Talk:Joe Wilson (American politician)

Controversies section
Who the hell cares what Jimmy Carter said about the yelling incident? You Wiki people take things too far now. Everything is so detailed and drawn out that your articles are not even useful anymore.


 * This is a good point. Carter's comments on Wilson's outburst really don't belong, or Bill Cosby's, either. Though the text is very well sourced. I'm copying it here so its saved.

Former President Jimmy Carter said that the outburst was "based on racism ... [t]here is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president",  and characterized Wilson's act as "dastardly". This view was echoed by entertainer and educator Bill Cosby. However, others disagreed, including Maryland representative Donna Edwards, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Alan Wilson, the Attorney General of South Carolina, said: "There is not a racist bone in my dad's body. He doesn't even laugh at distasteful jokes." White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, when asked about Carter's comments, stated that President Barack Obama "does not believe that criticism comes based on the color of his skin." Bangabandhu (talk) 22:12, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

KKK
Joe Wilson has been named as a member of the KKK by anonymous - already attracting lots of attention - maybe we lock it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.107.68 (talk) 16:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Yes Bob6667 (talk) 19:01, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Controversies section
In keeping with criticism-section I am changing the title as it now appears. Bangabandhu (talk) 12:20, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Wrong vote totals listed in South Carolina's 2nd congressional district results table
In the table that lists the results of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district, there's an issue with the 2010 results, at least compared to South Carolina's 2010 returns on the South Carolina Election Commission website.

The tables currently states this:

Joe Wilson	Republican	138,755 53% Rob Miller	Democrat	113,354	44% Eddie McCain	Libertarian	4,212	2% Marc Beaman	Constitution	2,856	1%

According to the results on South Carolina Election Commission's returns, these numbers are slightly off.

Joe Wilson got 138,861 total votes, Rob Miller recieved 113,625, and Libertarian Eddie McCain got 4,228 votes. The vote total for Marc Beaman is correct.

This information can be access via this source - https://scvotes.gov/elections-statistics/election-results/ - under the 2010 General election results (page 3). I've not checked any other numbers save this specific year and district.

I apologize for pointing out what may be a small thing, but I've no experience in editing, and didn't want to make some mistake which screwed up the page or formatting in some way. MikeyX58 (talk) 08:16, 13 May 2023 (UTC)