Posted on 09/16/2009 4:26:36 AM PDT by upchuck
Joe Wilson, congressman, argued that Joe Wilson, chucklehead, should not be formally rebuked.
It would be a waste of time, he asserted on the House floor where, six days earlier, he had committed his conduct most unbecoming.
Other Republicans stepped up to the microphone to agree that this was a distraction from the important things they could be doing. (Like stepping up their effort to kill President Obama’s attempt to provide health care for the have-nots in society?)
“When we are done here today,” said the man who accused the president of lying, “we will not have taken any steps to improve the country.”
Actually, Wilson is dead wrong again. When House Democrats, and a handful of Republicans, reprimanded the congressman on Tuesday evening for refusing to apologize to his colleagues for breaking the rules, it was quite a wonderful way to improve America.
It was a rare triumph for civility in a country that seems to have lost all sense of it — from music arenas to ... political gatherings to hallowed halls — and a ratification of an institution that has relied on strict codes of conduct for two centuries to prevent a breakdown of order.
“When you look at the various incidents of misbehavior all across the spectrum,” Representative James Clyburn, the highest ranking black lawmaker in Congress who had pushed for the reprimand, told me afterward, “the one place we ought to be able to say that such conduct is not acceptable and just cannot be tolerated is in America’s classroom, as I call Congress. Students are looking at us, and they ought not to be able to ever feel that such bad behavior would be condoned.”
It was a powerful showdown between two congressmen from South Carolina, one black, one white; one Democrat, one Republican.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Dowd remains silent on other congressional offenses at this time. Wilson was correct it was a waste of time.
No Dowd stories without Zeta-Jones pictures.
Excuse me...Isn’t she the old maid that can’t get a man to spend even a week with her.
MAYBE IT’S HER INBRED HATRED OF MEN.
Maureen is the very essence of in-civility. She’d do us all a favor by scheduling her first “end of life” counseling session.
She’s very angry all the time. what’s up with that?
I’m calling her sour puss from now on.
Well as Gayheart said in Urban Legend:
when told by a potential victim of the serial killer that she needed to get therapy.
Gay hearts character said.
“I tried that...OBVIOUSLY it didn’t work.”
Jimmy Carter needs to go back under the rock he came out from under in 1976 and stay there. He's well on his way to being the second worst President ever, now that Zero has the Big Chair. He should be thankful to 0bama for that alone.
As far as the whole BS racism thing, I've changed my tag line to reflect my true inner "racist" core.
I think we’re done here...
Your tag line is blatantly racist! You may be tossed from FR for that :-)
If this continues, the word “racist” will have no meaning or negative connotation by the end of the year.
At one time, calling me a racist would have made me feel shame. Today, I’d laugh in your face.
Bingo.
(See tagline.)
One might wonder what her attitude would be had she married what's his face. (I'm sure he wouldn't be as pleased)
At one time, calling me a racist would have made me feel shame. Today, I’d laugh in your face.
Amen Brother and Sisters! Pass the biscuits.
Who’s Murine Cow?
Thanks. That makes my day.
At 6:55 AM CST I’ve reached my daily limit for reading leftist drivel but I’m still forced to stop in check out the Dowd/Z-J threads.
Dowd is an expert on civility:
- “Rapping Joe’s Knuckles” - physical violence
- “Joe Wilson, chucklehead” - insult
- “effort to kill President Obama’s” - painting opponents as assassins
- “Wilson is dead wrong” - death threat talk
And that is just from what can be found on this page.
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