Alan Grayson, the liberals' problem child

[Bob]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/weekinreview/01herszenhorn.html?hpwAlan Grayson, the Liberals? Problem Child

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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: October 31, 2009

WASHINGTON ? On paper, Representative Alan Grayson, a freshman Democrat from Florida, seems a bit stiff: degrees from Harvard and Harvard Law; a r?sum? that includes clerking for the United States Court of Appeals under Judges Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Robert Bork; an advocate for the aging.




But in recent weeks, Mr. Grayson has catapulted himself to national renown for outlandish rhetoric and a pugilistic political style that makes him seem less staid lawmaker than a character on the lam from one of his Orlando district?s theme parks.

First it was his comment, ?If you get sick, America, the Republicans? health care plan is this: Die quickly.? Then, appearing on MSNBC, he said of former Vice President Dick Cheney: ?I have trouble listening to what he says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he?s talking.? Finally, a radio interview surfaced in which he had called a female adviser to the Federal Reserve chairman ?a K Street whore? ? a reference to her former job as a Washington lobbyist. That one forced him to make a formal apology.......he was correct in his characterization of the fed consultant

 

[kkddbb]

no matter what party he belongs too, he's a NUT!

 

[AlphaCrab]

ALAN GRAYSON: Remember the Name, Florida!

He is a new refreshing voice in Florida--he tells like it (really) is. I expect great things from this man in the future for our state

oohh PS: Olby likes him a whole lot too.

 

[kkddbb]

ALAN GRAYSON: Remember the Name, Florida!

He is a new refreshing voice in Florida--he tells like it (really) is. I expect great things from this man in the future for our state

oohh PS: Olby likes him a whole lot too.

refreshing voice? tells it like it (really) is? your kidding, right?

 

[AlphaCrab]

refreshing voice? tells it like it (really) is? your kidding, right?

No, and don't be perplexed. Yes, refreshing. A real progressive Dem, with real balls.

 

[kkddbb]

No, and don't be perplexed. Yes, refreshing. A real progressive Dem, with real balls.

thats progressive? balls? oh yea, he's a class act.

sure speaks volumes.........

 

[AlphaCrab]

thats progressive? balls? oh yea, he's a class act.

sure speaks volumes.........

Dear Lord, Can someone please give me instructions on the ignore button once again, like right ... NOW!!!!!

 

[Alicia Leonard]

thats progressive? balls? oh yea, he's a class act.

sure speaks volumes.........

Kinda like shouting out "you lie" when the President has the floor. At least Grayson has the floor when he says what he wants to say. :roll:

I admire him for telling the truth. There was a republican President in the white house for the last eight years with taxpayer funded health insurance and every politician fighting against affordable insurance for the uninsured are sitting on their behinds, not worried because they and their families have taxpayer funded insurance. He stands up for the people who died without insurance and he is called a nut. Go figure.

People like me, who work for small business and can't get the same lower rates that large companies can get don't have someone to stand up for them. If I get sick and need surgery, I die.
From where I'm sitting, he told the truth.

 

[Blair]

Kinda like shouting out "you lie" when the President has the floor. At least Grayson has the floor when he says what he wants to say. :roll:

I admire him for telling the truth. There was a republican President in the white house for the last eight years with taxpayer funded health insurance and every politician fighting against affordable insurance for the uninsured are sitting on their behinds, not worried because they and their families have taxpayer funded insurance. He stands up for the people who died without insurance and he is called a nut. Go figure.

People like me, who work for small business and can't get the same lower rates that large companies can get don't have someone to stand up for them. If I get sick and need surgery, I die.
From where I'm sitting, he told the truth.

If your small business employer had his taxes cut dramatically, maybe he could slide a little your way where you could afford more coverage.....We're back to the same ole arguement....sorry

Do you HONESTLY believe that repubs would try any legislation that says "die quicker" or "hurry up and die" ???? No more than I beleive there are "death panels" in the dems 2000 page tree killer....

 

[Alicia Leonard]

If your small business employer had his taxes cut dramatically, maybe he could slide a little your way where you could afford more coverage.....We're back to the same ole arguement....sorry

Do you HONESTLY believe that repubs would try any legislation that says "die quicker" or "hurry up and die" ???? No more than I beleive there are "death panels" in the dems 2000 page tree killer....

No, I don't believe the death panel junk, Blair and I don't expect my employer to take care of everything, but I do expect the powers that be to understand that without their health their nation is weak.

I did not agree with any of the bailouts, but having some type of system in place to insure the citizens of this nation is a necessity. And it might as well have been their plan, because they have had eight years to do anything, and they chose not to. No plan equals, you die without insurance.

I expect the politicians on both sides to embrace real reform instead of fight it tooth and nail. I feel like those who have taxpayer funded insurance, should forgo it or be called hypocrites if they fight against other citizens who want affordable coverage that can't be canceled or denied when they need it.

If Grayson is using the same tactics as most of the other side to get people insured, so be it. At least he is not a hypocrite. And instead of talking what ifs as in death panels, he is telling what is happening now, to those who lack coverage.