Earlier today I posted on Twitter, “One President gets a shoe thrown at him; another gets heckled. Some liked one but not the other. Some grieved at the incivility of both.”
I must say that I am disappointed in Congressman Joe Wilson’s behavior during the President’s speech, but James Taranto makes a good point in a piece I just read: “One certainly can't say that what Wilson said—‘You lie!’—was anything unprecedented. Indeed, the president had just gotten done saying exactly the same thing about ObamaCare critics. And by the way, Wilson quickly apologized. Obama still hasn't.” (WSJ Best of the Web, James Taranto.)
Whom did Obama say was lying? Among others, pro-lifers, who’ve been saying that Obama's proposals will use American tax dollars to fund abortion. Terry Mattingly at GetReligion writes about it ("Who's Calling Who a Liar?") as well as Fact Check ("Obama's Health Care Speech").
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