Congressman Joe Wilson, R-S.C. - he has a pair
Very cool. In the middle of President Barack Obama's speech to Congress this evening, Wilson got up and shouted: "You Lie" when Obama was denying that Obamacare would not cover illegal immigrants -- the largest part of the uninsured and their numbers are being counted when the
42 million uninsured is bandied about. The real number is closer to five million.
From
Yahoo/Associated Press:
Obama heckled by GOP during speech: 'You lie!'
In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress Wednesday.
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., tried to call Obama to apologize in person, but ended up speaking to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
The contrite congressman, "expressed his apologies" to Emanuel, not the president at whom he had shouted a few hours earlier, Wilson's office said.
Yes, that was not the polite thing to do but we have passed the time when politeness is all that is called for.
A bit more:
Wilson's outburst came after Obama said that extending health care to all Americans who seek it would not mean insuring illegal immigrants.
"You lie!" Wilson shouted from his seat on the Republican side of the chamber.
Obama has repeatedly said that he is open to ideas from both sides of the House but he has not met with any Republican (meeting to discuss the Health Care plan) since May of this year. The transparency that he promised during his campaign simply is not there. He promised to broadcast meetings on CSpan -- they have not been broadcast, there haven't even been transcripts released.
The present plan for Healthcare will seriously hurt this Nation if it passes and there will be no simple way to undo it.
Posted by DaveH at September 9, 2009 9:30 PM