http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32858805/ns/politics-capitol_hill/?gt1=43001 I think I side with the dems on this one. The partisanship in the house is terrible and maybe this will bring some civility back. Although he apologized to the president (as he should have), the house needed to address it as it was over the top.
this is just going to incite the far right in america, which rep. wilson is clearly playing to. i would have ignored his idiocy and allowed is 15 minutes to run out but this might actually extended his infamy
I'm not sure he should even be admonished. He apologized to the President, apology accepted. If you want to make something go away, move on to the next subject. I think this probably is certain Dems being more partisan than they should. It was being spearheaded quite vociferously by the Dem from S. Carolina.
I think that in a way you can't just let it pass. I understand the whole point of letting it disappear, but you have to follow through with rules for a reason. If you don't follow through with rules, it makes the rules pointless. What's to stop the next guy from shouting down the President in a similar fashion, if the worst he has to do is apologize half-assed?
I can see that side of the story, and I certainly agree with following the rules because every step further goes down that slippery slope. It's just that I think when even Pelosi says "move on" that it must have been personal. The problem is that in the quest of the idiots of the world to make politics become a one-upsmanship I have zero doubts that this will eventually become a rallying cry when GOPs regain control of one side and seek to flail a Dem. And then the Dems will seek to do so to the GOP again, and etc. etc. etc. Except each time I think it will be some case slightly less worthless and each time the intensity of the reprimand will be greater.
That is a possibility (one upping, and rallying cries, etc). Our government, no matter who is in charge, has turned into a glorified waste of time.
Reminds me of the impeachment of Bill Clinton to a lesser degree. Support/Opposition divided along party lines, monumental waste of time
It was a stupid thing to do and I think he should be admonished. But now I hope everyone can move on and deal with the real issues confronting this country. Obama is a big boy and can handle being disrespected . . . this says more about Wilson's inablity to show leadership. Time to move on.
The House Chamber is not the House of Commons. Actions should be taken to maintain a certain level of decorum. I happen to believe that the House should make the rules that apply to the members of the Supreme Court during a State of the Union address apply to all members of Congress. No cheers, no applause, no booing, no hooting, no hollering, no hallelujahs, nothing. Listen to what the man says, and don't drag out the fucking speech just because you think your constituents are watching.
I would be a terrible politician. Not only would I refuse to apologize, but I would actually sing a little song and do a little dance entitled "go fuck yourself."
I was thinking the same thing. Instead of apologizing, this Wilson sap should have pointed out that Obama was lying. Which, since that "loophole" for illegals is being addressed and removed by the White House, he was to some degree.
Again, he shouldn't apologize for what he said, just where he said it. The fact that Wilson and every other so-called "Representative" in the building also happens to be a professional liar does not lessen the fact that Obama is indeed a professional liar.
If they planned on trying to remove him from office, the time and money would have been closer to worth it, IMO. Not necessarily because I think he should have been removed from office, but because impeaching a President while never actually intending to remove him from office to begin with accomplishes nothing more than political posturing.
