9/20/2009 11:48:00 PM
Not so fun is watching the less thoughtful sorts on the left act equally foolish.
Some are claiming photographic evidence indicates Wilson planned this outburst, and informed others of it beforehand.
Of course, facts about Wilson that make him look even stupider than he already looks is premium stuff by me. But it's got to be actual facts.
Take a look at the photo:
Based on the fact it's a sharply focused snapshot -- meaning the photographer had to have been in on the "planned event" -- and the fact those around him aren't reacting to his outburst -- meaning they'd also have to have been in on it, some are saying Wilson not only planned to yell at the uppity boy, but had the balls to let everyone know about his plans beforehand (everyone except the President and his administration, that is).Does this really seem logical? Is it not possible there's a simpler explanation?
Of course it's not logical. Of course there's a simpler explanation:
As you'll notice, Wilson shouted "YOU LIE!" twice. The first time, heard in this video at 11 seconds (between President Obama's repeated "the reforms...") was not noticed by most, but was noticed by Pelosi; she turns to Joe Biden and seems to say something like, "who was that?" or "that Joe Wilson is an asshole."
The second time he shouts is the one everyone heard, at roughly 15 seconds into the clip.
In fact, a replay of the entire thing seems to reveal someone was doing a lot of shouting during the speech. My bet Wilson was that someone.
Obviously the people around Joe Wilson (R - redneck) were so numb to his bellyaching by that point they chose to do what most people would do in that situation -- pretend to ignore him (most with really bad poker faces). Sorta what you do when a crazy street person is talking to himself.
And some photographer, after hearing the first outburt, was quick on his/her feet; the second "YOU LIE" was practically a gimme at that point.
So, the idiot right wing nutbag probably planned nothing of the sort. I think there was no conspiracy after all.
Anyone genuinely convinced this was a planned event is either (a) not intellectually curious enough to have re-examined the video, or (b) curious enough to have re-examined the video, but too stupid to then recognize the simpler explanation.
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