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November 4, 2009

Joe Wilson Goes All ‘Dictionary’ On Obama

by Jim Newell  

Frothy shoutmonger Joe Wilson is a man of few words — as in, he only knows a few words in the entire English language. But he’s working on it!

You know, I’m really disappointed, and I actually agree with Vice President Cheney that the President is dithering. And I actually had to look up what “dithering” meant, and it’s “indecisive.” And that’s what the President is being.

And then he had to look up “indecisive,” but that was a dead end, so he tried to judge “dithering” by context, but that required looking up “judge” and “context,” and the whole thing was just a catastrophe… but more war, yes, is the point.

[Think Progress]

{ 41 comments }

iwillsavethispatient November 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Surely a basic knowledge of the word “dithering” should be a minimum requirement for a Congressman or Senator? Or is it only me and Cheney that use the word?

Wilson should also go and look up the word “lie”. Perhaps it was all a great misunderstanding on his behalf!

Come here a minute November 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Dithering is intentionally applying noise to randomize quantization error.

MLHencken November 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Wait, Joe Wilson used socialist reference material? Is that allowed?

vladster November 4, 2009 at 4:01 pm

I believe the great Doctor, Samuel Johnson defined dithering as” the act of shooting one’s attorney in the face, waterboarding people for fun, lying to your country, and having a perpetual sneer on your face.” So Cheney was talking about himself…and Joe Wilson.

Atheist Nun November 4, 2009 at 4:01 pm

Joe Wilson: Please look up “gullible asshole” in the dictionary. There, you will find your own image printed alongside the definition.

Barry White Zombie November 4, 2009 at 4:03 pm

Joe recently looked up “ass” and “elbow” in an anatomy textbook, and damned if he wasn’t surprised by what he learned.

SayItWithWookies November 4, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Did he really not know what dithering meant, or is he just being a populist ignoramus poseur? Glenn Beck does that on his radio show, too — the best example being some commercial for Haagen Dasz or something where he admits he’s not a rocket scientist and therefore doesn’t know anything about how ice cream is made.
Knowledge, as we know, is for liberal elitists — those sorts of people who live in New York City (or at least live in Connecticutt and commute to NYC) and broadcast their views to legions of slavishly adoring fans. But not Glenn Beck.

JMP November 4, 2009 at 4:05 pm

Wilson is a true REAL MURRKIN, he don’t no none of them fancy big wurds those leetest college-goers use.

hobospacejunkie November 4, 2009 at 4:06 pm

“Hello God’s America. My name is Joe Wilson and I am dumber than a box of rocks — and not afraid to say so on teevee, or wherever!”

Snarkalicious November 4, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Diddling.

PrairiePossum November 4, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Dictionaries are tools of Yankee Aggression. I thought South Carolinians burned all their books a century ago.

Extemporanus November 4, 2009 at 4:11 pm

YOU PALTER!

AnnieGetYourFun November 4, 2009 at 4:13 pm

He probably thought that dithering was that thing that if you do it too much, you go blind.

MLHencken November 4, 2009 at 4:13 pm

[re=450489]Come here a minute[/re]: “Quantizing is frightening” – Front 242

Scruffy_The_Janitor November 4, 2009 at 4:13 pm

any word on whether he looked up “dumbass”?

gurukalehuru November 4, 2009 at 4:15 pm

You’re blathering, Joe. Look it up.

ManchuCandidate November 4, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Joe Wilson’s first thought: “Why did Dick Shun Harry?”

Sleeves November 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm

Sounds like Xanax under moderate compression.

Carrie_Okie November 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm

[re=450489]Come here a minute[/re]: only if you dither up. I dither down. From 24 bit to 16 so’s my awesome can be played on those newfangled compact disques Sony is talking about. 44.1killa hurtz!

Uncle Joe November 4, 2009 at 4:18 pm

Rhymes with blithering.

gurukalehuru November 4, 2009 at 4:21 pm

So I see the deathmatch between Bubba and the Chimp has been canceled, due to extreme mockery.

sarcasticusername November 4, 2009 at 4:22 pm

joe “you lie” wilson thinks obama is wrong for whatever he is or isn’t doing…well color me surprised. how did politico not win the morning with their in depth analysis of this game changing revelation? i hope their intrepid reporters weren’t dithering…

PinkyTuscadero November 4, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Before looking it up, he had only a vague notion that dithering was a black term, something like “jockin my swagga” or “ballin.” You can imagine how bemused he was when he heard the Former Vice President use the term. “Dang,” he thought, “that Dick sure must be down.” Yet when he thumbed through his dogeared copy of the Urban Dictionary, it proved unhelpful. He then went to Webster’s where he did indeed discover the word’s meaning. However, since he’d never used Webster’s before, he thought it was a lexicon organized by Emmanuel Lewis. So he still thinks it’s black.

McDuff November 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Hey Joe, remember the song “Only Fools Rush In?” Well, Hopey ain’t no fool.

One Yield Regular November 4, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Since he doesn’t understand the simple necessity of civility, order and respect in the world’s greatest deliberative body, it’s hardly surprising that he’d have problems understanding words of more than 3 letters and 1 syllable.

PinkyTuscadero November 4, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Oh yeah. I forgot. And now he tries to drop it casually into every conversation and email he has with Michael Steele. For example, today he said “I’m dithering your juice, Michael.”

drrty martini November 4, 2009 at 4:30 pm

[re=450494]Barry White Zombie[/re]: He was surprised – but he STILL can’t tell the difference between them.

binarian November 4, 2009 at 4:32 pm

This guy is a US Congressman and had to look up dithering? Holy shit, they’ll just elect any old dumbass down there.

naveed November 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm

[re=450489]Come here a minute[/re]: HA! geek alert.

P Drizzle November 4, 2009 at 4:38 pm

While he was at it, he tried and failed to find the meaning of his most popular nickname: dumbshitsisterfucker.

germansteel November 4, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Modern Usage 101: Verb To dis, or to diss: Show or express extreme disrespect.
Adv. Dissering: The act of dissing. Example: He is dissering his mama by calling Vice president Cheney a motherfucker.

Dithering: Lisped pronounciation of dissering.

Guppy06 November 4, 2009 at 4:50 pm

C’mon, the guy is from South Carolina! If he has a vocabulary of much more than 2000 words, he loses touch with his constituency voters!

Humpback November 4, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Joe still doesn’t get it. Now, to look all statesman-like and thoughtful, when he is asked his opinion on an issue he has no idea what to say about, he proclaims, “I am dithering.”

Not_So_Much November 4, 2009 at 6:05 pm

I looked up douchenozzle, and there was a picture of Screamin’ Joe.

Min November 4, 2009 at 7:14 pm

I bet he looked it up in a Dick-tionary.

Darkness November 4, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Good thing seven years of Bush being distracted does not a dither make.

Can O Whoopass November 4, 2009 at 11:43 pm

Stop diddering my HealthCare, Joe from Kookamo!

flyingspaghettimonster November 5, 2009 at 1:20 am

then he looked up his own actual given name and found out it was almost as gay as “dithering”

LowerdPeninsula November 5, 2009 at 3:16 am

Before his “shoutout” at the president, Joe’s claim to fame was his lack of intelligence, even within his own South Carolinian Republican congressional delegation. And, like most Republicans, he seems pretty proud of this dearth.

disgustedcitizen November 5, 2009 at 8:54 am

“I do not think that word means what you think it means.” Inigo Montoya

comicbookguy November 5, 2009 at 12:51 pm

That’s funny, because after Blow Wilson shouted “YOU LIE!” I had to go look up the word “LIE” in the dictionary. I do not think it means what he thinks it means.

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