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Jesse Ventura makes Yale librarian’s quote-of-the-year list

By Chris Steller | 12.16.09 | 9:15 am

ventura“You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.” With that line, former Gov. Jesse Ventura cemented a place for himself alongside U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, rapper…

Video: Hi-Caliber namechecks Minnesota in 9/12 rap paean

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.02.09 | 12:28 pm

While Rep. Michele Bachmann doesn’t get a shout-out as a “hero” in rightwing rapper Hi-Caliber’s new video (that distinction goes to Joe “You Lie” Wilson, yo), our fair state does merit a mention — as the place where President Obama…

Hollerers’ haul: Big bucks come to Bachmann, Wilson, Grayson

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.16.09 | 1:29 pm

Third-quarter campaign finance reports seem to show a trend: The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Rep. Michele Bachmann, whose cable-TV and townhall tour has had her rattling off now-infamous claims about “anti-American views” and wrist-slitting to…

House votes to censure Rep. Joe Wilson

By Andy Birkey | 09.15.09 | 5:47 pm

obama biden pelosi looking at wilsonRep. Joe Wilson got a largely partisan rebuke from the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday after he shouted “You lie!”…

Bachmann: ‘Joe Wilson spoke truth’

By Chris Steller | 09.11.09 | 7:46 pm

bachmann smallDemocrats in Congress are readying a formal rebuke, but U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax TV that “Joe Wilson spoke truth on the floor of the U.S. House.”

Bachmann brooded, Cantor thumbed PDA during Obama address

By Chris Steller | 09.11.09 | 10:49 am

Besides U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson bellowing “You lie!” Wednesday, two leading House Republicans were paying President Obama no mind — or respect — during his Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. Minority Whip Eric Cantor, who had promised…

Joe Wilson: Trapped in Obama-Dylan continuum?

By Chris Steller | 09.10.09 | 10:09 pm

obama biden pelosi looking at wilsonSeveral explanations have surfaced for U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during the presidential address to Congress Wednesday, including policy-induced ejaculation and an anger-compensation scheme you might call pay-for-bray. Here’s another, spookier theory: Wilson was caught…

‘You lie’ OK for ‘tea baggers,’ not for McCollum: PAC to give Wilson’s opponent $1,000

By Paul Demko | 09.10.09 | 4:23 pm

mccollumU.S. Rep. Betty McCollum’s political action committee will contribute $1,000 to the candidate challenging South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson. The Republican’s infamous “you lie” outburst during last night’s presidential address has…

Was Joe Wilson putting his mouth where his money is?

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.10.09 | 12:53 pm

Picture-122It must take a lot for a sitting congressman to shout “You’re a liar!” to the president of the United States at a rare joint session of Congress. Although Republican Rep. Joe Wilson has apologized for his outburst last…