Hey Democrats, You Heckled Bush

September 10, 2009 · Filed Under Politics

There’s a lot of phony outrage coming out of democrats and the liberal media over GOP congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst during the president’s speech last night.

Wilson stood up and rightly called Obama a liar when he said illegal aliens won’t be covered under his health plan.

I agree that his outburst was unacceptable and he was right to apologize. He should have waited until the speech was finished, then taken to the airwaves to call him a liar.

President Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is wildly spinning the story to the liberal media saying “no president has ever been treated like that” which is of course — absurd.

Democrats treated Bush like shit during multiple State of the Union speeches with loud boos, hisses, and catcalls. So for democrats to be righteously indignant over Wilson’s outburst is laughable.

Here’s what Politico says:

Joe Wilson’s 15 minutes of infamy notwithstanding, Democrats were pretty rough on George W. Bush during a joint sessions a few years back.

Two examples:

In 2004, Democrats delivered a “Chorus Of Boos” during Bush’s Bush’s State Of The Union when he called for renewal of the Patriot Act., according to the Washington Times.

In 2005, Dems howled, hissed and shouted "No!" when Bush pushed for Social Security reform in the SOU: "Foreshadowing the contentiousness of the coming debate, Democrats broke decorum and booed twice," according to the National Journal.

At the time, CNN’s Bill Schneider remarked, “It was unusual. I had never heard it at least at that level before. The Democrats clearly were booing, heckling, saying no when the president talked about the crisis in Social Security."

Politico also confirms Wilson’s claim that Obama is a liar when it comes to illegals being covered:

Moreover, Obama’s claim that illegal immigrants won’t be covered — which sparked Wilson’s outburst — while technically accurate, doesn’t quite tell the entire story. Some of the bills being considered in the House and Senate contain provisions locking in local statutes that prevent providers from inquiring about immigration status prior to treatment. And illegals are treated, and are bound to be treated, in ERs, covered by local, state and federal uninsured pools.

Wilson was right that Obama is a liar, but he picked the wrong place to express it. Democrats on the other hand, have little room to be outraged. They treated Bush like shit and the media said nothing.