‘Joe, who’s the nut who hollered out ‘You lied’, or ‘You liar?’
Maybe we need something a little lighter to end the day.
Joe Wilson’s wife, Roxanne, recalls the night of Obama’s speech to Congress, and the moment she learned of her husband’s impending fame.
“Joe called me after the speech and I said, ‘Joe, who’s the nut who hollered out ‘You lied’, or ‘You liar?’ And he goes, ‘It was me.’ And I said, ‘No, really, who did it?’ I couldn’t believe Joe could say that.”
She also says she’s deeply appreciative that Obama accepted her husband’s apology. She seems like a classy lady, and it’s past time to let this one go.
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Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
4:34 pm
Cue the youtube posts, What’s it gonna be “Roxanne” by The Police, or “Stand by Your Man” by Tammy Wynette
Citizen of the World
September 16th, 2009
4:34 pm
I’m over it. I think the media should not waste any more ink or breath on it. But, by the same token, I hope the voters of South Carolina remember at election time that their representative failed to mind his manners, and what’s more, he voted against health care reform that would give them and their families accessible, affordable coverage.
Paul
September 16th, 2009
4:35 pm
Seems to me Pres Obama’s been setting the classy example on this one – as he had throughout his campaign and into his presidency.
Maybe someday more members of the Democratic Party will catch up.
Next.
RW-(the original)
September 16th, 2009
4:38 pm
Well the House of Representatives managed to slap his hand. I guess there isn’t any pressing business in Washington.
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
4:40 pm
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.
K’Chak–”Stand by Your Man,” done in duet with Sister Hillary!
Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
4:45 pm
Maybe someday more members of the Democratic Party will catch up.
(sigh) And which members are those?
I Report/ Vast White Wing Conspirator (-: You Whine )-:
September 16th, 2009
4:45 pm
We can now put down our pointy caps, crosses and horsies, the dimocrats have censured our hero, so we rest.
/sarc
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
4:47 pm
“(sigh) And which members are those?”
Best guess: the ones who voted yes on the resolution to reprimand him (or whatever they call it)
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
4:47 pm
PAUL–as you know I don’t like him, but I will agree with you on this, he does handle such things as this with class (the Gates thing the exception.) Did you catch him when asked about Kanye West. Class! He’s got a great sense of self-irony and does THAT without a speech writer or teleprompter.
While I’ve got you on the wire. I hope you don’t think I took offense last p.m. It wasn’t your post I was referring to. I found yours to be probably even more complimentary that you intended.
GEORGE AMERICAN
September 16th, 2009
4:48 pm
SHE’S A REAL CLASSY DAME.
AND HE IS AN REAL AMERICAN HERO FOR STANDING UP TO OBARMA’S SOCIALIST TYRANNY!!!
md
September 16th, 2009
4:48 pm
Gotta love our congress, cram a trillion dollar stimulus bill through without reading it and then take a week to tell Joe he is a bad boy.
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
4:50 pm
Oh, look, the House of Reps in this arena is much like Paracelsus comment when he heard he had been excommunicated by the Pope and Luther alike, “the Pope and Luther discussing chastity is like two wh*res discussing chastity.”
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
4:51 pm
“without reading it”
By what amazing mind reading ability did you determine it was unread?
Paul
September 16th, 2009
4:51 pm
Kamchak
Maureen Dowd, Eugene Robinson, Pres Carter, old-line Democratic members of Congress who just can’t move on from viewing events through their historical racial prism.
Pres Obama set the example. America responded and elected him. That should be message enough.
Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
4:51 pm
K’Chak–Stand by Your Man,” done in a duet with Sister Hillary!
If only Jenny Sanford was available, it could be in three part (dis)harmony
@@
September 16th, 2009
4:53 pm
When I heard everyone – Dems and Repubs – agree that Wilson had demeaned the house I thought HE DEMEANED THE HOUSE? HE DID THAT ALL BY HIMSELF?
Politicians demean the American people every time they congregate there.
The Democrats are gonna regret this public admonishment of Wilson. It’s gonna bite ‘em in the A$$.
Paul
September 16th, 2009
4:58 pm
Hello josef nix
Other adjectives come to mind: polished – smooth. Also: example, leader.
It is the nature of things that those who set out on a new path oftentimes have to wait for others to find the path, let alone follow.
I did see your followup this morning. I’d suspected as much but hadn’t seen the other posts to which you referred.
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
4:58 pm
K’chak
“If only Jenny Sanford was available, it could be in three part (dis)harmony”
Oh, why let’s stop there,,,we’ve got a choir!
But, really, how many among us haven’t been glad to have a significant other who’d stand by us after we made a public fool of ourselves? The poor unfortunate Unmentionable has me and I’ve been grateful. ‘Course I paid for it later behind closed doors and methinks so did Ole Joe!
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
5:03 pm
“The Democrats are gonna regret this public admonishment of Wilson. It’s gonna bite ‘em in the A$$”
I don’t know about that…but I’d be willing to bet he’d better be VERY careful about the truthfulness of anything he says on the campaign trail, because he’s just handed his hecklers a built in comeback if he ever says anything even approaching “not quite true”
AmVet is on a Bender
September 16th, 2009
5:04 pm
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
4:47 pm
“(sigh) And which members are those?”
Best guess: the ones who voted yes on the resolution to reprimand him (or whatever they call it)
Proof Please
Hef
September 16th, 2009
5:05 pm
md-No,it is yet to be determined whether Wilson is a “bad boy” until after congress concludes investigative hearings. Gibbs stated today the WH won’t comment until then,but speculates a stern talking to or time out might be in order.Gibbs also stated sending Wilson to bed without dinner is an option still on the table,along with no TV for a week.
AmVet is on a Bender
September 16th, 2009
5:05 pm
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
5:03 pm
“The Democrats are gonna regret this public admonishment of Wilson. It’s gonna bite ‘em in the A$$”
I don’t know about that…but I’d be willing to bet he’d better be VERY careful about the truthfulness of anything he says on the campaign trail, because he’s just handed his hecklers a built in comeback if he ever says anything even approaching “not quite true”
Proof Please
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:05 pm
I’d be interested in how Jay interprets the racist signs and the racist Birther meme. I haven’t seen him say. I’d be happy to post links to the signs if you need to be reminded.
I’m not sure that misplaced protesting against a restaurant named Sambo’s Hef (there are several in the US right now) has much relevance to the wide spread racism being expressed against Obama.
What is happening is that rage at things that aren’t remotely Obama’s fault are being channelled into the deep and long held racist views by white ignorants.
And here’s what’s ironic. Much of the rage is being projected because of the economic situation and Republicans are right in the forefront of the fight to prevent economic reform to protect Wall Street. And though no mention of it on these threads, Judge Jed Rakoff made a powerful statement for financial reform on Monday when he flatly rejected the agreement the SEC proposed to make with Citicorp to mask the people who awarded bonuses and made decisions at Lehman and Citicorp that harmed so many stockholders and the public.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/business/15sorkin.html
AmVet is on a Bender
September 16th, 2009
5:07 pm
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
4:51 pm
“without reading it”
By what amazing mind reading ability did you determine it was unread?
Proof Please
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:07 pm
Jay’s collegue one Cynthia Tucker is live on Chris Mathews agreeing with much I’ve said and what Carter said.
md
September 16th, 2009
5:08 pm
“By what amazing mind reading ability did you determine it was unread?”
You in a comma when all that went down? Many members admitted to not reading it. I’ll throw in a quick link for you, but you may want to google it yourself if you are not up on the issue.
http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43478
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
5:10 pm
“Proof Please”
Mind reading not up to snuff this evening? Better get it checked out, you never know when you might need it.
TaxPayer
September 16th, 2009
5:12 pm
Well, maybe it’s just the crowd that Joe has chosen to run with.
Midori
September 16th, 2009
5:12 pm
Public Option,
you ever visit Cynthia’s blog.
chock full of racist maggots and worms.
someone needs to fumigate that place.
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
5:14 pm
“Many members admitted to not reading it”
“Many” does not justify the flat out statement that it was “unread” And if you really think every Congressperson reads every word of every bill…D or R…you’re living in a dream world. What do you think they have staff for?
And anyway, to pick a very fine nit, the person who WROTE it also READ it.
Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
5:15 pm
You just had to go there josef
Chris
September 16th, 2009
5:15 pm
For the record, it’s not unusual for members to go to the well of the House to make an apology when they make a statement in the House that’s out of character for the institution. Wilson not only offended President Obama, but he offended many in the House (as well as broke the rules of the House), and he offended many who were watching the speech. If he hadn’t limited his apology to Mr. Obama, while ignoring everybody else, its more likely that this nonsense wouldn’t still be news.
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
5:18 pm
Doggone
“Do you think every Congressperson reads every word of every bill,,,”
L-rd, no! I don’t think they’ve even read Dick and Jane…
“See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!”
Paul
September 16th, 2009
5:18 pm
@@
[[The Democrats are gonna regret this public admonishment of Wilson. It’s gonna bite ‘em in the A$$.]]
I’d suspect that now that the House leadership has had their moment, they’ll let it pass. Especially considering the Senate Finance Committee has written in enforcement provisions for proof of citizenship, something the House rejected each time Republicans (or moderate Democrats) tried to get it considered.
Y’know, this episode strikes me as entirely consistent with Speaker Pelosi’s ‘payback’ personality. Not surprising, given her background, learning from her political father, as she kept a notebook of those who crossed him who were, at some future point, going to experience an unpleasant payback.
From USA Today: “Pelosi, who learned politics in the front room of her family’s corner row house in Baltimore’s working class Little Italy, said in a recent pre-election interview. Like her five older brothers, “Little Nancy” took turns keeping a “favor file” for her father, Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., a Democratic congressman and mayor.”
Maybe ‘vindictive’ is a better word.
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:18 pm
From what I can tell Midori, all of these AJC blogs are systemically and predominantly filled with racists. I can go in any bar from one end of PT or Buchkhead or Midtown to the other and find hard core racisim. You don’t have to be in Cobb, Gwinette, Cherokee or Dekalb countie.te a
Mathews asked Tucker a minute ago what white biggots/racists (it’s futile to separate them) meant by “let’s keep up the battle.” It’s not about policy–it’s the culture war exactly as Cynthia Tucker just said. A lot of people can’t handle the fact that a black man is tasked with cleaning up messes they didn’t pay attention to while their white heroes were making them. These same people wouldn’t last long in a job with a black boss or black bosses either.
A big percent of the signs at rallies and 100%of the stupid Birther movement that thrives in the poorly educated South and North are racist
Interesting that after weeks of collecting money from insurance companies–hundreds of thousands, the 3 Republicans wouldn’t even show up when Blue Dog Baucus announced his crappy plan.
The party of NO is Noing consistently, and that’s what the electorate is going to do to them soon.
Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
5:19 pm
Damn–should have been a link to Charlie Rich’s “When We Get Behind Closed Doors.”
Normal
September 16th, 2009
5:20 pm
I had CNN on in the background while laying on the couch cursing my fate with a thermometer in my mouth, and I heard Jimmy Carters dissertation. It doesn’t matter if he called everybody racist or not, he DID put his foot in it this time.
To Josef, Paul and Kamchak, I agree Like the President or not (and at this point in time, I do not) he does have class.
DoggoneGA
September 16th, 2009
5:20 pm
“L-rd, no! I don’t think they’ve even read Dick and Jane…”
There is that.
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:21 pm
The vast majority of the country thinks Wilson is crap, and the anti-Wilson movement isis th growing. To the extent that Paul and others think Wilson is a hero, y’tour blindness to the extremism you embrace and the rejection by electorate is growing.
History didn’t have many lessons for the southern extremist biggots last November did it Paul?
pat
September 16th, 2009
5:21 pm
It’s racist to just ‘let it go’….Racist I tell you.
RollerGirl
September 16th, 2009
5:23 pm
To hell with B. Hussein, and anyone who calls it racist is a moron. I keep up hope that a stroke will finally shut Jimmy carter up, and he is white. I’m glad Ted Kennedy finally took the dirt nap, and he is white…It’s the ideology of the Kenyan, not the kenyan, that i can’t stand.
Pogo
September 16th, 2009
5:24 pm
I agree with Paul. While I am no fan at all of Obama’s policy nor his affiliations (which Paul did not state and which is my opinion), he has at least had the class not to stoop to the level that Maureen Dowd, John Stewart, Bill Maher and some of the liberal politicians have had and that is to delve into the muck of race relations as a political tool. On the other hand, with driven people like Rahm Emanuel and Axlerod in his Cabinet, I do not think it is beyond the realm of possbility that Obama’s advisors, with or without his consent, wouldn’t use it as a political tactic by subtle “leaks” or “talking points” from the Whitehouse to the press. Obama should have chosen his people a lot more carefully. I think history may record that Obama was a decent man with good intentions but he was surrounded by scheming and corrupt people and organizatons and he will carry the burden of blame because after all, he chose them. The “buck stops here” so to speak. Too bad. The sorry truth of the matter is that the political human wastes in Congress and all the rest of the far left progressives are going to, in their own way, sell Obama down the river. And they, like the Energizer Bunny, will go on, and on and on and on, administraton after administration. Meanwhile, the country will suffer and further deteriorate. Stewart and Maher just love political turmoil. It is literally the bread and butter on their plate.
md
September 16th, 2009
5:24 pm
Dog, my comment was a generalization of 2 events, but only the “school marm” would find need to pick it apart.
So, since you like to nit pick:
“And anyway, to pick a very fine nit, the person who WROTE it also READ it.”
You actually think it was written by one person? And there are many folks out there that write/type without ever proof reading what they wrote, so exactly how do you know the person that wrote it also read it. Do you by chance posess those mystical mind reading capabilities you mention.
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:26 pm
Carter was dead on and so was Tucker. The racism is easy to discern and it will continue to bury the racist part at the polls.
And to the guy a Mr. Green who crowed when posting the fake IBD poll earlier today, it’s being taken apart by almost every professional pollster. Nate eats it alive:
IBD/TIPP Doctors Poll Is Not Trustworthy
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/09/ibdtipp-doctors-poll-is-not-trustworthy.html
.
Bud Wiser
September 16th, 2009
5:27 pm
Jimmy “The Tool” Carter won’t let it go. A former president of the United States, showing the world just exactly how stupid the American people were when they elected this idiot.
Well, times have changed, but that moron Carter has not. Like all liberals, when asked to provide FACTS (like something showing Wilson is in fact, a racist) to justify the accusation, they present the accusation itself as their ‘fact’.
Obowo accepted the apology. The behavior by Wilson in his disrespect for the office was tasteless. He would have been better served showing disrespect on cable TV, where all politicians claim after the fact that they ‘were misrepresented’, or ‘taken out of context’, tape be damned. But, nothing has yet been proven to show that his disagreement is based on race.
Carter however, has shown once more that he is an addled old fool, beating the broken drum of ‘racism, racist‘, pick one.
Racism accusations are the last line of a liberal’s defense of the indefensible. It has, in this case, no proven merit, no proven fact, no nothing.
Prove it Carter, or just shut the hell up.
Kamchak
September 16th, 2009
5:28 pm
Public Option,
you ever visit Cynthia’s blog.
chock full of racist maggots and worms.
someone needs to fumigate that place.
Or more of us could frequent it and class up the place a bit.
josef nix
September 16th, 2009
5:28 pm
k’chak–Oh, no, it’s after Labor Day where are my black pumps?
“Behind Closed Doors…?” That was good!
Paul
September 16th, 2009
5:28 pm
Public Opinion
[[To the extent that Paul and others think Wilson is a hero,]]
Reminds me of jt last night, wherein he defined me as a socialist. Interesting justaposition – socialist and one who accepts the worst accusations about Wilson’s character as something to be admired.
This really is a fascinating blog.
[[History didn’t have many lessons for the southern extremist biggots last November did it Paul?]]
That’s an incredibly amazing comment.
Whether one wants to recognize the lessons, let alone accept them, is entirely different from asserting lessons did not occur.
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:31 pm
I haven’t seen Pogo or Paul climb out of their racism to wax poetic on what the racist signs at rallies or the racist birther movement means other than they are quintissential racism.
And Obama’s advisors make the mutts Bush chose look like trash– many unconfirmed by Congress who were supposed to be confirmed and snuck in by interim appointments like Bradbury and John Bolton, and Hans von Spakovsky at FEC.
Public Option or No Bill
September 16th, 2009
5:33 pm
Paul–
Still waiting for you to defend the racist signs and the racist birthers and once in your life to focus on an issue instead of a commenter. But it ain’t gonna happen.
How ’bout the crap Baucus bill that your 3 Republican whores who took hundreds of thousands from insurance companies on Senate Finance wouldn’t even show up to support this morning?
I’m talking Enzie, Grandma Grassley and the ditz brained Olympia Trigger is mah Dead Horse Snowe.
Paul let’s see your analysis of how Baucus’ bill impacts a middle class family making 60 grand a year. Got a clue? Because I do.