Representative Joe Wilson shouts “You Lie” at the POTUS during address
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Hear the shout around the 1:20 mark
It’s official. President Obama has accepted Representative Joe Wilson’s apology.
“Yes I do,’’ Mr. Obama said, in response to a question from reporters during a meeting with his Cabinet Thursday morning. “I’m a big believer that we all make mistakes. He apologized quickly and without equivocation and I’m appreciative of that.’’
Mr. Wilson, as many Americans know by now, is the South Carolina Republican who erupted during the president’s televised address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening, shouting “You lie!’’ after Mr. Obama dismissed as false the assertion that his health care plan would cover illegal immigrants.
The congressman later issued a statement of regret, and called the White House to convey his apologies to Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff, who accepted on Mr. Obama’s behalf. But Mr. Obama’s remarks Thursday were the first words directly from the president on it.
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I did a little research and there has been some of this before in the chamber from both sides of the aisle:
Bush booed in ‘05:
Democrats’ audible disapproval of President Bush’s misleading claim in his February 2 State of the Union address that Social Security will be “exhausted and bankrupt” in 2042 was “unprecedented.”
JOHN ROBERTS (CBS White House correspondent): At a couple points in this address, it looked more like the British Parliament than the United States Congress. I’ve never heard the minority party shout at the president during the State of the Union address. [CBS, post-speech coverage, 2/2/05]
Clinton booed several times:
In addition to the 1993 State of the Union, during which, as Begala pointed out, Republicans heckled Clinton, they also voiced their disapproval in three other Clinton State of the Union addresses, which were presumably attended by then-members of Congress Scarborough and Barr:
- “Clinton’s proposal to expand Medicare to allow Americans as young as 55 to buy into the system drew shouts of “no” and some boos from Republicans during his speech.” [Chicago Tribune, 1/28/98]
- “Only once did they unmistakably and collectively show their disapproval — when Clinton spoke disparagingly of a GOP-sponsored constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Many Republicans hissed and some booed.” [Los Angeles Times, 2/5/97]
- “The upheaval wrought by the Republican election landslide was visible throughout the president’s State of the Union address — from the moment Speaker Newt Gingrich took the gavel to the striking silence that often greeted Clinton from the GOP. At one point, Republicans even booed. About 20 of them left as Clinton went on and on for an hour and 20 minutes.” [Associated Press, 1/24/95]
Good luck with your IRS audit, Representative Wilson.
So everyone goes up in arms when Pres BHO is called a liar, yet they do nothing when Bush is boo’ed at the 2005 State of the Union. I didnt like Bush, but thats kind of shitty if you ask me.
wow; I knew there was an example of something like that somewhere Tim. Well said!
They were booing Bush for actually BEING a verified liar.
LOL @ MikeyG.
So I guess the whole no earmarks and lobbying promised in his last bailout was truth correct? What about bringing the troops home? Last I checked they moved them to another country. Stopping wasteful spending? Thats been going on for decades.
Lets not even get into his citizenship.
And agreed, ISPS. This has happened even before Bush. I feel it’s near impossible for the government to cut spending enough to pay for healthcare in its place. That’s why I’ve pretty much completely disregarded it. Whenever the govt mentions that a risky taxpayer expense will somehow make money in the end, I know it’s bullshit. The recent news on the auto bailout is a fantastic example. Also, CFC ran out of money in a WEEK when they had expected it to make it a few months. I understand the examples I’ve used have little to do with healthcare reform, but it has alot to with the the government’s inability to plan financially, even on a smaller scale.
Non tax revenue? lol
TOW wasn’t around back then. I’m sure we would’ve thrown something up when this happened to President Bush as well. I personally think there still should be a level of respect for your president, whether dem or rep or ind - especially when something like a state of the union or a joint session that is being broadcast all over the world. Btw, the fact that some jagoff yelling out “you lie” is dominating the headlines rather than the proposals that POTUS was speaking on is the bigger problem of this whole thing. That being said, as a site, we aren’t taking sides politically either way - just putting it out there for the people to see.
@ISPS
“You lie!”
If there’s a way to pay to keep people from going broke because they get sick or hit by drunk drivers, we should FIND a way. Other civilized countries can do it.
If I get sick, I’m unlucky. That’s warped logic, but status quo in this country.
We can’t just disregard this.
have you not heard about the doctors in the UK; who also have nationalized healthcare; that let a premature baby die because it was ‘against the rules?’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-1212106/The-value-life-baby-born-soon.html
@ tim in Hugeston
Thanks for bringing up the non sequitur. The uk ALSO has nationalized health care? We don’t have this. But we did have a woman die INSIDE the er waiting room last year because she didn’t have health insurance. People called 911, but paramedics couldn’t do anything because she was already in the hospital. Staffers? On security cams watching her sieze to death. On a case by case basis, we’re clouding the issue. I want you to be covered in case you lose your job. If you get hit by a drunk driver, am I supposed to say “Oh well, sucks for you? Welcome to debt?”
How can people argue against being taken care of? Only if you don’t get sick. Play soccer much? Obviously not. The prospect of a horrible injury should not be financially crippling, only physically.
I see where youre coming from, I just dont like footing the bill and having to pay for mine as well. Guess you can label me a ‘Right Wing Extremist.’
Sorry I didnt mean to include the ALSO, Im aware we do not have nationalized healthcare. I was going to add in Canada but couldnt think of anything witty to say.
Having money taken out of your check to save someone elses life is a no brainer. And that was very disrespectful what he did and it’s good that he apologized with a swiftness.
People who are rich and always could afford healthcare can complain but if you put them in other peoples shoes then maybe theyd understand.
as someone who has lived in the UK and US, I have experienced only strife and bills getting medical care in america, generally considered to be the wealthiest nation (of sorts) it steams me that my tax dollars go to a myriad of different things that I dont agree with such as buying and selling arms to questionable nations but NONE of it goes towards healthcare or free uni education. if other industrialized nations can and have done it ,why does the US not even register in the top 20 nations as far as healthcare services are concerned. as for Bush 2, he was a liar and a douche,im sorry but even right wingers and republicans were disgusted with his incompetence,lies and arrogance.cmon people its time to move into the 21st century and provide all with the right to receive medical care without the insurance companies and pharmaceutical giants exploiting us.
The whole deal is to make insurance mandatory to everyone. Taking away our right to refuse coverage. Taking away our right to freedom of choice.
If you aren’t paying Aetna/Aflac/BCBS/etc…then guess what? You will be paying the government in some form or fashion.
It will be another bubble, but this time backwards LOL. Prices artificially set by the government. If you have any stocks in any sort of insurance company……sell now, but if you dont have private or government run insurance you will be fined. So the government is forcing you to step up to the plate. That $26/month you just got from Obama is going straight back into their pockets.
@Tim. Pray to the Good Lord you or someone you know never get a rare form of cancer and can’t get private insurance and go bankrupt as a result. Sound fair? That’s how it is right now. You don’t get Medicaid unless you’re already poor and you don’t get Medicare until you’re old. Bottom line: if you’re young/middle-aged, you have any money at all, you get really sick, and for some reason you lose your job, you’re done. This happened to my buddy.
I understand what you are saying and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but there are those in this nation that fail to see it the way I do. They just take and take and take and take and take and take…then they fuck like rabbits and make more children that take and take and take and take and take. I try to make responsible choices that wont affect me negatively…and I am the one stuck with the bill.
The fact that people can even consider granting MORE power to the government shows just how far we have drifted from the original vision of our ancestors for how a civilization of free people could live together. Because once you put this type of system in place, and make it mandatory for every to participate, and THEN start penalizing people’s lifestyles because how much it costs his neighbors, what you have ACTUALLY done is take complete and total control of every citizens lifestyle, and FORCED Them to ‘be good’, they aren’t free anymore, they are just drones in the Great American Anthill.
And you can say good by to convertibles, motor sports racing, football and anything else that might jeopardize your health, because your government mandated and controlled health care will simply tell you ‘if you do that, we aren’t going to cover your injury expenses’ and it would be against the law to buy private insurance to cover that, since the government option doesn’t have a corresponding option.
You would think, in this day and age, people would be able to detect the smell of BS when some one drops a large stinking pile of it on a table in front of them.
Sorry for the long post lol.