Last week, when President Obama asserted that health care reform won't cover illegal aliens, Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" A week later, the house admonished him. On Tuesday, President Obama called Kanye West a "jackass" for hijacking Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. I don't expect any such admonishment to be forthcoming on this.
As far as Wilson goes, he got what he deserves. He may have been right that Obama wasn't being completely truthful about the ability of illegal aliens to access healthcare, but that wasn't the time, nor the way, to express it. It may even be true that some democrats aren't as interested in civil discourse as they are in scoring some cheap political points (I seem to recall a fair amount of uncivil discourse directed towards Bush 43), but it doesn't excuse Wilson, who brought it on himself.
As far as Obama goes, that may not have been the zenith of the dignity of his presidency, but it wasn't out of bounds, either. Kanye certainly acted the part, and all Obama did was state the obvious.
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