Previously, no sitting President - speaking before a joint session of Congress -has EVER been accused of outright lying!

But by boldly speaking out, Wilson did more for the conservative cause than even 2 million protesters taking part in the September 12 march on Washington - many of whom carried signs touting..."JOE WILSON FOR PRESIDENT." 

NOTE: There are already bumper stickers being printed that say..."Joe Wilson for President 2012".

It had taken someone like Wilson with the guts to FINALLY call Obama on his "bully" (baloney) pulpit. Obama parses words - lying in public as no president has ever done before.

Obama's intent was to grant legal status to all "non registered" immigrants immediately after healthcare reform passed; so Wilson properly deduced that indeed, all CURRENT illegal aliens would have privleges - regardless of any bill's language.

So thanks to Joe Wilson, there will be no reform passing in either chamber of Congress that even HINTS at aliens' being in line for healthcare freebies, at the expense of the American taxpayer.

He may have been crude, rude, and totally lacking in (sniff) decorum... but Wilson was right! But predictably, his outburst has only served to further divide America along racial lines.

As a South Carolina legislator, Joe Wilson was a "rebel," being one of only seven state senators who fought to keep the Confederate battle flag flying over the state capital building.

After Lincoln was elected, South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union. Flying the Confederate battle flag had always been deeply symbolic in the South, which was once - and in some rare cases is still - inhabited by the KKK.

In the late 1990's, South Carolina's Senate had finally voted 33-7 to take down the Confederate flag; and Joe Wilson was the leader of the so-called "stubborn seven" who held out for state tradition until the very end. 

Not surprisingly, Wilson - for speaking out against Obama - is now being accused of (horrors) racism!

According to MSNBC’s David Shuster: (quote)..."South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson shouting ‘you lie’ to President Obama was racism on display"...“The fact that he is from South Carolina strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there” (unquote).

As a teenager, Joe Wilson worked as a Congressional page for arch-segregationist Strom Thurmond; hence, this indicates hardcore evidence of a "racist" backround, in addition to his nefarious upholding of that ever-dangerous, evil Confederate flag!  

But is Wilson truly racist, or only being an American, who staunchly believes in defending states rights?

-Dwight Eisenhower had a picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in his Oval Office.

-Jimmy Carter officially gave his presidential pardon to General Lee, 110 years after the Civil War, posthumously freeing him of any wrongdoing. 

-Virginia Senate Democrat, James Webb, wrote an eloquent defense of the Confederate soldier, in his book entitled, "Born Fighting".

-Teddy Roosevelt praised Robert E. Lee as the "greatest soldier ever in America."

-Woodrow Wilson put the Confederate Memorial Statue in Arlington National Cemetery, and spoke at the unveiling - which was sculpted by a Jewish Confederate Soldier, depicting a black Confederate Soldier.

Nowadays, many blacks view the American flag as just as much a symbol of racism as the Stars and Bars (Confederate flag); some even more so, since it took an entire century to pass the Civil Rights Act, which meant that after slavery, it was yet another hundred additional years of treating blacks as inferiors.

But did we elect Barack Obama because as a "make up" call - or did he really deserve the presidency on merit? The problem being lost in this new "Wilson-inspired" debate on racism is that many Americans continue to ignore history and facts.

POINT: African Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War. If one attends an authentic Civil War re-enactment, you would see black men clad in gray, wearing those same Stars and Bars emblazoned on their uniforms.

POINT: Lincoln didn't fight the Civil War to outlaw slavery, nor technically, to free the slaves; it was to establish that states were not sovereign unto themselves, but subordinate to the federal government.

POINT: When Lincoln actually "freed" the slaves, he did so only for those rebellious states; while leaving those states in the Union free to keep slaves. In fact, the idea of shipping all former slaves back to Africa was the reason why Liberia was founded.

But they don't teach REAL American history anymore, do they?

Approximately 180,000 African Americans fought for the North. And while some Southern plantation owners maintained slaves during the war, they were banned from fighting until the last year, out of fear of which way they would point their guns.

America unofficialy gave up clinging to its racist roots in the 1960's, when TV gave us interracial programs, such as "I Spy" and "Star Trek." Then came Muhammad Ali and his domination of boxing, who was the first black to become a bone fide world celebrity- worshipped by all races alike.

But as many predicted, the election of Obama has done more to embitter this country, not on racial lines, but along deeply-rooted partisan divisions, and now threatens to divide America like no time since the1850's, which marked the dawn of the Civil War. 

Barack Obama is a radical. He is a divider; he has surrounded himself with other radicals and communists his entire adult life.

Since his inauguration - marking the beginning of his unending efforts to socialize America -even moderates who voted for him are shaking their heads (in disbelief) at the radical path down which he is attempting to lead our country.

Now finally, ONE PERSON has chosen to speak out in opposition, and is of course labeled a racist. So did Wilson call Barack Obama a liar, only because he's a black man?

But what if Obama were white, who had campainged against the previous republican eight-year administration, and the lies put forth about fighting the Iraq war? Would he still have defeated McCain, and be the next democrat to sit in the Oval office? 

The discontent and opposition against Obama and his Marxist agenda is widespread; it has nothing to do with his ethnic origin. The vile distrust he engenders crosses all party lines, races, religions and ages.

And sooner - if not later- America may find itself at the brink of a new civil war.

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