Grayson's by-line and resume: Repubs read it and weep!

[Stevepol]

This was a posting in another thread by seafan. I hope the author doesn't mind me using the posting. It's something a lot of people should read.

"The Republican plan -- don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly." ---Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL, September 29, 2009






Alan Grayson from Florida. A fighter. And he's a DEMOCRAT.


It's been far too long, too few and too far between.






Grayson, a freshman Democrat who represents Florida's 8th Congressional District -- which includes parts of Orange, Osceola, Lake and Marion counties -- made the comments Tuesday night on the House floor during debate on health care legislation. Republicans quickly pounced on the comment.

Link: http://www.theledger.com/article/20090930/NEWS/909309967/1373/NEWS3650?Title=Orlando-Congressman-s-die-quickly-charge-gets-plenty-of-attention

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Grayson was elected last November, defeating four-term Republican Congressman Ric Keller with 52 percent. President Barack Obama also carried the district -- which includes Orlando, Celebration, and the major theme parks in Central Florida -- by a similar margin.

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Grayson has been a strong supporter of President Obama's efforts to reform the nation's health care system. During a press conference in Winter Garden last month at the Children's and Family Health Centers, Grayson said "Health care reform should save money and it should save lives. If it meets those two goals, I'll vote for it."

Link: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/09/30/11210866-ap.html



Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida has refused to apologize for his remarks on the House floor Tuesday night in which he criticized Republican health care proposals as a “blank piece of paper.”

“If you get sick, America, the Republican health care plan is this: die quickly,” he said. “That’s right. The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.”

His remarks weren’t spontaneous: He reinforced his point with signs saying the same thing.

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Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, who heads the conservative Republican Study Committee, drafted a “resolution of disapproval” that mirrors the one Democrats approved against Wilson, saying Grayson’s conduct was “a breach of decorum and degraded the integrity and proceedings of the House.”

Price said Wednesday afternoon that Republicans would withhold introducing it to give Grayson more time to apologize.







More on Grayson here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6636052


Here is some of his work BEFORE he became a Congressman last year.

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/halliburton200711?printable=true






"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ----- Margaret Mead, US anthropologist, (1901 - 1978)

[2Design]

1. Go grayson n/t

[KansDem]

2. This guy's a fighter!

I heard his comments on the House floor. Then I got to thinking about the kinds of Dems that were called on for interviews on the political talk shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s. I remember hearing mealy-mouthed Dem after mealy-mouthed Dem being browbeaten by loud, viper-mouthed Repubs. I remember thinking, "Man, these Dems sure sound weak. Aren't there any that could hold his/her own against these fire-breathers?" Of course, I wasn't fully attuned to the neo-con takeover of the media and still believed we had a nation that encouraged debate.

But Mr. Grayson has me thinking the tables are turned...:woohoo:

[ngant17]

3. this would make a nice poll

maybe you can redo the thread with a poll.

Yeah, Rep. Grayson gets my "aye", and I already donated to him via actblue.com.