Posted on 09/14/2009 8:25:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
House Democratic leaders will move ahead with a "resolution of disapproval" against Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) on Tuesday afternoon, following through on their threat to sanction the conservative lawmaker for heckling President Obama during his speech to Congress last week.
Democratic leaders will formally introduce the resolution Tuesday afternoon, according to House insiders, and the vast majority of Democrats - as well as some Republicans - are expected to vote for it.
No decision had been made at press time as to which Democrat would be offering the resolution.
A number of Democrats, led by Majority Whip James Clyburn (S.C.) and other black lawmakers, were outraged when Wilson yelled out “You lie!” during Obama’s address, and they have pressed Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats to sanction Wilson.
Pelosi initially downplayed the Wilson episode as a distraction from thelarger issue of health care reform, but she has come around now to the position held by Clyburn and the other Democrats – if Wilson didn’t apologize on his own, on the House floor, then Democrats must take action.
Wilson issued an apology on Wednesday night following his outburst, and he called White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to apologize personally, but he has refused to go to the floor and offer contrition for his comments. Obama said he accepted Wilson’s apology.
Clyburn personally asked Wilson three times to offer a full apology to the House during a confrontation the two had on the floor the day after Obama’s speech. Since that exchange, Clyburn has led the charge to punish Wilson.
“Not addressing this issue sets a precedent for bad behavior,” said a senior House Democratic aide following Monday’s leadership meeting. “We’re not the British Parliament, for a reason.”
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I sent your suggestion to Glenn Beck. Maybe he will run with the idea.
> I can’t wait until they are back in the minority where they belong.
Even when they are in the minority, they act as though they are the majority. After all, by their reckoning, the majority of the people would really have voted for them if they were as smart as they are.
This was the behavior of the Bolsheviks, who, even while being a minority, had the effrontery to call themselves the Majority. That’s what Bolshevik means - Majority.
And they called their opposition, Menshevik, which means, Minority.
The censure of Joe Wilson is just more Bolshevik Theater from the delusional DemonRATs.
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Sniff!!
All socialists should be tried for treason.
Wilson said earlier that he’d done enough and it’s time to “move forward.”
“There are far more important issues facing this nation than what we’re addressing right now,” Wilson said on the floor Tuesday
He should have kept on and on smacking the obambiboy with this and exposing his and all the other lies the dems are spouting.
Another Demoratic President lying his jackass off to the American People is mighty damn important!
Well the last testicle in Congress seems to have fallen off and rolled away....as will donation for Joe in South Carolina, because just cause he gives up doesn’t mean the LeftWingBabyKillingScum will. It will just encourage them MORE, now they smell retreat weakness and fear and the demdogs will attack.
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