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Joe Wilson Helps 'Admonish' Win 2009 Word Of The Year

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speec...

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Greta Van Susteren, Dick Morris, 9/12 Tea Party March, Steve Doocy, Roger Ailes, Rep. Joe Wilson, Fox Business Network, Barack Obama, Republican Governors Association, Fox Business, Mike Huckabee, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, James Rosen, Independence Day Tea Parties, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Republicans, Media News
Karl Frisch

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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The Vast Right Wing Returns

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The Vast Right Wing's resistance to change that has fueled hatred of past Democratic Presidents has been turbo-charged by the nitroglycerin of American politics -- race.

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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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David A. Love

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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Joe Wilson's 'You Lie!' Online Frenzy: Social Media Politicians' Top Tool

cnn.com | Eric Kuhn CNN Audience Interaction Producer | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology

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Barbara Dybwad, senior editor for the social media news blog Mashable.com, said the nation has reached a point where politicians need to factor social...

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Hypocrisy in Massachusetts

Sandy Maisel | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Obama's School Speech, Interim Appointments, Massachusetts, Rep. Joe Wilson, 2010 Congressional Electons, Deval Patrick, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

The argument over Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat has all of the maturity of a grade school playground fight -- "You did it to me, so I can do it right back!"

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Some White People Have Simply Lost Their Minds

Earnest Harris | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Racism, Glenn Beck, Earnest Harris, Rush Limbaugh, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Politics News
Earnest Harris

There is no other way to say this but to put it all on the table. Some white people have simply lost their minds because they are besides themselves t...

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GOP On Wilson Resolution: 'Diversion' And 'Hypocrisy'

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - The uproar over Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama returns to the House floor Tuesday for what could be a con...

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Screaming Joe Wilson: Newt Gingrich's Frankenstein

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Lorelei Kelly

If congressional politics are inside baseball, Newt Gingrich completely upended the playing field. Joe Wilson isn't an accident, he's an outcome.

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Rep. Wilson's Insincere Apology - Hardball

Landon Ross | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

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Landon Ross

Why do Republicans, within the media, excel in getting away with far more egregious acts than Democrats ever would? It is one of their most impressive talents as a party.

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The Erratic Joe Wilson's Shameful Record on Troops and Veterans

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Thank heaven Joe Wilson voted repeatedly to cut veterans care and save us from modern day Leninism.

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Stupidity Is Your Pre-Existing Condition

Erik Sean Nelson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Joe Wilson, Universal Health Care, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Rep. Joe Wilson, Healthcare, Politics News
Erik Sean Nelson

I think the right to stay alive is as important than the right to free speech, because you can't say many words when you die at age 20 from a pre-existing condition.

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Joe Wilson and the 9/12 March: The Week That Decency Died?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

The 9/12 protests are extensions of the 'sore loser' rallies, and they're one hundred percent partisan. That is why their attempts to wrap themselves in the tragedy of 9/11 is so wrong.

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The Bile Boils Over

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

Conservatives bathed in daily lies -- from WMDs to "death panels" -- have become so comfortable spreading them that they treat it like good, clean fun for the whole family.

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The President's Game Changing Speech

James Zogby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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James Zogby

Obama's compelling rhetoric rekindled hope and provided needed direction, energizing supporters of reform. It was a "game changer." Here's why.

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EQ Deficit Threatens Health Care Reform

Deborah Plummer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Rep. Joe Wilson, Politics News
Deborah Plummer

Whatever the details of the health care bill, our ability to shape the future will be determined by how we interact and treat those with whom we most vehemently disagree.

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Calhoun Conservatism Raises Its Ugly Head

Mike Lux | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, 9/12 Movement, Rachel Maddow, The Progressive Revolution, Obama Health Care Speech, Radical Right, Rep. Joe Wilson, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Lux

Joe Wilson's thuggishness on Wednesday night and the conservative movement's embrace of his action yesterday are just the latest examples of Calhoun Conservatism.

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Craig Ferguson Devotes Entire Monologue To Schooling Joe Wilson (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Comedy

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Craig Ferguson, a man who chose to become a U.S. citizen, was ashamed last night at the lack of decorum Representative Joe Wilson showed when shouting...

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Just Another Joe Wilson to Love

Mary Lyon | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

Thank you, Joe Wilson, for voluntarily becoming the angry, twisted, insolent face of the Republican naysayers, "NO-bodies," and assorted nattering nabobs of negativity.

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Jason Linkins

Joe Wilsons vs. The Presidents

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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One of the more interesting aspects of last night's presidential address was that here we had President Barack Obama being called a liar by a man name...

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Did Obama's Address Remind Anyone Else of the the Season Opener of Glee?

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Elizabeth Rigby

The partisan dynamics currently at play on Capitol Hill resemble a high school full of cliques, power differentials, and image-conscious participants more than a democratic problem-solving body.

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Joe Wilson: Pan-Carolina Hollerin' Champeen

Scott Brown | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

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Scott Brown

I'm a hollerin', incipiently double-chinned white guy from the Carolinas. I come from a long line of hollerin', incipiently double-chinned white guys from the Carolinas. But that Joe Wilson, boy, he might've out-hollered us all.

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Obama Speaks to Children in Congress, Adults in High School

Don Parker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Don Parker

At Wakefield High School in Virginia, no student yelled at him, calling him a liar. Students didn't hold up signs and papers objecting to the points he was making. And none of the students booed him.

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Rep. Joe Wilson Heckles Great Moments in History

David Kronke | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

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David Kronke

What if Wilson was like Forrest Gump? (I mean, like Forrest Gump in his preternatural ability to be present at great historical moments, not in his ability at being a functional moron.)

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Breach of Discipline

Major General Paul D. Eaton | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Major General Paul D. Eaton

Retired Colonel (Representative) Joe Wilson's conduct last night is a breach of military protocol and represents a further departure from the historic good order and discipline I expected, in the past, to see from the GOP.

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