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.
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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.
Way to go, Nancy! Just keep on helping Joe rake in that campaign money.
Twit!
They are INSANE terrorist....no sane person would ever act in this manner...
Can Wilson sell this “resolution of disapproval” on Ebay?
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.
I was joking. (A reference to Pelosi accusing the CIA of lying)
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
While Charlie Rangel sits in his seat, anything this bitch says is meaningless.
Bring it, Botox B*tch!
Sounds like a badge of honor. Probably worth another $100k or more for his campaign fund. :-)
. . .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.
Yes rigth after she scolds herself for booing Bush during the state of the union speech!
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.
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.
Or calling the CIA liars.
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