President Obama recently accepted an apology after South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" during one of his speeches to Congress. Many people were very upset with Wilson after his outburst, leading to his website to crumble and being attacked on Twitter from angered Republicans and Democrats alike. It was considered to have the four-term congressman sanctioned, but the idea was passed upon. Wilson was able to contact the White House to deliver an apology to President Obama.
I completely agree that Senator Wilson shouldn't have disrupted the president's speech the way he did but I thought some of the proposed punishments were a bit overboard. The sanctioning really stuck out to me. What he did was totally disrespectful, but we do have the right to free speech in this country and Wilson pretty much just used it to the full extent.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32767813/ns/politics-health_care_reform/
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