A day before his formal rebuke by the House, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) continued to raise funds off of his blatant display of disrespect during President Obama’s address to Congress.

“My outburst during the president’s speech was poor timing, and for that I have personally apologized to the president himself,” Wilson wrote in a Sept. 14 fundraising email to supporters.

But Wilson has not personally apologized to the President himself.

“They have not spoken,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in an email. “On the night of the speech, Rep. Wilson telephoned the President’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emaunel, to offer his apology.  Mr. Emanuel accepted the apology on the President’s behalf.”

Wilson released a statement to the press, but this too does not qualify as personally apologizing to Obama.

In his email, Wilson invited his supporters to “Stand with me against liberal attacks” and mistakenly claims, “I’ve been under attack by the liberal left for months because of my opposition to their policies, especially government-run healthcare.”

The Congressman was “relatively obscure” before shouting, “You lie!”

Full email after the jump.

From: Congressman Joe Wilson <fightback@joewilsonforcongress.com>
Date: Sep 14, 2009
Subject: Congressman Joe Wilson: Stand with me against liberal attacks
To: Friend

Dear friend,

Today, I need your help more than ever before. I’ve been under attack by the liberal left for months because of my opposition to their policies, especially government-run healthcare. And they’ve run commercials in my home district and flooded my office with angry phone calls and unruly protestors. They’ve done everything they can to quiet my very vocal opposition to more government interference in our lives. Now, it’s gotten even worse.

But I will not stop fighting against their policies that will only lead to more government interference, more spending, and higher deficits.

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Will you please watch this video and stand with me against liberal attacks by making a donation to my campaign?

My outburst during the president’s speech was poor timing, and for that I have personally apologized to the president himself. But I will not apologize a second time, and I most certainly will not apologize for standing up for truth…especially in these difficult times in our country.

Friend, I have been a patriot all of my life, and it pains me to see our country go down the path of sure destruction. But that’s exactly what will happen if we allow the liberal left to succeed with their costly and risky big-government plans!

I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT! And I hope you won’t either!

During the August recess, I listened to thousands of concerned taxpayers who are mad at the rate in which liberal Democrats are spending their hard-earned money. They were shocked and distraught by our nation’s slide toward extreme liberal big government and the attempts by Democrats to nationalize the auto industry and the banking industry.

Now, I need your help. Over the weekend, the liberals used my outburst as a rallying cry behind my Democratic opponent. Some of the nation’s most liberal online interest groups have helped him raise over $1,000,000 in just over 72 hours. Many friends and organizations are kindly helping me out, but this is your chance to donate directly to my campaign to ensure that every dollar goes toward fighting back against and defeating my Democrat opponent.

What’s more, forces within the liberal left have taken their pro-big-government tactics to an extreme by hacking into my website and crashing it! This is outrageous and must not be tolerated!

As I said, I will continue to passionately fight against the liberal big-government agenda, but I can’t do that if we let the Democrats take this seat.

Friends, truth be told, this is a war for the very soul of our republic…a war we cannot afford to lose. And I cannot fight this fight alone…

Will you please visit take a few minutes today to watch this video, and make a donation to my campaign? It will take a lot of work, but I know we can match what the liberals poured into my opponent’s bank account last night, and fight back against the Democrats’ unwavering attacks.

Please click here now to watch my video and help me continue my fight. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Joe Wilson
U.S. Representative

P.S. I will not give up my fight against big-government policies, but I need your help to push back against liberal attacks. Will you please watch this video and stand with me today by making a donation to my campaign??