Someone sent me this on Saturday! I felt super privileged and insidery. And I think the best part about the video is the fact that everyone but one guy just keeps on moving as if nothing had happened (and a few even snicker at the smashee).
So Republicans can talk about 'death panels', and how Democrats want old people to die, yet Democrats can't tell the truth, even if it sounds incendiary?
You are not giving Grayson any credit. He has changed the debate from Democrats defending themselves against charges of 'death panels' (!?) to the Republicans defending themselves against not having any plan, even though 43,000 people die every year in this country for lack of health insurance. Democrats need to fight the rhetorical battle too, especially when they are right. Part of the reason Republicans are so successful, even in the minority, is that they are always on message and they never apologize, no matter how outrageous that message is. That puts Dems always on the defensive, which makes them look weak and ineffectual.
"Outrageous" though his speech/behavior may be, I have come to believe that speaking the truth is the only way to combat Republican propaganda. It has been well-demonstrated that the GOP has indeed perfected the "Mighty Wurlitzer" over the last 30 years of US politics, and they continue to control the dialog. How about more commentators point out that Glen Beck is insane, Rush Limbaugh is a racist and Jonah Goldberg is irredeemably stupid? We can turn the other cheek all we want, but the truth shall set you free. Let Congressman Grayson apologize when he STOPS telling the truth. No need to be nast about it, just point out what they have done over the last eight years or so.
So, this post will be followed by the ritual kabuki post in which you complain that Democrats always lose because they're wimps who constantly second guess themselves. He's awesome. Enjoy it.
I say more power to him. He may or may not get reelected, but someone has to be out there calling the Republicans on all this bullshit. Just because he is a politician doesn't mean he has to act like a blind fool like Pelosi and company.
@Conchie Birdie: And!?!?!?! The reason Florida has so many crazies is the Northerners move down here. Stay at home and f-up Pennsylvania or something; leave my home state alone!
if he really wants to raise money the raucous way this fine bloviating homunculus should yell "you lie!" or some such carbon-neutral variant. didn't mr. wilson raise almost $2mil? or perhaps he'd care to trade the monopoly money tie for one featuring some "trivial pursuit" cards?
Why should the Republican Party have a monopoly on politicians who talk shit? I'd love to see more ballbusters like Barney Frank and Alan Grayson in the Democratic Party.
I wonder, what does Rupert Murdoch think is going to happen to his media empire if one of his buffoons on Fox News manages to incite some real violence against, god forbid, the President?
Does he think that Joe Biden would hesitate for one second to declare martial law, revoke all of Murdoch's broadcast licenses and seize every single News Corp media holding?
Mr. Ailes and Mr. Murdoch are playing a dangerous game here, and one I don't know they even understand the gravity of.
They are going to make me rant and rave in Kanye mode . I do not take kindly to people fucking with Nancy , especially when she is feeling vulnerable. She had a moment for Harvey but she can kick ass through tears!
Where can I buy some of that confidence Rush walks around with, it is fab! Its as if he does not own a mirror, has never put on his own clothes or heard his own voice.
So Limbaugh and the other right-wing idiots are now condemning a woman who is opposed to hatred and violence. To paraphrase William F. Buckley, the conservative movement today is standing athwart sanity and yelling "Stop."
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You are not giving Grayson any credit. He has changed the debate from Democrats defending themselves against charges of 'death panels' (!?) to the Republicans defending themselves against not having any plan, even though 43,000 people die every year in this country for lack of health insurance. Democrats need to fight the rhetorical battle too, especially when they are right. Part of the reason Republicans are so successful, even in the minority, is that they are always on message and they never apologize, no matter how outrageous that message is. That puts Dems always on the defensive, which makes them look weak and ineffectual.
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BX, stand up!
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Grayson EXPLODES on GOP: "America doesn't CARE about your feelings"
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Does he think that Joe Biden would hesitate for one second to declare martial law, revoke all of Murdoch's broadcast licenses and seize every single News Corp media holding?
Mr. Ailes and Mr. Murdoch are playing a dangerous game here, and one I don't know they even understand the gravity of.
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Where can I buy some of that confidence Rush walks around with, it is fab! Its as if he does not own a mirror, has never put on his own clothes or heard his own voice.
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