The person who shouted "you lie" during the President's speech?

[gridlore]

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Call him at 202-225-2452 and ask politely for the exact source for the Congressman's belief that any of the proposals provide coverage to illegal aliens.

H.R. 3200, Section 246:  "Nothing in this subtitle shall allow federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."

I give the speech an A-, by the way.

Comments

[dalen-talas.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess we won't be seeing any of that next year. At least from the same congressman.

[murphymom.livejournal.com]

I'd call, but I'm afraid my anger and disgust would just drag me down to his level - and I don't like being covered in pond scum.

[jonathonbarton.livejournal.com]

His website is getting HAMMMMMMERED at the moment.

[jarlsberg71.livejournal.com]

What is it with the Carolinas???

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

And his site crashed and is "down for maintenance".

[jonathonbarton.livejournal.com]

12 hours later...

Joe Wilson

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[john-appel.livejournal.com]

His Democratic opponent in 2008, who has already announced he's running in 2010, is a gent named Rob Miller. Ex-Marine, Iraq vet, by all accounts a pretty serious candidate who managed to pull 46% of the vote last November.

Well, within three hours of Wilson's outburst, Miller had received over $25,000 in campaign donations. Word this morning is that he raised around $100K overnight.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Up to a cool quarter-million by this afternoon, and all reports are that Rep. Wilson is being shunned by his GOP colleagues.

[john-appel.livejournal.com]

It was actually over $400k at 4 PM Eastern this afternoon. To put that in context, Mr. Miller only raised $340K in all of 2008. He's beat that by at least $60,000 in 18 hours.