Did President Obamas speech change the direction of the health care reform debate?
For a stunning moment, it seemed Rep. Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) thought he was back at an August town hall meeting and not at a joint session of Congress, listening to the president of the United States eloquently call for replacing “acrimony with civility, and gridlock with progress” in the national debate over health care reform. Shouting out “You lie!” to the president during a speech is not, um, typical protocol, and it says a lot about how our Twitter culture of sending out short snippets of opinion whenever we feel the urge has erupted even in the places once reserved for (at least outward) respect and civility.
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