This democrat’s no cut-and-runner…
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) stands by his attack on Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, calling her a “K Street whore.”
Grayson won’t step down.
CBS News reported:
Grayson has been widely criticized for his comment, as Politico and the Associated Press report. Republican Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said Grayson is “out of control,” while Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner asked, “Is this news to you that this guy’s one fry short of a Happy Meal?”
“Alan Grayson’s latest comments are disgraceful, inappropriate and disrespectful to women,” RNC Co-Chairman Jan Larimer said, calling on Grayson to issue an apology.
That seems unlikely to happen. Todd Jurkowski, Grayson’s spokesman, sent an email to Hotsheet standing by the comment and further criticizing Robertson.
“Let’s be clear about the context,” he said. “The attack was on her professional career, not her personal life.”
“She attacked the Congressman and his efforts to promote a Republican bill to audit the Federal Reserve,” Jurkowski said. “She actually questioned his understanding of the difference between fiscal and monetary policy. She had the audacity to attack a Congressman who used to be an economist. She’s a career lobbyist who used to work for Enron and advocates for whatever she gets paid to promote.”
President Obama told supporters last night that Grayson is outstanding.
UPDATE: The knuckle-dragging Neanderthal apologized.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:17 pm | #1
Great to see him carrying the mantle of OUR FOUNDER…Champion and Protector of Women.
DO IT FOR TED! http://www.FATBOY.cc
October 27th, 2009 | 6:34 pm | #2
I’ll give him a pass on this, auditing the federal reserve is a worthwhile effort. He might be useful in some situations. If some woman has to be insulted in the process, that’s just how the government works.
He is still a loon and needs to be committed but you know the old saying “keep your friends close, keep your enemies even closer.”
As far as VP Cheney, he probably took the insult as a compliment. He’s been called worst by bigger more important people.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:35 pm | #3
Class. With heavy eyebrows.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:37 pm | #4
Alan “Energizer Bunny” Grayson….. He keeps going and going and going and…………
Cheers !
Kenny Solomon
Attempting intelligent conversation with a Liberal is akin to a try at repairing your broken computer by yelling at it.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:49 pm | #5
Why is it that every criticism of or even disagreement with a liberal is now characterized as an “attack”? I guess all the crybabies aren’t in the White House. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior. Not even from someone who “might be useful.”
October 27th, 2009 | 6:49 pm | #6
I don’t approve of that kind of language in politics, but it’s ironic that conservatives are giving a hard time to the guy who wants more Congressional oversight of the Fed.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:51 pm | #7
Personally, I will not vote for him, again, like I didn’t last time. Let’s just hope there are enough of me the next time his election is due.
October 27th, 2009 | 6:56 pm | #8
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put an R after his name & see what happens..
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October 27th, 2009 | 6:59 pm | #9
President Obama told supporters last night that Grayson is outstanding.
Just goes to show that all BO’s taste is in his mouth… you don’t believe that??? Check out his wife!
October 27th, 2009 | 7:00 pm | #10
Probably racist too. You can tell by the beady eyes.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:17 pm | #11
And the best part is they cannot find anyone to go against him.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:22 pm | #12
Any Wisconsin people- Barack O. is coming to Madison next week to make an ‘education announcement’. Try to get there so we have a real Wisconsin welcome for him.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:29 pm | #13
Ironic that Graysons attack on Linda Robertson would very possibly fall under ‘Prosecutable’ with the new Hates Crimes Bill. Being female puts her in a Federally protected class.
I agree that defending Robertson is right ONLY in this unprofessional and vile verbal attack. I agree with Grayson to call the Federal Reserve ‘into the light of day’, but Grayson’s two actions are not equal. One has merit the other does not.
I can pretty much assume that ‘if’ someone disagreed with his mother, wife or daughters he would not appreciate the same verbal attack.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:32 pm | #14
In the time I when I was a young man, behaviour such as mr. grayson’s would have required a lesson in manners and decorum. For a performance such as his, it would have been a severe thrashing or being dragged through the manure behind a horse. I ould prefer to administer this so-called “gentlerman” a thrashing about the head and shoulders followed by a steel toe boot to the privates.
Brutal, yes. But most definitely deserved.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:47 pm | #15
99% of those confined to an insane asylum are more sane than Grayson. Someone should have the boys in white coats carrying butterfly nets pick him up and put him where he belongs before he hurts or kills someone. Anyone as unstable as Grayson is a danger to everyone on the streets of America.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:54 pm | #16
. “She actually questioned his understanding of the difference between fiscal and monetary policy. She had the audacity to attack a Congressman who used to be an economist.”
Maybe marty can tell us where grayson received his advanced degree in economics. As I see it, he’s nothing but a clown who used to fetch coffee for real economists.
Not to mention, of course, his little kick-back scheme in Haiti. (That rather makes him a crook, doesn’t it?)
grayson would probably benefit from confinement in an institution and heavy doses of thorazine.
October 27th, 2009 | 7:58 pm | #17
Is the Congressman going to apologize for describing himself as an economist? He has no Phd in economics making his description of his first post-college job rather suspect, was he an analyst? That is akin to Joe the Plumber calling himself an electrician.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:02 pm | #18
Who really cares about this used adult novelty anyway? This guy will be rooted out by his own ilk. The Dems are cannibals and always eat their own.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:09 pm | #19
It’s a great idea to audit the Federal Reserve and make the documents public (along with background information developed). The Fed is not accountable to the taxpayers, however I’d feel as if the RIGHT thing had been done.
As to the whore comment, I believe the shoe fits.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:10 pm | #20
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David @ 7:29 pm #13
re: [Ironic that Graysons attack on Linda Robertson would very
possibly fall under ‘Prosecutable’ with the new Hates Crimes Bill.]
thought of that first thing..
if there was an R after his name, i’m certain it would be..
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October 27th, 2009 | 8:12 pm | #21
This is why you can’t argue with people like Grayson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPd_djDQTRI
October 27th, 2009 | 8:21 pm | #22
Ironic that Graysons attack on Linda Robertson would very possibly fall under ‘Prosecutable’ with the new Hates Crimes Bill.
No, it would most certainly not.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:21 pm | #23
This from Jim’s link:
Update: I hadn’t even heard of this tool Grayson until this summer, but I have to chuckle reading this.
Roll Call: Freshman Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost $3 million in a stock swindle between 2000 and 2005, a Florida television station reported this week.
According to Orlando’s Local 6, Grayson was an investor in a Ponzi scheme run by the company Derivium Capital. The scheme allowed Grayson and other investors to turn over stock to Derivium in exchange for cash loans and redeem the value later if the stock prices increased.
The station cited court filings indicating that Grayson transferred about $29 million in stock to the fund, taking out about $26 million in cash. A South Carolina court ruled earlier this year that Derivium shareholders were owed about $270 million in lost profits and that Grayson’s share of that would be about $34 million.
So this boob was swindled in a Ponzi scheme yet he and his people are claiming he’s some sort of sage economist.
Hilarious!
October 27th, 2009 | 8:25 pm | #24
Martin
October 27th, 2009 | 7:17 pm | #11
And the best part is they cannot find anyone to go against him.
Why the heck would the GOP want him out of office? He’s an unbelievably effective fundraiser for the Republicans. We need him to stay there spewing his poison. He’s the best ally the GOP has right now.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:36 pm | #25
In the time I when I was a young man, behaviour such as mr. grayson’s would have required a lesson in manners and decorum. -Old Retired Petty Officer
LOL.’Manners and decorum’ – The Kostard nation can’t even understand the concept.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:53 pm | #26
Liberals simply do not notice the human waste that their party has become.
It’s about the ideology.
Another rich libtard who doesn’t voluntarily give his money to the Government.
October 27th, 2009 | 8:56 pm | #27
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Chisum @ 8:21 pm #23
hilarious yes.. but i’m betting he’s not the only one of his ilk who’s lost
millions.. and i’ll go even further by stating “we the people” are probably
the ones who wind up paying for their losses via bailouts & earmarks..
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October 27th, 2009 | 9:02 pm | #28
Just saw on Hannity that Graysons biggest supporters were ACORN… Well, that says it all.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:05 pm | #29
BG,
No doubt, my friend, no doubt.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:11 pm | #30
Look out man .. the guy used to be an economist.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:11 pm | #31
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This socialist pig is human garbage. May he be taken down BIG time in the 2010 elections.
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absurd thought -
our supreme God admires
a failed economist
whose judgment is impaired by
dreaming of communism
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October 27th, 2009 | 9:13 pm | #32
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October 27th, 2009 | 9:24 pm | #33
The “short and simple definition of a lady or a gentleman is, someone who always tries to make sure the people around him or her are as comfortable as possible.”
That obvious leaves out Rep. Grayson.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:30 pm | #34
He bought a House seat in a swing district in N-Central Florida. He is from New York.
He’s filth.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:38 pm | #35
Guess Who: I don’t approve of that kind of language in politics, but it’s ironic that conservatives are giving a hard time to the guy who wants more Congressional oversight of the Fed.
No, what’s ironic is that you are primarily focusing on the reaction by conservatives to this guy’s continued idiocy instead of focusing solely on the stupidity of his completely unnecessary comments. Like a hyperactive child, this Grayson guy can’t control himself.
He has one of the largest heads — literally and figuratively — on a human being I’ve ever seen on a human:
http://grayson.house.gov/Large%20Swearing%20In%20Photo.jpg
How about he actually start using that “gargantuan cranium” of his before he opens his mouth?
I certainly can’t figure out why it is apparently so difficult for Grayson to act like a sane adult. His actions certainly belie his educational background.
October 27th, 2009 | 9:46 pm | #36
And now the St Petersburg times is saying that Grayson spent time in mental hospital in 1980s http://tinyurl.com/yhy92as
October 27th, 2009 | 10:03 pm | #37
RichardV: And now the St Petersburg times is saying that Grayson spent time in mental hospital in 1980s http://tinyurl.com/yhy92as
It appears that no one notified Grayson that he was actually released from the mental hospital 20-plus years ago and could now start acting sane…then again, he’s in Congress and being sane obviously isn’t a requirement.
October 27th, 2009 | 10:32 pm | #38
Liberals will NEVER decry this fugging loser.
They agree with him.
October 27th, 2009 | 11:51 pm | #39
“Is the Congressman going to apologize for describing himself as an economist?”
Don’t count on it….Al Gore’s an expert remember….despite having no degrees.
October 27th, 2009 | 11:53 pm | #40
LL
October 27th, 2009 | 8:09 pm | #19
As to the whore comment, I believe the shoe fits.
Then, we can assume that you’ll be offering some sort of proof (with links) to support your belief.
Or are you simply a buffoon wh believes that any woman who won’t adhere to the leftist ideology is a “whore”?
Oh, well. The leftists are the misogynists and racists.
October 27th, 2009 | 11:56 pm | #41
Guess Who
October 27th, 2009 | 8:21 pm | #22
Ironic that Graysons attack on Linda Robertson would very possibly fall under ‘Prosecutable’ with the new Hates Crimes Bill.
No, it would most certainly not.
Yes. It most certainly would.
What’s the matter, lefty? Did you think the law would only be used against Conservatives and heterosexuals?
Surprise, cupcake!!
October 28th, 2009 | 1:21 am | #42
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October 28th, 2009 | 1:28 am | #43
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October 28th, 2009 | 6:30 am | #44
See, in Japan Grayson would have been forced to resign.
Happens all the time there. Ministers have resigned from their posts for less.
But a Western politician, especially if he’s a leftist, will not stand down, will not show responsibility. No, he’ll just carry on with his idiotic dribble.
October 28th, 2009 | 7:08 am | #45
Yes. It most certainly would.
No, it wouldn’t. The hate crime bill is about physical assault, not verbal comments by themselves.
October 28th, 2009 | 7:11 am | #46
No, what’s ironic is that you are primarily focusing on the reaction by conservatives to this guy’s continued idiocy instead of focusing solely on the stupidity of his completely unnecessary comments.
No, I’m not primarily focusing on either one, I’m commenting on both. I believe I made my views on Grayson’s comments clear in the first thread discussing them.
October 28th, 2009 | 7:40 am | #47
Turns out that Grayson (D-Fl) was a mental patient. Not only that but he may have flunked Economics during his Sophmore year, as I have repeatedly stated here on GP, the man was never an economist, he is however a liar who was accused of plagerism.
Read it and weep Dems:
http://righthandedpitcher.blogspot.com/2009/10/congressman-grayson-briefly-spent-time.html
October 28th, 2009 | 7:46 am | #48
Read what and weep? The weeping is done in the form on of tea parties, town hall cry babies and those still stung from losing huge in the election.
October 28th, 2009 | 7:53 am | #49
So Peachy, are you 4-square behind the ex-mental patient who abused female subordinates, was accused of plagerism on his Senior year papers and flunked Economics before loudly claiming to be a former Economist?
Peachy, level with us here, are you retarded?
October 28th, 2009 | 7:57 am | #50
Here is a description of the new Democratic Go-To Guy:
“Kipling stated that Grayson’s campaign had a glaring omission. During 1988, when Grayson had just turned thirty and while working for the Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson law firm, he spent four days in the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. What the cause of this stay was is yet unclear, although testimony from co-workers suggests that Grayson was extremely combative with fellow employees, including slapping a female intern in the face. Grayson was released after PIW doctors declared him ‘not to be a threat to the public.’”
As they say, read the whole thing: http://righthandedpitcher.blogspot.com/2009/10/congressman-grayson-briefly-spent-time.html
October 28th, 2009 | 8:04 am | #51
[...] If you don’t have a good argument just accuse the other side of eating babies. Following in the footsteps of Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson who accused Cheney of having blood dripping from his teeth [...]
October 28th, 2009 | 8:04 am | #52
“What the cause of this stay was is yet unclear, although testimony from co-workers suggests that Grayson was extremely combative with fellow employees, including slapping a female intern in the face.” (http://righthandedpitcher.blogspot.com/2009/10/congressman-grayson-briefly-spent-time.html)
This means that Grayson is both abusive and a violent misogynist. That explains his vile and verbally abusive “healthcare” presentation and the “whore” statement. And Dear Leader loves him. Hmmmmm.
October 28th, 2009 | 8:08 am | #53
Here’s some more on the Democrats Latest Dream Boy:
“Kipling’s statements were chronicled in an interview set to be released on November 5. Kipling stated that while Grayson touted that he was a respected economist he had actually failed an economics course in his sophomore year. In addition, some of Grayson’s senior papers were accused of widespread plagiarism.”
http://righthandedpitcher.blogspot.com/2009/10/congressman-grayson-briefly-spent-time.html
The first time I noticed this clown Grayson (D-Fl) it was clear that he had little serious economic background and as I keep stating, without that dissertation Grayson was never an economist and his resume says nothing about television or stage work so he has also never played one professionally. Yet his excuse for calling a woman a “whore” was that she insulted his intellegence on economic matters because he is a former economist.
It must be tough for the Democrats when all of their Dream Boy Candidates turn out to be half or more insane.
October 28th, 2009 | 8:12 am | #54
Jim Hoft,
Thanks, I forgot about the blood dripping thing. I don’t know how, maybe I need a cup of coffee or maybe I shouldn’t snark and trade in the morning… nah.
October 28th, 2009 | 8:27 am | #55
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fl) calling himself an economist is like Joe the Plumber calling himself an electrician.
October 28th, 2009 | 8:32 am | #56
Almost – Grayson calling himself an economist is like Joe the Plumber calling himself a plumber.
October 28th, 2009 | 8:51 am | #57
Oh look everybody, Martin has changed his name to “Peachy”.
Illuminating and illustrative, don’t you think?
October 28th, 2009 | 8:51 am | #58
He was talking to his KOS KID KONSTITUENTS
October 28th, 2009 | 9:10 am | #59
[...] wanted Americans to die quickly. Now it would appear that Grayson is calling female officials “whores”. The individual that Grayson is referring to is Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben [...]
October 28th, 2009 | 9:12 am | #60
Hey Peachy,
Are you still all wet and ga-ga over the lying woman beater? Just your sort of “man”? Why don’t you just go on Craigslist and hire a prostitute to beat you?
Joe the Plumber was a lisenced plumber’s apprentice and according to the State of Ohio’s license requirements Joe the Plumber could not even become a licensed plumber until after the last election. However the claim that a person who has spent over four years as a plumber’s assistant can’t describe himself as a “plumber” is ludicous to the core, it is not indicative of a sharp mind. It is indicative of the type of loser who beats his subordinates. Peachy, you did not know about the State of Ohio’s license requirements because you are not quite bright enough to look up the regs on the State of Ohio’s website.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fl) calling himself an economist is like Joe the Plumber calling himself an electrician.
October 28th, 2009 | 10:00 am | #61
Rep. Grayson’s (D-Fl) also lost millions in a Ponzi scheme that appears to have been at least on some level a potential tax dodge.
http://www.businessinsider.com/rep-alan-grayson-ponzi-scheme-victim-2009-7
October 28th, 2009 | 11:15 am | #62
Kipling stated that while Grayson touted that he was a respected economist he had actually failed an economics course in his sophomore year. In addition, some of Grayson’s senior papers were accused of widespread plagiarism.”
Grayson’s wikipedia page says he graduated from Harvard in 3 years, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. There’s no source given, but if that’s true then there’s pretty much no way he failed a class or that any of his papers were accused of plagiarism. It also seems rather unlikely that he would have been accepted to Harvard Law School (which nobody seems to dispute) if he had been accused of plagiarism as an undergrad.
Something doesn’t add up here. I would wait for proof before running with these accusations.
October 28th, 2009 | 11:37 am | #63
Peachy Martin is sure hung-up on Grayson. wonder why? LOL
Grayson is good for the GOP, let him keep shooting himself in the foot.LOL
October 28th, 2009 | 12:06 pm | #64
Guess Who is correct when she/he wrote that “something doesn’t add up here” in reference to the claims made on Grayson’s Wiki page and really, addition is all you need to use to see that. Consider the following:
Rep. Grayson’s Wikipedia page states that Grayson graduated Harvard in 3 years, he was born in March of 1958, that makes him class of ‘79. It then states that he spent 2 years working as an “economist” before returning to Harvard (that would be 1981) and attending Harvard Law and the Kennedy School while graduating “within four years” (funny how those school years don’t last a calendar year), that brings us to 1985. However Wikipedia also tells us the following: “Grayson was employed as a law clerk at the Colorado Supreme Court in 1983, and at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1984 to 1985″ Grayson was so amazing that he was clerking in the Colorado Supreme Court well before graduating. What a guy.
Somebody has been padding that Wiki page like a poor resume to be given to an employer who can’t add.
October 28th, 2009 | 12:14 pm | #65
Grayson’s bio at Congress.org states that he graduated Harvard in ‘78 (a March ‘58 b-day would normally put one in the HS class of ‘76 rather than ‘75), then add the 2 years as an “economist” plus the 4 years in grad school and you still get ‘84, so how was the guy clerking at the Colorado Supreme Court while he was still in school, in Boston?
October 28th, 2009 | 12:59 pm | #66
According to Harvard’s online alumni directory, Grayson graduated from Harvard Law School and from the Kennedy School of Government in ‘83. So that probably means his 2 years as an economist (whatever that means) was really more like 1-1.5 years, unless he started the job while still a student or something like that. However, it means the dates for his clerkship jobs are, in fact, correct.
October 28th, 2009 | 6:01 pm | #67
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