Was Joe Wilson justified in calling Obama a liar?
Perhaps Joe Wilson achieved the unintended when he accused Obama of lying yesterday during the much anticipated health reform speech. Every blog, news source, cooler conversation is buzzing about yesterday's reaction. Today on talk radio in the morning, callers were passionately arguing the actions of Joe Wilson and condemnation from Wilson's party has been vociferous . In this video , you can see for yourself what the hoopla is all about and notice Obama comes out slinging first accusing Republicans of spreading bogus lies and being cynical. While I found the entire experience enjoyable, it was only because of the factual underpinnings - that is Obama was indeed being less than truthful and as discussed in my previous post, the usual number of 45+ million uninsured most DEFINITELY includes illegal immigrants. However, Joe Wilson broke with tradition and interrupted a presidential speech to a joint meeting of Congress. As with any kind of argument about the spread of gove...