GOP Rep: Democrats Set the Precedent for Yelling at Presidents
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 8:40 am
I talked briefly with Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) at an early-morning House GOP briefing by Republican members of Congress on the impact of the August recess, and asked him how he’ll vote on a censure resolution against Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
“I’m voting against it and I hope every Republican votes against it,” said Broun. Did he worry that the Democrats were setting a precedent by targeting Wilson. “They set the precedent by yelling at Bush and calling him a liar. They’re still calling him a liar.”
In his short remarks, Broun said that his town hall experiences convinced him that “a scared angry republic is a force that has to be reckoned with,” and that the Obama administration was not buckling from public pressure.
“They’re addicted to power, they’re addicted to control over America.”
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Comment posted September 15, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Control over America? You mean like domestic wiretapping?
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