Hot Collar Backlash

Here are a few comments floating around about the behavior of Congressman Joe Wilson, the moron who shouted out during the President's congressional address last night:

• House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) responded to Joe Wilson's heckling of the president last night by saying that Wilson 'took our state's reputation to a new low.' "I thought Mark Sanford had taken it as low as it could go, but this is beyond the pale," said Clyburn. (From: Think Progress).
• The most effective part of Obama's speech last night might not have been what he said but rather what Joe Wilson yelled: "You lie." It could be an incredibly important moment for the president and the congressional Dem leadership because it does a couple of things: 1) paint a picture of the Republicans as ornery and hard to work with, and 2) remind conservative Democrats that they may not want to line up with folks like Joe Wilson when casting votes. Let's be honest: Wilson did more to undermine the GOP's efforts to come across as reasonable opposition as anything any conservative cable host has done in the past few months. In short, he gave voice – literally - to the president's attempts to paint some of his opponents as shrill. (From: First Read).
• Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, predicted that Wilson's outburst would have consequences. "The person who said it will pay a price," Durbin said. "I think the average American thinks that the president and the office deserve respect, and that was a disrespectful comment. They'll pay a price in the court of public opinion." (From: Politico).

I was still hot under the collar when I posted my Piggy GOP entry earlier (or rather late last night), but I still think right-wing legislators are completely useless. They are not working for the American people, obviously. Instead, they are obsessed with bringing down the President with falsehoods, hate-speech and barely-veiled bigotry no matter the cost to their own constituents and other citizens in the United States.

Their lack of respect is appalling and disgusting, and merely confirms my opinion that members of the GOP are nothing more than the lowest class in the dregs of society.

Besides, they are currently in the minority. Why do they assume that any of their clouded demands should be met or even considered?