A reader e-mails:

To: Kathryn Lopez
Subject: You don’t get the Wilson thing.
You New Yorkers and Beltway types don’t understand average people.
Most people were sick of seeing Obama’s proud face and hearing his boring rhetoric during Primetime, especially as he just acts like he can call a State of the Union speech any old time he wants to, because he is Barack Obama. Add to this that he was lying, it was time for someone to speak up. Apparently Joe Wilson was actually listening to his speech and could not refrain from yelling the obvious. Most people I know admire him for it and are telling him so in word. Probably he’ll get more campaign contributions from it.

I get it. Believe me I get it. And there are people who are speaking up and have been speaking up and will continue to speak up. But we can get it and still say “he shouldn’t have.” As he did.