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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-11-10 09:30 AM
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Didn't the Republican party demand the media to accept Joe Wilson's "apology"
and "move on"? Isn't he still in office?

And he still serves on the Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, and the Subcommittee on Military Personnel ...
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-11-10 09:38 AM
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1. It is all faux outrage
The republicans have based their party on racism aka "the southern strategy" started by Nixon and used by Reagan, Bush 1, and bush 2.




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Raspberry Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-11-10 11:07 AM
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2. Differences:
1. Wilson's comment wasn't racial.

2. He was censured by the House, and Reid wants no consequences for his egregious comments.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 08:02 AM
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3. censured by the House ...
with a LOT of Republicans defending him and demanding that the same be done to Dems ... for what, we don't know, because Dems in Congress didn't heckle Bush like Wilson did, during his speech ...
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