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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his Wednesday night address to Congress, admitted to regularly consuming caffeine pills in 2007…
The fifth-term Republican said he shared his NoDoz use with his doctor, who Wilson said assured him that the over-the-counter pills are not dangerous unless you get addicted.
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I thought you were going to say he used to snort coke or something
CookeyD on September 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Alinksyed in record time.
Fletch54 on September 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Incredible.
ddrintn on September 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM
welcome to sarah’s world, joe.
homesickamerican on September 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM
no doze vs cocaine…let me think for a second…
Diane on September 10, 2009 at 7:03 PM
If only Teddy “liver of steel” Kennedy had used caffiene pills.
darwin on September 10, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I love it! The fact that they are still hyperventilating about this means the “speech” went over like a lead balloon in their internal polling.
elduende on September 10, 2009 at 7:04 PM
DARN IT. Beat me.
Diane on September 10, 2009 at 7:04 PM
So, he’s now the Great Cornholio or something?
Are you threatening me???
rw on September 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Osama Obama’s thugs move fast, don’t they?
Message for the Chicago Jesus: You better hope no one ever seriously investigates you, pal. Even in your would-be totalitarian state, nothing’s impossible….
MrScribbler on September 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Anyone who questions Obama must be a drug addict. Or a racist. Or a birther. Or a teabagging redneck.
SoulGlo on September 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I didn’t know other news agencies are picking up wire copies from the Onion…
Black Yoshi on September 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Joe the TruthTeller
faraway on September 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM
perhaps now he can be president.
nyx on September 10, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Nazi Pelosi told us to stop talking about Joe.
txhsmom on September 10, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Disgusting.
Hey, maybe your WHOLE PARTY is addicted to OhPeeEM.
You know,
Other
People’s
Money
bcm4134 on September 10, 2009 at 7:07 PM
We can’t have crazed NoDoz addicts talking back to Chicago Jesus, now can we.
ddrintn on September 10, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Of course he’s a drug addict! Either that, or he’s stupid or mean or racist. How else do you explain his opposition to The One?
ncborn on September 10, 2009 at 7:08 PM
All you coffee drinkers are filthy, disgusting, lower than pond scum drug addicts. You all disgust me.
/
Monica on September 10, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Umm when did caffine become a drug?
Who doesn’t LIVE on some sort of caffine? Hell it is in everything.
dumb… the hill is just as bad as politico anymore.
upinak on September 10, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Obama and his crew are all on HOPIUM.
Causes short-tempers, Utopian visions, megalomania and ingrown navels.
profitsbeard on September 10, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Boy are they scared of Joe Wilson because he has hit a nerve across the country. Thank You Joe Wilson!!!
When is The Hill going to question Pelosi’s addiction to botox?
cubachi on September 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Wilson is an obvious drug addict. He should have stuck to soft drugs (cocaine, for example), like Our President.
Realist on September 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM
That’s terrible!
I demand a full and immediate Congressional investigation! ALL elected officials in Congress AND their staffers are to be immediately tested for Red Bull and Espresso use! Let us set an example for our children, let us enact a zero tolerance policy!
Are you now or have you ever used Mountain Dew? We have ways of making you talk…
obladioblada on September 10, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I always knew StarBucks were drug pushers.
- The Cat
MirCat on September 10, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Ding, Ding, Ding – we have a Winner!!!!!!
BuckNutty on September 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Has Obama admitted that he stopped using blow and smoking cigarettes?
faraway on September 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Congressman…
d1carter on September 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM
NoDoz, two years ago? Wow, that is some crack journalism! The editors at The Hill must be so proud of this scoop.
Cindy Munford on September 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Wish the rest of congress would wake up.
Ronnie on September 10, 2009 at 7:13 PM
JOE IS ON OUR SIDE! I like an alert hard working individual on my team.
sonnyspats1 on September 10, 2009 at 7:13 PM
I heard Wilson (shhhhh…) once added (gasp!) sugar to his morning cereal.
SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, the humanity!
Wilson must be stopped now!!!!
profitsbeard on September 10, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Life imitates Judge Dredd.
TheUnrepentantGeek on September 10, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Wilson will be lucky to get out of this before the Obamacons pick through his garbage, and question the paternity of his children, follow him around taking pictures of his every move.
Welcome the the ChicagObama way.
portlandon on September 10, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Have has the media ever ‘wondered’ what bho is and what he wants to do to our Republic? Do they ever follow up on anything that comes out on bho? So far, NOT one word against bho and team, NOT one. If it wasn’t for the internet, Fox, and radio the nation would never know what is happening.
Have you heard, suestine(sp) has been conformed? BOHICA people!
L
letget on September 10, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Weren’t these the same folks who just couldn’t figure out who this Van Jones character was no matter how little Googling it required?
And didn’t our Beloved Dear Leader and Great Master Obama do coke and pot in college, as he admitted in his books?
Good Lt on September 10, 2009 at 7:18 PM
The Van Jones story showed that the MSM can no longer cover up a story. And the Joe Wilson story will prove that they are impotent in pimping a story. No clothes.
Weight of Glory on September 10, 2009 at 7:18 PM
I guess they don’t even realize how bats#it crazy they sound writing this stuff.
tru2tx on September 10, 2009 at 7:19 PM
If he’s addicted to no-doz he’s no different than those of us who are addicted to coffee. If one tablet is = to 7 oz of coffee, then I take the equivalent of 14 tablets a day.
The writer of this piece, Jordan Fabian, however, is addicted to his Binky.
Blake on September 10, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Hardball is calling Joe Wilson a racist who has been “unmasked”
faraway on September 10, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Would you hire this guy? I wouldn’t.
Blake on September 10, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I heard he snorts saline solution.
fogw on September 10, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Don’t forget to kick a couple of bucks over to Joe Wilson.
Blake on September 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM
The former caffeine addict called out the former cocaine addict. And the newshounds smell a story.
Jim Treacher on September 10, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Investigations, now! There must be some lurking in the halls of Congress that sneak sudafed when they can’t get their usual caffeine fixes. Does anyone have– dare I say it– a nicotine patch, that methadone for nicotine addicts?
And the rampant use of gateway drugs! You never know how it will start. A Benadryl or an occasional melatonin to fall asleep, the next thing you know you’re having a double caramel macchiato or a diet coke for breakfast. Then you move on to things like ice tea throughout the day– ask Al Gore and his lawyers how well that worked out.
obladioblada on September 10, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Nice catch.
fogw on September 10, 2009 at 7:24 PM
I had to check the article to make sure it wasn’t from Iowahawk. It that ridiculous.
I take NoDoze when we go camping so that I won’t have to make coffee.
Do these people know how foolish they look?
Bobbertsan on September 10, 2009 at 7:24 PM
OMG!!1!!!one!!1!eleven!!!!!
And I imagine that there are people in congress who actually drink…. coffee. The horror!
Scrappy on September 10, 2009 at 7:29 PM
That’s it???? That’s all they got so far?
And yet, some editor considered it worthy, go figure.
The press, if they continue this pattern, won’t be unmasking anyone but themselves.
OneEyedJack on September 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM
How the hell did he afford caffeine pills and NoDoz without the benefits of government run health-care?
red winger on September 10, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Wow. The equivalent of two cups of coffee. Someone shut down Starbucks.
Ronnie on September 10, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Haha. A starbucks grande coffee contains 320 milligrams.
Better start rounding up all those addicts out there.
Scrappy on September 10, 2009 at 7:37 PM
I heard Joe Wilson once drank a whole 2-liter thing of Mountain Dew in like 4 hours. IMPEACH!
Jim Treacher on September 10, 2009 at 7:39 PM
While Plugs “I’m so stoned” Biden sits behind Obama waiting for his master to through him some munchies.
Fighton03 on September 10, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Washington, DC is Hollywood and the mainstream media are the tabloids.
bridgetown on September 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Drug addict? HA! Don’t be silly. Everyone knows that Jesus would vote for the public option — and you KNOW what THAT means…
My collie says:
You’re smarter than you look, collie. After all, everyone knows that liberals have absolute moral authority — they even dictate policy to God, ya’ know.
/sarcasm off
CyberCipher on September 10, 2009 at 7:44 PM
This conservative wonders: Are the media traitorous scumbags who serve no other purpose than to be a propaganda arm for the current administration?
Answer: Yes.
2Brave2Bscared on September 10, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I used to drink 3 Red Bulss at a time when I worked the graveyard shift. Maybe I’m a drug addict too?
The media is a joke.
BakerAllie on September 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Just wait till he gets Taylor Swift to sing at his Bar Mitzvah and doesn’t invite you. You’ll be sorry.
Ted Torgerson on September 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Those damned caffeine addicts! There’s no telling what they’ll do once on they’re hooked on coffee (That’s street slang for caffeine)
Trust me on this one folks, I lost 10 years of my life to caffeine addiction.
You wouldn’t believe the things I’d do for a Pumpkin Spice triple latte. Theft, extortion, groveling… It was shameful.
Thanks to my friends and family, I overcame my debilitating addiction and now sell magazine subscriptions door to door.
If Joe Wilson is truly a caffeine addict, I wish him the best of luck. It’s not easy, but I’m a living testament that with years of hard work, you can overcome the beast and live a semi-normal life without caffeine.
Engelwood on September 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM
should be “Red Bulls” above..
that’s what happens when I’m not hyped up on caffiene..
BakerAllie on September 10, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Just sent $ to his campaign. He spoke the truth!!!
Dingbat63 on September 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM
ROFL!!
eh on September 10, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Wilson, the plumbing of your life has just begun. Hold on man!
fbcmusicman on September 10, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Sorry guys, Jordan’s a friend of mine. He’s a good guy, real solid conservative, too. In all likelihood, he was assigned this story. Not fair to rip on him, I don’t think.
warrenmr on September 10, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Addicted to no-doz? hahaha
becki51758 on September 10, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Not buying it.
Scrappy on September 10, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Okay, don’t believe me. I know the guy, we’re friends. He’s a good guy. What else can I say?
warrenmr on September 10, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Put down your rose-colored glasses for a minute.
This story is all about a guy who has taken caffein pills in the past, with an underlying assumption that his odd behavior and outburst during Obama’s speech could be attributed to taking said pills. That is the only possibility why someone would bother to write this pile of crap.
So in researching this possibility, your good friend says the following:
“It is unknown if Wilson still takes NoDoz, a brand of pill that contains 200 milligrams of caffeine a pop.”
That makes it a non-story, one really not worth printing at all. If your friend is a “solid conservative” as you say, I would suggest you tell him to find work elsewhere – if he was told to write that article by his superiors.
He doesn’t come across as any kind of conservative.
fogw on September 10, 2009 at 8:33 PM
You can explain how a person taking NoDoz is news. Could be worth a few laughs to see someone try to defend this.
Scrappy on September 10, 2009 at 8:35 PM
If only he was married to Valerie Plame.
Cylor on September 10, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Again, not defending the story in any way. It’s really silly, actually, but I think it’s meant to be entertaining at best.
All I want to do is point out that the writer isn’t some lefty with an ax to grind. Because he’s not.
warrenmr on September 10, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Joe Wilson to his wife:
I’m sooo excited! I’m soo excited! I’m so… SCARED! *SOB*
V-rod on September 10, 2009 at 8:44 PM
If he’s not “some lefty with an ax to grind” he’s a moron for filing this story. If this is supposed to be journalism then your friend got hosed at whatever school he went to.
thomasaur on September 10, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Cocoaine . . . smoking . . . doesn’t matter, if The One does it!
Just makes him, you know, human. And who wouldn’t want that?
Everybody else, though . . .
Alana on September 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Speculation…
Mr. Fabian could be a person of the right (based on his activities at Cornell), who wanted to see if he could get this past his editors, and then see if the nutroots and MSM would try to run with it… further exposing that they in the tank for Barry…
Or it could be a really tough job market and he wants a better paying gig…
phreshone on September 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM
leave it to the left to start the smear campaign – so typical, so predictable!!
whatzit2u on September 10, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Here’s an example of a patient openly sharing their healthcare information under the current system.
In future, you can just snatch his National
IDHealthcare Card out of his wallet and download that same information off of the chip.misslizzi on September 10, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Can I have some No-Doz?
Del Dolemonte on September 10, 2009 at 10:01 PM
He might be a nice kid, but the guy looks like he is in High School. Maybe he should stick to writing about the Jonas Bros.
di butler on September 10, 2009 at 10:21 PM
We judge him by what he writes not whether or not he is your friend. This is a stupid cheap shot article. Saying he did it because he was assigned it only means he’s not only a cheap shot artist but a prostitute.
Blake on September 10, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Only Air Force Chief Master Sergeants dictate policy to God.
At least, that’s what all the Chiefs told me when I was a young Butterbar.
And I believed them.
PKO Strany on September 10, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Ever seen the levels of pharmaceuticals and lead in D.C. drinking water?
In honor of Joe Wilson, a triple shot of Weezer
We Are All On Drugs
Hash Pipe
Troublemaker
Christien on September 11, 2009 at 12:48 AM
I see D.C mayor in Wilson’s future.
soundingboard on September 11, 2009 at 4:22 AM
Nice footbullet newsies….
“hey that crazy Joe…what? no not Biden uses No-Doz too much and he insulted Obama….”
what about Barry’s self-admitted drug use?
“uhm let’s move on.org”
nice shooting Newsies.
sven10077 on September 11, 2009 at 6:21 AM
if that guy’s a conservative we don’t need any more “help” from the M$M….if he were a conservative he could have turned in “known no-doz addict Joe Wilson heckled known “ex” Cocaine and Pot addict Barry Soetoro”…
that ain’t what I read and it ain’t what he’s mocking his editor for dropping
sven10077 on September 11, 2009 at 6:24 AM