well, that florida flash and pride of the democrats, rep. alan grayson, today added an obscene attack on a professional washington economist, linda robertson.

recently, it was his claim that republicans' health plans wanted the sick and elderly to "die quickly".


have the dems no better stuff than this to put out there against republicans or conservatives?


(from political hotsheet website) October 27, 2009

Alan Grayson Stands by "K Street Wh*re" Comment

Outspoken Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats after a radio interview was posted online in which Grayson is heard calling an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Linda Robertson, a "K Street wh-re."


"This lobbyist, this K street wh-re, is trying to teach me about economics," he said.


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.

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."

K Street is where many Washington lobbyists work, and "K Street wh-re" is a derogatory – though not uncommon – phrase used to describe them in the nation's capital.

Grayson, who wants to limit the power of the Fed, made the comment while appearing on the Alex Jones radio show.

Just a few months ago, Grayson was a Florida House freshman with virtually no national name recognition. But he burst onto the scene in September when he suggested on the House floor that the Republican health care plan is "to die quickly if you get sick."

Called upon to apologize for those comments, Grayson instead apologized to "the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America."

Earlier this month he set up a Web site called NamesOfTheDead.com intended to draw attention to people who die without health coverage. (Republicans suggested it was more about Grayson drawing attention to himself.)

Last month, Grayson told Hotsheet that "people like a Democrat with guts."


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will women politicians or professionals EVER have respect from some quarters?

Is he not having some sort of break down before our eyes???

Layla,

These threads go to Google?

Yes every post you make can be seen if you google your screen name...

Grayson does not mince words. I respect that he has guts and speaks the truth.

We need more like him.

you know, i looked grayson up and he has an impressive educational and work background.

(from wiki)

Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American attorney/businessman who is currently serving in the House of Representatives from Florida.

Grayson gained national attention when he said the Republican Party's plan for health care is “don't get sick, and if you do get sick...die quickly.”

Grayson was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in the tenements. He worked his way through Harvard University, graduating in three years, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

He worked as an economist for two years, but then returned to Harvard.

Within four years, he earned a law degree with honors, a masters in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and completed the course work and passed the general exams for a Ph.D. in government.

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, where he worked with such judges as Abner Mikva, Robert Bork, and two judges who later joined the U.S. Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia.

He was an associate at the Washington D.C. firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson for five years, where he specialized in contract law. In 1991 he founded the law firm Grayson, Kubli which concentrated on government contract law. He was a lecturer at the George Washington University government contracts program.

Grayson also was the first President of IDT Corporation, a publicly traded billion-dollar telecommunications company.

Grayson was ranked as the 12th-wealthiest member of Congress based on financial disclosure forms with a minimum net worth of $31.12 million, according to Roll Call.

In recent years, Grayson specialized in war profiteer and whistle blowing cases.

One contractor, Custer Battles, allegedly billed the government $15 million for inspecting allegedly non-existent civilian flights at Baghdad Airport, and $10 million on a time and materials contract that had cost $3.5 million.

The contractor received payment in newly printed cash direct from the Federal Reserve Bank. Grayson was enabled to prosecute fraud through the False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions.

In 2006, a Wall Street Journal reporter described Grayson as "waging a one-man war against contractor fraud in Iraq" and as a "fierce critic of the war in Iraq" whose car was "emblazoned" with bumper stickers such as "Bush lied, people died."

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it seems to me that grayson made his mark OUTSIDE of congress---particularly in going after bush and war profiteers.

maybe that's really why obama likes him.

Grayson does not mince words. I respect that he has guts and speaks the truth.

We need more like him.