What is worse is the indisputable fact that Rep. Wilson is really the one lying because both the House and Senate versions of President Obama’s health care reform plans contain passages explicitly excluding illegal immigrants from receiving federal money to purchase health insurance from either a private or government-run health plan. This is documented by bipartisan fact checking organizations here here and here. Also, PolitiFact rates Wilson's claim that Obama was lying as "FALSE" on their Truth-O-Meter.
How blatant is Joe Wilson's lie? If you actually READ the bill, H.R. 3200 under Subtitle C -- Individual Affordability Credits is Sec. 246 which is titled "No Federal Payment For Undocumented Aliens" which says:
Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Therefore, Obama is right and Wilson is wrong. CASE CLOSED.
The facts or common decency and respect certainly didn't stop the "Alabama Tea Party Patriots" of Montgomery, Alabama from supporting Joe Wilson. Today, MSNBC reports that members of the group (which is coordinated by known liar Matthew Givens) were the first in line this morning to visit Rep. Wilson's congressional office to offer their support in person.
Starting at around 8:30 a.m. various groups supportive of Congressman Wilson’s comment began to stop by his office. First up: the Montgomery, Alabama Tea Party Patriots. When leaving the office, one of the four women that made up the group said, “He was right, and he needed to know it.”
Yup, Montgomery Alabama's Tea Party Patriots support Rep. Joe Wilson and believe that he was "right" to yell at the president in such a rude and disrespectful manner even though what he yelled wasn't even factual. Congrats Alabama Teabaggers, you've proven yourself as the absolutely moronic fools that you truly are.
