# What would have been the best one-liner response to Wilson's "you lie"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840 "2009-09-12T19:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/41 "2009-09-13T14:33:23Z")
Yeah, with your Mom! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/42 "2009-09-13T15:17:06Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > Rodney Marsh apparently said this to Ian Botham during an Ashes match. Botham is supposed to have replied “Wife’s fine. Kids are retarded” > > ETA: Sorry, Malacandra! Heh. OK, how about: “Joe Wilson, ladies and gentlemen. Proof that in this great country one can overcome Tourette’s syndrome to attain high office.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/43 "2009-09-13T16:50:42Z")
\*\*What would have been the best one-liner response to Wilson’s “you lie”? \*\* “Doing nothing is not an option.” It’s the all-purpose put-down. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/44 "2009-09-13T16:53:38Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Obama hates our troops! No, he just doesn’t want them ejaculating. Keeps that yang energy charged up for battle. Thanks for picking up the typo. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/45 "2009-09-13T16:53:45Z")
A lot of people in this thread have a poor grasp of what a “one liner” is. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/46 "2009-09-13T17:04:05Z")
[Shoots Michele Bachmann between the eyes] “I’m sorry, did I break your concentration?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/47 "2009-09-13T18:37:45Z")
“Yeah, I remember my first beer too.” Or: “So’s your face!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/48 "2009-09-13T18:53:44Z")
“It’s ‘you lay.’ There are many people who get that one wrong.” ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/49 "2009-09-13T20:31:21Z")
“Well duhhhh…What do you expect me to do, tell the truth? Look Joe, I’m a liberal politician in a country where 20% of the country identifies themselves as liberal and 40% as conservatives. So what should I say: This is a plan to make government even bigger?” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/50 "2009-09-13T20:34:57Z")
Channeling LBJ (although it’d open a whole ‘nother can of worms, entirely): "When Sasha and Malia act out, I sometimes have to give ‘em a whippin’. Is that what you want, Joe? A whippin’? In front of all these people?" ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/51 "2009-09-13T20:55:56Z")
> [@Plan\_B](#): > > “Well duhhhh…What do you expect me to do, tell the truth? Look Joe, I’m a liberal politician in a country where 20% of the country identifies themselves as liberal and 40% as conservatives. So what should I say: This is a plan to make government even bigger?” Of course, many of those 40% are independents or Democrats, and in any case self-identification doesn’t always correlate very well with actual beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![NGC2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/52 "2009-09-13T21:06:37Z")
I’m rubber, you’re glue; whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/53 "2009-09-14T00:32:38Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > LOL. That was my first though, I went on youtube to look for that video and couldn’t find it. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavq5m8mBdA) it is. You tell `em Leo. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/54 "2009-09-14T01:28:17Z")
Will you be escorting yourself out now, or shall I have the Sargeant at Arms assist you? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/55 "2009-09-14T18:58:24Z")
“At least _my_ lies don’t result in dead American troops.” ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/56 "2009-09-14T19:47:22Z")
> [@Atomicktom](#): > > Channeling LBJ (although it’d open a whole ‘nother can of worms, entirely): "When Sasha and Malia act out, I sometimes have to give ‘em a whippin’. Is that what you want, Joe? A whippin’? In front of all these people?" Personally, I would have loved for the President to calmly walk from the podium, purposefully stride to Wilson’s seat, and bitchslap the hell out of him. Wilson would have either run out of the room, or sat in the seat with a bright red mark on the side of his face. Because if you try to swing at the Pres, Secret Service will whup that ass. Keep your pimp hand strong, Obama! ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/57 "2009-09-14T20:11:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > “Who let Glenn Beck in here?” [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11539901&postcount=70](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11539901&postcount=70) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/58 "2009-09-14T20:24:44Z")
It shuts its mouth. It does this when it’s told. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/59 "2009-09-15T00:35:53Z")
“Can’t a brutha get a little love?” ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-been-the-best-one-liner-response-to-wilsons-you-lie/509840/60 "2009-09-17T02:23:11Z")
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