Posted on 09/10/2009 2:12:12 AM PDT by library user
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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) apologized Wednesday night to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for shouting “You lie!” during President Obama’s healthcare speech before a joint session of Congress.
Emanuel accepted Wilson’s apology on behalf of the president, according to a Democratic source familiar with the call.
In addition to his phone call to Emanuel, Wilson also issued a statement separately, calling his comments “inappropriate and regrettable.”
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Soooooooo frustrating. What’s he apologizing for?
So, now you take what could have been your finest moment and reduce to nothing? Because the apology means nothing to your enemies, you still have to live with the fact that you said it, it can’t be taken back. The only difference is now, your supporters are mad at you too.
Tweet him a thumbs up. He’s CongJoeWilson on Twitter.
Being a Republican(?) Why's he apologizing to Rhammy? He ought to be apologizing to us and his constituents!
CRAWFISH!!!...
He must have received threats from the Othugs.
So when will BO apologize for calling us liars? for calling us terrorists? for calling us simpleminded
Real men do not apologize for stating the truth!
Especially to girly men and a bunch of little bitches in Government, Congress or the White House!
And let me make this clear to all the whiners with Mental Disorders, your nothing but POS, just waiting to come across someone who knows exactly what you are and does not give a damm about your “Political Corruption.”
You think Beck isn't receiving these threats? He has a family too.
Harry Reid never apologized for calling President Bush a liar. But then Harry Reid is both classless and clueless.
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it must be a duck.
Bump.
Who has the link to the Supreme Court decision that says illegals have access to gov’t provided health care programs? Someone posted it in one of the threads last night, and now I can’t find it.
In England they yell out in the House of Commons when it is perceived the person with the floor is lying and Ozero is lying if his mouth is moving.
Why is it in bad taste to call this punk a liar when he is in fact lying?
More of the pubbies should have stood on their seats and yelled out LIAR.
We're at the flash point of the next revolution. I, sure as hell, am not worried about a breach in decorum! These liberal fascisists are whining about "just words," when they should be watching for torches and pitchforks!
Wouldn't be a republican if he couldn't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
I think it was smart to apologize here since it was an inappropriate outburst for that forum.
THAT BEING SAID...
I’m glad he said it. He was right...it is a lie. I tweeted him and thanked him for speaking for the rest of us who were yelling the same thing at our TVs.
You know what this is like?
It’s like when an attorney asks a leading question to a witness or adds commentary that he knows will be objected to...but simultaneously knows that people can’t UNHEAR something once it’s been said, even if a judge tells them to disregard the comment.
Likewise... we’ve heard this now. And like Palin’s “death panel” comment, we can’t unhear it.
You can’t unring a bell.
And Americans now have a reason to look into the possibility that illegals would in fact be covered.
Consider for a moment that a GOP amendment...the Heller Amendment... that would ban illegals was struck down on party lines. If illegals were not to be covered, then why vote it down?
Speaking of which...
People who use Twitter… retweet this:
@mbhouse For those condemning @CongJoeWilson and saying he was lying, I have two words for you: HELLER AMENDMENT. http://bit.ly/CkRgk
I don’t know why, but what popped into my head was:
“John Adams would not have apologized.”
He would had stood his ground because he spoke the truth.
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