Wrong again Stevo! The president spoke in generalities, not naming names. No breach of decorum there. Wilson called the Head of State, addressing a joint session of Congress, a liar. No matter how many of us believed that W. lied like a rug about his Iraq War, no one would expect a Democrat to have shouted "liar" at him when he addressed Congress. That's the distinction between the Head of Government (eg. a Prime Minister) and the US Head of State.

I just love the fact that a bigger liar and a bigger racist is coming to the defense of Joe Wilson. It's like the Klan vouching for the John Birch Society!

The GOP meme du jour- Obama was a rude guest, coming into OUR house and saying that some of the things WE say are lies.
Subtext through the Rush filter-
But that's how THOSE people are.

Well, the main thing here is the president called a lie a lie. The repubs called the truth a lie.

The onus is on each person to show what they are talking about, and where it is a lie or the truth. In every case here, the president is calling an outrageous, harmful, scare-tactic what it is....a lie. The southern racists are saying that there is provisions for full-medical coverage for illegal aliens....and it is not true.

It is OK to call a liar a liar when you have the facts and their statements on record. It is not OK to call someone a liar when you have no facts or statements that back your claim.

Steve King can't handle the truth.

The horror of Steven King! lol (I couldn't resist!)

Oh look, Steve King being a dick again. Dog bites man much?

"I don't think there's ever been a President comes to the House of Representatives as a guest of the members of the House and makes a declaration like he did."

Wilson is not a prominent politician, for one. Or at least, he wasn't until this made him famous.

This is a standard, foul, right-wing authoritarian tactic:

- Don't say "I'm bigoted against gays and don't want them to have equal rights," say "There's a homosexual agenda and they started it and I'm only fighting back in self-defense!!!"

- Don't say "I want America to be a fundamentalist Christian theocracy," say "There's a War on Christmas and the SPs are out to get us and they started it and I'm only fighting back in self-defense!!!"

- Don't say "I want to smear John Kerry and call his bravery and service into question so he loses the '04 election" say "John Kerry came back from Viet Nam and spoke out against his fellow soldiers, so he started it and I'm only fighting back in self-defense!!!"

- Don't say "I hate liberals and I have no respect for the rule of law and if I don't win, I'm taking my ball and going home and pouting," say "Obama and the socialists are out to take away our freedoms and DESTROY AMERICA!!! They started it and I'm only fighting back in self-defense!!!"

Always claim the other guy started it -- that way, no matter how ruthless or extreme you get in your rhetoric or your actions, you can still project a sense of arrogant self-righteousness -- even if you threw the first punch.

These people truly are scum.

"King said, adding that Wilson is "an officer and a gentleman and a patriot."

He neglected to note that Rep. Wilson is a former protege of the late segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.

PS: In this context, "patriot" means right-wing, corporatist douchebag.

Republicans are totally juvenile, with their "I hit him back first" nonsense.

Isn't it time we stopped listening to these silly, silly people?