Obama accepts lawmaker's apology for 'lie' remark

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama accepted a South Carolina Republican's apology for shouting, "You lie!" during his speech to Congress, and House Democratic leaders showed no interest in sanctions against Rep. Joe Wilson....

 

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Committee on Rules - Republicans

 

Until the 109th Congress, it was not in order to make certain references to the Senate or individual senators. However, at the beginning of that Congress, the House removed the prohibition on making references to the Senate, leaving only the requirement that debate be confined to the question under debate and avoid “personality.” The precedents of the House allow a wide latitude in criticism of the President, other executive officials, and the government itself. However, it is not permissible to use language that is personally offensive to the President, such as referring to him as a “hypocrite” or a “liar.”

 

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That is why the Liberals restricted their negative outbursts against Bush during his 2005 state of the union address to booing and yelling "no". Liberals are always sure to object in the "right" ways.

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Did you happen to notice the link? Those are REPUBLICAN MADE rules. And I heard the alleged "BOOING" OF BUSH tapes, all I heard was a bunch of moaning. No where against the rules.

 

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Did you happen to notice the link? Those are REPUBLICAN MADE rules. And I heard the alleged "BOOING" OF BUSH tapes, all I heard was a bunch of moaning. No where against the rules.

 

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Well your conditioned by the brainwashing to not hear or see anything that does not conform to your socialist agenda Bender. That is why IWS has posted hundreds of the Conservative options that have been around for years and you still claim Conservatives have never had any ideas, you just can't let yourself see anything as a viable option except letting Government officials run everyone's lives.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I believe the guy was foolish and wrong for his outburst, but most thinking americans are tired of Obama speaking pure lies about Obamacare. He cannot follow through with any of his promises, every expert has said he cannot make this plan pay for itself, if there was that much to be saved from corruption, and the Government had the ability to end that corruption and waste, they woulf have already saved it before now, so none of the expect savings can happen, none of it, and Obama knows this so he must be telling lies.

 

Illegals will be covered, just like illegals get welfare and foodstamps even though there is no direct rule that says they can get it, in fact two changes Conservatives asked for to ensure illegals could not get care was voted out by the liberals and Obama, why would they intentionally vote those assurances out if they did not intend for illegals to get the insurance?

 

 

 

Obama lies to get what he wants, that is what he does.

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Unfortunately the story of the classless rudeness of S.C. Republican Joe Wilson rather than the gaping logic holes in Obama's speech. Usually that type of boorish behavior is reserved for liberals when a conservative is speaking on a college campus.

 

Who will be the first to call Joe Wilson a racist?

 

Wilson can't claim a momentary and uncontrollable lapse of judgment. He walked in there with a sign that said "no bull."

 

Of course illegal aliens won't be covered. That would be because by the time this plan is put into effect they won't be "illegal" any more. They will have been legitimized by a Democrat party seeking more core voters.

 

And then there's this ... if illegal aliens aren't going to be covered, then why does he include the 10 to 12 million uninsured illegal aliens in the number of the uninsured when he's promoting ObamaCare?

 

One more thing ... Wilson's outburst would have been par for the course in the British Parliament. Ever listen to those characters when the Prime Minister is speaking?

 

Reports are that Chris Matthews was hospitalized last night with uncontrollable thrills running up and down his leg.

 

Obama says that monopolies can stifle competition. He's right. So where were his suggestions as to how to increase competition among private insurance companies? Obama's solution to health insurance monopolies? Give government the monopoly. A monopoly with guns. How quaint.

 

Obama talks about right wing scare tactics used to fight his health care plan. Then he says that without his plan more people ... thousands more ... will DIE!!! So just who is using the scare tactics?

 

Obama wants to save money? How about curtailing whatever government program it is that buys electric scooters for lardasses. Do you know that taxpayers spend billions of dollars a year on this?

 

I only counted three "tax the rich" moments in the speech. Did I miss any?

 

Obama managed to get in a few slams against the evil "profit motive." In Obama's world anyone seeking to make a profit from their efforts is to be scorned. The desire to make a profit is always suspect.

 

Still pushing the "public option" - really a government option. Why so essential? This is the poison dart aimed at private insurers. This is the clear path to single payer. Obama knows it. Democrats know it. And they know that most of the great unwashed don't' know it.

 

No taxpayer money for the government option? Does he really expect us to buy that dog sh!t? As soon as the government health insurance option runs into trouble there will be "emergency" bailout bills presented in congress -- because to do otherwise would be to jeopardize the health care of millions of Americans, and we just can't do that, can we?

 

Obama says that no one would be "required" to chose the government option. Wiggle room: The law won't require you to join, but when your private insurance company is run out of business by the government plan you won't really have another choice.

 

Obama kept talking about competition. Fine. Then let health insurance companies sell their products across state lines. Also ... get rid of the asinine mandates. Why should you be forced to buy insurance that covers you for hair transplants in Connecticut? Why should some who doesn't drink have to buy insurance that covers alcohol rehab? Ditto for drug rehab.