Sent in $5 for Alan Grayson (4.00 / 1)

He speaks the truth, as he has always done. Who's with me?

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by: Adam Bink @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 13:44:16 PM CDT

If Grayson = Wilson (4.00 / 4)

Then I expect to see Rep. Grayson all over TV "news" for the next week and to see his comments repeated over and over again for even longer.

No apologies needed.

"It sounds wrong...
     ...but its right."

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by: SpitBall @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 13:49:48 PM CDT

perhaps this is actually happening? (0.00 / 0)

The segment on CNN with Grayson has raised the visibility of this issue and now the media monster may have been provoked.


"It sounds wrong...
     ...but its right."

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by: SpitBall @ Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:18:24 AM CDT

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Your post is very much to the point (4.00 / 5)

I'm convinced. I heard Alan Grayson's comments on Ed Schultz' radio show this morning. They were really great. I had forgotten that Matt was working for Grayson until I read this post. That makes it even better!

On apologies: never apologize to someone who is goading you. I remember working with a dog trainer about 12 years ago when our dog was less than a year old (with major discipline problems.) The trainer told us: "Never apologize to the dog." I think the same principle should apply here: "Never apologize to the minority party."

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by: Mark Wallace @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:02:09 PM CDT

that's a good facebook group name (0.00 / 0)

Never Apologize To The Dog

beauty.

we could put that on a button around suitable faces and send one to every Democrat in DC...

not everything worth doing is profitable. not everything profitable is worth doing.

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by: tatere @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:23:47 PM CDT

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Today he doubled down - outstanding! (4.00 / 1)

So a big STFU to Rep. Larson, another Moderate/wimp who's letting everyone know he thinks Grayson should have bowed down and apologized.

Nationalism is not the same thing as terrorism, and an adversary is not the same thing as an enemy.

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by: worldlymother @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 15:51:18 PM CDT

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so tired... (4.00 / 1)

I am so tired of the vast inconsistancy between what Republicans can say and do (death panels, "you lie!", contemplate military coups, etc) without reprimand, vs what Democrats say and do that unleashes firestorms and the circular firing squad.

I have just about lost all hope that the system is salvagable, or even worth saving.

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by: lutton @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:03:16 PM CDT

alternative means of support? (0.00 / 0)

grayson is not yet a co-sponsor to hr 676 (single payer, expanded and improved medicare for all) and i don't send $$ to any congressperson who doesn't show support for universal healthcare.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/...

is there any other way to support rep grayson (and stoller) instead of sending $$?

alternatively, maybe grayson can be asked to cosponsor hr 676, or perhaps there is another bill that provides universal healthcare that he supports? any additional info (or corrections to my understanding) would be very welcome. thanks!

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by: selise @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:17:18 PM CDT

IOKIYAR (0.00 / 0)

I'm not holding my breath for the professionally outraged to condemn Republicans for their various "death panel" statements.

Conduct your own interview of Sarah Palin!

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by: fwiffo @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:23:26 PM CDT

Grayson wants to return the power to coin money (0.00 / 0)

to the Constitutional government.

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by: Paul Goodman @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 14:37:05 PM CDT

I thought it was funny... (4.00 / 2)

When I saw the report on it I just thought it was funny, and figured Republicans would flip out about it... but who cares about them, right?

But Democrats?  What the hell is wrong with our caucus?  I donated just to try and shut up our own Democratic "leaders" about it... truly pathetic.

Sigh.

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by: leshrac55 @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 15:04:39 PM CDT

re: pathetic (0.00 / 0)

amen!

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by: The Big Hurt @ Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 01:51:14 AM CDT

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$25 from me (4.00 / 2)

I'm so sick of this crap.  

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by: Texas Nate @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 15:06:48 PM CDT

Grayson isn't going gentle in that good night... (4.00 / 1)

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) mocked Republicans Wednesday who demanded he apologize for saying that they want people who get sick to "die quickly."
"I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America," Grayson said on the House floor.

REID: Voting against us was never part of our arrangement!
SPECTER: I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!
REID: This deal keeps getting worse all the time!

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by: lord_mike @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 15:40:41 PM CDT

I'll donate to Grayson (4.00 / 1)

as soon as he ditches the backstabbing Democrats and becomes an independent or affiliates with a 3rd party.  I might have donated had the Dem leadership stood its ground, but this tears it.  I absolutely refuse to financially support the spineless unprincipled piece of sh*t Democrats any longer.

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by: BigTuna @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 15:59:12 PM CDT

"Democratic leaders, of course, are already encouraging Grayson to apologize." (0.00 / 0)

Where did you get this information, Chris?  Every article I can find says Dem leaders have not asked him to apologize.

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by: BigTuna @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 16:10:29 PM CDT

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One blue dog leader said that he probably should... (0.00 / 0)

...but, according to Grayson, he talked to her and she's backed off...

REID: Voting against us was never part of our arrangement!
SPECTER: I am altering the deal! Pray I don't alter it any further!
REID: This deal keeps getting worse all the time!

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by: lord_mike @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 16:58:35 PM CDT

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"Blue dog leader" (4.00 / 1)

  That's an oxymoron we can believe in.  

"We judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their actions. It is a great convenience." -- Howard Zinn

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by: Master Jack @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 17:03:56 PM CDT

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You refuse to support someone because Democratic leadership doesn't support him. (4.00 / 2)

Brilliant!

Good job empowering the Democratic leadership for being so wimpy!  If only other were as brave and thoughtful as you.

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by: Mark Matson @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 16:53:14 PM CDT

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Slightly OT (0.00 / 0)

but DKOS has a post about a fundraising letter from Joe Sestak and the number of times it asks for money.  

Sestak is a great guy, but the e-mail as well as this post brings to my mind my nightmare: that in the end blogsphere will become, or perhaps already is, nothing but a fund raising device.

I don't think that would ever be the objective of anyone here, but in many of the e-mails I get from campaigns it is pretty obvious they really don't give a damn what I think, or about trying to listen to anyone.  They are all about raising money for DC based consultants, and its makes me feel a bit like a mark, particularly when I think of the millions people like Joe Trippi have made.  

Maybe no one else minds, but I really only need one request to donate.

This is not an issue here, and I will donate to Grayson, but the fundraising stuff can be over the top.

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by: fladem @ Wed Sep 30, 2009 at 20:58:23 PM CDT

We are immersed in a capitalist culture (0.00 / 0)

EVERYTHING is a potential source for fund-raising and profit. Everything.

"It sounds wrong...
     ...but its right."

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by: SpitBall @ Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:21:15 AM CDT

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