Hero of the Week: Congressman Joe Wilson

Congressman Joe Wilson did something truly amazing when he called out “YOU LIE!” during Obama’s Health Care speech during a joint session last Wednesday. He took the attention off of “The One” for a moment and shined an undeniable light on the TRUTH. With just two words, he got down to the brass tacks of the ISSUE at hand. He voiced in front of the President, Congress, and America what millions of Americans already know and have been trying to convey in Town Hall meetings of late. Thank you Congressman Wilson for publically bringing attention to the fact that this giant, sugar-coated, silver-plated health care reform bill is nothing more that a destructive mass of political manure. The only thing Congressman Wilson should apologize for is a breach in House decorum; period. Oh, wait a minute; he did just that! Right after the speech no less! He knows you can’t just shout stuff out in the House Chambers during a joint session with the President. He also apologized to the President at the White House and guess what, the President and Vice President accepted the apology. So why can’t the media and House Democrats drop the issue already? Hypocrisy! Plain and simple.

Here’s the real kicker that the media is trying to side step with its belittlement of Wilson: He was right! He spoke the truth, albeit in an inappropriate manner, but he was proven to be right. The White House came out with added provisions to the bill with regard to illegal aliens receiving health care coverage after Wilson’s outburst. Wilson had read the bill, served on the ways and means committee, and he couldn’t contain himself when the President misrepresented facts. It was a lot easier to shout “you lie!” than to try and blurt out: “Mr. President, you are misstating the facts!” Give me a break already… In all actuality, I find it refreshing to see that there is someone out there in Congress that is not gobbling up all the crap that Obama is force feeding us. Congressman Wilson brought the collective American disappointed voice into the House Chambers, and I don’t care if he breached protocol, he said what needed to be said. Should he ever apologize for actually saying “you lie” then it should be completely predicated on Nancy Pelosi apologizing for accusing the CIA of lying, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, (the Bush-hating democrats list goes on and on) apologizing for constantly smearing Bush and claiming he lied.
The fact that House Democrats want to get all sanctimonious and authoritarian on this guy just makes me want to puke. It should make you want to puke too! I don’t even care if you are a Democrat, this double-standard, hypocritical, duplicitous B.S. that comes from the left is undeniable and nauseating to say the least. You absolutely cannot deny the hypocrisy from the Democrats no matter what your political frame of mind is. Democrats routinely besmirched, smeared, and spoke ill of Bush or the Republican Party in general. Many were condescending -- said he lied among other things -- the media and celebrities ran wild with Bush-hate, and did any of those self righteous wind-bags apologize? HELL NO! It would be unconscionable for them to apologize to somebody they despised right? In his speech, Obama called every opposer to his plan (Republicans?) basically crazy for not believing his way is the only way.
Well, I salute you Congressman Wilson, and may you continue to fight the good fight. You spoke for millions of Americans who are sick and tired of being lied to and then ostracized by the incompetent corrupt media for actually doing the American thing and speaking out. We need more of our elected officials in Washington to speak out against lies and corruption.