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Update: Wilson’s site now says it’s down due to extremely high traffic (the earlier lie was that it was under maintenance). Ain’t that the truth.
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Update: Wilson’s site now says it’s down due to extremely high traffic (the earlier lie was that it was under maintenance). Ain’t that the truth.
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September 10th, 2009 at 8:23AM
Joe Wilson
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September 10th, 2009 at 8:42AM
Good career move.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:19AM
The video is up on Utube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVYad2MD_WE
Appalling.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:53AM
I disliked Rep. Wilson’s actions as much as I disliked it when the members of my own party booed Pres. Bush during his 2005 State of the Union address – an event about which I recall very little hand-wringing and tut-tutting. And I will note that Rep. Wilson issued an almost immediate public statement of apology, which is more than I ever saw from my fellow Democrats four years ago.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:05AM
Brett: It ain’t pretty either, but there’s a difference between a group of people booing, and one person shouting YOU LIE at the President. Wilson’s own statement was a lie, since what he said about the proposed legislation is in fact untrue.
Wilson comes at this, by the way, with a repellent record as the attack dog on John Kerry’s military service during Kerry’s presidential campaign. A class act, given Wilson’s lack of military experience himself.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:45AM
Incivility is incivility, whether done by individuals or under cover of a group. Rep. Wilson’s actions disrespected the office of the presidency. So did the booing.
His actions were uncalled for. They would have been equally as uncalled for had he a record of unblemished good character or had he aimed better and had his outburst following one of the misrepresentations the president *did* make in his speech.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:40PM
I also heard something on the radio that his opponent (whose name escapes me) in their upcoming election got a major surge in donations after Wilson’s outburst–something around $1 million, I think.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:51PM
One hundred of that million came from Ms. University Diaries herself. Sometimes you have to put your money behind fighting bullies.