A couple hours ago, prompted by his fellow Republican John McCain (who was probably still in good spirits for being mentioned and having his suggestion adopted/acknowledged by Obama in his address), Wilson issued a statement apologizing for this infantile behavior. He acknowledged that he "let [his] emotions get the best of [him] while listening to the president's remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill" and that because his "comments were inappropriate and regrettable ... [he] extend[s] sincere apologies to the president for this lack of civility." South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler pointed out that no Congress member has ever shown such disrespect for the President before.
While I denounce Wilson's actions, and applaud his apology (he hardly had a choice--if he didn't apologize he'd
become a political pariah, not taken seriously regardless of partisanship), we cannot single him out among many Congressional representatives who were less than respectful of the President yesterday evening. House Minority Leader John Boehner himself sported quite a distasteful expression throughout the speech, and many GOP House members squirmed like school children in the principal's office at the mention of their misdeeds.
In other news...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Hillary Rhodam Clinton appeared to be wearing matching bright-red suits at the Address. Coincidence? I think not!
more thoughts to come about the speech later today--3am is a bad time for thinking, as evidenced by the above
Rep John Boehner, R-OH
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