[Peace-discuss] Fw: TARGET: Rep. Joe Wilson -- who yelled "You lie!" at Obama

Fri Sep 11 19:45:48 CDT 2009

There's no reason to be concerned about this bagatelle when Obama's actual lies
-- such as that the US is "fighting terrorism" in Afghanistan and preventing "a 
new 9/11"-- go unremarked.

This is a quite amazing exercise in straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel
-- while the dead bodies, Afghan and American, provided by the administration,
continue to pile up.  I'm sure they appreciate the smoke-screen.  --CGE


Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> I'm sooooo sick of these damned right-wingers saying whatever they want and
> getting away w/ it, plus of course all the media attention -- equal time and
> then some. And until there are some real consequences, it won't stop. I do
> NOT want the Dems/progressives to get down to their level -- i e constantly
> referring to Laura Bush as, "Boyfriend-killer Laura Bush" or referring to
> Republicans as "Draft-dodging chicken hawk Republicans," but there needs to
> be some way to stop it. So maybe censure in this case would be one way to
> start the process. I think we need more libel and slander lawsuits as well. 
> --Jenifer
> 
> --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, Ricky Baldwin /<baldwinricky at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw:
> TARGET: Rep. Joe Wilson -- who yelled "You lie!" at Obama To: "Peace-discuss"
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>, "Karen Medina" <kmedina67 at gmail.com> 
> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 2:51 PM
> 
> Absolutely.
> 
> I don't think censure is the way.  We'd probably do better with a rowdier
> system, even like the British Parliament with all its faults, where the PM
> has to actually go down on the floor and debate.  Of course, it hasn't made
> Britain a workers' paradise.  But at least they have National Health - for
> now.*
> 
> Ricky
> 
> *That has to do with other factors, in my opinion.
> 
> "Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn
> 
> --- On *Fri, 9/11/09, Karen Medina /<kmedina67 at gmail.com>/* wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw:
> TARGET: Rep. Joe Wilson -- who yelled "You lie!" at Obama To: "Peace-discuss"
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 1:48 PM
> 
> Representative Joe Wilson's outburst tells us more about him. He is dumb
> enough to think it is a good idea to have people living among us that DON'T
> have access to health care.
> 
> He made a fool of himself.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Seems appropriate to sign this... --Jenifer
>> 
>> --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org
> <info at boldprogressives.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> Tonight, during a speech in which President Obama explained
> the need for a public option, right-wing Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) played the
> roll of teabagger and yelled, "You lie!"
>> 
>> Enough. Can you sign our rapid response petition, asking
> Congress to censure Wilson?
>> 
>> Click here to see petition and sign.
>> 
>> Jenifer,
>> 
>> Tonight, we saw a momentum-shifting speech from President
> Obama -- and progressives who had the courage to speak up in recent days
> helped make it happen.
>> 
>> After an emergency, 6-day campaign -- launched as the West
> Wing was debating what would be in the president's speech -- President Obama
> did what so many of us urged him to do.
>> 
>> Obama embraced the public health insurance option and
> explained why insurers that profit by denying care need competition. To be
> fair, there were downsides, such as framing a public option with 60%-70%
> support as a left-wing proposal. We'll need to keep urging the president to
> think big and fulfill his mandate.
>> 
>> But overall, his speech moved momentum to a better place than
> it was 24 hours ago, and Obama used fighting words: promising to "call out"
> anyone who spreads misinformation to kill reform.
>> 
>> One person immediately deserves to be "called out."
> Right-wing Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) played the roll of teabagger by yelling
> "You lie!" at the president. Let's go on offense -- will you sign this
> petition to Congress?
>> 
>> PETITION: "Enough is enough. On an issue as critical as
> health care reform, it's time to stop the lies, the misinformation, and the
> uncivil disruptions. Rep. Joe Wilson went way over the line by yelling 'You
> lie' during President Obama's speech, and Congress should censure him
> immediately." Sign here.
>> 
>> It's getting late at night -- but let's see if we can get
> 20,000 signatures by noon tomorrow. Can you send this email to your friends
> who watched the speech?
>> 
>> After you sign the petition, you'll have the option of
> chipping in for an ad targeting Wilson.
>> 
>> Let's send a signal to President Obama that if he is willing
> to fight and win on the public option, a grassroots movement will be there
> with him -- including going to bat against crazed teabaggers who want to kill
> reform.
>> 
>> Can you sign the petition, and pass it on to others? Click here.
>> 
>> Censure could be a real possibility if we go on offense now.
> Sen. John McCain called Wilson's yelling "totally disrespectful." Wilson
> later called his own actions "inappropriate and regrettable" but repeated the
> same misinformation he yelled out at President Obama -- about illegal aliens.
> 
>> 
>> Frankly, an apology is not enough. Apologies weren't enough
> for Van Jones, the bold progressive who right-wingers forced to resign from
> the White House this past week for remarks taken out of context. And House
> Rules of Decorum specifically state that it is not permissible to call the
> President a "liar" -- let alone yell it.
>> 
>> Can you sign our petition today asking Congress to censure
> Wilson -- and pass it on?
>> 
>> Thanks for being a fighting progressive!
>> 
>> --Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Michael Snook, Andrew Perez,
> Evan Miller, and the PCCC team
>> 
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