The Joe Wilson Interview

Dan Riehl does the work the mainstream media won't. Well, they might interview Joe Wilson but I doubt they'd be as fair.

Given a great many constituent concerns Wilson has personally heard expressed, he went into the speech hoping Obama would genuinely reach out both to the people and across the aisle to address their concerns. Obama had claimed that would be his intent. Unfortunately, after Republicans were all but shut out of any pertinent on going negotiations in the House, Wilson felt Obama wasn't genuinely reaching out at all and certainly not honestly to the extent that he did.

All Republican amendments for verification, or enforcement regarding efforts to keep American taxpayers from paying for health care, or insurance for illegal immigrants have been defeated by the Democrats. The Congressional Research Service has indicated that, as it stands, there is nothing to prevent coverage for illegal immigrants under currently considered legislation.

Consequently, Wilson pronounced Obama's specific statement in that regard as "appalling". Perhaps Obama simply hasn't kept up on the legislation, being on vacation so much in recent days, as he has.

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