Joe Wilson Rebuke Shows Dems Are Out For Blood

The high school mentality of our nation’s congress took another step backwards on Tuesday and this time has landed them on an elementary level. Like most high school kids our congress has shown that they have no concept of debt nor do they realize the dangers of piling on to that debt. This administration isn’t just adding to the debt they’re spending our tax dollars like a kid at the county fair. Also like most teenagers this congress has shown that they don’t care what others think. It is incomprehensible to them that the majority of the public are opposed to healthcare reform and are scoffing at public opinion because they are forcing their own version of “hope and change” down our throats. This administration and congress are only focused on their agenda and with the masks coming off the gloves are coming out.

Remember in elementary school when a classmate would shoot spit wads at the other kids but then fly off the handle and tell the teacher when someone has the audacity to shoot one back while acting as if he’d never committed such a dastardly deed. That’s the same type of mentality that our congress has chosen to take with Joe Wilson.

I’m in no way condoning Wilson’s actions. His outburst at the President was distasteful and disrespectful and Mr. Obama rightfully deserved the apology that he received from Congressman Wilson but that should have been it. To have the house pass a resolution to rebuke Joe Wilson was an unnecessary and childish step but it was an act in which the Democrats were allowed to flex their muscle and publicly scold someone who opposes their agenda.

"This is a teachable moment," said Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina. "This is a time for us to teach not just by precept but by example. There are certain things that you do, and certain things that you don't do. When you do the things you shouldn't, the accepted form of contrition is to come to this floor and to request the apology of these members. Until that is done, proper contrition has not been made. My father used to say the first sign of a good education is good manners. I took that to heart, and I would hope that this body would demonstrate today to all of the school children watching, what is proper decorum."

Really, Mr. Clyburn? A teachable moment? Where was proper decorum in `05 and `07 when many of these same democratic congressmen booed President Bush as he addressed congress? Where were the demands for apologies then? What lesson did our democrats teach the school children at those times? Of course we don’t want to bring that up and apply it to this situation because then we’d see the hypocrisy of it.

The lesson learned here is plain and simple. It’s alright for politicians to participate in name calling just as long as its members of the Democratic Party calling their opponents names. I just learned this week myself that I’m a racist because I oppose many of the President’s political viewpoints. We’ve also learned that its perfectly acceptable for members of congress to heckle the President just as long as it’s the democrats heckling a republican president. What’s the next lesson you’ve got for the school children, how to balance a checkbook?