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Sep 15, 2009

Sideshows

US Rep Addison Graves Wilson (R-SC) blurted out "you lie!" during Obama's address to a joint session of Congress regarding healthcare reform. Wilson got slapped around a little for it, and later apologized to the White House - which Obama accepted.

Wilson has since been hailed as a hero of the rightwing, and because he has declined to apologize any further, a House Resolution is being introduced that would reprimand him if passed. It appears now that The House is divided along party lines with Repubs looking like they want the typical fight - first, they'll play the victim and complain about how the mean old Dems are trampling on their rights of free expression; and when the Dems don't push it thru, the Repubs will say the Dems are just a bunch of pussies and if they can't even make a stand against the opposition party in Washington, how can we trust them to stand up to the Evil-Doers out there in the big bad world?

Ya heard it here first.

UPDATE:
Looks like The House just passed the resolution - with 10 or more Dems voting against it. I guess it's a bit of a smackdown, but I'm not sure it wasn't really about trying to gauge public response, or maybe even to pump up public support; to look tough and not be seen as getting pushed around. We'll see.

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