BILERICO-Netroots Magic: Joe Wilson's trashing is Rob Miller's treasure

I Have a new post up on Bilerico.com about the good that came from Joe Wilson's heckling of the president last night.

Netroots Magic: Joe Wilson's trashing is Rob Miller's treasure

Last night when the tweets began flooding in about S.C. G.O.P. Rep. Joe Wilson's misguided heckling of the President of the United States, I was preparing to record another episode of Lundon Calling, the weekly podcast I co-co-host with Ace Lundon and Lance Helms. None of us really had the opportunity to see it live, so I wasn't really sure what to make of the comments about someone throwing shade at the president. I thought it was merely the general raucous booing that Democrats also hammed up for Bush like a VH1 "____ Of Love" contestant.

"I agree--totally classless--but you have a short memory. Dems did same to Bush in state of union." I tweeted back to some friends.

But my interest was piqued, During the first part of the show, Ace sort of takes the lead, so I started to investigate what folks were talking about. If you haven't seen it, here it is:

To read the rest and find out what good came from this please visit Netroots Magic: Joe Wilson's trashing is Rob Miller's treasure on Bilerico.com!

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