“It was certainly uncouth of Rep. Joe Wilson (R., S.C.) to scream, “You lie!” at his commander-in-chief”
Obama is NOT Joe Wilson’s commander-in-chief. He is CIC for military as it is a military title. If President were CIC of us all we would be under a dictatorship. Gross ignorance to think that a congressman is under command of the President.
My guess is there would be a whole bunch of disgruntled folks bickering about decorum had they been around a couple hundred years ago. Stupid didn’t have a chance on the floor of the house in the beginning. It would have been great fun to see some of the founders take these folks to task LOL.
Yes I caught that same blatant mistake as I began to read the article, and was immediately turned off. VDH is better than that.
Wondering how he could screw up that way, or was he purposely implying a dictatorship? The balance of the article doesn’t support that assumption.
Yeah! I should have read the posts, I just sort of the same thing.
I expected more out of VDH than this.
“It was certainly uncouth of Rep. Joe Wilson (R., S.C.) to scream, “You lie!”
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Compared to what?
Has VDH ever seen the behavior of the supposedly more civililized British at your average meeting of the House of Commons?
Thank you -- now I don't have to post!
Well...maybe this:
others who keep insisting that the president doesn’t have an authentic U.S. birth certificate clearly come off as unhinged
VDH was once one of my favorite reads. If he intends to continue making statements like the one above, he will be off my reading list.
If he has seen an authentic U.S. birth certificate for the pres__ent, then he should share it with us. Until then perhaps it would be best to stay away from that particular topic.
pres__ent = president without the ID
Isn’t Joe Wilson retired military?
The President is CIC of the military ONLY.
While I agree with the sentiment that Rep. Wilson's comment was inappropriate (imagine the precedent, a President could never get through one of those things if Congress could point out all the lies), it is, as you say, “gross ignorance” to think that the President “commands” any Congressman, or any civilian for that matter.
Joe Wilson is a retired National Guard Colonel. It’s not inconceivable that he could be recalled to active duty.