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Posted on 09/16/2009 5:29:12 PM PDT by Mamzelle
TWO GOP CONGRESSMEN FROM SC TURN BACK ON REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE
When Rep. Joe Wilson needed his Republican colleagues from South Carolina the most, one was actively working against him and one was nowhere to be found.
Rep. Bob Inglis, who represents the very conservative fourth district, sided with leftist Democrats Tuesday and voted in favor of a resolution that rebuked Wilson for yelling “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress last week.
Inglis, one of only seven Republicans to vote against Wilson, defended his action prior to the vote.
“Joe Wilson apologized to President,” Inglis wrote on the microblogging service Twitter. “He should apologize to House for rule violation. That would end the matter.”
For good measure, Inglis added an analogy. “I speed, lose control of my car and hit your car. I fix your car. I pay my speeding ticket. Case closed.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Gresham Barrett was too busy campaigning for governor in South Carolina to defend hid friend Wilson. Barrett was working the cocktail circuit in Columbia and recorded a no vote on the resolution, which passed 240-179.
Interestingly, Barrett released a web video Tuesday calling on Democrats to “back off Wilson.” As usual, though, Barrett’s words speak much louder than his actions.
Wilson and fellow Republican Congressman Henry Brown both voted against the resolution, while Democrat Reps. James Clyburn and John Spratt voted for it.
ping list?
Wilson tells the truth, and the RINOs turn on him. The truth is something that we are real short on in Washington nowadays, more so than in the past. Wilson should get our support.
ping
Ingles is my Rep and I’m turning MY back on him in 2010.
Who’s challenging him in the Primary?
You have my support, Congressman Wilson, I apologize for the lack of backbone my “Representative” has shown you, this district, and the majority of this country.
Inglis sounds as though he might be a ‘RAT mole. The GOP needs to invest in a few rat traps.
“who’s running against Inglis?”
The big mame Republicans running are state Senator David Thomas and Spartanburg County DA Trey Gowdy.
Sanford's inability to control his schlong and indecency to resign has left the South Carolina governor's office in a pretty sorry state and requires someone the stature of Rep. Barrett to clean it up.
Jeebus H. Kerrist...what is going on over there in the Carolina political scene...it seems like they’re into eating their own or something.
Please find someone to run against Ingles and defeat this buttboy of the democrats.
“who’s running against Inglis?”
“The big mame Republicans running are state Senator David Thomas and Spartanburg County DA Trey Gowdy.”
As I recall, Inglis was defeated for the Senate by Ernest Hollings in 1998 but came back to the House in 2000 or 2002. He likes to be popular with the cocktail circuit.
SC has runoffs, but people there will vote for Inglis because he has name ID, just like they stick with Graham.
Sorry Bob, I don’t speak Inglis.
“SC has runoffs”
I’m not as pessimistic as you at Inglis surviving a run-off, since it will have lower turnout and Inglis would have been attacked for his liberal votes for months before the run-off.
In fact, if conservatives in the area play their cards right, Inglis might not even make it into the runoff.
Have you tried to contact Ingles? I tried, you can’t get through the “BS” of his email address to get to him. Once I got zip codes in, etc, I then got an “error”. This guy doesn’t want to hear from his constituents. I wrote him a snail mail anyway (Joe Wilson is my rep).
People are hoppin’ mad here in his district. I had heard on a local talk radio station that 70 or 80 percent were against the censuring, but I supposed HE knew better than us serfs and voted ‘yes’ anyways.
Newsflash, Mr Ingles: I have a loooooong memory.
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