Congressman Joe Wilson Says No More Apologies From Him, On House Floor Or Anywhere Else - 'One Apology Is Sufficient'

Official Joe Wilson photo portrait from U.S. Congress
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Post Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009

USAToday.com has the following report posted up on their website this Sunday afternoon and it starts off like this... The House of Representatives appears headed for a vote to formally rebuke Rep. Joe Wilson this week for heckling President Obama after the South Carolina Republican refused Sunday to apologize on the House floor... "The House likely will take up a resolution," Brendan Daly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told USA TODAY. "He violated the decorum of the House; it has to be resolved in the House."... Daly's comments came after Wilson said on Fox News Sunday that he would not deliver a speech of apology on the House floor that some of his Democratic colleagues demanded... "I have apologized to the president," he said. "I believe that is sufficient."...
Read this report in full at link below...
House may vote on formal rebuke for Rep. Wilson outburst
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Fox News has this take on all of this and is well worth reading...
Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday that he will not apologize on the House floor for his outburst during President Obama's health care address, even though Democratic leaders have threatened to formally discipline him if he does not... Wilson noted that he already apologized directly to the White House after shouting, "You lie," to the president during his Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. The outburst triggered a political firestorm, but Wilson told "FOX News Sunday" that Democrats are just "playing politics" by trying to drag out the issue and force another apology... "I've apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, the vice president. ... I am not apologizing again," he told "FOX News Sunday." "I believe that is sufficient."... Wilson said he would "never do something like that again," but continued to defend himself...
Read the rest at link below...
Wilson Defends Outburst, Says He Will Not Apologize on House Floor

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Joe Wilson: 'One Apology Is Sufficient'

About this News Video: Congressman Joe Wilson says his outburst during President Barack Obama's national address on health care was a 'town hall moment,' and adds he doesn't plan to apologize again.
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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Don’t give in to them, Congressman Wilson. We got your back out here in the Homeland!
Thank you for standing firm on the truth too...
I believe any forced apologies from here on out, by anyone or group, is just BAD Politics... So hang in there and stand firm... for all of us!
AubreyJ.........