Posted on 09/09/2009 7:08:24 PM PDT by quesney
President Barack Obama’s address to Congress this evening was moving along fairly smoothly until he pledged that there was nothing in the legislation that would provide health care to the millions of illegal immigrants residing in the nation.
A cry of “You lie!” was audible from the Republican side of the aisle. The Associated Press reports that the heckler was South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson.
“It’s not true,” the president responded to the outburst, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seated behind the president, offered her mother-of-five glare towards the Republican side of the chamber. First Lady Michelle Obama was seen shaking her head from side to side.
While lawmakers may have become accustomed to that kind of language during the contentious town hall meetings in August, Wilson’s outburst was uncommon for a joint session of Congress, where decorum usually reigns.
A spokesman for Wilson did not immediately return a request for comment.
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He joins a growing list. Most recently black economist extraordinaire Thomas Sowell:
Listening to a Liar http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/09/08/listening_to_a_liar
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
That American hating bitch hasn't been elected to anything.
He doesn’t look bad to me. I am sick and d*mn tired of the GOP sitting on their *sses and allowing the Obama lies to go unchallenged.
I think it was unfair. Obama didn’t mean to lie. He just read what the teleprompter told him to.
Oh ,, there are plenty of scandals on old Valerie
from the Chicago Thug Machine, but they were exploring
all the connections with this crew, and the one
Steve raised was with Valerie’s former f-i-l and
Frank Marshall Davis, Commie .. former Chicago
Commie .. then HI Commie and friend of BHO’s
gramp and BHO mentor.
Start here
Sorry, Bush and McCain already did that.
We need people with the b@lls to call a spade a spa...um...er..ah...tell it like it is.
Way to go, JOE !
The mainstream media treated the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at bush during a press conference as a hero:
http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2008/cyb20081216.asp
Let’s see how they treat Joe Wilson. I doubt he will be lauded.
Hey everyone, leave Joe some positive feedback on his facebook page. He is getting bombarded by liberals! Show your support!
What’s Rep. Joe Wilson’s email?
This could go both ways, help Obama and Co.(there you see the opponents of Obamacare are so full of hate and lies) or it could rally more Congress Critters to defeat Obamacare....
At the same time, we should be letting McCain know that we are totally ashamed of him for calling for an apology. Who does he think he is kidding?
You are so right. It did distract him and made him very very angry. He was SEETHING with anger. And Pelosi and Biden were ready to explode. (Didn’t watch the speech, just the video of Congressman Wilson’s shout of truth!
Smart and brave BECAUSE NOW he made this so high profile THIS WILL FORCE THE TRUE FACTS TO BE CHECKED... how can the press attack Joe Wilson without revealing that Joe Wilson spoke the truth
What is it the left likes to say...."SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER!"
joe wilson has a very unfortunate name.. wasn’t that plame’s husband name? will the real joe wilson please stand up...
Is this what Glenn has been talking about?
Republican and conservative are becoming mutually exclusive terms.
It’s going to kill the speech. No one will remember the speech when this is done. All they’ll remember is that Holy O droned on and on until a lone voice cried out, “You lie!”
So it begins people. So it begins.
I suppose that decorum means having to sit quietly while the POTUS lies to the American people. Perhaps if the POTUS wouldn’t lie to the American people, no one would have to yell out the truth. If the MSM would ever do its job, others wouldn’t have to do it for them.
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