Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 18, 2009

South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has become a hero to some, and a demon to others, for shouting ?You lie!? at Barrack Obama during the president?s recent address to Congress.

Mr. Obama is a politician, and it?s wise to assume that all politicians ? with the smallest possible number of exceptions ? lie about everything all the time. This is particularly true of presidents, who are encouraged to think that their will is law, and that their pronouncements are self-ratifying truth.

As a Republican loyalist, Wilson was able to contain his disapproval when Mr. Obama?s predecessor emitted a steady stream of documentable falsehoods about matters both foreign and domestic . Similarly, many Democrat partisans who condemned Mr. Bush?s lies were scandalized by a challenge to Mr. Obama?s integrity.

The official rules of the House forbid Congressmen to call the president a liarThe official rules of the House forbid Congressmen to call the president a liar. If Wilson?s outburst brings an end to that stupid and un-American guideline, some good will have been done.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.