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Another Proud Moment for SC

Posted by in Health Care, Politics


Remember that angry politician who interrupted President Obama during his address to a joint session of Congress?  Obama had just said that his health care plan would not provide coverage for illegal aliens and someone yelled out, “You lie!”

Would anyone care to venture a guess about where the person to whom the voice belongs is from?

Yes, as if the ongoing scandal involving our governor isn’t enough to give this state a black eye, we have Republican Rep. Joe Wilson pitching in with another shot in the arm.

Perhaps a lot of outrage give Wilson a nice little assist in regaining his composure (and some sense of decorum).  Wilson has issued the following statement after the furor:

“This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President’s remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President’s statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.”

Lack of civility?

How about behaving like an unruly kindergartener.

It’s about time that our politicians — on both sides of the aisle — stop stop all the shouting.  It’s time they start actually listening to each other for a change.

What a nice change that would be in Washington!

That, more than anything else, is why we don’t already have a workable health care reform package passed.