Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Flu Vaccine Shortage; Voted Against Funding
Congressman Joe “You Lie” Wilson told the right-wing CNS News that the Obama administration is “solely responsible” for the vaccine shortage.
“The current administration is solely responsible. They can’t blame this on any prior administration,” said Wilson. “This is the responsibility of the current administration. They’ve put the lives of Americans at risk.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee shows that it was Wilson and other Republicans cast votes that got us to this point.
The DCCC pointed to a June vote on a supplementary appropriations bill as evidence. Wilson joined 95% of Republicans and voted against the bill, which contained special funding to combat H1N1 both domestically and internationally. But the bill also contained other much more money for other plans and programs Republicans at the time viewed as wasteful, including the Cash-For-Clunkers car purchase incentive program.
Still, the DCCC says that a vote against the bill essentially equaled a vote against combating H1N1 and means Republicans who voted against it like Wilson favored a public health program that would have resulted in even less vaccine than is available now.
good work Alan exposing this fraud for who he is! BTW did you notice that we finally have a surgeon general now that the GOP has stopped blocking the guy’s confirmation……um could it be that pressure from the Dems about the swine flu was the straw that broke the GOP’s back on that one? (we already know that in fact it was) :)
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
I think I missed it, how do we know that in fact it was?
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
THINGS TAKE TIME TO MAKE.AND ITS JUST SO FUNNY HOW ITS OBAMAS FAULT LIKE HE WAS THERE MAKING THE VACCINE HIMSELF..MORE IS ON THE WAY IT WILL BE HERE SOON,HAS THAT MORON HAD HIS SHOT? WELL I GUESS WILSON HAS TO STROKE HIS SUPPORTERS FOR MORE MONEY AND IGNORANT COMMENTS ARE NEEDED.HOWEVER HE IS WRONG ABOUT ONE THING IT IS THE BUSH ADMIN.FAULT FOR THOSE PRISONERS OF WAR BEING THERE AND THEY DO NEED THEIR SHOTS..NOTICE HE FAILED TO MENTION THEY BLOCKED FUNDING,AND WHEN THEY ARE AT FAULT THEY ALWAYS POINT THE FINGER IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.WELL I GUESS NO MATTER WHAT OBAMA DOES IT WILL BE DAMMED ON BOTH SIDES,WHAT HE DOES OR DOES NOT DO.I DONT HAPPEN TO THINK ITS ANYONES FAULT.EITHER IT WAS MADE TOO FAST,DIDNT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT,NOW NOT ENOUGH OUT THERE,THEN THERE WAS A BRAIN IMPLANT IN THE SHOT,HMMM WHO STARTED THAT?,BUT WHAT EVER THE SUBJECT SOME PERSON FROM THE GOP OR FAR RIGHT IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IGNORANT TO SAY INSTEAD OF BEING GLAD PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR SHOTS,AND THIS FLU WILL BE BEATEN,HAVE TO INJECT THE NEGATIVE INTO THE POSITAVE,THATS ALL THEY KNOW!
flap Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
STOP YELLING! CAPS LOCK OFF! YIKES!
anonymouse Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Release the cap lock, use paragraphs and try to use shorter sentences.
You’re welcome.
burqa Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
When I see all caps I think a kid has logged on….
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Oh, enough all ready, Joe Wilson! Like Obama created this new strain of influenza…not enough vaccines, oh well, they can have mine, I have no intention of getting this shot!
The press is once again, playing havoc with peoples emotions on this subject. People read and keep yourself informed.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Well Why not blame Obama for the Flu vaccine Shortage. The right wing wacko’s are blaming him for the recession and the war.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:00 pm
JOE LIES!!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 pm
The wingnuts need to all get on the same page.
Just the other day, wingnuts (medical professionals in NY?) were refusing to take the Swine Flu vaccination because they didn’t want government telling them what to do or something. Now, the wingnuts are complaining because the vaccine isn’t coming along fast enough to suit them.
Geez, it’s almost like Obama can’t do anything to please these people.
jasperjava Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 am
ya think?
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:27 am
Why isn’t he wearing his confederate flag tie?
anonymouse Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 am
Because he left it at home on his KKK robe?
jazmine Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:53 am
I have one of those, it’s Kinky,Kooky and Kool, wanna come check it out? I’ll meet you in that bagel shop, St. Pierre…lol
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:23 am
Hmmm…what’s the point of this article Alan?
CFC (Cash for Clunkers) did come through.
Was it the same bill as the one Joe voted against?
If so, the vote against funding from Joe did NOT affect the funding (since the bill was passed): Am I making a mistake here?
If the funding wasnt affected by the vote, then what’s the point of drawing attention to which way Joe and other Republicans voted on this bill?
karthiks030977 Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Of course, Joe was right by and large, on this issue, till he put his foot in his mouth, as he has a habit of doing:
“They’ve put the lives of Americans at risk”
Yeah, right, they caused the virus to get created, and they went around spreading it with their “socialist policies”.
And Alan of course has to respond at a similar level of childishness, bringing up the issue of “which way Joe voted”, as though it had any effect on the issue being discussed.
Daddio Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
Of couse the left claiming that Pres. Bush knew about the 9-11 terrorist attacks before hand has to be true because because some liberal nutjobs said it was so.
Southern Girl Lib Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:33 am
And also the memo thingy:
“President Bush and his top advisers were informed by the CIA in early August 2001 that terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden had discussed the possibility of hijacking airplanes, according to reliable sources.”
Hope for Change Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
So you’re trying to say that how a congressman votes does not matter unless he is in the majority? That’s nuts.
Every campaign against an incumbent looks to the voting record of the opponent to determine where they stand on the issues. They don’t ignore votes simply because they voted for it and it didn’t pass, or they voted against it and it did pass.
karthiks030977 Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
“So you’re trying to say that how a congressman votes does not matter unless he is in the majority? That’s nuts.”
HFC: Am arguing Obama caused “American lives to go at risk” as much as Alan appears to have alleged that “Joe Wilson caused the same”.
Fact is,
1.the latter ran the RISK of causing that. And therefore hurt his own credibility for the future.
2.There is no evidence either way on whether Obama did anything to cause Joe’s allegation.
Bottomline, I was asking if it is prudent to respond to mudslinging with mudslinging.
Hope for Change Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I don’t see it as Alan ‘alleging that Joe Wilson caused the vaccine shortage’.
I see it as Alan pointing out the hypocrisy of Joe Wilson complaining of a vaccine shortage and blaming Obama, when his vote, if successful, would have made the shortage worse. How is that mudslinging?
Where was Wilson’s concern for ‘the lives of Americans’ when he was voting to kill the bill?
JaredfromTexas Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
HFC,
when his vote, if successful, would have made the shortage worse. How is that mudslinging?
And how would this qualify as an educated statement? A “no” vote didn’t affect the dollar amount proposed or the production levels for the shot.
Let’s try using our brains a bit, shall we?
Where was Wilson’s concern for ‘the lives of Americans’ when he was voting to kill the bill?
What a ridiculous statement to make…he didn’t vote for a bill that was jammed packed with another gov’t spending spree…and all of a sudden, he doesn’t care about Americans???
Otherwise…I LOVE how both sides parse stuff like this to push their piece-meal ad hominem attacks. The H1N1 funding was jammed into a bill that included other issues, including the ridiculous cash-for-clunkers program (that has had absolutley ZERO long-term effects, by the way). Parsing out a “no” vote on any single item in the bill is just plain misrepresenting the facts…something that ALAN is notorious for doing.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
my math might be a bit fuzzy at this hour, but if 95% of republicans voted against it, 5% still did, and it still would have passed due to the democrat majority….
this is also a good reason why I think massive appropriation bills are innapropriate.(and also the reason why I dismiss most accusations that so and so voted against whatever it is they are debating about) There is always something in there that someone really doesn’t like, so if they vote on their principle they end up voting against something else worthwhile.
It’s like that new movie, if you push the button you get a million dollars, but someone in the world dies.
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:14 am
H1N1 is another manufactured crisis this admin won’t let go to waste, and it’s all bvllsh1t. A hundred times more people die from the seasonal flu than H1N1 – every year.
Where’s that crisis?
Funding, schmunding. Flu shots are a scam. I have no intention of getting one.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:33 am
I think this brings up another issue besides Joe “You Lie” Wilsons vote. That is how Bills are presented on the floor…so complex and multi-faceted that you can be for three of the issues it promotes and against five of the other issues it proposes. How about a line-item veto for Congress-critters in their voting on bills?
I know that would never be but I’m just trying to point out the complexity and problems of the way our laws are made.
jasperjava Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Otto von Bismark: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.”
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
I am reminded of the late 70’s. I was in the service and we were ordered to get the swine flu shot of that era. They stopped it after a time. Something about seizures. No side effects that I know of..except my urge to have sex in the mud, and I actually did become a cop after I retired from the service
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I’ve heard all kinds of horror stories about side effects from vaccines…some of which I know are total bullcrap, but it’s always kind of scary when the government starts pushing a medicine that may or may not have been properly tested on mass populations.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Joe Wilson was against vaccinations before he was for them.
Fancy that!
All is took was an election to tun him around…
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:10 pm