Rep. Joe Wilson, who has certainly taken a massive amount of heat from Congress and the left, was the victim of a time wasting official House Resolution that rebuked his actions for calling President Obama a liar last week in a Presidential address to a joint session of Congress. For the record, Rep. Wilson called and expressed sincere apology right after the incident, with Pres. Obama forgiving his actions.

Now, in the middle of perhaps one of the most important and controversial times in political history (health care reform), the same Congress that can’t agree on ANYTHING, takes taxpayer time out of their day to draft and pass a formal resolution admonishing Rep. Wilson for his remark. The resolution was passed overwhelmingly by House Democrats, however, there were 7 Republican reps that also voted yes on the resolution.

Here are the Benedict Arnolds listed below (including one from Wilson’s home state of South Carolina!):

Joseph Cao (La.)
Jo Ann Emerson (Mo.)
Jeff Flake (Ariz.)
Bob Inglis (S.C.)
Walter Jones (N.C.)
Tom Petri (Wis.)
Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.)

Why they voted against their own team in a time like this, when republicans/conservatives really need to pull together to prevent government takeover of everything, is beyond us. Perhaps with the flurry of emails they’ll receive (yes, their names are linked to their contact page, so email them!), they’ll release statements if they want any chance of being re-elected next time.

Politico posted an updated version of what House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) sent out after the formal admonishing of Rep. Joe Wilson. Go here to see it.

Another interesting tidbit is that Rep. Barney Frank voted “present” (which means he didn’t vote yes or no) for the resolution because “I think it’s bad precedent to put us in charge of deciding whether people act like jerks,” Frank said. “I don’t have time to monitor everyone’s civility.”

Well said, Mr. Frank. (never thought I would ever say that)

Bottom Line

Rep. Joe Wilson isn’t a criminal, and while he should obey the rules like everyone else in the chamber, it was obviously a heated, passionate expression of his disgust with the current health care reform being pitched by the POTUS, and he made all the right PR moves by apologizing after the event. For the House to waste EVEN MORE of taxpayer money to pass a formal resolution like this, well, it’s embarrassing and wasteful to say the least. On the other hand, it show how scared they are, and with the ACORN investigations and everything else, liberals have ABSOLUTELY nothing to pick on except this.

Be sure to email or contact the Republican Reps. listed above (again, their names are linked to their contact page) and ask them why the voted against one of their own. What reason could they possibly have? Even if they’re not your district, you should contact at least one of them anyway…the more pressure applied, the more we learn.

To support Joe Wilson, here is his website.