posted on 09/13/2009 8:16:15 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: teg_76

Not all (voting) people are as supid as she thinks.


35 posted on 09/13/2009 8:17:33 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Count the cost, freedom is not free.)
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To: John 3_19-21

“supid” = stupid


36 posted on 09/13/2009 8:18:31 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Count the cost, freedom is not free.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Something along these lines...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8vA0ANTUM0&feature=PlayList&p=5ED046C0A3503FCF&index=11


37 posted on 09/13/2009 8:18:42 AM PDT by BrewingFrog (I brew, therefore I am!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

You go Joe! Tell them you would rather kiss a douche bag. OH, Nancy IS a douche bag. Well point taken.


38 posted on 09/13/2009 8:20:54 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: teg_76
I agree with Joe Wilson, but his outburst played right into their hands......the issue is now Joe Wilson and not their idiotic health care bill. that’s why Pelosi wants to keep this alive.

Your concerns are so yesterday.

With the internet, talk radio and FOX news the days of being so defensive worrying about false issues manufactured by the Drive-Bys is over.

The real issue is the idiotic health care bill and as Joe Wilson pointed out the lying president.

If we can't successfully push those issues using the new media then we might as well give up.

39 posted on 09/13/2009 8:21:38 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: teg_76

So Pelosi says she’s not going to allow a vote on the bill till Joe apologizes?


40 posted on 09/13/2009 8:23:50 AM PDT by rabidralph (http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/ http://www.sarahpac.com)
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