Comments on: Was Joe Wilson’s outburst planned?

By: Where’s the Outrage? » Have you seen the cover of Publishers Weekly?

Where’s the Outrage? » Have you seen the cover of Publishers Weekly? — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:49:06 +0000

[...] now and then I am completely taken aback by current events. Whether it is a completely obscure Congressman yelling, “You lie!” at our President or Publishers Weekly spending a considerable amount of [...]

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:58:22 +0000

The very fact the camera was on him is proof it was planned.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:56:18 +0000

you know what’s really sad? that this is so perfectly cynical and par for the course that either way it is a win-win for dumb and dumber. yikes!

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:06:22 +0000

Liberals need to pay a lot more attention to media ownership.

BTW: This new commenting system is a pain in the rear end.

By: Guess_again

Guess_again — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Marie, you’re about as bright as our former president, who actually WAS a liar.

By: mcthfg

mcthfg — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:37:28 +0000

So your pretend god is in to retribution? Sounds like your god acts like a little child – kinda like a republican.

Aren’t you embarrased to have imaginary friend?

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:09:40 +0000

Of course it was planned!!! Look at the faces of the men surrounding him. Had his outburst been spontaneous as he said wouldn’t they have shown at least a little surprise? The creation of a two word slogan the republican neanderthal base could easily remember and repeat!!!

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:12:05 +0000

The “eligibility” thing……good god, give it a rest! Do you think the man has super human powers? When he was running for President, don’t you think the Republican party and all their rich, powerful corporate sponsors would have uncovered every possible stone to find any way to prove him ineligible for the Presidency? It doesn’t exist! If you want to talk about ineligibility, think about this scenario for a moment:

Imagine that Hillary Clinton was running for President and Bill Clinton, missing political life, is now governor of New York. She is running against John McCain. McCain is announced the winner after the state of New York is called for him. A few hours later, MSNBC reverses the call and claims that there was an error and, guess what…the state of New York (Governor just happens to be Bill Clinton) is now being called for Hillary. The decision to go on the air with this information is made by Hillary’s cousin, working for MSNBC. Can you even imagine what would have happened had this been Hillary and Bill Clinton instead of George/Jeb Bush?!? Judging from the tea parties and town halls we’ve seen, it would have been the second Civil War! Just a little food for thought about “ineligible” presidents!

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:00:40 +0000

I think you are absolutely right. I thought the same thing as soon as he said it. I was thinking what a sad shame it was that the news the following day would be dominated by this “outburst” and the brilliant speech Obama gave would be lost in the “gutter of media sensationalism”! I think the health care issue will one day be looked back on like civil rights. Of course, as we all know, there are those that still today (Joe Wilson perhaps?) don’t think we should have passed civil rights! But one day, our grandchildren (or maybe great-great grandchildren) will say “HOW could people have been opposed to this – I just don’t understand how people could justify this”….the same things my children say when they learn about segregation and about those brave heroic children who walked into white schools to jeers and spitting and who knows what else they endured! God bless them. Sadly, the ignorant (or plain self-centered arrogant) people who believe that health care for all is not a basic human right will one day be ashamed to have been on the wrong side of history.

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:41:59 +0000

Well stated.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

By: ecthompson

ecthompson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:41:29 +0000

What did the Dems do to President Bush that dominated 2 news cycles?

Thanks for your comments.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:00:00 +0000

I think the Birthers are racists and are mad that we have a black president. Anybody who doesn’t think that Hillary would have outed that fact when the race was so enraged.
After listening to Mr Wilson now defend his stand He accuses this one bill (which everyone knows IS NOT A DONE BILL. There are 6 other bills floating around.) of giving healthcare to the illegals. Well we do give them emergency care. There might be a few who could possibly get past the system just like they do to find work. But most are not going to try because they know they would be turned over to Immigration and kicked out. So he can yell and get money kicked in probably from NRA members. But I think it is awesome that people are kicking in for his opponent.

He is up for election and realized can milk this for all its worth. The townhall rightwing people will defend his lies everywhere he goes to make sure he doesn’t have to prove he is incorrect.

By: Tom Degan

Tom Degan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:56:22 +0000

Isn’t Joe Wilson an hoot and a half? It truly is an amusing thing to behold. The extreme right wing is having a collective, massive nervous breakdown. They just can’t come to terms with the nasty little fact that a black guy is the most powerful human being on the planet. It really is kind of funny – to a point.

Here’s what’s happening, boys and girls: The so-called “party of Lincoln” has been forever exposed as ideologically bankrupt and they are in the process of implementing their “scorched earth policy”. In other words, if they have to go down (and down they are going) they’re absolutely determined to bring the rest of the country down with them. That is what is happening – COUNT ON IT.

If you thought that the loony right wing had lost all the marbles they could possibly lose, oh brother! As Al Jolson used to say, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet”. Here’s the part that’s not so funny: There is violence down the road. Count on it.

Sound paranoid? Stay tuned.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

By: Marie Devine

Marie Devine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:15:19 +0000

That was well written, could have been written by President Obama’ campaign office. Democrats did this type thing to President Bush, so “that which you sow, you shall reap.” That also goes for all the slams against President Bush; he could do nothing without the Democrats loudly condeming it and stirring up the campaign to use name calling and ridicule.

I do not thing the GOP planned this. I do not thing they would have the nerve to do this on purpose. I think this was God’s law of “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” being fulfilled.

Democrat could end a lot of this suspicion about President Obama by getting him to show his identity records from school and his passport to pove he was not an Indonesian citizen in school on a student visa, making him ineligible to be president. You do believe he is eligible, don’t you?