here is one from joe wilson this morning. find members of congress tweeting during, before, after the speech tonight. next phone call. patty from dallas. caller: everyone is talking about jobs. where were these people with clinton and bush? everyone is talking about taxes. you cannot run a household if you do not have everything in. if there are no taxes, what have tax cuts have done for us? nothing. if you have no revenue, how can you sustain anything? it does not matter what president obama says, tries to do. we just have to get down to the nitty gritty. this is a hateful, racist country, and it is going to be that way. no one is going to work with him. all they are going to do is put him aside. for that man talking about jobs, as an african-american female, i am going to tell him what they always tell us just pull yourselves up from the bootstraps. host: how has the president reached across the other side to connect big piece of legislation -- enact big pieces of legislation in a bipartisan way? guest: we just had presiden

. >> another south carolinaen, congressman, joe wilson, yelling you lie at president of the united statesuring a joint session of congress. bad theater. >> is that carolinian? >> yes. no french kings there. >> the worst political theater. the august town hall meetings masquerading as the real america, when they were taken over by a minority of a minority, yelling and shouting a ab centis. >> and they were racist? >> oh, come on. that is absurd. >> monica. >> that was his best political theater, worst political theater? what political theater? i lost my train of thought. >> this was, yes, this was when the white house passed out those white lab coats to the doctors to use them as props to suggest that all doctors support obama care, when 80% oppose it. >> the whole story was exposed. the white house was passing out the white coats. mort. >> governor patterson sending caroline kennedy out to replace hillary clinton. is this what you call political hokey pokey and he puts his left foot in his mouth and his right foot in his mouth and he turns around. >> harry reid say opponents were like sla

>> -- goes to republican congressman joe wilson.ocrats got angry, too, splitting as they debated coverage for abortions, illegal immigrants, and the ever present worry about cost. >> this government is out of control. >> the best political theater -- >> you're a socialist fascist pig. >> those town hall meetings where insults were traded like baseball cards. >> you don't trust me? >> on what planet do you spend most of your time? >> as much as the president tried to make a case that really health care is such a big part of the economy, it's all of this, families do not see it that way. >> best bus tour -- >> the dna of america is liberty and freedom. >> the t.e.a. partyers caught top democrats and republicans offguard by pulling big crowds coast to coast. >> you know i'm a huge tea drinker, and these t.e.a. parties lacked a lot of tea. >> i think the t.e.a. parties were really against being marginalized. some people were against taxes, some people were prolife, there wasn't a common theme. >> there's always a group of angry people i

one republican wrote, "joe wilson is sitting in the same seat, i brought some duct tape." a congressman wrote, "i hope that candidate obama shows up tonight." >> this is what it looks like inside of the chambers. earlier today, we had a chance to talk to robert gibsbs about how the president is preparing. >> i know that the speech writers have gone over this and they correlate to these times in different administrations, particularly the last several for both bushes, clinton, and reagan. it just to get a sense of the type of town and the type of clarity that they had, what they were talking about. in some ways, it is always a little stunning to read those past addresses because you realize that we have to address the big challenges that face our countries because other countries are addressing their challenges. we cannot get -- we cannot be out competed by some of these countries like china and india. we have to out compete them. >> what do you think will be going to through the president's mind as he prepares to deliver this speech? >> often times, but we joke around with

we need to stop and ask ourselves why joe wilson would say that. why was it not countered? i think that the media has fallen short. unfortunately, we rely too much on the media to tell us both sides. host: republican line, jeanne, good morning. caller: i want to thank c-span for being c-span. i hope the people that look over the calls to try to review the line that people are calling on. i think that the republicans would be great as far as being in congress because i believe in checks and balances. i am a 65-year-old woman and a conservatives -- conservative for over 40 years. i was raised in a democratic home of my father would be appalled at the democratic party of today. i truly believe in checks and balances and as far as people saying that they disagree with the president because he is black, that is foolish and i do not know how they can continue to say that. but as long as the policies are against defense, smaller government, business, and christian believes, i am going to go with the party who most aligns with my beliefs. right now that is the republicans. do i agr

joe wilson,one congressman became notorious after he told the president that he lied. we went after him to come on to the show. he listens to the show. there are a few members that tune in to the show. frank wolf, he is a regular listener. >> you can listen to it on the internet every morning. >> anywhere in the world. >> you get calls from around the world? >> i would say anywhere around the country. we do not get many calls around the world. radio as a broadcast medium is changing as rapidly as everything else. i would say that we are probably five years away from getting rid of what we used to call radio towers because i think we will be broadcasting entirely over the internet. the new technology that will allow you to have the internet in your car will become fairly commonplace. there will be no difference between am and fm. the big loser may be satellite radio because that was a technology designed to offer an alternative to the old broadcast modulations. now, you will be listening online. >> in my case, i can listen to a liberal talk show host and a conservative

. >> reporter: but republican joe wilson does calling out of his own. >> lie. >> reporter: that firestorm ultimately calm. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: the house votes on and approves health care. >> the yeas are 60. the nays are 39. the patient protection and affordable care act is passed. >> reporter: the senate goes down to the wire and passes a bill giving the president a major legislative victory going into 2010. >> with passage of reform bills in both the house and the senate, we are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the american people. >> reporter: with the new president comes a new top commander in afghanistan. during the summer, called for 40,000 more troops, sparking criticism by the president who took months to review the strategy. >> the white house must stop deatherring while americans armed forces are in danger. >> reporter: eventually, mr. obama announces 30,000 more troops will be sent. >> the status quo is not sustainable. this danger will grow if the region

joe wilson, the last guy who spoke up at one of these speeches -- he was a military man and was talkingo the commander, and that was wrong. but when you discuss samuel alito, obama and alito -- from what i understand, they don't really care for each other -- not saying they don't like each other. but when you talk about corporate money, i think it is the best thing that ever happened. what we have had in america the last eight or 10 years, these religious groups that are taking over politicians, and all the craziness -- they have that the anti-abortion groups, the pro- abortion groups, the gay groups. companies are people that we work for. what happened really about 18651 to talk about slavery -- around 1865 when they talk about slavery -- it was fought about economics, not about freeing the slaves. people in america have to realize and make a judgment, and thank god for it c-span. are you still there? host: we are listening. caller: thank god for it c-span, because they have so many different opinions. i agree with the guy who just got to talking but companies run america, not these gr