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Joe Wilson's 'You Lie!' Reverberates

Sept. 10, 2009

Rob Kuznia--HispanicBusiness.com

 Wilson's 'You Lie!' Reverberates



What a difference two words can make.

When Joe Wilson, the Republican Congressman from South Carolina, interrupted President Obama's address on healthcare Wednesday by shouting "you lie!," he may have sunk his own ship.

Within hours, Wilson had been publicly reprimanded by several members of his own party, his Web site crashed due to a flood of visitors and his Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, had raised $100,000 on the Internet. By Thursday morning, Miller -- a former Marine -- had raised $204,000.

"Anybody who would cat-call the president of the United States addressing this body is very, very inappropriate, and he will hear from a lot of us about that," Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., told FOX News Radio.

Wilson's outburst came as Obama said that contrary to what some are saying, health care reform would not provide insurance for illegal immigrants.

He later issued a public apology.

"While I disagree with the President's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable," Wilson wrote. "I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility."

Despite the bad publicity, however, Wilson's heckle has raised his profile and led some to defend him.

The conservative blog RedState hailed Wilson as a hero and started a fund-raiser for him.

"Joe Wilson was being accurate when he called the President a liar: HR 3200 covers illegal immigrants, and every attempt to make it explicit that it wouldn't has been blocked by Congressional Democrats."



Source: HispanicBusiness.com (c) 2009. All rights reserved.


Comments

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concern1818
9/11/2009 11:08:12 AM PST
Why are the comments being screen? Post all the comments and delete the ones with foul lanuage.


tlwinslow
9/11/2009 10:13:10 AM PST
Rep. Wilson is part of a hardcore minority of white supremacists who refuse to accept the existence of Mexicans, and want to continue the 1848 Apartheid foisted on Mexico back in the naked white supremacist era of the U.S., when they took half of its territory for their whites-only homeland, leaving a sawed-off remnant eternally dependent on them with no lebensraum for future pop. growth. 160 years later and the chickens are coming home to roost, and white supremacy is kaput, so it's Obama's turn to end the apartheid by loudly calling on Congress to invite the Mexican people to dissolve their ever-corrupt govt. and join the U.S. as 10+ new states sans racism., after whichl 414M Americans can solve health care and other problems. Google "Megamerge Dissolution Solution" to read my proposal.


pipersmom
9/11/2009 9:11:00 AM PST
Ken Ritchey has got to be kidding. Fascism! Ever since Barack Obama decided to run for the highest office in this land, I have seen some of the ugliest, profane, imflammatory, insidious material about him and his family in right wing blogs, internet chats, and other communications. Americans fought against the Nazis in World War II. That was of course the right thing to do. But America could have also taken a harder look at their treatment of some Americans within their own shores. What Representative Joe Wilson did was wrong and disrespectful--not only to President Obama but to the office he holds. He did apologize and he should have. The so called patriots should remember what one wise man said. "When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross."


Vivapolitix
9/11/2009 7:04:29 AM PST
Joe Wilson es mi heroe! No todo los Latinos nos hemos tomado el "Kool Aide" de Obama. I'm glad he called him on his constant lying. Obama has been a disaster for businesses, minorities and the Nation as a whole! Viva Joe Wilson!!!!!!!!


concern1818
9/11/2009 6:20:43 AM PST
Joe Wilson is telling the truth and Obama is not. Check Factcheck.com and the COB. There is no wording to check to see if you are legal to get health care and we are going to go into further debt. So, just because it comes out of Obama's mouth it does not mean is true. Also for Obama is his way or the highway. Why not start with Tort reform, get the crooks out of health care, best practices and insurance reform. This does not cause much, but will save billions. The answer is he wants to socialize medicine, just like Cuba.


Beto
9/11/2009 6:04:12 AM PST
It's about time someone had the guts to stop up to this President and all the Democrats that are ruining our nation day by day. Reminds me of our Congressman Gonzales when he came to SanAntonio to do town hall meetings in regards to the health bill - which he already voted for - why waste time of concerneed citizens if your Democratic mind is alreay made up - but this is not surprizing as Gonzales is a Democratic puppet who votes the party line regardless. I hope we find a candidate to vote him and his President out of office.


Natan
9/10/2009 7:11:36 PM PST
In respond to the comment..... This is the US it is an elected goverment... the republican party Lost the election and the president is black........ it is time to growup and Studie and get your self more educated......




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