Just wanted to share a tidbit i picked up from TPM that hasn't been put forward here yet...
Did you know that this asshole was also the same South Carolinian embarrassment who publically chastised Strom Thurmond's bi-racial, out-of-wedlock daughter by basically telling her to "shut up" when she came forward to reveal he true identity?
Mind you, she was in her late 60's when she came forward in 2003!
Here is the link: TPM
Here's the quote:
Most Americans first heard about Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) last night for his now-infamous "you lie!" outburst.
But it isn't the first time for Wilson. Back in 2003, not long after the death of Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Thurmond's bi-racial, out-of-wedlock daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, came forward to say that Thurmond was her father. (Thurmond, who spent most of his career as a staunch proponent of segregation and Jim Crow, had supported the family financially for decades.) Wilson made headlines for telling The State newspaper that Washington-Williams should have kept the shameful secret to herself.
Wilson later had to apologize to Washington-Willaims, Thurmond's family and perhaps implicitly non-awful people everywhere.