I know that the title might catch you by surprise, but I am against censuring Rep. Wilson. To quote Barney Frank, a Democrat of Massachusetts, “I think it’s bad precedent to put us in charge of deciding whether people act like jerks,”
Rep. Wilson crossed the line, but instead of refuting what he actually said, which is untrue, the Democrats are focusing on how he said it. They saw on opportunity to hit the Republicans. However, the could have hit them harder if they went on the talk shows and criticized what he said, not how he said it.
The American Public is not stupid, they know that jumping up and yelling at the President is unacceptable, what they might not know is that the Health Care Plan does not cover Vulcans, Klingons, or any other type of alien. The Democrats need to tell them that.
I have not heard a single Congressman say that Joe Wilson was wrong. Keith Obermann did, Rachel Maddow did, but no elected official did. So it looks to the average uninformed American that Joe Wilson was totally right in what he said, but not in the way he said it.
That's not okay. Make the Republicans apologize for Wilson's actions and hit them hard on the actual information behind the outburst. Also, the pundits should stop crying racism at Joe Wilson. It has gotten so that anyone who criticizes the President is a racist, that is just silly.
Joe Wilson would have shouted at Joe Biden if he were President, and if Hillary Clinton was president Wilson would have shouted at her as well. He is just a man who has no respect for people who disagree with him. He is not racist, or at least we can't assume he is racist just because he shouted "You Lie"at the President.
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O.K. Joe Wilson was disrespectful, but that seems to be the "state of the union". I agree that the Democrats should pay less attention to the disrespect shown to the president (although I dislike disrespect more and more every day) and should focus more on proving him wrong. I believe that the health care bills currently under consideration would deny coverage to undocumented residents, but I don't know how it would be enforced. Will we have to provide our birth certificate or passport in order to get coverage?
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