Good for you, Clyburn. Wilson needs to reprimanded for the history books. Make this a stain on his permanent record that the House has denounced his behavior.

I don't blame Clyburn. Wilson needs to apologize to everybody, especially Obama. Telling Rahm he is sorry is not the same as apologizing to Obama. Keep the heat on

Yes I fully agree with Rep. Clyburn's father...silence does give consent.

Mr. Clyburn, I would vote for you without fail if I were in your state and district. You sir, are a gentleman and a man of honor. I salute you and your stand.

Just this old Chief's 2 cents

i hope they expose the racist for who he really is. racism is the one thing in the world i really hate - as do most ppl. the problem i see is: if ppl continually accept racism as a part of their country/heritage - whatever - then other ppl will start to accept it too. im almost at the point where racism doesnt even faze me anymore...and thats sad.

Regardless of how he apologized, I'm tired of pols doing whatever they feel like doing and getting away with it when they say they're sorry. Sorry has been all used up, no more available.

The written rebuke is necessary, not only to preserve the dignity of the House but also because the dems have done enough whimpering at the feet of repus. I am tired of good manners on the part of dems while they get garbage thrown in their faces non-stop.

Joe Wilson acted like a spoiled brat. He apologized to President Obama, who accepted said mea culpa. That should have been it. President Obama came across as the bigger man, which he is. And the Democratic fundraising machine, which has been sleeping, kicked into action. If more was needed to assuage the egos of House Democrats, a quick resolution condemning Wilson's action would have been appropriate.

But that was not good enough for some. Those 2 moronic words have been taken way out of proportion.

Results :

(a) Everyone is talking about 2 idiotic words.
(b) Nobody is talking about Obama's address to the Nation. Can anyone remember what was said?
(c) Healthcare has been pushed aside.
(d) Pelosi is withdrawing her line in the sand re Public Option.
(e) Some Democrats are now equating those 2 words with 'racism' and 'white hoods.' Clearly this was an act of stupidity. By raising it to anything other than that, by stretching the truth, is playing directly into the hands of Republicans. The overreaching has led, in my opinion, to the Republican fundraising machine having been kicked into action. Until this time, the latter wasn't just sleeping, it had been in a coma, until the 'R' word was used.
(f) If the above post re Clyburn is correct. then it is most unfortunate. Rep. Clyburn is someone I have always respected. But there seems to be some personal history between him and Wilson, and his actions seem more like payback.

For all of you who are praising the House Democrats for wanting to see Wilson stretched out on a rack for those two stupid words, let me ask you a question.

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice et. al. lied to this nation, and before Congress on many an occasion. Their actions brought shame on this Nation. They authorized war, torture, rendition, occupation of a sovereign nation, deaths of thousands of US military men and women, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi nationals etc. They are responsible of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. Where is the Congress' outrage against these lies?, against these vile and despicable acts? When will Congress begin Impeachment Hearings for these loathsome acts?

Two stupid words result in immediate action in Congress. Lies, war, torture, rendition, and the deaths of over a million Iraqis, and a deathing silence is heard.

Clyburn should not have had to make a special personal effort on this -- and we should be careful not to fall into the pervasive contemporary tendency to personalize, or racialize, all important public issues. Rebuking Wilson for his outburst is, quite simply, a matter of the House standing by its own institutional rules. It is a collective issue, an institutional preservation matter. I think the House should have acted almost immediately, and there is no sense in which a phone call to Obama's Chief of Staff meets the institutional need here.