Originally Posted by
VeeDubb65
I voted yes, he should apologize, and I've got several thoughts on the issue.
First of all, in the name of fairness let me say that I voted for Bush twice and I did NOT vote for Obama. Also, I'm 100% against this health care reform, and I'll even admit that my reasons are 100% selfish. I have really great health coverage paid for 100% by my employer, and I don't want to risk messing that up. Yeah, that's selfish and short-sighted, but it's honest.
Now, My first thought is that it is pointless to compare this to democrats booing Bush, because it was a separate event. It's the old "2 wrongs don't make a right."
As for why this particular action deserves and apology, there's a couple of reasons.
1. It was HIGHLY unprofessional. This was not a debate. It was a Presidential address. If this was a debate, or if Wilson wanted to hold his own press conference and come right out and call Obama a liar in that forum, I'd be fine with it. But not like this. Whether you like it or not, and whether he's a liar or not, the President is due a certain level of decorum, if not respect. This kind of behavior is an embarrassment to politicians everywhere, and that's pretty hard to do. It's like embarrassing a nudist.
2. It's counter productive to the anti healthcare reform movement. This is the same as the idiots shouting and brawling at town hall meetings and making up idiotic stories about "death panels." It adds nothing to the debate, and may even turn people away who were on the fence and might have been convinced by well reasoned debate. There are lot's of good arguments against this health care reform besides my own selfishness, but these sorts of antics distract from those arguments instead of reinforcing them.