Posted on 09/10/2009 1:34:49 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
LITTLETON, Colorado (BNO NEWS) -- Former Republican U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo says Rep. Joe Wilson should not apologize for "telling the truth" when he shouted "you lie" to President Obama during his address to Congress on Wednesday.
Wilson received fierce criticism for his outburst in Congress, which was aired live around the world. Wilson immediately apologized to President Obama, which he accepted.
"Joe is right, Obama is a liar," Tancredo said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. "Republicans attempted to attach language to the Democrat health care bill in committee that would have required the government to verify the legal status of anyone receiving benefits under the plan and imposed enforcement mechanisms for violations of that requirement. Unfortunately, the Democrats voted that amendment down," the former congressman from Colorado continued. "If the Democrats and the President truly wanted to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining publicly funded health care benefits, they would have approved that amendment."
Tancredo continues on to say they are not alone in questioning Obama's claims. He gives a letter from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf as an example, which he wrote on June 15.
Elmendorf wrote: "According to the preliminary analysis, once the proposal was fully implemented, the number of people who are uninsured would decline to about 36 or 37 million, representing about 13 percent of the nonelderly population. (Roughly a third of those would be unauthorized immigrants or individuals who are eligible for Medicaid but not enrolled in that program.)"
Tancredo also questioned the facts for other claims made by Obama. "The President expects us to believe that he can provide health insurance free of charge to those who can't afford it, the care will not be rationed, premiums cannot go up, risk factors cannot be considered, no one will be excluded, taxes will not increase, and that none of this will cost the taxpayers a dime. In fact, he expects us to believe this huge federal program will actually save the taxpayer money. How dumb does the President think the American people are?," Tancredo asks.
"First the President tells America that we are facing imminent national bankruptcy because of Medicare's spiraling costs -- then in the next breath he tells us that his solution to this problem is to basically expand Medicare to cover any person in America, and that this will result in a reduction in the deficit. In essence - he is arguing that the best way to reduce spending is to spend more. This makes no sense," he continues.
"It's as if Democrats in Washington have become so drunk with power that they now believe they can repeal the basic laws of economics with a simple majority vote of Congress," Tancredo concluded.
Yeeeehaaaaaw!
yet another reason Tanc was my #1/#2 choice in last year’s primary
Yeah I was for Hunter but more than OK with Tanc.
He needs to speak up more often, like Palin.
Hey DemocRATS you think Obama should not have been shouted at, Joe Wilson was right and I wish he had not apologized for the lack of civility (He still stands by the “you Lie” part.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/10/flashback_democrats_boo_bush_at_2005_state_of_the_union.html
The more Tom speaks, the more me likey.
Wilson’s outburst, no matter how true, was uncalled for. And in the end it was politically stupid beyond belief - it simply plays into the liberal stereotype of conservatives being out-of-control. Moreover, it helps convince the large “middle” that the liberals are right about us. We need less hysterical outbursts, and more reasoned logic - such as the way it is explained above how Obama was lying.
go ahead report me to info@leftistsSeekingHitlerPower.com
I don’t think the rude hypocrisy of the democrats is an example we should be following.
ping
I LOVE TOM!!
Tom Tancredo —— wish he could have done better in the primaries. Have always likedhim a lot
Daddy! Daddy look!!! The Emperor has no Clothes on!!
The truth is that Obama’s lies in the Present will have the outcome of Killing Grandma in the future.
Obama Lies and Grandma Dies.
Welcome to FR.
Hope this sign makes the rally!
I wince at the rudeness but it is not hypocrisy. And do you realize what sticking to the higher ground and turning the other cheek got us? A big Zero.
Call them out, loud and often.
Anyone who can’t accept and understand the anger displayed by Wilson really belongs with the democrats anyway. Obozo’s whole speech was an insulting attack filled with lies and halftruths.
In case you haven’t noticed the media has been portraying us in a bad light for years. Quite frankly the “centrists” can kiss my ass. They’re nothing but mutts cowering with their tails between their legs hoping the marxists will toss them a few crumbs.
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