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Obama accepts Wilson's apology: "We all make mistakes" - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |

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US Representative Joe Wilson's little outburst during President Obama's speech on health care reform may have earned South Carolina a new nickname: The Scandal and Crybaby State.
Now don't get me wrong. I love the Palmetto State (official nickname) and I've been in Columbia 22 years ago, and find it a pretty nice burg. But with the state's governor staying on the job and- even better- staying married to some woman he doesn't even love, and now this, South Carolinaians are probably wondering if they need to start talking about secession from the Union due to the embarassment Wilson and governor Mark Sanford are putting on them. Well, sounds like an ace to use in case recall elections don't do it for you.

President Obama accepted Wilson's apology, and Wilson himself manned up and said that his emotions got the best of him. If he had done that while giving the Republican response (which he didn't, but now the GOP may have to consider him for the job the next time President Obama speaks to the nation), the country would have said "Toodle-fucking-do, dude."
The health care issue is emotional enough as it is. Joe Wilson's temper tantrum probably is a sign that it's time to stop, take a deep breath, and say "Okay, let's start over."

Then again, it's probably the beginning of seeing fisticuffs on the chamber floors of the Senate and Congress- and I don't mean just verbal ones, either. Let the brawl begin, people.

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