Rep. Joe Wilson heckles President Obama as Rep. Dave Reichert looks on
A lot of you have probably already seen the photo of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) heckling President Barack Obama, but did you notice that carefully coifed head of silver hair just beneath him? Why that’s Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) of course.
And apparently, Reichert isn’t just close to Wilson in terms of physical proximity. A quick search of OpenSecrets.org finds Reichert has received three contributions totaling $5,000 from Wilson, via his Carolina Majority PAC.
So considering his close relationship with Wilson, I’d be curious to hear what Reichert has to say about his patron’s inappropriate outburst, and whether he too believes that President Obama “lied” in stating that his plan would not insure illegal immigrants?
UPDATE:
You know what else Reichert and Wilson have in common? The uncommon ability to inspire unprecedented generosity… for their opponents. Since heckling the President last night, over 10,000 individuals have contributed over $350,000 to the campaign of Wilson’s challenger, Rob Miller, over $179,000 of it coming via Daily Kos alone, prompting elections analyst Charlie Cook to downgrade Wilson’s reelection prospects.
Send a few bucks of your own Miller’s way, and send a very loud message back to Rep. Wilson.
How can you say who is lying? There is NO published bill to refer to. According to Maria Cantwells office in Seattle, Obama just made up his own ‘new’ healthcare idea LAST NIGHT! No lie. Call and ask yourself. There is NO TEXT OR BILL TO REFER TO!!!!!
I called the wa state dems in seattle and asked the lady “Where can I see the health care bill obama is talking about so I can read it myself?” She could not answer, stalled, said “well, do you know it’s 600 pages?” then she said “I can’t see…..” and then she said “I,…uh, I have ,uh…. oklahoma on the other line and I’ve,..uh I can’t deal with this now uhhhhh can you call back in half an hour?
And I called Patty Murrays’ Everett office and there was no one there. Then I called her Seattle office and there was no one there either!
Time to give up the election losses for that 8th district, Goldy. Darcy Burnout was done in twice by Reichert and won’t be back for more so my advice would be for you to quit whining about the past. God knows you’ve spent an inordinate amount of font on your angst and vitriol on Reichert already and it’s simply boring at this point.
Also, you seem to have a partisan filter on presidential speaking disruptions. In 2005 when Bush was warning of SSI becoming bankrupt by 2032 unless something was done- causing a collective groan amongst democrat representatives in congress.
Also, Wilson didn’t say anything that wasn’t true, but I agree this isn’t the time or place for such behavior- Let the democrats be ones conducting the boorish behavior- afterall, they’ve mastered that particular skill.
Ouch, goldy, what a worthless post. You fail as a journalist over and over again.
From House Bill 3200:
Sec. 246. No Federal payment for undocumented aliens.
http://www.opencongress.org/bi.....=t0:ih:166
Senator Cantwell is correct, there is no published Senate healthcare bill yet. I doubt very much she said that Obama “made it up”. Proof?
@6
I talked to a guy at her seattle office. You can call and ask yourself. He said there is NOTHING in print or online that you can look at regarding “President Obama’s health care bill” that he was talking about last night. I asked him if it was called HR3200, and he said no, it is NOT THAT. He said there are a “bunch of ideas floating around, and what the President was talking about last night is a NEW IDEA and there is no bill to refer to.
@6
I appreciate you putting the link to the HR3200, and I thought that was the correct one too, but now I’m wondering, how can people debate the pro’s and con’s of the ‘health care bill’ when no one can be sure what bill they are talking about. Maybe someone from here can get a better answer than I did? I am hoping so, and if they do please post it here?
I provided a link. Obama never said it was his bill, he said it was his plan.
plan – a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal
What Obama is talking about is aspects of the House bill that he wants every American to have. He knows that when he signs a health care bill, he will own it, for good or bad.
There are currently 3 House bills and 2 Senate committees (no Senate bills as yet) that are dealing with health care. As the fall goes on, the bills will come together.
5K spread over 3 payments to a Congressman that needs bucket load after bucket load of cash to keep his seat sounds par for the course to me.
bwseattle @8,
Sound to me like you need to go back and review your civics lessons, Kiddo.
You seem awfully confused by a pretty ordinary process….
Lil’ Empty Suit Dumbass @ 4,
“Time to give up the election losses for that 8th district, Goldy.”
Time to give up on your quixotic hopes of getting Goldy (or anyone else) to write about what you want or don’t want, Squirt.
We write what we want to write about.
bwseattle @ 2
You think it’s funny to mock our elders?
I have a pretty good idea who you spoke to on the phone at state head quarters. And I can guarantee you that she’s earned your respect.
Everyone. Mea culpa.
I stated that Dow Constantine would likely be treated with respect by any GOP group he spoke to. Based on my own experience.
With Joe Wilson’s outburst, and the deafening silent complicity of his cohorts, I think maybe I was wrong. Now I just don’t know.
I apologize.
More irrelevant jealousy of Reichert over Goldy’s jerkoff fantasy, The Almighty Ditzy Darcy Burner, who twice suffered a beating by voters and lost to Sheriff Dave. Enough Goldy, this is pathetic, even for the likes of you.
I gave Rob Miller $50.
Fund raising is the hardest part of campaigning. Make Miller’s job a bit easier and show him some love.
@11,9
What you say doesn’t really make sense to me. You say there are Obama’s plan, which is not specifically any one of the three house bills, and there are two committees doing their own things, and none of this will be formalized until Fall. So then, which bill or plan was Obama wanting to be passed in August? Or does anyone know? And why would someone quote from HR3200 if no one really knows if that bill is relevent or not? There is no way to track down or confirm ANYTHING that anyone from either side says, if no one can agree on what specific piece of information is being debated. Patty Murray doesn’t know. Maria Cantwell doesn’t know. Or at least the people who work for them don’t know.
Not collective groans, @4. At the 2005 State of the Union, Democrats disrespected the president with collective boos. Except for Senator Kennedy, who was collecting booze.
Meanwhile …
jason osgood @ 13,
What gives with that utterly stupid comment? With helpfulness like that, maybe you too should work in the state democrats office. A no answers all BS guy like you should fit right in next to that clueless lady. Oh, gee…. that was not your mom, was it?
Boo Fucking Hoo
You lefties were quick to heckle Bush.
Calling names is something you’re really good at.
Yet went it comes back at you….WAAAAAAAAAA!!
Now go to your room, no XBOX for you!
So basically he lied last night because he doesn’t know what is in the bill he’ll sign. So why try to sell us on a shitty bill that you can’t say definitively what will be in it? He can’t say there won’t be “death panels”, Nor can he say illegal won’t be covered, nor can he say that abortion will not be provided under a public option. Obama is one big lie of commission or omission on a regular basis. He is the Eddie Haskell of politics.
Bottom line Americans have told him: 8 months in , you can’t be trusted to tell the truth, Mr. President. That’s not our problem, that’s yours.
Yeah, the low number of hits to this site certainly back that assertion up, squirt.
NOT on the floor of Congress during a an address to both houses.
NEVER has a sitting President been so disrespected by his fellow lawmakers and citizens.
And YOU my friend are very good at twisting and misrepresenting events.
Oooooh! somebody had the temerity to call the Milk Chocolate Messiah a liar! How terrible!
If, a couple of years ago, Baghdad Jim had called GWB a liar at some joint-session presidential speech, Daily Kos, Huff Post, and 90% of the yahoos on this blog would be cheering. Hypocrisy, anyone??
8 years of “BUSH IS A NAZI” and now the left is throwing a full on temper tantrum complete with soiled diaper, tear stained eyes and falling on the ground petulance…Too funny
Now they now claim the president was “disrespected by his fellow…citizens” when only seconds before, Obama was claiming there “are those” who aren’t telling the truth about his not yet written bill. What a dope.
Joe Wilson and his ilk, which include our trolls that post here, make utterly manifest why Obama and congressional Democrats should give up on reaching across the aisle. Logic, facts, reason–these things cannot penetrate the contemporary Republican mind. Talking to them is a waste of time. I wouldn’t even solicit their thoughts on healthcare reform. I’d just come up with something in the Democratic caucus then shove it down their whiny little throats.
Never happened…never would. Jim McDermott is a man of decency and civility.
A quality clearly lacking not only in you but in most of your fellow Republicans.
Gee…did that happen on the floor of Congress? I must have missed that.
Gee…did a duly elected Democratic member of Congress say such a thing about former President Bush in the halls of Congress, anywhere in their district, or anywhere on the planet? I must have missed that too.
Proud Leftist@25 pay attention please.
The Democrats stopped in April. Read the link.
Lil’ Empty Suit Dumbass @ 21,
“So basically he lied last night because he doesn’t know what is in the bill he’ll sign.”
What the fuck kind of retarded comment is that? It would seem you are ignorant of how lawmaking works in Congress.
“So why try to sell us on a shitty bill that you can’t say definitively what will be in it?”
Again…this comment seems completely divorced from the reality of bill writing. He won’t get to sign a bill until it passes in the Senate and House and goes through reconciliation. And then he will know exactly what is in it.
“He can’t say there won’t be “death panels”, Nor can he say illegal won’t be covered, nor can he say that abortion will not be provided under a public option.”
Yes he can. The first one is a figment of someone’s imagination and has never been considered in any bill. You know, just like there is nothing in the bill about detonating thermonuclear weapons over Europe, the “death panels” is one of an infinite number of things that will NOT be in the bill.
For the latter two items, there is broad agreement that these items will be codified into any final bill.
http://crooksandliars.com/davi.....member-neo
Quite the guy Col. (Ret.) Wilson is…
Rujax @ 27
You need to do a bit more web research before posting
http://www.politico.com/blogs/.....mment.html
Don’t hear much from you “regressive” nutjobs about the booing at Bush’s 2005 SOTU. Didn’t hear any “civility” complaints when Bush addressed children on TV and your nutjob leftists in Congress launched a frikken investigation into it. The assholes held Congressional hearings on it.
Somebody above called Jim McDermott a man of decency and civility- yeah right. When he’s not making secret recordings of telephone calls and cozying up to dictators when he earned the nickname of Baghdad Jim.
Dear “Me”,
That’s because it was true.
Yours, Rujax!
Puddy @ 28
John (Suntan) Boehner is not credible on any issue. He generally refuses to meet with Democrats, and, in any event, just says no to anything they might propose. The reality is Max Baucus has been working closely with Republicans (have you heard of the Gang of Six?) to try to find something everyone can agree on. There is also no question that Obama has been reaching out to Republicans, both over the airwaves and behind the scenes. Your links never reflect a reality that matters, Puddy. By the way, I think it’s about time for your weekly enema; your shit tank is overflowing.
My, my John425…your blood pressure!
re 24: The only difference is is that Bush is a Nazi and a liar — provably so.
You were wrong and can’t admit it! That is funny.
No, former President Bush lied repeatedly and egregiously about any number of matters…look it up.
John425,
“Don’t hear much from you “regressive” nutjobs about the booing at Bush’s 2005 SOTU.”
But you didn’t hear us complain about Wingnutcongresscritters booing Obama last night either, did ya, Squirt?
“Didn’t hear any “civility” complaints when Bush addressed children on TV and your nutjob leftists in Congress launched a frikken investigation into it. The assholes held Congressional hearings on it.”
Of course you didn’t. There weren’t even blogs back then, you fucking moron!
“Somebody above called Jim McDermott a man of decency and civility- yeah right. When he’s not making secret recordings of telephone calls “
Look, dumbfuck, you really don’t help your case by getting your facts wrong. McDermott did not make any secret recordings of phone calls. Look it up, Squirt. There is a real, and well documented story that you have badly mangled.
“and cozying up to dictators when he earned the nickname of Baghdad Jim.”
There is no evidence that he “cozied up” to Saddam Hussein. In fact his trip, with two other congresspersons, was authorized by the State Department.
If you want “cozying up to dictators”, check out THIS!!
I had my high school senior watching the speech. It was really upsetting to try to explain that no, that is NOT acceptable behavior. Obama wasn’t talking about going to war or any emotional issue. He was talking about a health plan. Jesus, if that is all it takes for Wilson to get his panties in a bunch, God help us. Pelosi should have censured his ass and tossed him into the worst office in the building. Good enough, though, that Rob Miller is making money hand over foot.
And hey, you morons, there 3 parts to the government and it’s the legislative branch that creates and votes on bills, not the executive. At least know what you are talking about.
Apparently, only as ignorant as the President since he doesn’t have a crystal ball. He can’t say “that will not be in there” when the bill hasn’t been finalized. The only thing I hate worse than a liar is a lying POTUS.
Yes fucktard. So why is he lying about what is or is not going to be contained in the bill in order to sell it. For a professor, your dumb as fuck, Darryl. Honestly.
No, he can’t. We just established that above and you acknowledged it in the prior quote stupes.
Sure it was. Otherwise, why would they scrub it shortly after it was brought up.
You can’t say it will or will not and neither can that empty suit Obama…so unless he gets some skin in the game, I suggest he shut the fuck up and be content leaving 80% of the US population satisfied with their current insurance coverage, continue enjoying it.
Rujax – you spewed at 27 = “Gee…did a duly elected Democratic member of Congress say such a thing about former President Bush in the halls of Congress, anywhere in their district, or anywhere on the planet? I must have missed that too.”
And then you finally admit that Harry Reid called Bush a Liar after I gave you the link.
So you were wrong! Please enjoy your evening!!!
Thanks for proving former President Bush is/was/always will be a liar.
Enjoy yours!!!
Rujax – I said nothing about that – you are still wrong and are now delusional – incapable of telling the truth about yourself!! The subject of this discussion is you!!!
Time for Dinner!!
Oh..sorry, “me”…I must have missed the part where Senator Reid called former President Bush a “Nazi”.
Gee, that’s because Senator Reid NEVER called former President Bush a “Nazi”.
Bon Appetit!
It’s no surprise that Reichart, on his third term in Congress, still needs thousands of dollars from his colleagues to keep his seat, and hundreds of thousands of dollars from other national sources.
Of course, by the time a Congressmen wins his/her second term, you would normally expect that not only would they have their voter and financial base well established, but they would be out campaigning and fundraising for Republican candidates who don’t already hold seats in Congress. But not Reichart. He’s the neer’do well of the Republican party in Congress, the one who continually comes back to Papa (Republican leadership) with his hat outstretched, asking for another handout.
You’ve got to wonder when the Republican leadership are going to tell him to grow up and pay his own way, or they will support a primary challenger.
What’s really interesting about all this is that the NRA sued the Washington Department of Licensing to make them issue alien gun permits to non-citizens.
What’s really interesting about all this is that the NRA sued the Washington Department of Licensing to make them issue alien gun permits to non-citizens. The right wants them to have guns, but doesn’t want their kids to have health care.
Goldy’s edit function isn’t working tonight.
It’s interesting, or maybe not, that many of the politicians are men and stupid ones at that. The number one requirement to get elected and stay elected is to be a tool.
Netroots donations to Joe Wilson’s Democratic challenger reached $700,000 overnight, and counting.
actually, i’m just afraid the moassad is going to vince foster wilson.
I don’t have the patience to read lefty whining comments on this post so forgive me if someone has already provided this link: “Wilson Rakes in $759k in Less Than 48 Hours:
It appears Wilson and his Iraq Veteran opponent (who I salute for his service) are even-Steven at $1m and Wilson made twice as much $$$ since his accurate outburst as his opponent. So all you Kosers stop patting your collective selves on the back – sorry to bother you with the facts.