** An audience member yells "You Lie" at Obama during his speech to Congress. **
Obama had just said that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his health care plan:
The brave audience member in question was Congressman Joe Wilson (R, SC). As I type this, Joe Wilson is the #1 trending topic on Twitter.
As you probably know, analysis provided by the Congressional Research Service backs up Joe Wilson and refutes Obama's claim:
Kudos to Joe Wilson for speaking truth to power!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seated behind the president, offered her mother-of-five glare towards the Republican side of the chamber. First Lady Michelle Obama was seen shaking her head from side to side.
Let's hope Wilson has cleared all the skeletons from his closet! He's going to be scrutinized like never before...
Wilson’s comment has prompted immediate and intense reactions. “Joe Wilson” is currently the number one search item on Twitter, and perennial GOP saboteur, John McCain, called Wilson's comment “totally disrespectful” on CNN’s Larry King Live. McCain said Wilson should apologize to the president “immediately.”
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in on her Twitter page: “Biggest disappointmnt (sic) of evening, the total lack of respect shown by one member for the President. Never acceptable to behave like a jerk.”
Members if the rowdy UK parliament are probably laughing. Undoubtedly, liberal Democrats will suddenly discover a profound longing for "dignity and decorum."
I, for one, hope Wilson doesn't apologize. Obama should apologize for his lies.
UPDATE II: Just to make things perfectly clear for the Obama drones:
The Congressional Research Office has provided analysis on HR3200…
In its subsection on health insurance subsidies (known as “affordability credits”), HR 3200 does state, “Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.” That would seem to solve the problem, but it’s more rhetoric than reality. The bill contains no verification requirement or enforcement process for citizenship or legal residency, as exists for other federal benefit programs. The only verification required for the subsidies pertains to family income. Beyond that, as the CRS report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner.
House Democrats defeated all attempts in committee to add an enforcement mechanism that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for those getting subsidies.
Read more at Hot Air.
In its subsection on health insurance subsidies (known as “affordability credits”), HR 3200 does state, “Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.” That would seem to solve the problem, but it’s more rhetoric than reality. The bill contains no verification requirement or enforcement process for citizenship or legal residency, as exists for other federal benefit programs. The only verification required for the subsidies pertains to family income. Beyond that, as the CRS report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner.
House Democrats defeated all attempts in committee to add an enforcement mechanism that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for those getting subsidies.
Read more at Hot Air.
Big hat tip to Gateway Pundit
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It was, in fact, a lie. Although certainly not his biggest of the night...
