WASHINGTON (CNN) – South Carolina Republican congressman Joe Wilson has now raised over $2 million in campaign contributions since he shouted "You lie!" at the president earlier this month.
A campaign aide confirmed that Wilson surpassed the $2 million mark on Monday.
Wilson and his 2010 opponent, Democrat Rob Miller, each raised more than $1.5 million in the week after Wilson's outburst, which occurred during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on September 9.
The House voted to formally reprimand Wilson last week, amidst an aggressive online fundraising effort by the congressman's staff.
Miller is scheduled to visit Washington on Wednesday for a pair of fundraisers on Capitol Hill.
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Now all the Republicans will be doing the same thing next time Obama addresses congress. Wonder if some cash strapped Dems will to?
Sick. This guy disrepects our President in a Rude Disgusting Pompus way... Then runs out Campaigning for cash after "Apologizing". Why didn't he just hold up the Nazi Symbols in the chamber w his GOP Right wing buddies while he was at it...these Right wing Extremist are jus disgusting. The party of NO and Hate...sad
Wilson should be ashamed!!! Everyone is entilted to an opinion but, there is a time and a place for it. this was niether the time nor the place...shame on you!
Rewarding incivility...what a novel concept.
Why would idiots reward this idiot? Oh...never mind.
America is a really messed up place.
Take the money out of politics and you might find better public servants and better policies.
It is insane and obscene to allow money to interfere with elections , does that mean your vote is for sale..???
pretty sorry manners that sothern bell has. even if he is a good guy it is hard to imagine a situation where a congressman would think it is appropreate to yell at the president during a speech. I guess there are a lot of people with bad manners out there who want to give him money, this is a bid president.
These contributors are showing that they have no respect for the U.S. Congress or the Office of the President. This is a sad day for our country.
Says a lot for the donors...class acts like him.
Looks to me like most people agree with Wilson and willing to put money on it.
The problem Obama did not tell the truth and some people are just tired of his lies!
How stupid that this wing nut would collect 2 million because he has shown that civility is leaving America. And that shows what dim wits his supporters are that they would send him money for showing such disrespect to the president of the United State. Agree with him or disagree with him, President Obama is owed nothing less than the respect his office demands. How sad for our country.
Wilson joins Rush and Gen: stupidity, hatred and rudeness pay big time.
An aide "confirmed" that Wilson had taken in $2 million? Confirmed what? His own web site's unverified claims?
The truth is we will not know how much he has taken in until he has to file his campaign's monthly report.
Meanwhile, his opponent, Rob Miller, has raised an ACTUAL $1.5 million, which can be verified on ActBlue.com.
Unless CNN is actually working for Wilson's campaign, I would expect your "journalists" to take the campaign's inflated numbers with a grain of salt.
nice, you ensure your name will be the answer to many many political jeopardy question AND rake in $$$.
Joe Wilson is such an easy name to remember too.
But why does this come from a congressman from South Carolina, of all the 50 states? I'm sure there are other congressmen who feel just as strongly about this that are not from one of the southern states?
Does not speak well of the people who gave joe the money.
It's not a surprise to learn Joe Wilson's "raised" so much money. The Republicans are grasping at anything they think has traction, even if that traction is based on a complete fallacy...and it is.
Republicans want to do anything they can to convince enough people they're smarter than President Obama, when they're not.
Republicans think they can fool some of the people some of the time, and quickly realize they can fool other Republicans all of the time. So, of course Joe Wilson's "raised" that much money...the sheep are easily fleeced when jammed down the Republican noise machine.
Wow. Every time I convince myself that the election of Obama marked a high point in human evolution, I'm quickly backhanded by the fact that far too many Americans are freaking IDIOTS!
So what this says is... you can basically disrespect the highest office in the land with rude, out of line outbursts and get rewarded for it....
It also says there is a good portion of people in society, so ignorant, that they'd actually part with their (supposedly) hard earned capitalist dollar to support this clown...
How does the saying go...
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON DEPARTED.
Glad to see we're rewarding people for a complete lack of respect to the most powerful man in the world.
If he got $2mil for heckling, how much should Nancy Pelosi get for calling the Tea Party group Nazis and astroturf? I think they should really create a new political game show called "Who Wants to be a Czar?" The winner gets to be a Czar and is excused from all penalties from name calling, gets $2 million dollars a show, and gets heckling rights for life.
Somebody should start taking orders for a "YOU LIE" tea shirt!
Republicans want to drag their feet, impede progress, and throw temper tantrums...so they can turn around next year and say President Obama was a failure... but in the end the people that are going to be hurt the most are the American people. Republicans have no shame and no decency enough to face reality.
I wonder if Joe Wilson would have shouted at Obama if he was White, Southern Republicans have no respect for anyone who isn't a White Christian
I wonder how much the Health Insurance companies and other corrupt scum in America paid Joe Wilson to say that as well as fund money for his campaign
The only difference is that Miller's is coming from individual people and Wilson is getting lumps of cash from the right wing money machine. It's cool Joe, they count every vote the same regardless of how rich you are. Unless of course you are trying to institute the 3/5th rule again?
why ride on Baracks popularity to survive politically.The congresman is just Naive and should show his supporters how to be a Good man, a role model..............................not a hooligan.
Barack will succeed despite all this. the congressman lies
Had Wilson done his job and READ the bill that President Obama was discussing he'd have known it FORBIDS health insurance coverage for illegal aliens. His ignorance thus made his heckling of "You lie!" itself a lie. Once again we have a Conservative Republican projecting their own issues onto others, a pot calling the kettle black. Why any INFORMED American citizen would give Wilson money to reward him for rudeness and poor job performance defies all logic and good sense.
You lie!
Take that, libs!
Shame on those who reward the mediocre and the lousy, the mistaken and the wrongdoer. This is a time where anything goes as long as it serves a political view or agenda. It seems that these poeple are willing to let the world come to an end and their country collapse if it serves their purpose.
Yet another attempt to denigrate a Republican by the Liberals that has blown up in their faces...couldn't happen to a worse bunch of clowns.
Joe Wilson should return every penny of that money. Pitiful politics... but hey...it's SC good ole boys at it again..he should call his own Gov. a liar!!!
I agree with him/ also I thought we lived in free country to say what we wanted to say I`ll be sending him some money and I can`t even vote for him
Thankyou Mr. Wilson for the truth...we have heard nothing but Lies and finally someone brave enough took a stand... Keep up the Great work!!!!
One comment hardly a heckler makes.
It is too bad you don't report more truth.
joe wilson is right if you believe what obama says you believed what hitler said......pure and simple
He can raise a billion what's going to matter is the ballot box
New sign of the times:
"Will be rude for food"
2 million for a splintered party and a splintered campaign, so what. If the people don't stand behind you then you still lose and trust me, the people don't stand behind you. SC is in the craper because of your failed policies and ignorance.
What kind of society rewards such bad behavior. If our political leaders can receive huge sums of money for ridiculing our president and the government they serve then we shouldn't be surprised when this becomes the norm and our children do it.
Go Joe!
It's desperation. Throw money @ Wilson's feet.
I cant believe that people are paying South Carolina Republican congressman Joe Wilson who has now raised over $2 million in campaign contributions since he shouted "You lie!" at the president earlier this month.For his bad behavior, and disrespect . There is no morals in the State of South Carolina!
Will South Carolina Republican congressman Joe Wilson keep the money or give it back? that is the question now ! If Joe Wilson keeps the money then he is not sorry for his outburst comment "you lie!" period!
Joe Wilson give the $2 million to the harvest food bank to redeem yourself.
Go Joe!
More evidence the Right is dominated by hysterical Nutjobs and anarchists who seem bent on dismantling society. There isn't any meaningful discussion coming from the Right these days. Where have all the insightful conservatives gone?
whats is that old saying you can take the BOY out of the south but you can't take the racist south out of the BOY somethings just don't change
go pick your cotton wilson
I sent my check into All American Joe!
Are people sending Wilson money in hopes that he can purchase some civility or decorum? Perhaps if he gets enough money, he will go away.
I am astonished that this rude behavior is being rewarded.
Well, isn't he special! My goodness it must make Joe feel real good to raise so much money by just disrespecting the President. I think this will come back to bite him in the long run. If he is the man everyone makes him out to be he has to be ashamed of what he did. I know that I am ashamed of him! Anyone who would act the way he did does not deserve to live in our country. I think he needs to go far away from here. He didn't do anything to be proud of. He disgraced everybody mainly himself!
So now we pay people who lower the tone of a conversation??
If my child did what Joe Wilson did at school, he would get a 10 day suspension. If I did this at work, I would get fired. Joe Wilson does it and is rewarded for his bad behavior.
This is typical of what is wrong with Washington (with either party). Bad behavior is rewarded, not punished
Because he was telling the truth, BAM was lying through his buck teeth. Immigrants to did not have to show any identification to get insurance!. Just another lie by the democants.
THe problem with socialsim is you eventually run out of other peoples money.
And why should I trust this campaign aide when his own boss is a liar himself?
As Joe Wilson is a part of our government and participating in an offical 'paid' meeting, I don't really consider him a "heckler" as your headline suggests. We still don't know if the President was lying or not do we? Where's the impartial investigation by our news media?
What do the reset of us do - the people who are sick of loutish, reactionary extremists posing as respectable conservatives, sick of the Pelosis, the teabggers, the death panel nuts, the run-from-Afghanistan-now-at-all-costs crowd? What about the people who inhabit the reasonable middle? Where is our party? Who represents us? Anyone who's not extreme is thought to be weak or uninformed or wishy-washy. Well, I'm not wishy-washy in being sickened by our slimy politics. If we're the greatest country on Earth, why do our political leaders so often act in a way that shames us? Speaqk up, people. Don't endorse any behavior just because it wears the label you do. Demand better from all sides - or we'll continue to slide down this greasy slope.
this is crazy why do people not want to accept a black president ,,,a lot of white people still have a thing with supremacy??its so wierd
wilson should get kicked out of concress. this is about race and the republicans are behind this. i'm not black and i can see this. i don;t agree with obama but as president i would never disrepect him
we the people voted him in . god help us all if we ever get a republican in office again. obama is at least trying . we the people need to take our freedom back
The headline on the front page that ties to this story...reads "Obama heckler takes in...." Why is it ok for this site to refer to Joe Wilson in a derogatory manner, yet Joe Wilson is chastised for speaking the truth?
Also-ask yourselves this? Why were they so quick to reprimand Wilson, yet Charlie Rangel and his very questionable accounting practices go un-reprimanded?
No answer for that huh?
Headline: Conservatives reward rude behavior. What else is new?
Racism is alive and well in South Carolina, as if we didn't already know. The white supremacists are rising up and will spare no expense to get their party back in power. And no, these observations are not driven by Jimmy Carter's comment, or any other for that matter. I live in the Southeast, I see it every day, and I do mean every day.
Look at the faces of all the people sitting around and in front of Mr. Wilson in the photo. Not ONE person looks shocked or even turned to look at him in agreement or anything. They KNEW he was going to do this....sickening.
Each time CNN publishes another news piece about the angry mob, Joe makes more cash.
THANKS CNN.
WOW, at least CNN didn't hide their blatant bias here, as the headline on CNN.com's home page was "Obama heckler takes in $2MM".
If, what Joe Wilson said is truth, then what he did is NOT heckling. I guess CNN is too biased to consider this.
I guess we can now assume that every republican wanting to raise money will shout out at President Obama every chance they get.
I think Wilson is a disgusting pig – and he will not be reelected no matter how much money the right wing fringe throws at him.
South Carolina has become a joke because of Sanford and Wilson...both are a disgrace to their state and to our country.
Enough of the side show.... Please get back to the main event.
Is there a health care plan out there that we can all live with?
That's not outrageously expensive?
That's fair to everyone?
That ends the scandals of people being denied coverage for minor technicalities?
That end the personal fund raisers that appear regularly on local news (Please give money so my child can get cured!).
That's not riddles with special and expensive perks in order to get legislative support.
Sadly, I think this speaks volumes about Republicans. The Republican party is already bereft of credibility, moral authority, and any sense of ethics whatsoever. I guess the last thing they needed to get rid of was manners.
He's going to need it.
Like Wilson all the idiots are donating, Hopefully the American people
will open up their eyes and make sure this loose cannon does not get elected. He is another Rush L.
The teabaggers "taking their country back" from what???
If they're not racist then what are they? Just listen to their words and their speeches and read their signs and you'll know for a fact that they're all racist.
And as long as CNN covers their events they'll keep on keeping on...and get worse and worse with their racist rants.
2 million worth of contributions to support someone being rude and someone who was provably lying (the bill disallows illegal aliens from gaining services).
Why is such a large portion of Republicanism bankrupt?
Distracting ourselves with Joe Wilson just prolongs the plan to pull the plug on Grandma. Obama's friends need that $500 billion being "wasted" on Medicare to buy important things like yachts. And we surely can’t have unemployed yacht workers.
It's a good waste of their money. A $1 to Joe Wilson is a $1 for stupidity!
Ask Wilson, as a former Army Lawyer, if he could yell at the judge and how often he did it..
Respect is taught in kindergarten on up. If you yell in class you are punished not rewarded. In the case of Wilson, he never learned and neither did those giving campaign contributions to him.
Just proves President Carter's point. Everyone who opposes Obama isn't a racist bigot, but considering the overall population, even a small minority is still a sizeable chunk.
why is a candidate raising funds for re-election news worthy? Enough CNN...move on...
Joe said what most American's are thinking. Glad he said "You Lie" for all American's.
This further exemplifies why my former Republican Party should not be in positions of governing. Their affiliations actually condone this type of disgraceful & uncivilized behavior from Rep. Wilson. Unbelievable.
It just becomes another negative reflection on the GOP these days with their promotion of unruly outbursts at town halls, deather dishonesty, hypocritical teabagging, and paranoid birther conspiracies. How sad.
Good for Joe Wilson, showing Obama that the peolpe trust and like Joe. The F 16's left Wisconsin the early am for Iraq and Afghan. and this makes Obama and his campaign words a poor joke on the american people. Obama was on TV last night and not in Wisconsin to explain why to the service persons and to the families why the sending more over seas to war. Congress should change their resolution against Joe Wilson and apologize on national public TV. As for out bursts Obama has done the same on TV and not been censured. It looks like two different rules and congress expects the americans to respect them or trust them????
Why haven't you ID'd the Congressman who was texting all during President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress and the Nation? Was he a Democrat and therefore immune to public ridicule?
The president says the tax increase – clearly defined as a tax increase – in the new healthcare legislation is not a tax increase.
YOU LIE.
Just more proof that the party of "family values" ..... is a completely phoney bunch of malcontents ...... represented directly and indirectly by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.
The GOP, especially during and after the Bush-Cheney experiment, is mostly a political party of selfish, arrogant, rude, belligerant extremists.
There is no room for middle ground for them .... ever.
They have no respect (or civility) for anyone who is not their own ...... or any idea that is not their own.
Their vision for America, as they fondly look back at the last century, is a Republic form of government ...... not a Democracy.
The have the right name, don't they? ............ Republicans.
This is so sad....................it's all about the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yee haw ... you go get 'em, paranoid conservatives.
Seriously ... I would be embarrassed if I were Wilson. His support base is likely the same people who are stocking up on guns right now.
He wouldn't be the first politician to raise money based on acting like a you-know-what. And anyone dumb enough to think that wasn't the idea in the first place needs to stop and read some news articles sometime.
A guy who represents a state with one of the worst health care systems in the country should be the last one rallying against reform and for insurance companies and pharmaceuticals!!!!
I can easily guess where the $2 million is directly or indirectly coming from!
Hooray for his financiers and to Hell with his constituents!
Just another PSP – Pocket Stuffing Politician...
The "Party-of-no-ideas" Republicans will support anything to discredit the President. The right-wing does more harm to our Nation than terrorists could ever plan & execute – but they all wear little flags on their lapels...
Does say a lot about the S. Carolinians, doesn't it. They've a history of supporting kooks. I guess, every great place in the world has its eye-sore and SC is ours.
Nothing better that rewarding someone for being rude. Whether you agree with the address or not, at least have enough class to sit and listen. But then again, the Republican party is the party of morals, right?
He speaks the truth!
We need more like him.
Geez, imagine how much money Ol' Joe could of made if he just walked down and punched Obama's lights out!
Big deal! He is still a GOP racist and an idiot to boot! He will still be a loser!
Good to see that the Republican (Republican't?) party is still a class act. Excellent example for the youth of America, assuming they cared about anyone whose umbilical cord is no longer attached.
This just goes to show you that republicans reward those who are disrespectful, rude, & nasty. I will bet you that most of the money came from the christian right, who pretend to be holier than thou & are very self righteous & judgemental of others.....Wilson is setting a poor example for his family & the people of SC, but he is getting paid well for & look at the publicity.
Isn't it funny how a racist who shows his disrespect to the President of the United States can easily feast off of the evils of this country? Sad. I hope his kids show him the same disrespect.
I contributed, the day following the vote. One dollar for each of the 247 hyprocrits who voted in favor!
What does Obama and the Fringe media have in common?
They both are liars.
The fact that this guy raised ANY money after what he did shows exactly what is wrong with politics in America (I'm a Republican) and voters. We really need to reform campaign finance laws and force politicians to run on the issues and the media to display the issues; PACs and lobbyists are helping polarize this country and it just provides the media with more content, regardless of how stupid.
Don't think for a second other politicians or wannabes aren't paying close attention to how much his stunt, real or contrived, is paying off-be prepared to see more of the same.
If Wilson is truly sorry, a grand gesture would be to either return or donate that money-for his campaign to profit from poor behavior sends a bad message to children, and it would also set the standard for any other politician who is contemplating such a ploy.
He deserves it, Obama was lying. If you blatenly lie before the house, you shold be called on it. Obama is supposed to be workijng for the people of the US, not personally involved in his own adjenda. He is no longer a communitiy organizer. He is a president of the US, or is supposed to be. We are seeing all the corruptionin his whitehouse and people connected to the whitehouse.
Do your job, I would say do what you promissed to do while you were runing for election, but we see you have allready blown those promises. You cannot be trusted to do the right thing. Obama is a noe-way president, and that way is not the american way.
The Senator has been lying ever since the "You Lie" incident. He's made several false claims. Among them the "fact" that he was a real estate lawyer: he lied. And that he helped a prominent gov't official's daughter obtain a job in the South Carolina legislature: he lied about that too. I can only conclude that this habitual liar is also lying about how much money he's raised also.
So those called conservatives are rewarding bad manners, classless behavior, immaturity, and rudeness..? It doesn't surprise me to leanr that self righteous always will think that they are right. Even if I would be a republican, I would be embarrased because of this IMMATURE politician.. I wouldn't give him a penny. If I would be at one of his political gatherings.. I would be more than honored throwing my shoes at him.. even though that is not a civilized and mature behavior.
I saw the expression on his face.. Thius guy is an "opinionated" and controlling individual. I wonder how he treats his wife and children. Well.. just another hypocrite who will not be re-elected.
What else have we come to expect from South Carolinians? Mayhem, theft, racism, "heckling as discourse." All in the name of ... what? Bringing the whole country down to this type of behavior?
Citizens of South Carolina, are you really satisfied with this? Really?
Joe can use that money to pay down his personal debt which is well over 1 million. Those big Insurance companies came through for old Joe, just like they said they would.
What a joke. This guy makes a fool of himself and his party and he gets $2million to show for it. Whatever it is, racism or plain stupidity, the Republicans are a scary bunch...
Sorry, Joe...actually YOU LIED. Disrespectful, hypocritical GOP.
That's because everyone knows President Acorn is indeed a liar! Dem's and Lib's just don't like the facts......
Joe Wilson is a national hero! Wilson in '12!!!
Only in America does it pay to be a racist in denial.
Joe, I have not sent my contribution yet, where do I send it?
So now CNN calls Rep Wilson a heckler.
Very disappointing.
GO JOE! Stand up for what's right and correct!
I'm behind you 100%!
Put my money to good use!
Such behavior should not be reward by another term. Indys, Dems and Repubs should give to Rob Miller's campaign to maintain legislative professionalism in this our cherished branch.
Sigh...the world is full of idiots.
I guess the right wingnuts must be doing pretty well in this economy if they have extra cash to send to their new patron saint.
Being rude and an idiot certainly does pay off in the end. And they say racism is dead.
And the Lord said, "speak the truth and you'll be rewarded" (2 million $'s fold). See Joe, God is on our side. How about them apples Libs?
It's a sad state of affairs when someone can act in such outlandish, childish way and be rewarded for it. Just goes to show how archaic and uneducated many people in this country are.
CNN....enough of that jerk wilson, please!!!!!!.........and the jerks who contribute are a bunch of low lifes....
When you are one of the good ol' boys you can never do any wrong. What a shame.
Collecting funds for being disrepectful to the President in the Halls on Congress, no to memtion loud, ill mannored and ignorant. What have we come to.
Why does any of this surprise anyone? Half of our country is in disagreement with the Obama Administration just like it was with the Bush Administration. He promised change and has created termoil. The "love fest" is over and people are speaking out more than ever to the Left's extremism. Get used to it and it has ZERO to do with the man's race. Many of us flatly disagree with his "Social Order" ideas.
I'm glad Mr. Wilson did this, I only wish more of our appointed folks would stand up to this President and so him for what he is.
I am sorry that Mr. Wilson is from S.C. once again we are the laughing stock of the free world,and to thimk I took a class field trip to see Mr. Wilson at work.His fight for reelection is going to be a tight one. I just donated $200.00 to his opponent and hope others will do the same
It is amazing how much you can do with your name in the news. I just hope that come November 2010 he can look for something new to do because I wouldn't want someone who can't control himself in office. Who knows what else he might do or ask for if he can't control himself. If he had said it after the joint session or during the Republican response, that would have been fine.
I am sorry that the country I live in rewards this type of inappropriate behavior.
I am assuming since he is rude. That he will be honest enough to quit taking government, and vet benefits for himself, and his family.
That he will do everything he can to provide health care for the many poor people who listen to this garbage, and believe the government would hurt them more then the insurance companies.
Joe Wilson needs to be clear that the opinion he so rudely expressed is his, not a reflection of any lobbiest money he might be taken.
There is also the issue I believe to be real.....South Carolina is not a state that elects representatives the reflect all of South Carolina, or even a Christian point of view.
Go Joe. Thanks for calling this President out. He has YET to explain how illegals won't receive benfits under his plan. Because he can't.
So we are in a donation duel between Conservatives who support anyone who opposes Obama in any way and Democrats who want to express disapproval of Wilson's carefully planned spontaneous outburst.
This is more Conservative street theater. Conservative leaders want to depict politics as a duel between personalities. Their goal is to prove they are better people than their opponents, not to compare policies or proposals. Politics is not about personal honor, who's telling the truth, who slept with whom, or who has courage and who doesn't. It's about the economy, health care, global warming, population growth, the national infrastructure, the national debt, education, affordable college, drug laws, terrorism, etc.
This just shows what type of class these big dollar Republican politicians have. Anything to gain more money, something the average American doesn't have any more. Way to show the world how we treat each other. Stuff like this is ridiculous, I want a job, food, and shelter, but our politicians rather insult the leader of our nation rather than working to lower my medical bills. I had staph infection two months ago and had to be admitted into a hospital. After insurance, it still cost me $2,500. If this is not a problem for the average American then I do not know what is. If politics has come down to this, then we are all doomed on this planet. Stuff like this takes away from important issues like health care, jobs, the environment, climate change, and hunger. If our politicians cannot get around there differences and work things out on this health care problem or any other issues that we have in this country then I see no hope for the future.
Think how much he would have raised if he had run up to the podium, leaped onto the President and punched him in the face.
Anyone who donated to Wilson after this incident is a disgrace.
Wilson is pathetic, has no true courage or respect for the office he holds.
Figures. Just goes to show how bad the issues with racism go in this country. South Carolina is no bastion of equality either. This Joe Wilson is a manipulator and a racist. Why is it that he had a camera on him while he uttered those words that took, say, maybe a second? He did it because he wanted the wacko racist fringe of the GOP to come to his aid and it looks like they have.
The libs are underestimating the anger of the taxpayers of the country very badly. They like our dear leader, the omnipotent one, only listen to the news that they tell the state run media to run and make the fatal mistake of believing it. Arrogance and stupidity are hallmarks of liberalism.
Yawn! Is this really news? The people that are always behind disrepectful and obnoxious people like this are still behind them?? Big whoopin deal.. This is not news CNN! What about the other guy (his opponent)? No news about how much money he's making today?? Did CNN get taken over by FOX News?? Sho looks like it!
Last night I watched Letterman. The entire studio audience was better behaved than Joe "the liar" Wilson, but of course, they are not elected officials that are overpaid and under worked. Only the right wingnuts can justify a congressman acting like a spoiled 4 year old.
This goes to show you what people would back this guy. Disrespecting the President is ok, god what has this country come to, when this type of behavior is condoned and praised..I think this was set up, as not one person around him made a move, no surprise in facial expressions, so that tells me they knew it was coming..So people are donating to a party that set this stunt up, and claim it was just a difference of opinion..
Those contributers to Wilson are just fueling a political fire of hate. Frankly, they should be embarassed and ashamed for supporting this kind of behavior.
This is disgusting that someone is being rewarded for disrespectful behavior. You don't have to agree with the president – but please respect him as our country's leader. Disagree with him a a professional, constructive manner. Set a better example for our children.
I see Fox entertainment has organized another hate support group tea bagger party for the unemployed, gun loving, name calling morons who have never read the constitution, but are experts on it, thanks to the efforts of Beck and Hannity.
But, I think we can all agree on one thing, they are fun to watch.
He Lie! and the ones who gave him $$$ is a lie
Rudeness rewarded! Looks like the economy is not the only serious problem facing this country!
Next we'll have kids trying it in school with their teachers and their parents will call their rudeness "freedom of speech". God help us!
It just proves the way to get ahead as a Republican is to act insane and lie.
All South Carolinians have to be proud of their favorite son of the confederacy. Personally, I would not by a used car from Joe The Liar.
Now you are talking. The first time I heard that he raised only $200,000 I was like, does the life of millions of Americans that die every year because of the atrocities of the insurance companies cost that cheap. His pay masters, the insurance companies, should do better. Remember that when Bush left office it was reported that he has been making $1M per day. Wilson should be able to beat that bench mark. Disappointingly he is not. We expect a million per day congressman!
Wison was right about Obama being a liar but he should not have interrupted the president. Why does Wilson get a reprimand but criminals like Charlie Rangel are left alone.
Is there any talk about Joe Wilson possibly running for governor? Also, can you provide more information about Gresham Barrett? I'm not too familiar with him. thanks, j speer, marieta, sc
I just love the way CNN characterizes a congressman. How is it any more civil to call a congressman, "a heckler", than it was for Wilson to shout out "you lie". At least Wilson was making an honest assessment. Wilson did not follow etiquette, but he said what we are all thinking.
Keep him out there as the poster "boy" for ignorant and arrogant thinking with the mouth and temperment of a school yard punk.
Now when anybody sees any SC republican you see them for who they are, unless of course you are a Fox Beck-ler or a dito-head.
It's great that they are out from under the rocks. Please keep showing his face until these social parasites are no more.
You go, Joe!!
Sad when a person can be so disrespectful, then earn money from it. One of the reasons I can't vote Republican. People like this guy run that party. As long as the wing nuts run the parties I believe we need a third party.
2 million,1.5 Million just for a congressional seat. We need real campaign finance reform.
This is the problem with America over 3.5 million dollars for these to rich white men to smear eachother. Use that money for something useful. What a joke.
Disrespecting the office of the president is the new thing to do.......
I am sure the SC rep wilson will be very careing and help ALL the people that are hurting in his state. RIght? Maybe he will help those that have lost their homes. Maybe he will help those that are elderly and need their medication and food. Right? Maybe he will single handly open up a buisness and employee all those that have lost their jobs. Right? Maybe he will help with their HEALTH INSURANCE.....you know those that have life threatning needs that are not being met......because they do not have hisn MILLIONS. Right?
The answer to all the above? NO.
He will want to keep all that money to himself.
Selfish. Right? YES.
But that is the Rep way.
Wilson is already known in his district since he is a career politician in Congress since 2001. Thus, his money means nothing. People already know him, they don't like him and their votes cannot be bought. Wilson has disgraced himself and his state with his embarrassing racist outburst.
I contributed $100 to Rep. Wilson. I'm proud we have someone that wasn't afraid to say what's right.
Oh my goodness let me open up my wallet from Mr. MILLER. The people who support Joe Wilson should be ashamed of themselves.
oh..............could the good ole' boy, wilson tell his tea party people that the statement ,"they are aready to take back their country"......is realy incorrect........this is Turtle Island. This is Native American country.
tea party? what boat did they come over on? I am sure it is ready to load and go back home.All aboard....................
Please.....leave ........before any more of this once wonderful/clean/abundant land is destroyed.
Please leave.........all occupiers aboard............
Please.
To know that people have sent this jerk 2 million dollars is really a sign of the sad, sad state of affairs of this country.
To show that people approve of his lack of civility and poor judgement shows the partisan bickering and split going on in this country assuring that we will never again show the world leadership that we as a nation used to hold in this troubled world.
Instead of working together to pull this country out of the mess that we are in, the two parties and the split of our population's ideology will assure the downfall of our once great nation.
What a sad commentary on our society. That an immature outburst, fed by racism, ideology, and hatred, can bring out the worst in us - including our money - speaks volumes about our values. Joe Wilson would do well to remember that we were all immigrants once.
I wish South Carolina would secede. What exactly do they produce besides tobacco and racists? Better off without them.
Joe Wilson is nothing more than a bag of wind. He should go and actually read the health bill before spewing lies.
Ad sales reps in SC are drooling.
Joe Wilson could come out of this election a multi-millionaire. Campaign funds aside, as long as he wins, conservative lobbyists will be stuffing hundred dollar bills down the front of his boxers.
"You Lie"........finally a man who speaks the truth! Just goes to show Democrats can't handle the truth. Where was all this uproar when Bush was in office and he was shouted down by Democrats? Obama is a proven liar by his own words...........the ones where he matter of fact states he is for Universal health care.........and today he insists he is NOT. Hung by HIS own words. Obama has made way too many speeches and now they are coming back to HAUNT him.
i love how they try to portray the two things to make them seem as if they have a connection. which they dont.
Great. You are blatantly disrespectful of the President in a very public speech and your reward for your stupidity is a ton of disgruntled Americans who now pay attention to you as their "voice". Gotta love the "angry mob" component of democracy who best voice is shouting rather than constructive debate about the issues. Soundbites and political noise is helping speed this country to new levels in instability.
OK...who cares? Enough covering this guy and the quick money he made being a jerk. Just goes to show Americans have the money to throw away on things they want to throw it away to. They hardly dont ever want to spend money on anything important.
agree with Joe.
It is really sad when the American people who are sending this money to him, because he was a loud mouth and inconsiderate man, can say they are good Americans. It just goes and shows the rest of the world that we aren't any better than the countries we are trying to help. Pretty sad I think. Some people just have no morals or a conscience.
Not an obummer fan but do not like a congressman showing such disrespect for the president, even obummer.
Does go to show the stength of the movement against his overspending policies hurting this country. (no you can no onger place all your blame on Bush, especially since things went south when the dimocrats took control of congress).
South Carolina best be checking their water supply for causes for weird Republican behavior. Next!
THIS IS america i hope and he makes another million,looking at the snap where he calls out u lie what surprises me there is is no reaction from both the gentlemen sitting on his sides,where they already expecting it or where they simply very embarrassed god knows.In my personnel opinion mr wilson knows how 2 cash in
I wonder how long it will take the major parties to realize they are losing supporters on both sides?
Instead they are contributing directly to campaigns like this one.
Good barometer. It tells us that there's at least 2 million dollars worth of complete idiots out there.
I think it is a shame that some would be so rude and disrepectful of the president's postion at this time if you can respect the man at least repect the office if you had the office what would be your position
Amazing how two truthful words can bring in two million dollars.
Joe Wilson should not be glorified for being un-civil to the President of the United States of America. Sadly, most of us are cheering for him though, because we do not have even an ounce of respect for this man. We gave him the benefit of the doubt time and again. He seemed to be a kind, intelligent and honest family man, devoted to the causes that would help America and the world.
When reality set in, we couldn't take back our votes, but we could start a movement of peaceful dissention and renew our oaths of allegiance to our 'One nation under God'. 2010 will see the 'change we can believe in', swept away with a tidal wave of opposition to this administration's policies.
This has turned out to be the congressman's best political advertisement. His supporters in SC and elsewhere are really getting behind him because he is the only person in congress who will tell the truth.
Go Joe!!!
Will the house do the same thing to the fine people who booed President Bush I don't think so. Politics as usual Democrats continue to cry and could care less about important issues like to rising national debt and on and on and on.
Do you think we will have a government by the people for the people ever.
Term limitation vote the bums out. If they won't pass term limits then we need to vote them out. When are we going to stop letting them give themselves raises too.
Bad behavior is now being rewards with money ($2 million). What a message to send to our young children. I guess my son can speak out of term and say whatever he wants whenever he wants. There is a time and place to express your feeling and South Carolina Republican congressman Joe Wilson choose the wrong time and place to do so. He embarrassed our country, the president and himself.
He he he.....let the wingnuts waiste all their money in an uncompetative district. I like it.
In 1856 Senator Preston Brooks – naturally of South Carolina – beat Senator Charles Sumner with his cane. The beating was so severe that Sumner passed out in the aisle in a pool of blood, and proceeded to spend the next several weeks in the hospitial. Brooks broke his cane in the beating. Following the assault South Carolina wing-nuts sent Brooks dozens of canes, most bearing the slogan "hit him again."
The speech that Sumner had give that so angred the wing-nuts....was against slavery. South Carolina; first to secede.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
I'm sure Mr. Wilson did this for notoriety and to become a "hero" to the fools of his party. And it surely hasn't hurt his bank account either. Glad he was called out for it by Congress and hopefully this Bozo will be voted out of office. We don't need this kind of politics in our country.
In my opinion Joe Wilson is a racist just like the rest of the republicans.
these dollars from insurance thugs, and pharmacy thugs?????
What's with the Senator sitting to the right of him? Was he constipated?
This is a self fulfilling prophecy and more evidence that the media can't stay focused on the real issues. The more you report this silliness the more the lunatics (on the left and the right) will send money to this meaningless little district for this meaningness little election. It's one seat, in the south, that votes RED for everything.
Honestly, CNN, I'm about to change news sources. Grow up. Move on. Joe Wilson is a borish thug. South Carolina loves this kind of guy. His reelection is a lock and not a bellweather of things to come. Where is the news???
Isn't it sad that a disrespectul, inaccurate comment by a politician totally ignoring the honor and integrity of our polical system gains from
such action.
Even worse, he is proud and touting his disgusting behavior,
continuing on with his lies and distortions.
Are there any good republicans out there and why are not speaking
out against their parties irresponsible, unAmerican, sewer tactic?
"A fool and his money are easily parted." Those who contribute to this idiot (big business/insurance) are as stupid as he is.
Let's go Joe. 2012 presidential candidate
And who says it doesn't pay to be a boorish, closed-minded imbecile lacking in civility!
There's always one in every crowd. Sadly, though, the crowd is getting to be a mob!
Once agian, America's democracy bought and paid for. Nothing about how Wilson is going to help the country and what he stands for...just more money.
How many votes can 2 million buy? Why heck, for the whole 2 million I might even vote for a repugnant, and then I might just pretend that I did.
Raise the bar folks, let's make sure Joe gets THREE million.
This isn't the first time Wilson has behaved poorly. His poor attitude is reflective of his constituents who themselves seem to admire a certain brand of crazy.
The neo-confederates will finish what their ancestors failed to accomplish. They won't be happy until they tear this nation apart.
I believe Rob Miller has done better financially than Joe Wilson.
Is anyone surprised? A large cross-section of the US would like to see Obama fail at any cost. Joe Wilson was completely wrong in his outburst. he disrespected the office first then Obama. However, some Americans simply do not care as long as Obama fails. Some are in FACT motivated by race others by hate (of liberals) and still others by genuine philosophical differences. The problem is that the line between the groups is fuzzy at best.
Perhaps Mr. Wilson may step forward to lead in 2010, or even in 2012.
Too bad there isn't a third party, with that kind of ethical leadership, to call leadership, on their misleading statements.
Just one of those articles that when I read it I thought I should be saying, "oh my gosh, I just can't believe this!" But then, not so much...too bad.
When Democrat outraised Republicans, Repubs want to investigate and stop fund raising, but when the outraised Democrats... they like it and say it's ok... funny.
I can't believe that people can support and reward this king of behavior. That tells you how much ignorance and hate there is is this country.
I'll bet its all grass roots money from the voters in his district. I think he has the ethics to decline money from the out of state pop-eyed town hall shouters. You know–the pawns of the Armey and Glenndiddly Beker "movement:
My money's going to 13-year Marine Corps veteran Rob Miller. Joe Wilson is an embarrassment to his state, his country and the U.S. Congress, a fake and a liar besides.
You can't believe a word that comes out of Republican Joe Wilson's mouth....for that matter any Republican. The two million they're talking about is only "play money". Ha.
The Ratpublicans always buy their seat in office!
So you have Idiots on the right who support a member of congress disrespecting the President and the Chambers? Unbeliveable what do they teach their Children? This is totally not the party of Lincon or Reagan they would be ashamed!
Hate is alive and well and pays also. Too sad.
As I have said many times, America gets the government it deserves. I just have to wonder what level of mental illness and in-breeding warranted his district to end up with him. Creepy.
Joe Wilson and Gov. Sanford is part of the reason why tourism is down in S.C. I can never support soemone who thinks the confederate flag should be flown in the state capitol. And people think his remarks had nothing do about race? Give me a break.
Wilson's opponent Rob Miller is getting a lot of donations, too. Because you dislike Obama, it doesn't mean he lies, and everyone will believe whatever you teabaggers say. You all lie too. Bush lied and 4,300 soldiers died.
What a disgrace to allow this to happen and not kick him out!
Hey Joe, show us the receipts. Its not just that you have no integrity so we want to see proof of your claim, we want to see the names of people who condone your style of politics. Also, please disclose how many canes you received from well wishers in the South.
The problem is that most Republicans wouldn't know the truth if it smacked them in the face. When they hear the truth, they call it a lie. Many of those people would send money to Satan himself if he said something negative about President Obama.
That says more about the people who support him than it does about him. I know it isn't a large number of people supporting him, but its disturbing if even 10 people do.
The gop cant win anything anymore,because they cant get minority voters,the hispanics are quitting the gop in record numbers,because the word on the political scene is the gop wants to try in pass a law that would prohibit citizens who was not born in this country from voting for the president of the united states,the gop has just ended their chances of winning anything because the gop has let these right-wing people and fox news take control of their party
No one lies more than the GOP.
We see again the hypocrisy of the purported party of 'Family Values'. Here are the true Repulican party values in play; disrespect, demogoguery, incivility, lies, rascism, intimidation and thuggery. The country has left you behind and good riddance. If you think independents and moderates are going to embrace your lunatic fringe rhetoric and shameful behavior on full public display, think again.
Pay Wilson now or millions of bureaucrats later. Pick your poision.
obama promised no increase in taxes on the middle class, with the proposed cap and trade and healthcare legislation, he will be breaking yet another campaign promise. obama lies!
Something are not done on the floor when the president is speaking. No matter what Wilson thought personally he was out of line. When you say 'you' lie' you are attacking one's characters, when you say 'that's not true' you are debating the issues. that's a point many people got an didn't like. Don't worry there plenty of us willing to donate to Miller's campaign.
$2M is nothing these days, certainly not an indication that "most people agree with Wilson".
There is a time & a place for vigorous debate, but not during a presidential address to a joint session of Congress. The man was blatantly out of line, showed no respect for his office, the Congress of which he is a part, or the president. I am embarrassed for the good people of S Carolina
Joe Wilson should be in a position to raised that much money, he is the incumbent. Rob Miller would never have raised that much money, if it were not for Joe Wilson. I would not relate that to everyone agreeing with Joe.
The new politics......rudeness begets money. Republicans are desperate and will do anything. Where is the America that I know? I want my America back, where respect and deorum was the way to conduct ourselves.
Well, if anyone would know about lies, it would be the GOP.
So many people, so eager to disrespect the Presidency of the United States. What has this country come to?
I'm sure Joe is proud of himself.
OBAMA is just what he is a Big LIE!!!!!! America WAKE UP!!!
Respectable news organizations around the world have confirmed that President Obama in fact did not lie. Illegal aliens will NOT be covered under the new health plans being proposed. Just because the emergency rooms and hospital rooms in hospitals around the country have many aliens in them right now, does not mean Obama lied. It also does not mean that Obama's policies allowed illegals in the country to start with. Who DID allow so many illegals in the country should be the REAL question...
SO, if in fact Obama did not lie, then what is the real reason behind these funds being raised? Would CNN even bother to do a "reality check" on that question? The right is always whining about the liberal media this and liberal media that. Truth be known, the media is protecting the radical conservatives and giving them free air campaign time by covering their drivel everyday. No wonder Obama felt it necessary to go on a media blitz. He's just trying to keep up!
Obama has been truthful from day one in regards to health care.
The real problem is the Republican Party fears change. Their principles and ideas have not changed since its inception in 1854.
Its time to grow up!!!
Honestly what would happen if the election was held today. cmon now HONESTLY! lol Mc Cain in a landslide lol , this is definitely a 1 term president and I can already hear it now, its because he's black! america only gave him 1 term because its such a racist country lol maybe The big O can be a judge on american idol since he LOVES being on tv so much lol
I'm not only tired of his lies , I'm tired of him, his never ending campaign, his daily TV appearances, his picture in the paper on a daily basis, sometimes a picture with several articles. Makes me want to vomit.
Why is anyone giving airtime to this buffoon? Just ignore him! That would be the best punishment for him.
If most people are "tired" of Obama's lies and you believe they have every right to be, does that also imply that you believe George W was completely truthful in his eight years?
If this isn't an indictment of the American people, I don't know what is.
Shame on the GOP and the South Carolinians that support this man.
I had never heard of Joe Wilson, but now I have respect for him. People just stop being mindless sheep and research things for your self. Don't always trust CNN to tell you the entire story, look at other outlets. Often times they leave so much unsaid when they cover a story. Things that make the story much more factual are convently left out. On many issues you can just go to the DNC talking points to get a really good idea on what CNN's view will be that day.
It goes to show how many people get rewarded for bad behavior. This is why there is such discontent and discord in America today.
To GOP:
Purely your opinion.
GOP and Bush lied about the very reasons why we have the Irak mess on our hands. Plus, his policies on the economy have gotten us where we are. Bill Clinton gets impeached for lying about Lewinsky and Bush gets away with his historic lies... And you dare accuse Obama of lying?
What a weird world we live in!
Wilson didn't even tell the truth about Obama lying! Wilson tried to paint the health care bill as if it specifically sets aside money for illegal immigrants. (his words! check the interviews he gave subsequently) Obama told the truth. That this bill does not give money to illegal immigrants, that all the policies that were in place before his presidency that policed health care against abuse by illegals would be unchanged. That's the truth. Wilson is the one who lied. But I guess it's easier to rake in money from hate-mongering against immigrants than it is to actually address real subtance and issues. Fun fact: did you know that providing health services to illegal immigrants started under Bush Jr., because of legislation constructed and implemented by his own republican party? Why not talk about that, Mr. Wilson?
Looks to me like Wilson knew he would get campaign contributions by breaking Congressional rules. He's be a very ineffective legislator(except for the ability to raise money for himself) while he remains in office.
What's next for him, radio talk show host?
GOP – But you had no problem with the Bush lies. Lies that killed thousands of Americans. Your bigotry is showing.
Most people do not agree with Wilson. 20% of the the country does which is the Republicans. Wilson would not have got any money if Miller had not been pulling it in like crazy. It was an after thought for the Republicans. Wilson might win his race in 2010 but I doubt it. The American People have had enough of the Republicans and it is showing greatly. Good luck to the disrespectful Wilson Congressman. hahahahaha
I sure wish people would have shouted more when Bush lied. I don't believe our country would be in this crazy mess to begin with. If you voted for him twice-the shame is on you. His lie was bigger.
I think Wilson increased his chances for re-election. I think most of the money his opponent received came from outside that district.
Here is the story in a nutshell. The dems say racists give to the RNC, the repubs say the ignorant give to the DNC! Well now you know why we can't get anything done as a country! We are out of balance!
I'm just glad I don't live in that district. $3.5 million buy an awful lot of local advertising!
The claim that he lied is preposterous, unless they assumed from Obama's statement that this legislation will override any prior statutes giving allowances to illegal immigrants – and possibly revoke the hypocratic oath sworn to by all doctors currently in the US.
why work hard and be a good person when being a jerk can make you money?
LOL dont get too comnfy GOP even if people put money on him dont mean he'll win anything.
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Looks to me like most people agree with Wilson and willing to put money on it.
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So are you saying that the side with the most money must have the most support? That's what it sounds like to me.
If I agree with Candidate A and give him $5, and four people agree with Candidate B and each give him $1, does that mean that more people agree with Candidate A, since he has more money? If we go with that reasoning, then why even bother with elections? Candidates can just bid for office, with the one who can come up with the most cash getting the job.
When a politician yells "you lie" in a room full of politicians, how does anyone know who is being yelled at?
Newsflash: This just in – the adage that "Fools and their money are soon separated" has been proven!
S Carolina congressman Joe Wilson shows an amazing lack of respect, control and decorum, mistakenly channeling Sean Hannity during the Presidents recent joint congressional address. His cretinous outburst attracts nearly $2 million in donations from conservative flies attracted to the stink.
Of course Obama was lying. Why do you think the republican is raising more money despite getting out of the gate after his dem challenger? 1 trillion dollars over ten years and deficit neutral? Come on now – how stupid do you think we are?
On Sunday, Barack Obama played ignorant on the situation with ACORN. Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, “Frankly, it’s not really something I’ve followed closely. I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.
That's another fat lie HBO tells. He didn't know about ACORN ? Yea, right, just like he didn't know about the TeaBaggers. That's Ok Obama you will know who they are come 2010.
BTW, Joe Wilson himself, along with much of the republican party voted FOR the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (2003) that specifically allowed hospitals to be reimbursed for treating illegal immigrants. He was in support of helping illegal immigrants through the Bush years. It's only during Obama that he suddenly changed his mind.
Are we supposed to be suprised that the state of South Carolina agrees with a moron? They already had a HUGE sex scandle this year, but their governor is still liked in the state, so I'm not suprised the morons of South Carolina vote for even larger morons.
Good job South Carolina, you look like hill billies to me.
Just for one day- I wish all of this commenters could have someone tell them the truth as oppose to some politican stroking our ignorance of the facts.
Follow the money and the power. If Clinton was correct, then the power players in a $900 billion industry don't want things to change. They think it the most intelligent thing to do by paying twice the cost for health that other countries do.
Message to TEA Party - the people who got your money got your country. Your marching in the wrong direction.
It's turned out a lovely publicity stunt for Wilson. :rolls eyes:
The problem is that there are a few people in this country who are bigoted and racist. Yes, some are truly concerned about what is going on, but were they concerned when Bush was spending trillions of dollars on the Iraq war? No!!!! Joe Wilson is an idiot and the people who support him are idiots. We will see in 2010. I don't even live in South Carolina, but I will be sending Miller money to counteract anything that Joe Wilson does. The Republicans are just angry because they lost the 2008 election and are at the bottom of the ladder. And if they continue their mudslinging vitriol, they will remain there. The American people are sick and tired of their LIES and their nastiness toward a President who has nothing but the interests of the American people at heart.
Good for Joe. I have yet to send in my contribution, so the amount is only going to go up.
Has long as Obama is having a hard time with the definition of just what a TAX is? He's just running his lips to those American people who knows better. And you thought Bush was a bad liar.
It stands to reason, that after hearing all the lies that Mr. Obama has been constantly spouting, a person might just "REACT"... I can only imagine how frustrated Joe Wilson felt when he heard another BARE FACED ! lie.... I hope the good people of South Carolina keep him in office for a long time........................
Joe Wilson meticulously planned this outburst..disrespected the House members and is making headlines and millions of dollars???? I hope his 15 minutes end soon..he disgusts me