WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. “You lie!” Wilson blurted out during President Obama’s health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an outburst that made some supporters shudder even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown. “He’s the only one who has guts in that whole place. He’ll get re-elected in a landslide,” said John Roper, an insurance agent.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
SC voters surprised by Rep. Joe Wilson’s ‘You lie!’ outburst
September 9, 2009