This'n'That; September 17th[Carter;HouseRules;1stAmend;Wilson]

For Carter Reality Is Far In The Past [Jimmy "The Peanut Farmer" Carter is as out of touch with reality today as he was as president. Only the most incompetent boob could equate the statement "You Lie" to racism; he is and he did!! As I said in a previous entry, there was ONLY ONE who told the truth during the Fluffy photo op and diatribe presentation. obama is half white and half black; quite likely Joe Wilson was addressing obama's "white side!!" If one has political and economic policies like a fascist dictator, one's gonna be labeled as one!! Limbaugh has it right-Carter is a hemmroid on America's backside..... Maybe obama will nationalize the Wyeth Company so the administration will control enough Preparation H to medicate Carter into oblivion!!] Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to Fluffy obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president. "I think it's based on racism," Carter said in response to an audience question at a town hall held at his presidential center in Atlanta. "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president." The Georgia Democrat said the outburst was a part of a disturbing trend directed at the president that has included demonstrators equating obama to Nazi leaders. Non-Representative Releases Approved Insults The Non-Representative "Geeze-Louise" McIntosh Rodham Slaughter who fails to represent New York's 28th district, has referred to Section 370 of The House Rules and Manual which appears to violate the First Amendment--she points out: Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:

• refer to the government as "something hated, something oppressive."
• refer to the President as "using legislative or judicial pork."
• refer to a Presidential message as a "disgrace to the country."
• refer to unnamed officials as "our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs."

Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:

• call the President a "liar."
• call the President a "hypocrite."
• describe the President's veto of a bill as "cowardly."
• charge that the President has been "intellectually dishonest."
• refer to the President as "giving aid and comfort to the enemy."
• refer to alleged "sexual misconduct on the President's part."

Rep Joe Wilson's legal defense for his actions could be:

Wilson’s defense attorney might point out that by most accounts, Wilson merely shouted, "you lie." He did not call the president a "liar." He was refering to one of the president’s assertions, not the president himself. So by the letter of the rules, which seem very specific on this point, he should be in the clear.

On the other hand, the phrase "you lie" is somewhat ambiguous. If taken to mean that obama lies regularly, in a general, ongoing sense, than that would be indistinguishable from calling obama a ‘liar." Which would mean Wilson is still on the hook.

The First Amendment, verbatim: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Rush Correct On Wilson's Being Correct!! RUSH: Interesting story here in the Los Angeles Times: "'obama Takes Heat from Other Side of Immigrant Healthcare Debate.' -- He suggests that those here illegally be kept from taking part in an insurance exchange set up by the government. Some on the left say that's bad policy that panders to the likes of Joe Wilson." Well, what this also does is illustrate that Wilson was right. obama says, well, illegals, you don't get any health care in our country. The White House has blinked and moves on immigration policy and health care reform and the illegal lobby is mad about it. Can you believe the illegal immigrants have a lobby? They do. "Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), an early obama ally, said Tuesday that members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus were reevaluating their support for the healthcare overhaul," now that obama's declined coverage for illegals. "Wilson's outburst, Gutierrez said, was 'said in a mean, ugly way. And what the president did was create an even meaner, uglier public policy to accompany it.'" Well, you strip it all away, Joe Wilson was dead-on right. Til Nex'Time....