You Lie!

I'm sorry Joe Wilson (R-SC) yelled out "You lie" to Obama last night during the speech. But mostly because it's become the talking point to the detriment of Obama's (very good) message.

Just before, Obama himself used the "lie" word about this distortions the Republicans have been pushing of his healthcare plan. Obama said "lie" so a Republican said "lie". I'm okay with that.

But the complaint being leveled is that it's impolite to call the president a liar while addressing Congress. At least Wilson did it to Obama's face. It also gave us the opportunity to point out that Obama's statement was accurate and Wilson's was factually incorrect. Wilson yelled "You lie" and he looked the fool for it because it was childish and incorrect. He can keep doing that as far as I'm concerned.

I wish someone had said it to Bush while he was talking. Bush usually spoke in carefully constructed sentences that danced around factual statements but there were a few lies he uttered. If someone had yelled "You lie" maybe the media would have called them out as factually incorrect. Though the Democrats were probably afraid Bush would declare them enemy combatants and ship them to Guantanamo to torture them. Let's not forget, Bush actually claimed a legal ability to do that and Obama hasn't changed that.

Rob Miller is running against Joe Wilson, if you want you can donate to him here.