Could I Have That With a Side of Civility, Please?
Call me crazy, but even after eight years with a President who thought gays and lesbians were his personal whipping boys (and bois, and girls, and dykes), I still believe you should respect the office. That goes double if you serve the country either as an elected official, or in the Foreign or military service. I personally always behave in public, especially when I am in situations like being overseas or on camera, as though my actions, good or bad, reflect my country.
Because they do.
So I am both angry and embarrassed this morning. Angry at Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and embarrassed to be from South Carolina. I don't personally care what his opinion is on health care reform. Because that isn't the point. The point is that when you are representing your state and your country in that chamber, you behave with civility. You don't yell out calling the President a liar. Your perogotive is to stay quiet and not clap if you disagree. You had your time...eight years (and, in fact, 20 of the last 28 years)...to have your view stated by the man at the podium. You shouldn't even boo, though that is certainly preferable to yelling out "you lie."
Joe Wilson, you should know better. I bet your mother raised you better than that.
Seriously. In the past little over a year, SC has made the news for Miss "the Iraq" SC, a man getting intimate with a horse, a "family values" governor disappearing on the Appalachian Trail (not wait, that was to Argentina to screw his misstress), and that same governor being accused of outing his political rival so he didn't have to resign.
So seriously Joe. We have enough bad press already.
UPDATE: As of this morning, Rob Miller, a South Carolina Iraq War veteran and Democrat challenging Joe Wilson for his 2nd Congressional District seat in 2010, has raised $150,000 in the hours following Wilson's outburst. So there is something good for SC!
Because they do.
So I am both angry and embarrassed this morning. Angry at Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) and embarrassed to be from South Carolina. I don't personally care what his opinion is on health care reform. Because that isn't the point. The point is that when you are representing your state and your country in that chamber, you behave with civility. You don't yell out calling the President a liar. Your perogotive is to stay quiet and not clap if you disagree. You had your time...eight years (and, in fact, 20 of the last 28 years)...to have your view stated by the man at the podium. You shouldn't even boo, though that is certainly preferable to yelling out "you lie."
Joe Wilson, you should know better. I bet your mother raised you better than that.
Seriously. In the past little over a year, SC has made the news for Miss "the Iraq" SC, a man getting intimate with a horse, a "family values" governor disappearing on the Appalachian Trail (not wait, that was to Argentina to screw his misstress), and that same governor being accused of outing his political rival so he didn't have to resign.
So seriously Joe. We have enough bad press already.
UPDATE: As of this morning, Rob Miller, a South Carolina Iraq War veteran and Democrat challenging Joe Wilson for his 2nd Congressional District seat in 2010, has raised $150,000 in the hours following Wilson's outburst. So there is something good for SC!