Wilson: There Are Far More Important Issues Facing America Than What I Did

Joe, you actually went onto the floor, and then refused to apologize to you colleagues? Here's the thing, Joe: when you make a fool out of yourself, you can't really pretend to be a man of gravitas and principle anymore. We see what you are: a guy with a flash temper and bad judgment.

"However, this action today will have done nothing for the taxpayers, to rein in the growing cost and size of the federal government. It will not help more Americans secure jobs, promote better education, ensure retirement, or reform health insurance,"

How, exactly, did bringing Bill Clinton up on blowjob charges address any of those issues?

Say it with me: IOKIYAR

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC): "There are plenty of non-existent issues we could be working on!"

Another great PR moment for Wilson. Well played.

'Democrat' leadership??? That was a little 'FU' action right there. J-E-R-K.

Joe: By using the phrase "Democrat leadership", you again deliberately disrespected the majority of your colleagues, or you displayed a pathetic level of ignorance of the correct way to reference the opposition party.

There are sound reasons for requiring manners and decorum. The foremost are recognition that disagreement is assumed, but the interest of the public is served by ensuring that a reasoned debate be promoted in seeking a well considered decision by the majority of the elected body. You are not promoting a reasoned debate. You are promoting discord. You definitely deserve to be censored. And, if the members of your own party are sensible to the principles involved, they will also demand that your apology be addressed to them, as well.

Does Joe understand that HIS actions initiated this 'waste of taxpayer's money and congress' time? doesn't sound like it.
The house must voice it's disapproval because otherwise
Joe and the other yellin', posturin', panderin' repubs would feel
emboldened, encouraged, even entitled to
do more of the same, every time the president is invited to speak.

Get it Joe?

What about the MoveOn/Betray-Us vote? Hmmm...

Wilson wants to insult the President in front of 30 million viewers and then apologize in private. Interesting strategy. However what happens next time Obama is speaking in front of the joint congress and every no name Republican backbencher wants their fifteen minutes? If they were smart they'd have the foresight to apologize before hand, as to not get stuck on hold or get the busy signal afterwards when the 20-30 other hecklers are rushing to apologize.

Shorter Joe "KKK" Wilson: "I got all the mileage I could out of my outburst, so it's time to put it to bed before the Democrats can get any mileage out of it."

What a moran.

If Joe Wilson was so worried about wasting time, why didn't he just apologize? He broke the rules, deal with it like an adult and move on. Of course apologizing doesn't play well to the wing nut base...

Does he understand the meaning of the word "partisan" and "Democrat"?

"It is the Democrat leadership, in their rush to pass a very bad government health care plan, that is bad medicine for America. It has muzzled the voices we represent and provoked partisanship.

But blaming Democrats for "rushing" a "very bad government health care plan" while you're being admonished for disrespectful behavior to the House isn't partisan?

Um, ok, then.

His statement was a real winner, eh?

Isn't it funny that he decries with feigned outrage "provoked partisanship" and yet here he goes with his "Democrat leadership" who apparently "muzzled the voices we represent."

Um. That's a bad combo of Freaking insane and Freaking idiotic.

Now here's the deal. I would stand up and say "Mr. Wilson, Addison, I'm glad you apologized to the president but that's not what this is about. When you spoke out, you brought embarrassment to this body! This is the People's House sir, and we are going to do the people proud. This apology is to your colleagues for casting us in a bad light."

"There Are Far More Important Issues Facing America Than What I Did"

Yes -- and you should APOLOGIZE jackass for wasting our time with your temper tantrum, you racist freak.

It is important because the rePUBIC party and their fair-haired idiot boy Weaselson is leading us to anarchy.

I totally agree with Wilson. there ARE much more important issues, such as prosecuting leaders who decide torturing other human beings is a viable act...

Humanity is losing, folks... IMHO