Congressman Yells 'You Lie' During Obama Speech

[snopes]

President Obama's address to Congress was greeted warmly with applause from Democrats, but also some disruptions, including one moment in which a congressman accused Obama of lying.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama had talked about illegal immigrants.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...-obama-speech/

[snopes]

South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama had talked about illegal immigrants.

In the olden days, he would have been beaten about the head with a cane for behaving like that on the floor of Congress.

[Arriah]

Classy. Very classy.

[Casey]

Originally Posted by snopes

In the olden days, he would have been beaten about the head with a cane for behaving like that on the floor of Congress.

Now, now, they could have been civilized. I hear a .58 dueling pistol makes a grand way to settle such disagreements.

[wanderwoman]

Joe Wilson has no manners. If I lived in his state, I would consider how badly he reflects on the citizens of that state.

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by Casey

Now, now, they could have been civilized. I hear a .58 dueling pistol makes a grand way to settle such disagreements.

I believe snopes was referring to this specific incident.

[Tabbyclaw]

South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama had talked about illegal immigrants

Is anyone else hearing Invader Zim's voice, here?

-Tabby
the princess with claws

[AnglRdr]

Nobody on that dais was pleased with the "Gentleman" from South Carolina.

[AnglRdr]

GOP Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina issued a statement Wednesday night apologizing for his outburst during President Obama's speech to Congress:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...he-best-of-me/

[snopes]

"I'm sorry you're offended that I caught you lying."

[damian]

Originally Posted by Casey

Now, now, they could have been civilized. I hear a .58 dueling pistol makes a grand way to settle such disagreements.

or shoe throwing.

[imjustasteph]

For the record I'm not from here.

[Starla]

That was a disgusting moment. Completely inexcusable.

Did anyone see Rep. Louie Gohmert's (Republican, TX) sign? He has a white piece of paper propped up in his lap that said, "WHAT BILL" in thick black marker. Not only rude and juvenile, but stupid. The whole point of tonight's address was that there isn't a complete bill yet.

Instead of engaging in Facebook bickering I sent him a letter. I'm one of his constituents and he needs to be told that crap like that is not okay. I don't care what side you're on, being rude like that in that venue is flat-out wrong.

[Boots McCall]

Twitter is all, um, atwitter over it and his opponent, Rob Miller, claims to have already raised 40K. Joe Wilson is the #1 trending topic.

I think the guy got too caught up in the animosity and thought he could get away with it and be called a hero. He miscalculated.

http://twitter.com/congjoewilson

http://twitter.com/RobMillerUSMC

Of course, Eric Cantor was playing with his Blackberry.

[Liza]

Originally Posted by imjustasteph

For the record I'm not from here.

So what you are saying is that at some point you actually chose to move there.

I have to keep telling people that Florida isn't my fault, I was just born here.

[Bad Ronald]

Stay classy, GOP.

[Casey]

Originally Posted by Lainie

I believe snopes was referring to this specific incident.

Yes, the Sumner incident. However, I picture Obama more as a duelist.

[imjustasteph]

Originally Posted by Liza

So what you are saying is that at some point you actually chose to move there.

No, no, no, I just...chose.....to move....to follow a guy. He chose to move here at some point, before that.....

[Just Jocko]

Originally Posted by AnglRdr

Nobody on that dais was pleased with the "Gentleman" from South Carolina.

Is it just me, or does Obama look like, ever so subtly, with the forefinger of his left hand, he's pressing the "eject" button?

And how cool would it be to have that capability? One of the congresspeople gets out of line? Eject him/her from his/her seat. They could redesign the capitol dome so that the roof opens like a stadium roof and the person is sent home via airmail.

Originally Posted by imjustasteph

No, no, no, I just...chose.....to move....to follow a guy. He chose to move here at some point, before that.....

You do realize that you're jsut digging yourself in deeper, right?

[Ms. K]

I heard that on the radio. Well, Mr. K and I both heard it, and rolled our eyes so far back in our heads, well, it was a bit dangerous since I was driving....

Anyway, that was such a stupid thing to do. Oh look, now everyone in the country knows what an ass you are. Instead of remaining silent and letting people think you might have an ounce of sense, you opened your mouth and removed all doubt. Good for you! We might have mistaken you for someone competent and capable of leadership. Thanks for correcting that assumption!