There Was Truth in Obama’s Babblative Nostrum

There was a moment of supreme truth during Obama’s speech Wednesday night; lamentably for Obama, it rolled off the tongue of the very charismatic Rep. Joe Wilson as he interrupted Obama, mid-lie, with the utterance, “You lie!” The catalyst that seemingly ignited Joe Wilson’s enthusiastic interjection was Obama’s deceptive statement that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his universal health care program. Joe Wilson, apparently temporarily possessed by the Holy Ghost of honesty, was left no choice other than to attempt to cast out the demonic spirit of misstatement that had set up shop in Obama’s vocal chords.

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