Video: GOP congressman yells “liar” at Obama; Update: Wilson apologizes
posted at 9:27 pm on September 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
The culprit was South Carolina rep Joe Wilson, who felt moved to act when The One told what was, in fact, a lie. Although certainly not his biggest of the night: Where this jackass gets off lecturing Americans on civility after his cretinous cronies spent a month demagoging the hell out of every protester in sight is beyond me. You’re Mr. Clean, aren’t you, champ? And bottom-feeders like Harry Reid are your hatchet men. Nice work if you can get it.
I’m told that his magic number of “47 million” uninsured Americans magically dropped to 30 million uninsured in this speech, presumably to omit the illegal immigrants who were inflating the tally. Here’s a photo of Wilson at work. Click the image to watch.
Update: When do Obama and Reid apologize for their month of jackassery?
“This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President’s remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President’s statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.”
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Moby, we don’t want your squishy kind anymore. We are here to win.
HornetSting on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Joe Wilson now has an opportunity.
He will have press. He will have an audience!
Joe,, tell the American people why you called Obama a liar! Tell them on CNN. Tell them on MSNBC. Tell them on NBC, ABC and CBS. And if you really want a lot of people to hear why you shouted the word “Liar!” tell them on Fox News and talk radio! Put it in newspapers!
Joe,, go for it! You got nothing to lose now and half of America thinks you’re a hero!
JellyToast on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
If you think the expression on her pruney face was priceless tonight, imagine what it will be when thousands of pissed-off tea party members hit the Capital steps starting tomorrow and for the next two days after!
pilamaye on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Exactly.
If we want to defeat this guy, we have to be calm and smart.
Swinging wildly makes no sense.
None at all.
SteveMG on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Thank you Joe Wilson for having guts!
Love the guy.
cubachi on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Beats the old days when they used to, well, beat them all ways.
Orange Doorhinge on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
You should be safe…I did it at least 900 times….
Really love the way BO’s head swiveled around when it happened…
BigWyo on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I was going to post this. Besides I’m tired of this faux respect which clearly is not mutual and went out the door the second Pelosi called the other side “Nazis” and everytime the race card is played.
Sharr on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
There is also a time and a place to call a Spade a Spade, thank God Joe Wilson did so.
jp on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Obama lied and people died!
(by rationed care)
JellyToast on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
It was the perfect time and place. It’s time this liar is called for who he is. And what better time or place than this. This was the stage Obama planned to set up his proganda to the American people. The MSM won’t call him out, so it’s up to our representatives who are suppose to speak for us. I’m really glad that one of our reps had the courage to do so.
Hobbes on September 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Our Joe is smarter than your Joe.
Thunderstorm129 on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Can’t wait till Gibb’s takes a question about this!
daesleeper on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Dude, don’t make us wade through an entire minute of bHO before we get to the money line. Liar!
Live long and prosper Joe the Congressman.
Mojave Mark on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Although I agree with his sentiment, there is such as thing as respect for the office and decorum. Remember, a Republican will be president again someday, and I’d hate to see addresses to Congress turn into shouting matches like Prime Minister Question Time.
brak on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
No people are just tired of being lectured and told to play nice when the liberals are down and dirty in the mud and winning. What Rep Wilson did will forward our point of view a hell of a lot more than nice refined interviews on MSNBC.
Seriously it’s time to play with the big boys or pick up your jacks and go home
gophergirl on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Just flush the toilet. I’m tired of those squishy, let’s be friend types. That’s why we are in the situation with this lying sack of colostomy waste…..moby’s with no stones.
HornetSting on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Remember: Rep. Lynne Woolsey invited Cindy Sheehan to Bush’s 2006 State of Union
aquaviva on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Calm and smart? That’s code for bend and over. He didn’t swing wildly — he struck back with precision.
haikusrock on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
God, Pelosi and Slow Joe’s faces are priceless when that happened.
KSgop on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Right, I’m a Moby.
I’ve got a hundred, two hundred? posts here over the past two years. Google them and read my views.
Yelling liar at a joint congressional address by the President is just dumb.
It’s the way to lose not win.
SteveMG on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Normally, I would say something like that, but it has always been nice to imagine a certified Grade A dumpster diver like the One get called out in front of the entire nation.
Black Yoshi on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
The left will try to shred this guy, but when he goes on Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Fox & Friends, Levin, Ingraham, et al, and says he was speaking for the American people Obama was insulting, I don’t think his crucifixion is quite going to go how the lefties think it will. After he’s done listing Obama’s LIES chapter and verse, what will be left for the libs to say: It was rude to point out — accurately — that the President was lying?
Rational Thought on September 9, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Anyone think Hillary and Pelosi had a pissing match after the fact about why one didn’t let the other know they’d be wearing red power pants suits to the one’s address? Comical. I think Billary really needed to try to assert some authority with her choice of dress, but she stuck out like the sore thumb she is and did nothing to make anyone take her seriously. Way to go Bozo.
Goldy1 on September 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM
sarahconnor42 on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
“liar” = “N word”
That will be the story from PMSNBC tomorrow.
lavell12 on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
The GOP finally showed up to the battle. This is more like it. Fight like hell.
Philly on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Obama had just stated that opposition to health care reform was based on a lie. Obama used the word “lie” first. Had he not said that, Joe Wilson might not have gone off on him. There’s only so much a person can take and Joe reached his limit.
It’s been a long time coming.
pugwriter on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Truth to power?
Didn’t some comedian get huge props for giving Bush the business during some media event?
I do wish Mr. Wilson had picked a different setting, though.
Asher on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Gird your loins, nancy.
HornetSting on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Now headlining on Drudge.
txag92 on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Who are the two space aliens behind “The One”?
RobCon on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
As to whether it was helpful? Ehhhhhhhh…I hate to say it, but no. Just red meat. REALLY expensive red meat.
Black Yoshi on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
You’re damn right!
Hobbes on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
And anyone with a shred of integrity has to be saying…’Well, somebody had to do it.’
Can’t wait for the squishy members of the GOP to get out ahead of it a denounce it.
BigWyo on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
The fact that this man has the same name as Valerie Plame’s husband, of couse, is a delightful irony.
Imagine the MSM trying explain, “No, not that Joe Wilson. The other one.”
Wethal on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
If the GOP wants to be taken seriously again, the way to do that is through heckling. It’s especially reasonable since they didn’t even have a chance to respond after Obama’s speech! Wait, what? Oh.
Proud Rino on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Go look at Drudge right now. No one will remember Obama’s speech; only that he was called a liar. And for those who think it will allow him to play the victim card, he’s been trying that for months, and it hasn’t worked. The media has been running that narrative for months, and it hasn’t worked. Nope, what they will remember about this speech, is that he was called a liar, and talk radio and blogs will go bit by bit through this speech showing just that. This speech will hurt Obama; that “liar” call will destroy him.
Weight of Glory on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
KKK, huh?
Here’s something that may be new to you. The KKK was supported solely by the Democrat Party. The abolitionist Republican Party opposed it. Nathan Forrest was a Democrat. Robert Bird is also a Democrat.
anuts on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Another example of the unhinged, angry right…
crr6 on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Calm sounds like “dead and out of power”.
the_nile on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Yes, but not at a joint address by the President on live television.
Sorry, but some of you people sound like the Kossacks. All fury, no thought.
SteveMG on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
What about what Obama laid out tonight is “communist?” The vast majority of the stuff he spoke about is regulating the insurance industry — just as we regulated the railroad industry in the 19th century, and how we regulate wall street it doesn’t lead the country to the brink of a second great depression.
Regulation that would ensure people who are sick get the medical coverage they need. Regulation that is met with largely bi-partisan support.
And the public option — the biggest critique I heard of that and “obamacare” in general is that a government subsidized public option would make it impossible for insurance companies to compete. But he made it clear tonight that public option would not be subsidized by tax payers.
Now, my question to you is, how does this proposal threat the “fabric of our country”? What about it is “communist.”
Tom_Shipley on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
OT:
Check out the cover for the upcoming issue of National Review. I assure you, it’s worth the click.
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BuckeyeSam on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Joe Wilson now has an opportunity.
He will have press. He will have an audience!
Joe,, tell the American people why you called Obama a liar! Tell them on CNN. Tell them on MSNBC. Tell them on NBC, ABC and CBS. And if you really want a lot of people to hear why you shouted the word “Liar!” tell them on Fox News and talk radio! Put it in newspapers!
Joe,, go for it! You got nothing to lose now and half of America thinks you’re a hero!
JellyToast on September 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Agree – don’t listen to the media and McCAin….it times like this, a leader is someone who stands up when standing up isn’t the brave thing to do. It is the person who is willing to risk everything to do what is right.
Whether you like it or not Joe Wilson, you have just stepped forward in that line of cowards and you must make a decision from this point forward. Do I continue to walk and have others follow, or do I take a step back into the line of cowards. The choice is yours.
tatersalad on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Barry’s Lies “reached across the aisle” and got smacked!
Cinday Blackburn on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
No, he should be proud of himself.
That setting was totally uncalled for. That was an abuse of the office and of Congress.
It’s never wrong to call a liar, a “liar” – especially when he’s trying to rip the Constitution to shreds and have the government take control of 1/6 of the economy where it doesn’t belong.
progressoverpeace on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Why do you think Obummer held a joint session of congress? So, he in fact COULD LIE and get the fake respect that is usually shown at these events! I couldn’t have sat there for that long without yelling liar! Don’t say time and place as we are marching onward to socialism! It’s time to get mad and speak truth to power!
libertylady on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I’m not sure who this Wilson guy is… but he sounds pretty brave… and awesome!
jana on September 9, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I would normally agree with that but Obama spent the whole speech disrespecting his predecesor (who by the way has been overly respectful back), lying and dissing the Republicans over everything, and lying to the American people.
Respect needs to be earned regardless of who you are and Obama has not earned it. I think the GOP was very respectful – I would have walked out.
gophergirl on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Yelling ‘liar’ at the openly marxist president in a breech of protocol is WAY TOO F*#KING KIND.
daesleeper on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Liar will be the word heard around the world. It is about time.
fourdeucer on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Seriously! There was a big grumble…Joe Wilson said it, but the Repubs there also know it’s true.
AUINSC on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I wonder what people are going to say when Joe Wilson folds like a lawn chair and profusely apologizes and promises to work with his Prez, a really really really great guy. It’s coming.
Marcus on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Errr… I knew this name sounded familiar… This Joe Wilson is better than their Joe Wilson-Plame.
Upstater85 on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Joe struck a nerve. The Trolls are appearing.
kingsjester on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
God Bless Joe Wilson. I didn’t watch the whole speech but the few bits I did I kept talking to the TV: “That’s a lie. You’re lying.” I’m Glad Wilson had the guts to speak the truth out loud and to the nation.
WaltzingMtilda on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Sharr,
yup.
jerrytbg on September 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
McCaskill is scolding poor Joe…from Twitter @Clairecmc Biggest disappointmnt of evening, the total lack of respect shown by one member for the President.Never acceptable to behave like a jerk.”
It’s better to be a jerk than an Obama stooge.
shomegirl on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Double dipping with two IDS give you no cred, so beat it.
You and YOUR MEALY MOUTHED KIND are a DISEASE.
seejanemom on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I am Joe Wilson!
TennesseeTuxedo on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
This is nothing; political debate in the 19th century was damn near a free for all every single day.
Call this Old Home Night and stop pissing your pants that a liar was called a liar.
Bishop on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Obama lied and Joe Wilson called him on it.
I pray to God that more Americans start to do this more regularly.
EA_MAN on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Glad to see Congressman Wilson pull the white sheets off his face. Scumbag. This idiot should be impeached asap. I am kinder glad he did it though. It definitely showed fair minded Americans who haven’t been paying attention what the republican party is all about. Nothing.
Afrolib on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
He already has the WH playing defense. Congratulations, Rep. Wilson! :-D
SouthernGent on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Pelosi was shooting lasers out her eyes in the 10 gigawatt range.
pseudonominus on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Bravo Mr Wilson!
We understand your frustration.
JoeAvg on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I swear to god I think Pelosi’s face almost moved when Wilson yelled out!
NightmareOnKStreet on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
You should be complaining about The Precedent abusing his office to even hold this pathetic address to Congress.
progressoverpeace on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
It’ll be interesting to see the media go after this Joe Wilson afters years of indulging the other one.
JammieWearingFool on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
If Obama insists on lowering the two chambers of Congress to sell a domestic policy item, then I’ve got no problem with Obama being made a fool by a little healthy heckling.
Weight of Glory on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
If this was expensive red meat than Obama’s Czaristas must put him in the IOU zone…
Upstater85 on September 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Okay this has been fun but I do need to keep my date with my treadmill.
Those of you going to DC on the 12th – represent us well!
God Bless this Country.
gophergirl on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Well someone shouted truth to power to the former(?) fluffer/community organizer.
theTarCzar on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Also, this is good too. Calling people you disagree with “a disease.” Stay classy!
Proud Rino on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Hat’s off to Wilson!
DaMav on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Forgive me if this has been brought up, but the wikipedia entry on Joe Wilson currently has the “comments disabled due to vandalism” note.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(U.S._politician)
radjah shelduck on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Of course it wasn’t helpful.
Some people are more interested in defeating Obama than in defeating what he represents.
We can defeat Obama but there’s more of folks like him to follow.
Defeat the quasi-socialist European statist loons that have the Democratic Party in their hands. Otherwise, like Tocqueville warned, we’ll be living in a “bland despotism” that will be impossible to get rid of.
Forty percent of Americans calle themselves conservative. We need another 11% to win.
This ain’t winning over that 11%.
By the way, Wilson was right: Obama’s a liar.
SteveMG on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Racist
Weight of Glory on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
And the only way to do that is to disturb the traditional respect accorded to a President in such an address as this?
Can he call him a liar later?
Black Yoshi on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Damn, is O’Reilly a horrible comedian. He has bombed at every “shtick” on the show he’s tried so far (there was dead air with his funny with Axelrod). He wants to be Glenn Beck so badly.
Marcus on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
sumner and brooks!
blatantblue on September 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
The reduction of the “uninsured” by over a third is an amazing accomplishment by the TOTUS. At this rate, all BHO has to do is make 2 more speechs to Congress and there’ll be no uninsured left. Problem solved.
gonegaltinstl on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I agree.
malclave on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
You’d fit in better with the Kos kids, as you are two sides of the same idiotic coin.
Did any Dems yell out “liar” or the like at Bush when he gave his major speeches before congress?
Once again, I’m not going to upchuck my dinner by watching our Alinskite community organizer-in-chief spew his BS tonight.
toliver on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I don’t have a problem with this – the Dems were being vocal in their support of Obama’s attacks on Republicans – he got a small taste of what he deserved from Wilson.
It also shows the folks at home that some in the GOP (aside from Sarah Palin) still have guts.
My hope is that now Nancy Pelosi will attempt to discipline him.
And by the way – a thought crossed my mind during this speech…
No matter how good a speech Obama could deliver – a large portion of it has to be canceled out by the image of the most unpopular woman in the nation hovering over his left shoulder the entire time.
I mean – just when you start to think that Obama MAYBE CAN produce everything he says for NO MONEY DOWN … just as you start to think “maybe” – that image of most incompetent House leader in history suddenly snaps you back to reality!
HondaV65 on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Its unbelievable Doc.
They freak when they are confronted with resistance. It would be amusing if it weren’t so outrageous that they are so arrogant that they think they can do it to us but we can’t respond in kind.
elduende on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
This is the reason people are fed up. Republicans acting all dignified in the face of this socialist onslaught.
For the thousandth time, I’m tired of bringing a spatula to a knife fight. You go on being all reserved. I want someone to fight these bastards and get them the hell out of Washington! You go Joe!
Thunderstorm129 on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I hear you. I am afraid for my daughters, too. The stakes are high, I know. We have a country to rescue. You are not alone.
doctormom on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
What is outrageous about calling a lie a lie?
jimmy2shoes on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Emperor Obama was adamant that illegals would not be covered yet, as I understand it, his allies in congress voted down a provision that called for verifying citizenship status.
MB4 on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
It was not the time or place for that. I always despised the way Pelosi, Hillary, and other Dem’s would make faces or otherwise be snarky when President Bush was speaking.
David Frum’s “New Majority” could use a boost in membership.
Check it out.
David2.0 on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Only Barry can accuse politicans of lying.
Not fun when get the mud thrown back, is it champ?
Nancy’s plastic face almost fell off. lol
RobCon on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I can’t even get on to Wilsons page. It’s gone down.
I was trying to get contact info.
Anybody got it?
This guy is going to need support!
katy on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
He seems to be of a piece with other conservative heroes of the moment. A fake plumber with no real idea what he’s talking about, a politician who couldn’t be persuaded to finish the job she was elected to do or write a cogent phrase without help, and now a someone whose biggest claim to fame is that he’s a heckler — you know, the jerk in the back of the club who annoys everybody else who’s not in love with the sound of his voice, like he is.
you guys know how to pick ‘em. Of course, if I had Boehner, McConnell, Sanford and Enseign as leaders, I might go with the rookies, too.
Bleeds Blue on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Well, pass the vodka, HornetSting, and LET THEM EAT
CAKEHOBO CHEESE!seejanemom on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
The shortest presidential speech in history would have to follow.
I’m all for Wilson. He did the right thing to the Chicago Jesus. It’s about time we “get in his face,” just the way he told his
Obamsomol shock troopssupporters to do during the campaign.I am embarrassed for my country that we have such a lying, amoral totalitarian thug in the White House.
MrScribbler on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Nope, he can print money to cover that.
Black Yoshi on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I wish Wilson would have thrown a shoe at him. Then the media would have giggled. Oh wait, they only applaud that when it is a Republican!
libertylady on September 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM
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