At this time last year, almost to the minute, Joe Wilson was embarrassing himself and his constituents by shouting at the Commander-in-Chief during a joint session of Congress. The response was swift: Republicans, Democrats and Independents stood together demanding that he apologize, and your community was the key to a grassroots movement that grew to over 40,000 Americans who were willing to give money-- that all too often they didn’t have-- to replace Joe’s partisan games with a new generation of leadership.
Joe called the White House to apologize-- but like my son years ago (when he was six), he apparently doesn’t understand what "sorry" is supposed to mean. Within hours, Joe was gloating and raised more than $2 million telling his supporters that he "wouldn’t be muzzled."
Since then, he’s only indirectly referred to his "town hall moment." Until today, when this arrived in my inbox:
Dear John,
Today marks one year since Joe Wilson stood up for us and voiced his outrage at the job-killing government takeover of America's health care system. The massive spending and growing deficit was completely out of control, weighing down our country’s exhausted economy. And what has changed since then?
No one could have guessed back then that the liberal elitists in Washington would still be pushing their destructive agenda today, when it is obvious that their policies are woefully ineffective. Nancy Pelosi and her Capitol Hill Gang would rather let unemployment sky-rocket than "lose face" in the public eye by admitting they were wrong and bowing to the people's will.
As the Pelosi Gang keeps pushing their liberal agenda that flies in the face of America’s core values, they have forgotten a critically important point: We, the people, put them there with our votes. And we, the people, can send them home, too. Because too many folks are tired of politicians who say one thing and do another. Shouldn’t a Representative actually "represent" the views of his constituents?
The plain truth is, most Americans do not want Obamacare, reckless runaway "stimulus" spending, a mind-blogglingly large deficit, or any other "ideas" lifted from the radical liberal handbook. We want common-sense conservative solutions, limited government, expanded freedom and fresh growth for small businesses. Congressman Joe Wilson believes this is not too much to ask from our government.
Ever since Joe publicly voiced his outrage one year ago today, he has been in the cross-hairs of every liberal out there. Nancy Pelosi has especially taken notice, as she busily helps funnel millions of dollars from wealthy left-wing organizations into the campaigns of a South Carolina liberal Democrat. Joe stood up for us a year ago; and today is our chance to stand up for him.
The November elections are less than seven weeks away, and Joe needs your help to defeat the Washington establishment and get our economy back on track. Will you help Joe reach his goal this month of $25,000?
Please click here now to send the liberals a message!
Joe Wilson has been in Congress for almost a decade, and he has nothing to show for it but an ethics investigation. He’s got no record, and his policies have shipped our jobs overseas. All he has left is to raise money off of his shameful outburst, and spend it on smearing me and running from his record.
Joe can run from his record, but he can’t hide. Congress needs leaders with the courage to do what’s right. Join our fight.