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When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.
About half of Southern Democrats responding to a poll say they were opposed or outraged by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's shout of "You lie!" when President Barack Obama addressed Congress.
Hip-hop artist Kanye West, Rep. Joe Wilson, and tennis star Serena Williams did not meet to plan strategy before each staged his or her dustup on the national stage, sources insist. But their moments of dishonor came clustered together, as if featured on a schedule for a symposium on misbehavior.
Rep. Joe Wilson may have shouted his way into the toughest election fight of his life.
The Internet, with its Twitter and Facebook and Craigslist, et al, is destroying society; surely you’ve heard.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's oldest son defended his father against a claim by former President Jimmy Carter that the congressman's outburst during a speech by President Barack Obama was "based on racism."
Despite pleadings from many lawmakers to move past the Rep. Joe Wilson dispute, some members of Congress are not ready to let it go.
Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president.
Bitterly divided along party lines, the House formally rebuked Republican Rep. Joe Wilson Tuesday for shouting "You lie" at President Barack Obama during last week's nationally televised speech to Congress.
The House has voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson over his "You lie" outburst to President Barack Obama during the president's health care speech to Congress last week.
Bitterly divided over an accusatory outburst — "You lie" — lawmakers on Tuesday prepared to admonish one of their own for his jarring interruption of President Barack Obama.
The uproar over Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama returns to the House floor Tuesday for what could be a contentious and highly partisan debate over whether to formally criticize the South Carolina Republican.
One apology is enough, a digging-in-his-heels Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday, challenging Democratic leaders who want him to say on the House floor that he's sorry for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care speech to Congress.
Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.
As a candidate for judge, Joe Wilson didn't mind sharing the name of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Now, he says, being mistaken for a South Carolina congressman who heckled President Barack Obama has given him a backhanded bump.
Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week on whether to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address.
Democratic leaders are planning to vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" at President Barack Obama.
Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an outburst that made some supporters shudder even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown.
President Barack Obama accepted a South Carolina Republican's apology for shouting, "You lie!" during his speech to Congress, and House Democratic leaders showed no interest in sanctions against Rep. Joe Wilson.
President Barack Obama says he accepts Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's apology for shouting "You lie!" at the president during his speech to Congress Wednesday night.
Democrats and Republicans alike are denouncing Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress, an extraordinary breach of decorum for which the South Carolina Republican swiftly apologized.
NYT: 22 Republicans, 20 Democrats Used Lobbying Firm's Statements In House Health Care SpeechesIn the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.
Rep. Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage -- After Voting Against Vaccine FundingRep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) says President Obama has endangered American lives by not doing more to alleviate the nation's short supply of H1N1 vaccine.
Joe Wilson: Obama Should Be 'Held Responsible' for Swine Flu Vaccine ShortageThis is an amusing article. What it fails to mention is that Wilson voted against the Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which would've devoted $2 billion to fight H1N1 as well as other pandemics. And somehow, that translates to the President's fault.
BREAKING: Cheney FBI Interview Notes ReleasedIn May of 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney was questioned by federal investigators about his role in the leak of Valerie Plame's identity. Today, in response to a court order resulting from a suit brought by CREW, notes from that interview were finally released.
Joe Wilson's wife diagnosed with swine fluRep. Joe Wilson's wife Roxanne has been diagnosed with swine flu, the congressman's office confirmed to CNN on Thursday.
Wilson spent heavily to capitalize on "You Lie!"So far this year, Wilson has collected about $2.7 million in contributions, most of which came in after the infamous outburst on Sept. 9 turned the little-known congressman into a household name.
There is a disturbing trend sweeping over America. We've required our mainstream media to cater to our communal attention deficit, which has devalued the quality of our news.
Right now, our political sphere is caught up in a violent maelstrom of buzzwords, ad hominem attacks, distortions, slander, and exaggerations. The nexus of this storm of media hysteria is the health care debate – specifically, the public option.
Does anyone remember lopsided votes in both the house and the senate to defund ACORN? Have you heard much about it lately? Of course you haven't. Actually a few days ago some information came out that it may be unconstitutional to defund ACORN.
Last November I wrote about an experience at a bowling alley just days after the election. I had made a small joke about Barack Obama's dismal bowling score, an embarrassment he endured during the 'get in touch with blue collar folks' part of the Democratic primary campaign.
Stupidity and Hypocrisy Bedevil our PoliticsAt some point during the trickle-down years portions of the electorate, preoccupied with abortion and gay marriage, seemingly failed to grasp the fact of stagnant wages and the huge transfer of wealth and control of capital that had become concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.
You Mislead! Fact-checking Obama. By Michael F. Cannon and Ramesh Ponnuru. September 28, 2009 4:00 AMIt is a good thing that other congressmen did not follow Rep. Joe Wilson's lead. If they yelled out every time President Obama said something untrue about health care, they would quickly find themselves growing hoarse.
Of crackpots, rightists, and wingers: The "conservative" GOP?I suppose it's only through force of habit that we still use the phrase, "right-wing Republicans," which, like "unsolved mystery" or "free gift," is a tautological offense against our mother tongue -- a distinctive distinction without a different difference.
Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health careWas Joe Wilson correct when he shouted, "YOU LIE," at President Obama? According to the article that I post above from Stephen Dinan's Washington Post article, Joe Wilson was correct, but he might have wronged in shouting during President Obama's proposal for health care reform.
The Rachel Maddow Show: The Sorry State of South Carolinaexcerpt: ""Last night, we reported that South Carolina has among the country's worst women's reproductive health care. Rates of teen pregnancy, low birth weight infants, and infant mortality that are among the highest in the country.
Bill Clinton weighs in on charges of racism against Obama"I believe that some of the right-wing extremists which oppose President Obama are also racially prejudiced and would prefer not to have an African-American president," Clinton told CNN's Larry King in an interview to air Monday evening.
Barack Obama's Facebook feedHere is some light-hearted political satire...lets not make anything else out of it. Hope you all enjoy!
Why Mouthing Off Is All the Rage - The Daily Beast How horribly uncivil America is becoming! That's the big space-filling, time-filling newsmagazine and cable talk topic of the moment.
Some have tried to portray former President Jimmy Carter as outdated and out-of-touch for his comments regarding racial undertones in the opposition to President Obama. But the truth is, he hit the nail right on the head.
"You Lie!" - CNN Slams Fox "News" for Blatently Lying By Claiming CNN Didn't Cover 9/12 TeapartiesSome must-see video here. CNN's Rich Sanchez stood up for his news organization on air today, against Fox "News" after they ran an add today in the Washington Post alleging that CNN didn't cover Glenn Beck's political rally last week in D.C.
The Price of Lost Civility In Public DiscourseWhy uncivil behavior in public debate is counterproductive and should be discouraged as strongly as possible.
Why President Obama is appearing on Univison's Al Punto instead of Fox News SundayAs you may have heard, President Obama is going to appear on five Sunday shows this Sunday (rumor has it that McCain is despondent to learn that he hasn't actually been President for the last eight months).
Joe Wilson's WarON Tuesday, seven Republicans broke party ranks and voted to reprove Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, for calling President Obama a liar. One of the renegades was Bob Inglis, who upbraided his fellow South Carolinian for a breach of House rules.
Jimmy Carter, Joe Wilson and RacismThank you Michael Meyers. I voted for Obama. I don't regret my vote. I would love to see government-run health care, and since that won't be possible at least for now, I hope to see a public option implemented. There is a lot of racism out there.
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