The Wilson Resolution

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 15th at 05:51 PM  | 

Final: 240-179-5 Republicans: 7-167 Democrats: 233-12-5 7 Republican votes for the resolution: Cao Emerson Flake Inglis (from South Carolina) Jones Petri Rohrabacher Give Joe Money by Clicking Here

Familial Fall Out

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 15th at 05:26 PM  | 

Joe Wilson’s son Alan Wilson is running for Attorney General in South Carolina. I know nothing about Alan Wilson, but he’s Joe’s son and he’s coming under a withering attack because of what his father did. Shortly after the revolution, colonials would abuse and often punish the sons of tories, those who had supported King George. When the Constitution was written, the Founders prohibited punishment | Read More »

Reality Check on Joe Wilson

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 15th at 04:44 PM  | 

The left has made a lot of hay over Joe Wilson’s opponent’s stellar fundraising since last Wednesday. But what about Joe and what about his district? I’m told that Wilson now has collected just under $2 million dollars online and has “mountains” of mail to be opened with lots of checks there. As I said the other day, a lot of the people who’d be | Read More »

Clarifying Cantor’s Position

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 15th at 12:49 PM  | 

Apparently some folks have encountered an intern in Eric Cantor’s office who is doing the man no favors articulating his position on Joe Wilson. Eric Cantor was the first member of Leadership to stand with Rep. Wilson. On Sunday, he said that Rep. Wilson has already apologized, that the President accepted, and it was time to move on. Second, earlier today, at the House GOP | Read More »

SUPPORT JOE WILSON: Get on the phone right now

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 15th at 10:05 AM  | 

Call your Congressman right now. Tell him to stand up for Joe Wilson and oppose any punishment for Joe. If you Congressman refuses to or won’t commit to standing up for Joe Wilson, tell him he needs to be consistent and punish Charlie Rangel. Get the phone number to call and basic information by clicking here.

From the Mail Bag: Wishing Someone Guns Down Joe Wilson

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 11th at 11:19 PM  | 

This one is one of the classiest I’ve gotten in the last 48 hours. You should see all the hate mail I’m getting — a lot of it directed at me personally for calling Joe Wilson a great American hero: You stay classy Mr. Henry Lowe. From: Henry Lowe hlowe1@hotmail.com Subject: Red State conservatives Date: September 11, 2009 8:26:19 PM EDT To: contact@redstate.com I pray | Read More »

My Final Word on Joe Wilson and the President

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 11th at 01:30 PM  | 

Congressman Joe Wilson, R-S.C., should not have called the president of the United States a liar during the middle of a joint session of Congress. There are boundaries for decorum that should not be crossed, and Wilson crossed those boundaries. He was quick to apologize. He should have. Wilson called the president a liar after 30 minutes of … well … a series of distortions, | Read More »

The President of the United States Was a Cokehead

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 11th at 12:01 AM  | 

My headline is as relevant to the news today as this hit job on Joe Wilson. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his Wednesday night address to Congress, admitted to regularly consuming caffeine pills in 2007. It is unclear if Wilson still takes NoDoz, a brand of pill that contains 200 milligrams of caffeine a pop. By comparison, a | Read More »

Media Matters Lies. Joe Wilson Told the Truth

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 10th at 01:26 PM  | 

The Media Matters guys are out lying today about Joe Wilson. They are crying to everyone that the Democrats’ health care legislation specifically excludes illegal aliens from health care. It does. But only a confused moron like David Brock and his minion would be so vapid and shallow as to take Congress at its word (they never would if it were a Republican plan). The | Read More »

Conservative Activists Are Proving to be a Pathetic Bunch

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 10th at 01:14 PM  | 

Some of you will take offense at this post. Instead, you should take action. The Democrat opponent to Congressman Joe Wilson has raised over $400,000.00 since last night. What have you given to Joe Wilson. The man spoke for America. And now we need to open our wallets for Joe. It does no good to pat Joe on the back or give him an “atta | Read More »

Are the Fowlers Just Generally Dirtbags? Because Carol Fowler Sure Seems To Be.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 9th at 11:54 PM  | 

Carol Fowler, Chairwoman of the South Carolina Democrat Party, like her husband, is a dirt bag. “Once again a South Carolina Republican has embarrassed our state,” Fowler said in a statement, making a nod to scandal-plagued governor Mark Sanford. “Never has any member of Congress shown such disrespect for the president during a speech.” Really? You want to go there? We caught Carol’s husband last | Read More »

Joe Wilson: Great American Hero! Bob Bennett: Unrepentant Fool

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  September 9th at 09:17 PM  | 

Joe Wilson has been identified as the Republican who yelled out that Barack Obama was a liar. He gets a drink on me! CONTRIBUTE TO JOE WILSON HERE. Joe Wilson’s opponent raised $11,000.00 in an hour after Joe Wilson stood up to Barack Obama. We must help Joe Wilson. Bob Bennett (RINO-UT) was the only Republican who stood up and clapped when Barack Obama bashed | Read More »