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"You Lie!": Rep. Joe Wilson Shouts to Obama during Speech
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/09/09/gop-rep-joe-wilson-presidential-heckler/ ^

Posted on 09/09/2009 7:08:24 PM PDT by quesney

President Barack Obama’s address to Congress this evening was moving along fairly smoothly until he pledged that there was nothing in the legislation that would provide health care to the millions of illegal immigrants residing in the nation.

A cry of “You lie!” was audible from the Republican side of the aisle. The Associated Press reports that the heckler was South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson.

“It’s not true,” the president responded to the outburst, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seated behind the president, offered her mother-of-five glare towards the Republican side of the chamber. First Lady Michelle Obama was seen shaking her head from side to side.

While lawmakers may have become accustomed to that kind of language during the contentious town hall meetings in August, Wilson’s outburst was uncommon for a joint session of Congress, where decorum usually reigns.

A spokesman for Wilson did not immediately return a request for comment.

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He joins a growing list. Most recently black economist extraordinaire Thomas Sowell:

Listening to a Liar http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/09/08/listening_to_a_liar

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: South Carolina
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To: LUV W

No .. it’s free

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It works for me on IE


241 posted on 09/10/2009 7:37:25 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: LUV W

And come here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2336058/posts?q=1&;page=1


242 posted on 09/10/2009 7:38:36 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: STARWISE

It worked, Starwise! Thanks! Listening now!


243 posted on 09/10/2009 7:42:39 AM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)
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To: evad
"send flowers to 0bama"..would a Blazin' Saddles candy-gram do?

(ahem) "Let me whip this out on you..."
244 posted on 09/10/2009 7:43:28 AM PDT by mkjessup (0bama?!?!? **************** YOU LIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *******************)
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To: Irish Rose

Do you mind if I quote your last sentence? It’s excellent.


245 posted on 09/10/2009 8:02:31 AM PDT by RoseyT (Lufkin/Nac area)
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To: quesney

“President Barack Obama’s address to Congress this evening was moving along fairly smoothly until he pledged that there was nothing in the legislation that would provide health care to the millions of illegal immigrants residing in the nation.”

I have not stayed up with this 1,000 plus page behemoth as well as I should, so I don’t know the part that says it will provide health care to illegal immigrants. Can someone point me in the right direction?


246 posted on 09/10/2009 8:06:32 AM PDT by freethinker_for_freedom
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Just thought I’d toss this out there. Leftists are scary.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/10/far-right-donations-wilson/


247 posted on 09/10/2009 8:14:20 AM PDT by RoseyT (Lufkin/Nac area)
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To: quesney
Obama actually had the gaul to give social security as an example for his health care program...but the politicans have robbed from our retirement savings and it’s going to collapse! Obama is lying.
248 posted on 09/10/2009 8:30:48 AM PDT by highlander_UW (To anger a conservative tell him a lie. To anger a liberal tell him the truth.)
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To: quesney

At least one congressman has some backbone to shout down the communist dictator.


249 posted on 09/10/2009 8:37:27 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Obama = Jim Jones coercing us into suicide on a national scale)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; xzins; P-Marlowe
Notice McInsane has taken the side of the Kookaid drinkers, and insisted this guy apologise, no matter what the truth value of his remarks?

Also notice when Barry Sotero defamed every police officer in the country he refused to apologize, instead saying everyone was "stupid" and carried blame. Yet even then the police officer agreed to personally meet with him over a beer.

But when a Republican makes a verbal mistake, he admits his error and apologizes outright.

And what does the magnanimous Barry Sotero do? He refuses to take the guy's phone call and instead hands him off to his flunky.

We should all work to make sure Wilson isn't hounded into resigning over this. Decorum is one thing; destroying the country from within is quite another. We should all be screaming.

250 posted on 09/10/2009 9:15:09 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: All

Mc Cain is an embarrassment to the republican party.. that is IF he is really a republican or even a conservative


251 posted on 09/10/2009 9:27:34 AM PDT by HarryH (Still Standing in the Gap!)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; xzins

There used to be wonderful threads on FR about the Delphi Technique. This is one of the few left...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200642/posts


252 posted on 09/10/2009 9:58:38 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: quesney

"I am Spartacus Joe Wilson!"

253 posted on 09/10/2009 10:22:33 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Citizens should not fear their government. Government should fear its citizens. - V)
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To: RoseyT

Not at all. Thank you.


254 posted on 09/10/2009 10:25:00 AM PDT by Irish Rose (Will work for chocolate.)
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To: quesney
While lawmakers may have become accustomed to that kind of language during the contentious town hall meetings in August, Wilson’s outburst was uncommon for a joint session of Congress, where decorum usually reigns.

Like when democrats BOOed W during one of his speeches to a joint session of Congress?

255 posted on 09/10/2009 10:35:00 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: FreedomPoster

I learned about it from Ann Coulter, latest article and the one before that. http://www.anncoulter.com/

Never heard about the court ruling.


256 posted on 09/10/2009 10:36:28 AM PDT by Irish Rose (Will work for chocolate.)
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To: quesney

Nice. This is how politics used to be back in the days of the Founding Fathers, shouting, fisticuffs... none of this let’s be nice stuff that makes me want to vomit. -cyborg


257 posted on 09/10/2009 10:42:29 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: P-Marlowe

” Joe Wilson showed guts and courage.”

” Until he apologized. Another spineless Republican wuss “

” This will hurt Republicans.”

Technically he apologized. I can forgive him for that small placate seeing as how it was preceded by a gift of lasting joy we conservatives will never forget.

The Libs will never live this down. And that’s just what you see in Pelosi’s infuriated eyes.

Let’s lavish so much praise on Wilson that the Republlcans at the next speech will feel free to join in.


258 posted on 09/10/2009 4:29:47 PM PDT by bluescape (The American media, The guard dog that holds you down while the attacker has his way.)
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To: quesney
At Bush's 2006 State of the Union speech, Democrats interrupted his speech to applaud and cheer their obstruction of Bush's proposal to reform Social Security.

http://mfile.akamai.com/5913/wmv/whitehouse.download.akamai.com/5913/2006/01/20060131-10.v.asx

Fast-forward to about 45:50 to see it. And at 46:05, take careful note of who you see in the lower left corner of the frame.

Hint: he didn't vote "present" this time.

259 posted on 09/10/2009 4:36:55 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: justlurking

Thanks for posting this. Rush mentioned it today and I planned to look for it online tonight.


260 posted on 09/10/2009 4:38:10 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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