Confederate Hero

The House formally rebuked Rep. Joe Wilson on Tuesday for his outburst during President Obama's speech on health care. A rebuke just means we want to publicly acknowledge that what you did was wrong and request an apology. It's not even a real punishment.

But for some reason, many people felt like that was too severe. This is how the voting went.

"Seven Republicans joined 233 Democrats in approving the resolution; 12 Democrats joined Mr. Wilson and 166 other Republicans in opposing it." -New York Times

SO you mean to tell me 179 political leaders actually thought it was OK to interrupt the president of the United States during an address? And then to call him a name, at that?

Wow. At the very least, they should be decent enough to recognize that his act was disrespectful. No one wants to be called a liar, and how would these ppl feel if it was done to them? Even when President Bush stood up talking nonsense and telling stories, no one ever had the gall to act so unseemingly. But we all know why it was OK in this case. To some ppl, Rep. Wilson is now a hero. You don't believe me? Well, since his outburst, people have just been donating money to him. Just calling up, writing checks happy as hell that Wilson had the nerve to treat our president the way he really seems him: like the n-word.
In fact, Wilson has received more than $1 million.

President Obama is the keep it movin-type, but we all know one act is all it takes to open the floodgates. You let one person try you, then one by one others will think they can try you too. The main issue here is that people across the country can look at an act so blatantly disrespectful, and actually find it commendable.