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Thursday, September 10, 2009
News Where was this outrage over invisible WMDs?
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Never thought it could happen, but there is a bigger ass in South Carolina than Mark Sanford.
His name is Congressman Joe Wilson. You know, the idiot who called President Barack Obama a liar during his speech last night. Here's my question: Where was this truth fighter under eight years of former president George W. Bush?
Let's start with the war in Iraq. If a president ever deserved to be called a liar, it was then. Yet, Wilson was silent — along with the Democrats.
Weapons of Mass Destruction were the cornerstone for invading Iraq in 2003, but there were none. Did Wilson call Bush a liar?
Now Wilson is doing the "contrite" thing after making an ass of himself and disrespecting the President of The United States.
"This evening I let my emotions get the best of me," he said in a statement. "While I disagree with the president's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the president for this lack of civility."He then tried to call Obama to apologize personally, but ended up talking with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel instead, Wilson's office said.
Biden said today that he hadn't spoken with Obama, but, "knowing the president, I'm sure he accepted the apology."
Here's another issue I have with the Democrats: Why are they taking this disrespect as if it is OK? Someone from the other side of the aisle should call Wilson out. Not in the media, not during a presidential address, but on the floor. Someone in the Donkey party needs to grow a pair and tell those Elephants that enough is enough. If you guys want to be dirty and disrespectful to the Commander in Chief, then expect the same treatment.
But Will Moredock from the Charleston City Paper says it best (and what I'm sure many people are going to deny):
What we saw last night was racism, pure and simple. Republicans did not treat Bill Clinton with such disrespect even when they impeached him.It's time to draw the line on this behavior and one way to do it is to call for Wilson's censure by his House colleagues. Go to http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5649/t/4997/content.jsp?content_KEY=2825&tag=pof_e1 and say it's time to censure Joe.
I concur.
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