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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (161801)	9/10/2009 5:07:45 PM
From: Skywatcher	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Should Rep. Wilson be punished for yelling ‘You lie’ at Pres. Obama? Posted: 01:39 PM ET FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: A Republican congressman from South Carolina made a complete fool of himself during a presidential address to a joint session of Congress last night, and in the process confirmed a lot of what the American public can’t stand about politicians. Rep. Joe Wilson shouts, “You lie!” after President Obama denies the health plan would cover illegal immigrants. But he also had a point… South Carolina’s Joe Wilson shouted “You lie” at the president — after Mr. Obama denied that proposed health care legislation would mean free health coverage for illegal aliens. The fact is they get free health care now by just walking into any emergency room, and nothing in the proposed legislation would change that. Nevertheless this was pretty low — even with our reduced expectations for our lawmakers. Wilson stunned the room… everybody except the president. Republicans froze, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi frowned at him, and Vice President Joe Biden shook his head. But President Obama looked toward the outburst and said “that’s not true” and then continued on. There has been a steady and very noticeable decline in civil discourse in this country over the last few years. The entire month of August was filled with scenes of angry Americans yelling at each other at town hall meetings over the subject of health care reform. And when a member of Congress yells at the President of the United States, calling him a liar in the middle of an address to a joint session of Congress, we have hit a new low. How do we get to the point where the highest office in the land is treated with such utter disrespect?