Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, interrupted President Obama’s speech Wednesday night with a shout of “You lie!”
Über die Unterschiede in der parlamentarischen Kultur zwischen den USA und Deutschland.
Critical body language and murmurs of disapproval are typical at presidential addresses and part of the political theater. But members of both parties were trying to recollect such a pointed attack from an individual lawmaker at a presidential address and noted that a similar remark could draw a formal reprimand if delivered at a routine session of the House.Carl Huse in In Lawmaker’s Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol (NYTimes)
Ich kann mir das deutsche Parlament ohne Zwischenrufe gar nicht vorstellen. In seinen besten Zeiten (Wehner vs. Strauß) waren diese sogar das Unterhaltsamste.
