Gallup: 68 Percent of Americans Don’t Approve of Wilson’s “You Lie” Comment
If you assert that most Americans support Rep. Joe Wilson’s shouted comments during President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress, then you lie, a new Gallup poll shows:
Americans come down strongly in opposition to South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress on healthcare last Wednesday, though majorities on both sides of the issue do not seem passionate in their views. Sixty-eight percent of Americans interviewed in the Sept. 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll say they oppose what Wilson did, while 21% say they support it.
Most notable in the poll: despite the impression you might get listening to conservative talk radio, the poll finds that most GOPers do not approve of Wilson’s action — yet another indication that the talk radio political culture may not speak for the entire Republican party. Another significant number: independent voters were not pleased.
Moreover, the poll also found that most Americans don’t share the feelings of most blogs on the right, left and center regarding Wilson’s comments, since most weblogs took strong positions one way or the other:
Those who favor and those opposing Wilson’s actions were asked if they were thrilled or outraged, respectively. Majorities on each side of the issue would not use these two words to describe their emotions, leaving 6% of Americans thrilled by the incident and 23% outraged.
This underscores the fact that there is a kind of consensus in American politics about what is proper and what is not. The bottom line: the bulk of Americans didn’t like what they saw.
21 Responses to “Gallup: 68 Percent of Americans Don’t Approve of Wilson’s “You Lie” Comment”
Add me to the list of the 68%. I didn't and still don't approve of the comment, even though it achieved a desired result of getting SAVE provisions in the Obama plan.
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This man's disgusting outburst is inexcusable, inexplicable, and, in line with Republican media persona. This man must be bent and damaged for his unscrupulous attack now glorified by corrupt and evil radio and TV personalities.
I Demand That the House of Representatives Censure this low life for his actions!
Sorry Father Time but 77% of the nation apparently disagrees with you, according to Joe's poll. They want Congress and the nation to move on and get to work and not engage in petty partisan revenge. Push it and there will be a potential backlash like what happened to the GOP when they pushed the Lewinsky scandal too far. But if you want to be just like those right-wingers who did that, go right ahead. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all.
Censuring a congress-critter and impeaching a President after a seven year witch hunt are not even close to being identical.
Backlash, who cares? it's not like Republicans are going to go out and vote for a Democrat anytime in the near future… And on the upside it might convince some independents that Democrats are willing and able to stand up and fight for themselves.
He's not being censured, anyway. He's being presented (if that's the word) with a resolution of disapproval, which is the mildest form of formal rebuke Congress has.
OMG!! Not…*shudders*…nnnnot the slap of the wet noodle!
..lol..
Yes, imagine the democrats looking strong and authoritative. Why, it might even rope in more of the fenceline republicans who respect that sort of thing and may only have decided to be republicans based on not wanting to identify with the party of wet-noodle whippers..
placeofnopity dot com has a solution to censuring Mr. Wilson where our leaders have failed. He inspired the site's genesis.
I find this poll question to be misleading. I mean, are they asking if people disprove of what he said or are they asking if people disprove of how he said it? Would the number be the same if people were polled on whether or not they agreed with the sentiments of Wilson's (R – Jerkstore) comments? Of course it was rude to act like a Kanye West while the President was speaking but it would be more interesting to see whether or not voters backed his sentiments as opposed to his actions.
Well said……..I get the impression that pollsters are out to create sensation moreso than to quantify meaningful information. In that regard, pollsters are merely more well-compensated bloggers.
Never mind that the President was exposed as wrong, and this is kept quiet.
Meanwhile, this stupid engineered overreaction to Joe Wilson (as with the protestors in DC), which never should have extended to the previous Saturday, is continuing its lowly way at least as far as Wednesday the next week (today). Degenerate as well as ridiculous. I guess that's how some would face the fact that the President was wrong about illegal immigrants, or whenever perhaps he is wrong.
There is such a thing as decorum you know, especially when the President addresses Congress. Juvenile shouting matches belong outside that forum. One only has to pause to wonder how the good old boys of the Cheney administration [lower case "a" on purpose] would've received such an outburst from a lunatic left member of the House. I think there'd be more than a wet-noodle slap.
So because there is just a wet-noodle slap from our toothless leadership in Congress, the citizens can boycott the entire State of South Carolina this holiday online shopping. Just look at the address of the site you're browsing and if the address says “South Carolina” don't buy. Move onto a state that has the same product that supports the Public Option. Couldn't be easier. You don't even have to get up off your butt to send a message.
There's nothing more powerful than reprimands from one's own constituents who have the power to unseat you vs some colleagues you have little or no respect for anyway.
“Never mind that the President was exposed as wrong, and this is kept quiet”
Keep on making up your own facts, dude.
Anyway, these numbers seem about right. A lot of people are concerned about undocumented immigrants getting tax-funded healthcare under this plan, but I think even they saw that this guy was out of line. Maybe those in the “outraged” category know a little about the racist history of this particular representative, and connected it both to Obama's race and the particular subject he was addressing at the time. I would say “outraged” for this reason.
This is baloney.. Why wasn't I polled?
You cannot compare the rudeness of shouting out to what they did to the last president… what hypocrites.
Check these links..
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=612
Yeah let's see if they make Pelosi apologize for lying about the CIA, investigate Rangel for his tax cheat problems, investigate the illegal czars which my congressman claims do not exist, or investigate the REAL problem right now that is ACORN.
So much corruption, so many blinders.
Let's talk about Joe Wilson to detract from the REAL issues is their ploy.
Scumbags!
LOL you are a joker..
“Keep on making up your own facts, dude.”
I.e., you don't like the facts, again, while making up things yourself (racism, evil South, etc..).
Tsk, tsk. Lack of “progress” with poor Dem health care legislation may wear on some, I guess.
“investigate the REAL problem right now that is ACORN”
[chuckle] Not yet. The Census and redistricting still need to be corrupted, next year.
No online dough for South Carolina businesses this Holiday season unless a full and sincere public apology is given by Wilson. It isn't hard. Just two words, “I'm sorry”. And for the other states, their head leadership [governors] can take a position pro or con for the public option and people who want the public option spend, or not, accordingly.
If you are so sure about the numbers for and against the public option in the general population, this boycott/reward should not bother you one bit.
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It doesn't.. I laugh at it the same way I laugh at my conservative friend's boycott of Ben & Jerry's. But if it make him happy more power to him. He can sit in the car while the rest of us enjoy our ice cream inside.
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