Can Legislators not call Shrub a Lier in the Congress?

[booley]

Just glanced by C-span and saw an interesting exchange where a female Dem (forgot her name: blond, young) read from an editorial.

The acting speaker cited her for breaking the rules which doesn't allow for a member of congress to call the president a prevaricator, directly or indirectly, on the congress floor.

Did I hear that right?

And if that's so, what if the President was lying?

[BuyingThyme]

1. That's correct. You can't make disparaging remarks about the President

on the floor. But it's all a gray area now.

[madeline_con]

5. Ridiculous, no free speech? n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

2. No

they can't.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. So what about when Rep. Dan Burton called Bill Clinton a "scumbag"???

What was that? :shrug:

[lonestarnot]

4. Why would you worry about House rules, when bushitler doesn't follow his own laws that he made with

utilization of signing statements, and don't ask me which ones.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. Rules are made to be broken.

Or at the very least, changed.