Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week 34: “You Lie!”

“So blame it on your lying, cheating, cold deadbeating,

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Mean mistreating, loving heart” Patty Loveless

“You Lie!”

Joe Wilson, the honorable Congressman representing the 2cd district of the great state of South Carolina, seriously breached the decorum of the House of Representatives Monday night during President Obama’s Healthcare Propaganda address to a joint session of Congress. Standing right up like he had good sense, openly and without shame, Representative Wilson shouted “You Lie! ” in response to a false claim by our Propagandist-in-Chief that his plans for Socialized Medicine would not cover illegal criminal aliens.

Openly rebuking and calling the President of the United States a liar to his face during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber does seem to be unprecedented in the 200 plus year history of this frequently raucous and hyper partisan legislative body. However, outrageous breaches of civility and disregard for the Rules of Behavior for Congress established by Thomas Jefferson are more prevalent than white on rice. Some of the most notorious infractions include:

· In 1838 a pistol duel occurred in which William Graves of Kentucky shot and killed fellow congressman Jonathan Cilley of Maine over words spoken on the House floor. No sanctions were forthcoming.
· In the 1850’s a brawl ensued on the House floor when 50 or more representatives rushed across the aisle punching and pushing each other as the Speaker, James Orr of South Carolina, desperately banged the gavel pleading for order. The fight ended in laughter as one congressman pulled the wig off another setting the whole House of Representatives roaring with laughter.
· Prior to the War for Southern Independence a Congressmen from South Carolina, angered by a speech on slavery, entered the Senate chamber and beat a Senator from Massachusetts unconsciousness with a metal-topped wooden cane.
· An almost lethal exchange occurred between Missouri Senator Thomas Benton and Mississippi Senator Henry Foote back in 1850. Benton rushed up the center aisle toward Foote, who pulled a pistol. Benton shouted, "I have no pistols! Let him fire! Stand out of the way and let the assassin fire! A motion to adjourn finally put a halt to the potential shooting.
· More recently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called W a loser and California Congress Persons Pete Stark and Barbara Lee called W a liar on the House floor. The silence from the leftwing media elite pinheads was deafening.

Compared to these transgressions Representative Wilson’s outburst seems almost trivial. Regardless, the Gentlemen from South Carolina, an Eagle Scout and Colonel in the National Guard, acknowledged the error of his ways and issued an immediate apology directly to the President. Apology graciously accepted, end of story – not hardly.The liberal head cases in the House want blood and have publicly sanctioned the good Congressman and the mainstream media elite have “We, We’d,” all over themselves, to borrow a phrase from our Wordsmith-in-Chief, in their rush to demonize Mr. Wilson.

Lost in all this sanctimony and grandstanding is the most important question – was our Socialist-in-Chief actually taking liberties with the truth during his address to Congress? The answer to that question is not only yes, but a big by damn hell yes! In fact, a review of the public record going back to the Presidential campaign reveals our Fibber-in-Chief could give Madame Secretary of State and world renown pathological liar, Hillary “Adorner of the Butt Ugly Pants Suit “ Clinton, lessons on how to bend the truth.

“You Maker of Broken Promises”

All political candidates lie. Candidate Obama just raised it to a new and unprecedented level. A few of his most audacious claims during the campaign included:

· Not being aware of his spiritual mentor of 20 years, Reverend Jeremiah “Mr. GD America” Wrights’ anti American and racist rhetoric and viewpoint.
· Denying his close friendship and political alliance with domestic terrorist, Weather Underground member, Bill Ayers.
· A guarantee to veto any bill with even one congressional earmark. The 2009 Omnibus Budget Bill signed by Mr. “Veto” had over 8,000 earmarks.
· Promise to post all Bills on the White House Website before signing for 72 hours to allow public review and comment. This group tries to write, markup, vote out of committee, send to conference, take a floor vote and send to the President for his signature $1 Trillion pieces of legislation in 72 hours. Doesn’t exactly leave a lot of time for posting on the website, public scrutiny or for members to actually even read the bill before casting their vote
· Claims he would govern from the middle in a spirit of unprecedented bipartisanship. It would seem that the middle for a Marxist/Socialist is further left than the current policies of France’s Socialist Nanny State and bipartisanship is having one of his political hacks holding off for a day or two before accusing a Republican political opponent of being a racist.

“You Teller of Tall Tales”

After taking the Oath of Office our new Deceiver-in-Chief continued rolling out his web of lies at a fast and furious pace. Shifting into full “Chicken Little the Sky is Falling Crisis Mode” the Obamaites told some whoppers in their efforts to get their so called $1 Trillion Stimulus, or rather, the Obama Supporter Payback/Payoff Bill passed as a big sloppy wet kiss for the Unions, Trial Lawyers, ACORN and other assorted liberal low life’s. False claims in support of the bill included:

· It will stop unemployment from rising any higher than 8%. It’s currently at 9.7% and rising faster than a bat out of hell.
· Targeted, Temporary, and Timely. Targeted at Obama supporters. Temporary, Uncle Sammy made the same claim about IncomeTaxes. Timely, to date only about 15% has been expended. Considering the economy is finally showing signs of recovery in spite of boneheaded Big Government meddling and policies, as it eventually always does, how about returning the balance of money back to the treasury or better yet directly to us taxpayers as 1. It’s our money 2. It’s our money and 3. It’s our money.
· If we don’t pass this Trillion Dollar boondoggle the Country is facing an economic meltdown of biblical proportions. See bullet 2 above – having only spent 15% to date and a recovery looking more promising everyday any additional expenditure are totally unnecessary, as was the first 15%.
· The only segment of the Country who was actually stimulated by this Bill is all the liberal columnist, news anchors and talk show host. Most notably the likes of Chris Mathews, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Paul Krugman, Bill Moyers, and Bill Press whom seem to all have a serious man crush on our Stimulator-in-Chief, including the lovely Ms. Madow.

“You Truth Challenged Scoundrel”

Our Appeaser/Apologist-in-Chief also told some real gems about his intent to conduct an aggressive foreign policy strategy from a position of strength aligning himself with Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana and retired General Jim Jones. Instead, we have Jimmy “Peanut” Carter reincarnate bending over, grabbing his ankles and repeating “Thank you sir may I have another” to every tyrant, despot and third-world Banana Republic dictator.

Following are several examples of the Obama Foreign Policy Initiatives of Appeasement/ Apology:

.· Bowing so low to a Saudi Prince two other Heads of State tripped over his extruding ears.
· Chumming around and trading books with Venezuela Socialist Dictator and nutcase Hugo Chavez
· Offering apology’s for alleged past US transgressions ranging from our evil imperialist military actions to arrogance being the world’s only so called super power
· Reaching out to his Islamic brethren apologizing for our declaration of war on terrorism, commitment to win this war and unjustified aggressive and belligerent attitude toward those misguided but well meaning Jihadist

“You Spreader of Despicable Falsehoods”

Back to our Healer-in-Chief’s dreams of Socialized Universal Healthcare and his Propaganda Palooza at the recent joint session of Congress. Thoughts of Obama from Bama has reviewed several nonpartisan evaluations of the President’s speech and previously stated positions to confirm the veracity of his comments. Our analyses of several major points of contention are listed below:

· Obama: "Nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have."

FACT: Using the words reuire, the President is admitting that they can't guarantee Americans will keep their health plan. The point being no one knows for sure how many employers will drop their coverage if their plan goes into effect. One well respected Healthcare consultation firm, the Lewin Group, estimates the number could be more than 100 million Americans.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "The plan will not add to our deficit...I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits -- either now or in the future. Period."
FACT: According to the non-partisan CBO, the House Democrats' bill would increase the deficit by at least $239 billion over 10 years.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "It will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government."
FACT: The Associated Press has reported the Democrats' plan will increase costs and Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf warned lawmakers the legislation would raise costs, not lower them.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen. My door is always open."
FACT: Repeated GOP attempts and request for a meeting with the President have been ignored.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are."
FACT: Obamacare is supported by an unprecedented coalition of doctors and nurses; hospitals, seniors' groups and even drug companies all bought off by the White House.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "We've estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health care system -- a system that is currently full of waste and abuse."
FACT: The massive $1.6 trillion House bill's cost is not mostly "paid for" through savings in the existing health care system. The House bill actually includes more than $800 billion in new tax increases.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up -- under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place."
FACT: As written, it would allow the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services to include abortion as a benefit in the government-run health care option.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

· Obama: "Now, there are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms I am proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally."
FACT: (This is the big lie that served as the last straw for Representative Wilson.) The non-partisan Congressional Research Service has confirmed there is no mechanism included in the House bill to verify that individuals are U.S. citizens. Republicans also offered two amendments in the Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees that were rejected by Democrats that would have prevented illegal criminal immigrants from being automatically enrolled for federally subsidized healthcare.
Conclusion: “You Lie!”

“You Lie Boy”

To add insult to injury several boneheaded Yankee liberal nutjob so called journalist and a few prominent politicians, including the worst excuse for a Southerner that ever walked on God’s green earth, Jimmy “What an Embarrassment” Carter, have accused Congressman Wilson and anyone else who opposes our Deceiver-in-Chief of being racist. In each case not a shred of evidence to substantiate their absolutely ludicrous and completely unfounded charges.

Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize winner and admitted plagiarizer New York Times Columnist, had this to say:

· “Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” at a president who didn’t. But, fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy!”

As Ms Dowd is just a frog hair south of 60, making her a child of the 60’s, we can only assume her hallucinations and hearing of phantom voices are a result of one too many magic shrooms, abundant quantities of cocaine and/or a Woodstock flashback.

Her comrade at the Boston Globe, Columnist Margery Eagan, went even further. Not satisfied with just accusing Mr. Wilson of racisms, Ms Eagan decided to impugn the entire State of South Carolina. In her column last week, “Why blame Joe Wilson? His Home State is just South of Civilized: Southern congressman a long way from gentleman”, Ms. Eagan shared these astute observations:

· “The South Carolina factor: Around here, we call left-of-center types moonbats.”
· “Dingbats. Crackpots. Wing nuts. Just plain nuts. That seems to fit much of South Carolina. We’re the cradle of liberty. They’re the cradle of secession and, until 2000, flew the Confederate battle flag over their Statehouse”
· “Meanwhile, on Friday a group of black newspaper publishers charged Wilson with racism and canceled a January conference in South Carolina. And numerous commentators have remarked on the unfortunate image of Wilson’s eruption: There’s Wilson, the unhinged white guy in a sea of white guys, attacking America’s first black President”

Thoughts of Obama from Bama has two points we hope Ms Eagan will take under advisement.

1. Remember the little diddy about folks who live in glass houses and throwing stones? The entire 12 member Massachusetts Congressional Delegation consist of, in your words, a sea of white guys. The one lone exception is a white female. Not one black, brown, yellow or red face in the bunch – 0% minority representation.
In comparison, South Carolina’s 8 member Delegation has one black Representative, which gives them a total of 12.5% minority representation. Using your totally asinine method of deductive reasoning concluding Mr. Wilson and South Carolina’s rampant bigotry , Massachusetts must be populated by a bunch of no count racist who would be ashamed to have an African American represent them in the US Congress.

2. News Flash – Researchers at Boston Biomedical Research Institute announce discovery of most powerful and effective form of birth control known to man – Smart Ass Yankee Gals With Bostonian Accents.

“You Lie”

However inaproriate; boorish; lacking in decorum; rude; crude; and socially unacceptable Congressmen Wilson’s outburst may have been he did speak truth to power and focused the Country’s attention on the endless barrage of, dare we say lies, that roll off the tongues of the “Change We Can Believe In” bunch with far too much frequency and far too much ease.

Desperate times call for desperate measures and the Obama Administration’s attempt to impose a Socialist/Marxist coup on the most advanced and effective Healthcare System in the world certainly warrants a strong, immediate, unequivocal, and unprecedented response.

Thoughts of Obama from Bama applauds Congressmen Wilson’s courage, patriotism and service to our Country and encourages all of our elected officials to follow his lead. Speaking out against unconstitutional government intervention, corruption and public officials who mislead/lie to “We the People”, even when it’s the President of these here United States, is the solemn duty and responsibility of every single member of Congress. If a few Congressional Rules of Decorum or Etiquette get sidestepped in the process, you have our full support and blessings to proceed accordingly.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

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