Talk:Joe Wilson (American politician)

Official bio

Born and raised in Charleston, Addison (Joe) Graves Wilson considers it a great honor to represent the Second Congressional District of South Carolina. He is a graduate of the High School of Charleston, Washington & Lee University, and the University of South Carolina School of Law. After settling down in West Columbia, Wilson became a founding partner of the law firm Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas.

Since being elected to Congress in December 2001, Wilson has worked hard to promoting peace through a strong national defense, ensuring that every child in America receives a high-quality education, and urging personal responsibility through limited government. He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee, Education & Workforce Committee, Policy Committee and International Relations Committee. Addtionally, he is the co-chair of the Congressional Caucuses on Bulgaria and Mongolia. In the 108th Congress, he served as the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, the largest country caucus on Capitol Hill.

From participating as a teenage republican to serving in the halls of the U.S. House of Representatives, Wilson has dedicated much of his life to public service. He began his career as a member on the staffs of South Carolina legends Senator Strom Thurmond and Congressman Floyd Spence. He also worked in the visionary Ronald Reagan administration as Deputy General Counsel for the United States Department of Energy Secretary and served under former South Carolina Governor, Jim Edwards. Wilson was proud to serve in the South Carolina State Senate with perfect attendance for 17 years.

Throughout his life, Wilson has strongly supported the U.S. military. From 1972 – 1975, he served in the United States Army Reserves. After serving as a Staff Judge Advocate in the South Carolina Army National Guard for over 31 years, he retired from military service in 2003.

Joe and his wife Roxanne are the proud parents of four sons, three of whom serve in the U.S. military. Alan, his oldest son, is a Captain in the Army National Guard; Add is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and is now an Ensign attending Uniform Services Medical School; Julian is a recent graduate of Clemson University and is a Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard, and Hunter currently attends Airport High School. He also has two grandsons.

I can confirm that the above was contributed by someone from Congressman Wilson's office. I think they did a wonderful thing by asking me first how they might improve the bio we have. I suggested they post to the talk page, and they did. Let's return the goodwill and improve the article! :-)--Jimbo Wales 22:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Got all that, and now I found this. Need his official U.S. (public domain) photo first. I would rather use the cute photo with his wife and newborn grandson on his website, but no perms for that. --James S. 05:24, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'm finished; maybe a constituent should give him another pass now. I hope someone can get permission to put this photo in the Family section. --James S. 06:17, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Here's what the page looked like when Emily posted here, for comparison. In excellent Wikipedia fashion, all the original statements have survived in the expanded version. --James S. 08:33, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Controversial statements

In the course of finding a source to verify the 2002 controversy, I came across a few others and added the most recent, along with its news source. I think they both give some insight into the person, and both very clearly illustrate the boundaries of political polarization in modern America. They were both considered newsworthy and widely reported, and I guess that together they are legitimately encyclopedic. I suspect that Wilson would prefer that the 2002 controversy be omitted, since he later apologized for those remarks, but I think that one says more about his personality as a staunch defender of the military. The 2005 controversy is really just acerbic partisan bickering from a veteran's advocate standpoint. I'm going to leave both of them in, since the rest of the article reads glowingly like an advertisement. Two controversial statements really highlight the real humanity of the person, as well as fully illustrating the partisan polarization of the times. I hope Emily doesn't mind much, and hope she and her boss appreciates all the other improvements. --James S. 09:20, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Sons in the military

Watching the Pentagon Channel Rep. Wilson said he has "four sons in the military." I guess this means his youngest, Hunter Taylor Wilson, is no longer in high school and is in the military. Couldn't find confirmation. --ProdigySportsman 02:14, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Tags, copy edits

This article is a mess. I've added some tags, and made copy edits. More to come. I'm going to remove some obviously impossible information, as noted above Bearian'sBooties (talk) 02:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Yelling "You Lie" at President Obama's health care speech

Please don't add this until it is reported on by reliable sources, and satisfies WP:WEIGHT and WP:BLP requirements. — Mike :  tlk  01:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Is the AP not reliable? StealthCopyEditor (talk) 01:32, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

page should be protected99.241.95.241 (talk) 01:24, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

It has been reported by the AP: [1] 66.253.36.17 (talk) 01:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Page is already getting vandalized, and I'm sure this page is going to have quite a few more views after this. Definitely needs to be protected. BrainDance (talk) 01:27, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

It's been reported by the AP and sourced by other media. The page should definitely be protected. Vote (talk) 01:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Suggest to Protect this page

After what just happened. --VertigoOne (talk) 01:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)