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Pelosi agrees to plan to scold Rep. Wilson for 'You lie' outburst
The Hill ^ | September 11, 2009 | Mike Soraghan

Posted on 09/11/2009 6:08:11 PM PDT by Scanian

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed the House should vote next week on scolding Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for his outburst during President Barack Obama's speech unless he apologies on the floor of the House.

"There was a violation of the rules of the House," said Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly. "It needs to be resolved by an apology or a resolution."

A Democrat will introduce a "resolution of disapproval" Monday or Tuesday unless Wilson formally apologizes on the House floor. The House returns Monday.

Wilson shouted "You lie!" Wednesday night during Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, after Obama said his health care plan would not cover illegal immigrants.

Wilson apologized Wednesday evening and, on Thursday, Obama said he accepted Wilson’s apology.

Wilson spokesman Ryan Murphy indicated the congressman will not apologize on the House floor.

Murphy told the Associated Press Wilson "apologized to the president and the president accepted and said let's move on and have a civil discourse, and the congressman agrees."

Several House leaders and many rank-and-file Democrats pushed Thursday for some sanction against Wilson. Pelosi (D-Calif.) knocked down the idea, saying it would distract Congress from its work on healthcare.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; blahblahblah; boehner; clyburn; house; joewilson; moonbats; pelosi; scolds
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To: Ed_From_Ohio

That would be cool except for the fact that the Republican “leadership” is just as mad about this crap as Pelousy.

It would be pretty hard for Wilson to buck the bosses of both parties.


61 posted on 09/11/2009 7:18:15 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Way to go, Nancy! Just keep on helping Joe rake in that campaign money.

Twit!


62 posted on 09/11/2009 7:19:16 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: cricket

They are INSANE terrorist....no sane person would ever act in this manner...


64 posted on 09/11/2009 7:24:28 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Scanian

Can Wilson sell this “resolution of disapproval” on Ebay?


65 posted on 09/11/2009 7:58:58 PM PDT by TNdandelion (I'd rather have FedEx run my healthcare than USPS.)
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To: Scanian
It would be pretty hard for Wilson to buck the bosses of both parties.”

Easy.
Do what a British Lord did in the House of lords some time back.
During a debate in Britain's House of Lords, one of lords insulted another and was asked to give an apology. The lord stood up and said, “I called the Right Honourable Lord a thief and a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. And the Right Honourable Lord may punctuate as he pleases.”.
But of course Joe Wilson shouldn't apologize for telling the truth, least of all on the say so of Nancy Pelosi. The more this knuckle down fight drags on in the media, the more the public will get to now the great big lies that 0bama told in his speech to the congress.

66 posted on 09/11/2009 7:59:43 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Scanian

I was joking. (A reference to Pelosi accusing the CIA of lying)


67 posted on 09/11/2009 8:00:20 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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To: Scanian
Wilson’s opponent supposedly has received a million $ from the Left. “

Wilson is on target to match that by raising a million dollars by Monday. He's already raised over $750,000:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/09/scs_wilson_rakes_in_750000_in.html

68 posted on 09/11/2009 8:03:53 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Scanian

While Charlie Rangel sits in his seat, anything this bitch says is meaningless.


69 posted on 09/11/2009 8:18:22 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Scanian

Bring it, Botox B*tch!


70 posted on 09/11/2009 8:38:39 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: Scanian

Sounds like a badge of honor. Probably worth another $100k or more for his campaign fund. :-)


71 posted on 09/11/2009 8:59:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: shield
. . .no sane person would ever act in this manner...

. . .and no decent human being would act in this manner; no 'good person'; no altruistic; patriotic American. . .and so it goes; you cannot say - honestly - anything good about the political MO of these people.

You can say the 'worst', however; and be right.

72 posted on 09/11/2009 9:06:31 PM PDT by cricket ('Don't bow for me . . Obama ' (America'sorry' President))
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To: Scanian

Yes rigth after she scolds herself for booing Bush during the state of the union speech!


73 posted on 09/11/2009 9:17:56 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: SmokingJoe

Sure, he could play word games the way British MP’s do. But Wilson could be looking at a back-bench role for the rest of his career plus no election support and possibly a primary challenge if he gets too “uppity”(that seems to be a popular word right now).

The House Republicans have some backbone but I can’t see them tolerating a true rebel in their midst.


74 posted on 09/12/2009 6:22:43 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: SmokingJoe

That’s very good. It just bugs me that our side is always slower to come to the support of our guys than the libs with theirs.


75 posted on 09/12/2009 6:25:30 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: chris_bdba

Or calling the CIA liars.


76 posted on 09/12/2009 6:26:36 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian
That was said in jest. It was tongue in cheek.
I am not suggesting for one minute that Joe Wilson should really apologize to anybody for actually telling the truth.
77 posted on 09/12/2009 7:19:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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