Tag Archives: Rep. Joe Wilson

You lie!

I got a kick out of South Carolina GOP Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during one of what AP delicately calls Barry’s "iffy" promises on health care reform. This was the Congress of yesteryear where decorum was most often observed in the breach. It’s hardly a modern phenom. Or, as Instapundit says: goose meet gander. It was, after all, the sort of thing that was good enough for the Democrats during Bush’s state-of-the-union address in 2005.

UPDATE: Wilson has taken in three quarters of a million in Internet campaign donations since his cry, showing that he has plenty of folks in agreement with him. I don’t think any pol should be allowed to take donations from anyone not an eligible voter in his district. Quaint idea, I know.