When South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson shouted the words “You lie” to President Obama during his recent speech to both houses, as expected he was flambéed as “that racist White guy from South Carolina” who did not exercise proper decorum. While I personally may not have chosen Wilson’s tactic, he clearly had a point. Why? Well late Friday evening, MSNBC decides to publish an article explaining how the Obama administration has apparently admitted that Wilson may had a point.
“The White House tonight is providing the below clarification on what the president’s health-care proposals would mean when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.
The question, as we all know, arises from the Wilson “You lie” outburst, and the core claim that notwithstanding specific bill language barring illegal immigrants from participating in the “exchange,” as a practical matter, there is no way of verifying the citizenship of applicants — which is the current state of play. Republicans say that then means illegal immigrants would end up being enrolled in plans — bill language or no bill language.
Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange.
Here, the administration also concedes that hospitals would be compensated with public funds for the care of undocumented immigrants.” (Click here to read the bullet points issued by the White House this past Friday evening).
Now let’s see…Why would the Obama administration need to issue a clarification for something he himself said was not in the bill?
But will any of this matter to those who constantly lift the bar higher and higher for the Right?
Nope!
Another “racist” will be named and targeted. Another argument will be spun to quickly bury this one. So just ignore Wilson and ignore this post.
Bury it and make it irrelevant.
