Our site has been down. Had it been in working order I would have said that Joe Wilson should apologize, as I did on Twitter. Then we would have posted his apology.

And people would have been furious.

On Facebook, I’m reading that wanting him to apologize is akin to approving of the president lying. It’s not. It’s saying that a congressman shouldn’t shout at the president during a joint session speech. We’re not the House of Commons, sorry.

And, yes, the president shouldn’t condescendingly dismiss his critics either. He shouldn’t call us liars. And I happen to think he should take a step back and owes people who he has accused of bearing false witness an apology. I don’t expect him to do that.

But the presidential facts change nothing about the Wilson incident: It was wrong and embarrassing and he seems to know that and did the right thing. And no, I did not send him a campaign contribution. But many e-mailing or otherwise communicating with me appear to be toying with the idea.