Local Commentaries 10:36 am Wed September 16, 2009  Bill Knight
- September 17  Macomb, IL – Joe Wilson's outburst of "You lie!"
interrupting President Obama's address to a joint session of
Congress last week apparently broke House rules. So what?  The
relevant facts are: The South Carolina Republican Congressman is
making money off his rudeness, using it to solicit campaign
contributions; President Obama is a grownup and easily endures
such behavior; Democrats should've done the same thing during
the previous administration's well-documented litany of
falsehoods; and Wilson and his Right-wing goofs are the liars.
Considering that the speech was distributed to Congress
beforehand, Wilson's tantrum was about as spontaneous and
unexpected as sound occurring after someone - even a Congressman
-- blows into a horn. So he at least put what passes in his
brain for a little thought into his two-syllable repartee.
However, Wilson, GOP apologists for such wackiness, and the
extremist gas bags on radio and cable seem