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Joe Wilson’s outburst Wednesday night drew winces from Republicans worried that their party is becoming known less for its ideals and more for the pettiness of its vitriol.
“Neither party has an exclusive on whack jobs,” says Republican media consultant Mark McKinnon. “Unfortunately, right now the Democrats generally get defined by President Obama, and Republicans, who have no clear leadership, get defined by crackpots — and then they begin to define the Republican Party in the mind of the general public.” Rightardia suggests that the GOP has a convincing lead in the whack job and the wing nut arms race.
We have foreign born Orly Taitz, insisting that the commander in chief was born in Kenya. There’s a flock of town hall protesters, waving photos of the president in a Hitler moustache. Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin warns darkly that Obama is planning “death panels” for senior citizens. Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt — last heard calling John Murtha a “coward” — tells a birther: “I agree with you, but the courts don’t.” Michele Bachman is regularly featured on MSNBC cable news for her absurd comments like "We're running out of rich people in this country."
And then, in the midst of all the catcalls, hand-held signs displaying “I’m not listening, Joe Wilson interrupts Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress by shouting, “You lie!” Meanwhile House Minority whip, Eric Cantor, twittered on his BlackBerry during the Obama speech.
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