Just imagine if a Black Dem Congressmen did that to a White GOP President

[TeamJordan23]

The Right Wing and the media would be calling for his/her head just like they did with Van Jones. There have been jeers and booes from Congress before a President in history, but never has someone been so disrespectful as what Joe Wilson did last night.

And I do think there was some overt racism involved. I do not think Joe Wilson or any Republican would disrespect the President in the manner they did if he was white. Just my two cents on the matter.

[tledford]

1. I agree, another manifestation of the "Uppity n****r!" syndrome. eom

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. Aaah, the poor wee things. They feel entitled. As they do at election times.

[GivePeaceAchance]

3. Well he's efinitely put his seat in congress in jepordy. So, the way to address it is to get ...

...a strong opponent for Wilson and that will send the message don't ever do that again. The Democratic party have a whole media machine working against them so they have to be measured but the people can show their disapproval at the ballot box. Hopefully to the point his opponent wins by a large margin so any GOPer thinking of trying this needs to think twice.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Check it out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4053151

Wilson's challenger in 2010 has raised over $400,000 since LAST NIGHT!!

[GivePeaceAchance]

14. *definitely

[dsc]

4. A black Congressman in my area (Louis Stokes) merely refused to attend

Reagan's SOTU addresses and he was bitterly criticized for that behavior.

[d_b]

8. all minority congressmen/women should have

Reagan was a race-baiting piece of shit.

[dsc]

9. I am not saying he should have gone

merely pointing out that he boycotted.

[d_b]

10. right

i'm just saying that all minorities in congress should have followed him.

[dsc]

11. I have no idea how many did

He was the only minority Congressman from Ohio at the time (his district is still the only one which has ever had a minority rep).

[Thothmes]

5. Can you imagine

the shouts of outrage on this forum, if a white democratic prepresentative called Bush a liar during a address to Congress.

[DBoon]

6. Just imagine the racist skits and jokes on AM radio

if that had happened

[TheDonkey]

7. It's outrageous and Wilson should be censured at LEAST

Bill Clinton was also heckled a lot too. It isn't as much a race issue as a respect issue but I wouldn't throw out race being a motivator for that scum Wilson to be so brazen and do that.

[Uzybone]

13. he'd be called tumultous, and frog marched out of the Congress.

[treestar]

15. He'd have been deemed an "angry black man" and compared to

Al Sharpton - or they'd look for links.

The media would be going on and on about the respect "due" to the office.

Race of the congressman might not even be a factor - it'd be almost as loud if a white congressman did it to a white President.

[polichick]

16. He would be ceremonially lynched within hours. nt

[Umbral]

17. I imagine the only difference would be how much faster and more supplicating the apology would be.

And the race angle is really thin.

[noiretextatique]

20. no, it isn't...the "race angle"

is an integral part of the rw's insanity towards obama. the "race angle" is still a problem in america, and clearly in the south. and just as clearly: it's not just the south.

[jasi2006]

18. I think Maxine already did this.o something similar:..Jesse Helms.

The RW went crazy when she told him to "shut up" ( I think that was what she said.)

[noiretextatique]

19. helms wasn't the president

imagine how much crazier the rw would have been if she'd done that the bush 2.