House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn slammed fellow South Carolinian Joe Wilson for the Republican's outburst at President Barack Obama during his address on health care.
"Lie! You lie!" Wilson shouted at the president during a passage of the speech in which the president said illegal immigrants would not be covered by his health care plans.
Clyburn said the episode was as disgraceful -- if not more -- as Gov. Mark Sanford's revelation that he traveled to Argentina to conduct an extramarital affair when state officials believed he was on vacation in the nearby Appalachian Mountains.
"I thought he [the governor] had embarrassed us as much as we could be embarrassed. But to have a congressman use the floor of the House of Representatives in a joint session to insult the president the way Joe Wilson did is as embarrassing as anything anyone could think of," House Majority Whip James E.Clyburn, D-S.C., said. "Our state can do without this."
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Posted by: Meinert
| September 10, 2009 1:16 AM
South Carolina gets the representation it desires, and therefore deserves : uncouth, stupid, crass, and flakey.
It would be a pleasant surprise if South Carolina were to remove joe wilson, and elect a sensible, kind, and polite person in his place. The state might then re-join America in it's spirit, as well as in it's body. This would come as a pleasant surprise to the United States of America.
Posted by: xrepublican
| September 10, 2009 4:20 AM
As much as I detest Obama and his Engels-Marxist agenda, one must still show RESPECT for the office of President in a formal setting such as a speech to Congress. Totally out of line.
However, it will be the furthest thing from people's mind's in SC-2 come November 2010.
Posted by: NObama
| September 10, 2009 5:20 PM
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