On September 9th of 2009, South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson made headlines by heckling our commander-in-chief during an address of Congress to sell his healthcare scam, er, "plan" by shouting, "You lie!" It was right about the time President Obama declared that the plan would not provide free coverage for illegal aliens. Wilson was castigated. He was vilified. He was chastised. He was censured.
And he was right.
Of course he was right! Anyone who had read the bill (okay, you can all stop laughing - or crying - now) would have been able to tell you that there was no way to filter out illegals - the amendments that were supposed to verify citizenship were voted down. But don't let facts, accuracy and reality get in the way of "being offended". And now, over eight million dollars - chicken feed by today's standards, I know - will be spent specifically on "seasonal and migrant farm workers". And Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Spokeswoman Judy Andrews said that grant recipients will not check the immigration status of people seeking services.
So... Joe was right and I'm just wondering what proper protocol might be here. I mean, Hallmark doesn't really make a card for it and I haven't found any "Shine" articles linked from Yahoo headlines (What Do You Say When They Weren't Wrong?). I'm a bit at a loss. Fruit basket?
Of course, it was a pretty general statement, this "You lie!" I'm not sure if we should limit the official apology card to referencing only the illegal immigrant healthcare lie. I mean, there are a whole lot of Obama lies to choose from.
The most recent (pass my bill) one, I suppose is (pass my bill) the whopper he (pass it!) dropped during his (you have GOT to pass this bill) address in which he (passitpassitpassit!) tried to sell his utter turd of a jobs bill (that you have got to pass). Oh, yes. The magic words, "It's paid for!"
Liar.
Mister President, I know you have no real work experience and obviously no clue about how money works so allow me to assist you. Something is "paid for" when you have the required cash in hand and fork it over when the goods or services are received. Wishing happy thoughts about money appearing from the sky or assuming your request for an advance on your pay will be granted is not "paying for" a goddamned thing. Neither is throwing it on a credit card on which you can't even cover the minimum monthly payment. Your plan to "pay for it"? The same stupid-assed tax increases that Republicans and even many Democrats have voted down. More than once. The bill that I pray to freaking God does not pass is NOT "paid for". Perhaps if I repeated it every third sentence in every public address I make....
Let's see.... Before that it was the debt ceiling. This was like a bullshit trifecta. First, the grand hypocrisy of President Obama's questioning the previous president's patriotism and leadership when Bush raised it but then playing the nation's savior when it was his own turn. Then throwing out how "Grandma might not get her social security check". Except for the fact that President Obama is about as intimidating as Urkel, that was straight protection racket - "You got a nice place here.... Be a shame if something might happen to it." And, when there was still resistance, the grand "We may default!" - although the administration knew damned well there was enough coming in to cover our nation's obligations.
Liar. If there was a default, it would have been a calculated, political decision done for pure leverage.
Prior to that, there was the load of crap about civility in political discourse. Yes, they were deeply concerned about civility when the Right and Tea Party were getting angry. Not so much when the Congressional only-one-race-is-allowed-but-it's-not-racism-when-we-do-it Caucus were telling people to go to hell, calling them "the enemy" and declaring them to be a repackaged Klan. Not so much when union thugs were being exhorted to "take these sonsabitches out" - meaning me and my family, in part. No, while President Obama can stick his nose in any time he thinks a non-Democrat is being a big meanie, Communication Director Dan Pfieffer tells us that he's not going to "serve as the speech police for the Democratic Party." Of course, this falls more under the category of "hypocrite" than "liar" so it might not be card-worthy.
Then... let's see again... all the campaign nonsense about closing Gitmo (Osama wishes Obama had followed through on that but I, for one, will let it slide), transparency in the administration (except for the czars... and "we have to pass it before we know what's in it") and Obama's condescending bit about "not wanting your guns" (except for the State Department, ATF and FBI coercing FFLs to sell to known gang members and drug mules not long after the president reassured the Brady Campaign that he was "working on gun control under the radar"). There was also the whole spiel about uniting the country. Like the way we constantly hear of anyone who is successful being blamed for anyone who is not. Like the way our president thumbs his nose at the Tea Party but attends La Raza rallies. And, of course, there was the line about "no U.S. boots on the ground in Libya"....
Whew. Wow. That was all off the top of my head, too. Hard to imagine what else might turn up if I gave it some serious thought or did any digging.
I'm starting to think a fruit basket might not be enough.
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