So, out of all the many great figures of American history, Wilson singles out Strom Thurmond as a great national hero. That explains much.

How does Joe feel about Mark (headed further down south) Sanford? He's still has the oppurtunity to defend himself & look how that's going.
I have the utmost lack of respect for these holier than thou, racist scumbags.

And stop calling him Joe. That isn't his name.
It's Addison Graves Wilson Sr.

It is time for a major dirt dig into Mr Wilson's past statements to show how much he lies. Another thing, his outburst came a few times but only once was it audible by all. This guy is getting all this attention, he will probably run for the Republican nomination in 2012. And be their leading contender.

Dear Mr. Beck,
I am struggling with the joys of post-racial politics in America.

See, in a post-racial America, when we see a member of Congress break all traditional rules of decorum and respect by shouting, "You lie!" at the President of the United States during a joint session, we say to ourselves, "That was so rude, he should be censured; his emotions got the better of him."

In a post-racial America, we say, "well of course he is against reform-- his top campaign contributors are health care professionals. Money and corruption remains a very powerful force in American politics."

Sometimes the really savvy observers in a post-racial America speak not of race, but of generic othering-- the grouping of someone into a scary category by accusing them of being Marxist, communist, fascist, Hitleresque, Heath Ledger Jokeresque, or a liar. "People can do that to anybody of any party and of any race, e.g. George W. Bush. This is just a feature of the coarseness of contemporary political dialog," we say.

But in this post-racial America, if someone wonders if this, by all accounts, unprecedented effrontery was in any small way related to emotions embedded in racial themes that are part of our collective history and psyche, well, such a ponderer is herself or himself a racist, trapped in the old America. Yes, in the post-racial America, erasure is paramount, so when a white Congressman from South Carolina, born into the segregated south in 1947, whose two political mentors were Strom Thurmond and Floyd Spence (fellow South Carolinians who were members of the States' Rights Democratic "Segregation Forever!" Party), cannot contain himself when in the presence of the first African American president in U.S. history, we cannot discuss these possible influences on the emotions that caused his outburst. Surely they would be irrelevant to the ideas of a policy maker from South Carolina, a state that held firmly to the Confederate Flag until 2000, that refused to honor the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. for 17 years, and is home to GOP operative Mike Green who likes to tweet knee-slappers like: "JUST HEARD OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT'S WHITE AND IT WORKS." That, too, is Post-racial America.

So Mr. Beck, you seem to have this labeling thing down, knowing just when it is okay to call someone a racist, so I am wondering if you could tell me about the gentleman from South Carolina, the Honorable Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson, Sr. (R - SC). Since he apologized, nevermind. Forget I even mentioned any of this. Please.

"Wilson apologized for deserting his post in Saigon, ordering his company to follow to protect his personal safety and escape, leaving 8 Americans and 16 Vietnamese civilians to the mercy of the Viet Cong"

- Imaginary scenario, if Joe Wilson was ever in a position to display his courage and devotion to duty.

It seems fitting we give him a new name, maybe playing off Joe the Plumber (at least this one's name really is Joe). Maybe Joe the Hayseed? Joe the Loudmouth? Joe the Redneck? Joe the Liar?

We don't want the respectable Joe Wilson to suffer further indignation by being associated with this moron.

If more people were like this guy and spoke what was on their mind, the world would be a much better place!

RT
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Joe the Heckler?

Joe the former Representative from South Carolina?

Oopsie. Age of consent in South Carolina is 16.
How Thurman reconciled his actions in his later segregationist, racist modes is another question.
But, hey! he's dead now. We win.