‘You lie’ becomes rallying cry for Dems

It seems the president can’t give a speech on healthcare without something distracting the media from … what was he talking about, oh yeah, healthcare. First time around, it was Henry Louis Gates. Now, the media is preoccupied with Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, of South Carolina, who shouted, “You lie,” to the president during his address to Congress Thursday night. Politico ’s Glenn Thrush reports this morning that Wilson’s rallying cry might be the shot in t…

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