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Does Washington ever tell the truth?
Magnetic bumper sticker catches fire in arguments over health-care plan

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Posted: September 21, 2009
9:12 pm Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily




"You Lie!", the allegation being thrown back and forth in Washington these days and featured on a brand new bumper sticker, is – for the second week – the No. 1 item among best-sellers at the WND Superstore.

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina fired off the accusation during President Obama's recent address to a joint session of Congress in which Obama was lobbying for his planned federal health care takeover.

Wilson's outburst came after Obama said his health care plan would not provide care to illegal aliens. While the bill does have a provision excluding illegals, at the time it also carried a rule that prevented doctors from verifying the eligibility status of patients.

Wilson later apologized to the president, but overlooked in the reaction to Wilson's statement was the fact that only minutes earlier, Obama had called his critics liars. He was discussing criticisms of the health care plan's provisions for various boards that would make decisions on the provision of health care, dubbed "death panels" by critics.

"It is a lie, plain and simple," Obama said.



Wilson later rejected Democratic calls for multiple apologies.

"I am not going to apologize again," Wilson told "Fox News Sunday." "I believe the American people know I'm a civil person. I respect the institution of the House. I have apologized to the president. I believe that should be enough."

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The bumper sticker, now starting to appear on bumpers, file cabinets and any other magnetic surface – makes a bold statement about the dispute, and the general level of truth coming from the Obama administration.

The slogan is about 15 niches by four inches and is long-lasting as well as removable.
 
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