Sen. McCaskill: "I applaud him (Wilson) for apologizing..."

[PCIntern]

the rest of Morning Joe is even more insipid...hard to believe...

These Dems need to grow a spine and say something...JUST ONCE...

[ShortnFiery]

1. Conserva-dems won't disrespect their own kin. eom

[DrDan]

2. c'mon - let's be adults

he said a stupid thing - and apologized for it. Just as he should have.

The general public will see it for what it was - a partisan blunder.

[rpannier]

4. You forgot to put a sarcasm tag

I hope

[DrDan]

6. no sarcasm tag

he shouted out - he apologized.

Best for us to let it go. He will pay the price with the general public. His face is plastered in papers this morning, across the internet. He raised 6-figure donations over night.

He looked ridiculous. The public knows it. The voters know it.

McCaskill's statement was appropriate.

[rpannier]

11. disagree that we should let it go

but it's a matter of opinion

So I'll leave it alone because nothing is profited from an argument -- especially one among allies over the internet

[DrDan]

13. I thought a bit more about this

who do you respect - or have respected in the past.

Teddy and other senior statesmen like him?

I cannot see him doing anything other than moving on and not letting it fester. He would get back to the debate because he KNEW he was right and KNEW his path was correct. He would not get bogged down with this petty behavior. I think that is the path for all of us.

Do not let this get in the way of the true debate - that REAL REFORM is what we want. We cannot let our energy be sapped with this juvenile behavior.

[BR_Parkway]

5. No, it was a purposeful distraction - all Congress got a copy of speech

beforehand, so it's not as spontaneous as they want folks to think.

The "apology" says "even though I disagree" so he's still calling POTUS a liar (and HR 3200 clearly has a paragraph about not covering illegal aliens - so it's Wilson who's a liar)

I think it was deliberate to try to steal the news cycles - because they knew the speech was going to put things back into the positive for reform.

[DrDan]

7. is there any truth to the conservative's argument that

while illegal aliens will not be covered . . . anyone seeking help cannot be asked about their status?

[PCIntern]

8. Agreed...

and they're going to KEEP DOING THIS OVER AND OVER unless we take them to task. I'm tired of having to take it...I say, do a Brad Pitt in "Snatch" and just stand up and 'belt' the guy verbally, and knock him on his rhetorical ass.

[armyowalgreens]

10. The speech didn't exactly put everything back into the positive for reform.

[DrDan]

12. it was a stupid move - the R's look petty and juvenile

campaign money flowed. Coverage was negative.

No . . . it could not have been deliberate. They are dumb - but not that much. I

I think he thought his voice would be one of many and not heard individually. Wasn't there a partisan outburst just before his lone voice? It was a blunder.

[rpannier]

3. this pretty much sums it up

link:

http://www.credoaction.com/comics/2009/08/821.html

[polichick]

9. You missed a lot of that - she called him a jerk on her face book page...

...and said how horrible it was before applauding him for apologizing.