September 9th, 2009 10:53 PM ET 5 years ago  Wilson calls White
House to apologize  WASHINGTON (CNN) - CNN's Deirdre Walsh
reports that Republican Rep. Joe Wilson called the White House
Wednesday night to apologize for his outburst during President
Obama's speech, and spoke with White House Chief of Staff Rahm
Emanuel.  UPDATE: CNN's Ed Henry reports that a senior
administration official says that in the phone call, Emanuel
accepted the apology on behalf of the president and told the
congressman: "We can disagree without being disagreeable. That
was the point of the President's speech."  Filed under: Joe
Wilson soundoff (300 Responses)   1. DeeDee from Nashville
This man owes an apology to the nation. Rep. Wilson disgraced
his country, his state and his family tonight. The Joint Session
of Congress was not the place to call the President a liar. I
was absolutely disgusted.    2. jj      Rep. Joe Wilson who is a
former Colonel should be ashamed of himself for disrespecting
the President, how could he like