Alan Grayson’s gaffe
Has the provocative Democrat finally gone too far and become a serious liability for the party?
Congressman Alan Grayson (U.S. Congress)
Already controversial for saying a GOP health care plan would amount to telling sick people to "die quickly," freshman Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has created yet another stir by referring to Fed adviser Linda Robertson as a "K Street whore." He has apologized, but how bad was the damage to his reputation?
Alan Grayson is now officially a nut: Democrats may have chuckled at Grayson’s previous antics, says Marc Ambinder in The Atlantic, but he crossed a line with the remark about Linda Robertson. "This one will probably stick."
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He was irresponsible -- even if he was making a legitimate point: It’s important to remember that Grayson was appearing on "wack-job conspiracy theorist" radio show, says Gabriel Winant in Salon. So even if Grayson did have a "kernel of a point" in saying that "the Fed is in hock to the business lobby," he needed to be much more circumspect in his language. "Making the point in such red-meat language, to such an audience, encourages paranoid, and often scary, ideas."
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Kudos to Grayson for speaking an uncomfortable truth: The congressman from Florida "hit the nail on the head," says Howie Klein in The Huffington Post. After all, Robertson "shills for whoever pays her." The reason there’s such a furor is that "the characterization is a little too close for comfort" for many of Grayson’s Congressional colleagues.
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Posted by congressional whore, Thursday, October 29, 2009, 12:02 am Grayson has had his 15 minutes. You can always count on some nobody congressional member to say something stupid to get his or her face on camera. When everybody oohs and aahs then they cut their own throat by saying or doing something totally embarrassing or corrupt. Grayson is a rank amateur. The most dangerous place in DC is between a camera and Schumer. At least that's the word. Grayson is just a nasty little child showing off his but.
Posted by Gut Shot, Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11:25 am You sir are wrong. You are speaking about someones mother, wife, or sister and if she was any one of the 3 to me I would be in D.C. Looking to whip your ass. You are a disgrace to the state of Florida and it's people. When your 15 minutes of fame are up you need to go back to your hole you live in and remain there.
Posted by Holly, Thursday, October 29, 2009, 12:50 pm Grayson is one of the only people in Florida who seems to care about the less fortunate. If you have something negative to say about him, it means he is getting you, Republicans. Haha!
Posted by Grayson cares, Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11:26 pm I guess Grayson signs the welfare checks in Florida.
Posted by connee501, Friday, October 30, 2009, 10:51 am Kudos to Grayson for calling Linda out for what she is....a ho! He knows how to get attention. He is also one of the few Congressmen with the guts to say what is on his mind and fight for the people and what is right. He is hero to many, many of us and I wish my own Congressman was who we elected instead of an on the take from the corporate lobbyists ho! Go get em Alan!
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