Just Another Joe Wilson to Love (Mary Lyon)

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Mary Lyon, On The Left -- World News Trust

Sept. 10, 2009 -- I love Joe Wilson. Again! Which sets me up here and now to make sure a critical distinction is made. Joe Wilson is not Joseph Wilson, the former ambassador whom I really do love for the devotion and fiery outrage he’s displayed in nonstop defense of his wife, outed CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. The other Joe Wilson, by contrast, seems more like an inhabitant of Superman’s Bizarro World.

But make no mistake, I heartily celebrate him nonetheless! This Joe Wilson may not necessarily be the Evil Twin of Plame’s husband. But he indeed is the newly-crowned, self-appointed hero of the politically deranged. As such, these are ironically some of the very folks who would certainly stand to benefit most of all from Obama’s efforts to clean up the health care mess and make insurance coverage more widely available and affordable. I was outraged, of course, while watching President Barack Obama’s Wednesday night speech to a Joint Session of Congress, to see Congressman Wilson loudly blurt “liar!” WHILE Obama was speaking. This thoughtless pipsqueak brought shame upon himself, his constituents in his 2nd district in South Carolina, and to the entire Republican Congressional delegation.

The Second District, according to Wikipedia, is located “in central and eastern South Carolina. It includes all of Lexington, Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale and Barnwell counties; almost all of Richland County and parts of Aiken, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties. It is based in the state capital, Columbia; other major cities in the district are Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district

The benign, smiling face in Joe Wilson’s official representative’s portrait is lightyears distant from the GOP Gargoyle-du-Jour he became on the night of Obama’s speech. That signature candid of Wilson rudely interrupting the President, pointing, mouth agape, having just formed a loud and hugely inappropriate diss of the President, will live in both infamy and on the internet.

http://blog.taragana.com/n/joe-wilson-shouts-you-lie-to-obama-164298/

I couldn’t be more delighted. Thank you Joe Wilson, for voluntarily becoming the angry, twisted, insolent face of the Republican naysayers, “NO-bodies,” and assorted nattering nabobs of negativity (hey, this fellow is becoming one BIGTIME inspiration – I’m getting totally carried away here)! Mr. Wilson, you’ve just birthed a poster child for all those folks who insist on creating ugly, out-of-control displays and tantrums on your side of the fence. Makes our job that much easier! Plus, while you’re busy dining on crow all the following day, your Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, has spent the morning digging out from under an avalanche of fresh new campaign donations – estimated at least double the stated hundred-thousand-dollar goal.

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[Samantha]

1. We have just got to give this Joe a nickname

to differentiate him from the former Ambassador. I too have been thinking how regrettable it is he bears the same name as one of our favorites.

I am not good at coming up with nicknames. I went to his site to discern his proper name. Unfortunately, the site is temporarily down due to too much traffic (or some such reason). I wonder why?

However, I looked around and found out his formal name is "Addison Graves Wilson." Let's see ... look at that middle name "Graves" ... Graves ... Dead Political Man Talking Wilson? I am sure if we get the attention of DU'ers, someone will come up with a really great nickname for the Joe Wilson who called our President a liar last evening on live television, interrupting a really great speech.

Great to hear from you, Mary.

Sam