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I've been thinking about what Joe Wilson did quite a bit for the last week. I agree with what Joe did and why he did it. That doesn't mean that I haven't had plenty of thoughts of what this now means for all Presidential addresses in the future. If Joe's outburst had happened during a State of the Union Address, I would probably have a bit different feeling about it. During a State of the Union Address, the President's Office deserves the respect of all those in attendance to sit there politely and let the President have that event. Last week's address was not a State of the Union Address. It was a sales pitch to Congress and the public. If ever there was a time for Congress to interact with the President and challenge his rhetoric, I couldn't think of better place and time for it. If President feels it is so important to sell us on something, then it should be allowed to turn into an organized debate. Maybe America needs a new form of dialog with the President, but only if the President wants to appear before Congress in a fair and open debate on whatever the issue is. If a President feels so strongly about something, this would not only be his chance, but a great chance for the opposition to debate him on it. Like I said, I've been thinking about what happened.

Hve you re-watched videos of George Bush’s State of the Union addresses??? And heard the boos and seen the behavior of the entire democrat party? Did you see Hillary Clinton smirking and nodding her head when George Bush talked about defeating al Qaeda? The democrats booing when Bush talked about saving social security? Do you remember the hearings when democrat staffers sneaked the crazy code pinks into the Chamber to run amok?

And Pelosi’s winged monkeys want to lecture anyone about maintaining the “decorum” of the House?

It was a sales pitch to Congress and the public. If ever there was a time for Congress to interact with the President and challenge his rhetoric, I couldn't think of better place and time for it.

You make a fair point, however, the Constitution provides for each House to determine the Rules of its Proceedings and that they may punish its Members for disorderly Behavior. While exchange between the president and Congress would be a valid exercise, calling the president a liar has already been made a rule punishable, even if it weren't, to shout out the way Wilson did, emotion, heat of the moment, was indeed disorderly behavior.

The Dems hyping this not only expose their own hypocrisy but that of some GOP members, those who did NOT rebuke Democrats who behaved in a disorderly manner their own selves, called G.W. Bush a liar on the Floor time and time again. Why they did not, they will have to answer, I cannot, other than to observe yet again that they really do not know how to play the game of politics.