House votes to rebuke Joe Wilson for his “you lie” outburst
Today the house voted, evidentially for the first time in history,to rebuke a representative when they voted to rebuke Joe Wilson for his outburst of “you lie” during the president’s speech in front of a joint session of congress.
Immediately following the president’s speech Joe Wilson called the president to apologize personally to him. He said that he got carried away in the moment, that he was wrong, and that he was sorry. This was enough for the president, he accepted Joe Wilson’s apology and was willing to move on claiming that “I’m a big believer that we all make mistakes,Wilson apologized quickly and without equivocation. I am appreciative of that.”
While Wilson’s apology satisfied the president house Democrats were not nearly as gracious or magnanimous as the president. And so today, instead of moving on as the president had urged, they instead voted to rebuke Joe Wilson. The issue should now be over. Democrats scored their victory on Joe Wilson but Wilson still scored a major victory in the process.
Joe Wilson showed that he was indeed sorry for his actions but his actions did have an effect on the healthcare reform bill. Barack Obama on Friday night issued a memorandum that stated language should be included in the healthcare reform bill that would insure that illegal aliens are not eligible for healthcare. Joe Wilson’s main bone of contention was that there was no language in the bill that specifically excluded illegal aliens from receiving healthcare on the taxpayers dime. Because of his outburst the president has now asked that such language be included.
If it took a representative being rebuked in order to have this language included in the bill than I would make that trade off any day. In the end both sides may have gotten what they wanted, the Democrats rebuked a breach of protocol towards President Obama, but Republicans got the language added to the bill that they had longed for and attempted to have included all along but were denied.
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If for no other reason than to buck up against Nancy Pelosi, I really hope Joe Wilson is not forced to apologize on the floor of the House. That woman acts like a bully and I simply can not stand her.
Hopefully, something good can come of all of this. If the language sticks in the legislation, that would be a major victory for the Republicans.
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This is mearly more double statndard by the left. The themselves shouted out at President Bush during speaches. Did anyone see teh Media get their panties in a wad over that? This was nothing but a waste of time and Taxpayer dollars. Most importantly, did the House send a note home to his Mommie, because he was a bad boy?
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When they booed Bush it was patriotism, when Republicans boo Obama it is racism. That is liberalism 101.
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As I have raised my children, and now grandchildren, I have always stressed the importance of doing things the right way. There is a right and wrong way to handle any situation. Unfortunately, for Congress, it has been “business as usual” for far too long. True, this was probably not the correct, or best way, to handle this. However, maybe this is just what was needed. I believe this is Rep. Wilson’s 5th term?( I could be wrong), so his tenure says a lot about him. If there was any question of him being racist, I’m sure we would have heard about it much sooner. We haven’t, so that answers that accusation. With such time in office, as I see it, he has had as much frustration as many of us. Last week was the fateful moment, in which he became the American voice so many of us wanted to be. Even if it was for only a moment, one voice made Washington stop in its tracks. One voice was heard. One voice made a difference.
If you look at most high school history books, any drawings you see of our fore-fathers putting words to paper, they did not show decorum. You see drawings of men shouting at each other, trying to stress what was important for a country in its infancy. Sometimes, wrong is right, and right is wrong. Sometimes, doing what is right is not doing what is popular in the crowd. Rep. Wilson might not get to eat lunch at the cool kids’ table for a couple of weeks, but garaunteed, he will have a place at my table, if he comes out west.
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