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Southern Democrats Disapprove of Wilson's Outburst
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Columbia, SC - About half of the Southern Democrats responding to a poll say they were either opposed or outraged by a South Carolina congressman's outburst as President Barack Obama (web | news | bio) addressed a joint session of Congress.

The State of Columbia reported that the Winthrop Univesity poll also showed large majorities of both independents and Democrats reacted negatively to U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's interruption of Obama's speech by shouting "You lie!"

Winthrop's poll, which included questions asked exclusively for The State, showed almost 68 percent of independents said they were opposed to Wilson's outburst. Overall, 30 percent of independents said they were opposed to and outraged by Wilson's actions.

The survey was conducted Oct. 24-Nov. 7 by telephone. There were 866 respondents, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.

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posted by: doralyn on 9:11 am on 11/16/09
It was not the proper place to make such a comment. I do understand his frustration since I voted for Obama and see him to be a very different person than who I voted for. His actions have spoken louder than his words. He was supposed to be for middle America and the poor but his delay of the bogus credit card "reform" bill that caused all the credit card companies to triple rates despite their customer's payment history was WRONG. The purpose was obviously to give these banks another bail out by the middle class since it is the middle class that is likely to have credit card debt with a balance that  can not be paid off immediately. This is clearly an act showing that the banks that own him are his priority and not the voter that voted for him. I also voted for him to have much needed health care reform but seeing his actions I do not trust that he has Middle America or the poor as his priority. he is another bush just won't admit it.

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