Heckler Rep. Wilson Speaks To Reporters

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UPDATE V (via Josh Marshall): Wilson doesn't seem to be doing to well today: Rep. Wilson (R-SC), the new face of Republican opposition to health care reform, just went before the cameras for the first time looking sweaty and sort of shaky like he might be about to cry. I know that sounds a bit like trash talk. But that's actually how he came off, his affect and expressions. He gave a pretty weak rationale for his claims about coverage of illegal aliens and then dashed off. We'll have the video for you shortly. UPDATE IV (Thurs): Over $100,000 raised (so far) by Wilson's opponent, Rob Miller! HUFFPO: Rob Miller, Wilson's Opponent, Raises Over $100,000 Off "You Lie" Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) untoward outburst Wednesday night has had a positive effect for at least one person. Rob Miller, a Democrat planning to run against Wilson in 2010, has taken in more than $100,000 through the website ActBlue.com since his opponent heckled the president. About half the money has come from Daily Kos readers through a group called "Defeating the man who yelled 'liar' at Obama." Miller ran against Wilson in 2008; National Journal called it the congressman's "first serious challenge." A retired Marine and an Iraq veteran, Miller ran without any help from national Democrats as a social conservative and critic of the Bush administration. During that campaign, he blogged for the Huffington Post about his reasons for running: Markos has more.... We've spent the entire summer watching the teabaggers drag our public discourse into the mud, spreading fear and lies, calling Obama a Nazi and describing the public option as a communist plot. We've seen them accuse us of wanting to kill their grandmothers, and they hysterically fought to "protect" their children from Obama's "stay in school" speech to students, as if he were a child molester. And last night, during a Joint Session of Congress, Rep. Joe Wilson adopted the Teabagger tactics and bizarrely thought it a good idea to try and disrupt the President's address. As ...
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Heckler Rep. Wilson Speaks To Reporters Sept 10, 2009From:tpmtvViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:26More inNews & Politics
A very, very nervous Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) just spoke with reporters, confirming that his party leadership approached him after his "You lie!" outburst last night, and that he contacted the white House to apologize. "Well I, uh, last night...

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A very, very nervous Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) just spoke with reporters, confirming that his party leadership approached him after his "You lie!" outburst last night, and that he contacted the white House to apologize. "Well I, uh, last night...
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