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Bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:01 PM
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Rep. Grayson calls lobbyist "K Street Whore" on radio.
Source: THE HILL

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is under fire for calling a female lobbyist a "K street whore" in an interview recently aired on the radio.

Speaking on the Alex Jones radio show, Grayson lashed out at Linda Robertson, a lobbyist fighting against Grayson's effort to audit the Federal Reserve.

"This lobbyist, this K Street whore, is trying to teach me about economics," Grayson said, noting that he himself had worked as an economist.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64933-grayson-calls-lobbyist-k-street-whore



I Love this Guy!
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:02 PM
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1. Bet that touched a nerve.
:thumbsup:
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:03 PM
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2. How can you *NOT* heart Grayson?
does the dude come from a big family i hope?
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:05 PM
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45. I don't know if he comes from a big family
but he's a father of five and I guess he wants a better future for his children than it looks like they'll have right now.

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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:04 PM
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3. I agree with the sentiment, privately, but...
1.) I would never go on the Alex Jones show

and

2.) I'm not sure that this is the best tactic to take.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:12 PM
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6. Well, the tactics that have been used up to now, haven't worked
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:19 PM by sabrina 1
Being politically correct while they tear this country apart has given us the total collapse of the economy, a near destruction of the middle class, two failed and unnecessary wars, over one million dead human beings and being polite and caving in to every demand from the right, didn't get us any pats on the back from the bullies who have taken over this country.

Not only do I think Grayson's fearless attacks on them are to be applauded, just to show them how much real anger at what they've done to this country there is, everyone should join in, and stop this 'Oooh, we need to be more polite or they'll think badly of us' nonsense. They DO think badly of us, they want to eliminate anyone who doesn't agree with them. And look what happens when Dems cave as they did on Van Jones and ACORN, they never even acknowledge it, they just move on to the next on their list taking those cave-ins as a signal that there will be no resistance from their victims. And they were right, until Grayson came along.

Calling someone names, even though comparing a lobbyist to a whore is an insult to whores, is minor compared to the destruction they've wrought on this country.

And I really hope Democrats don't do what they usually do with Grayson, faint on the nearest couch with their smelling salts out because he's saying what's true and it might make us look bad. We don't care about looking bad.

All is fair in love and war and they declared war on this country a long time ago while the left shuddered in fear of them. Most of us sick of the wimpy behavior of our so-called leaders. Let them join the fight for once and maybe Grayson won't have to be so outspoken all by himself.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:13 PM
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63. I agree. I would just state it simpler.... Bullies won't stop until you beat them at their own game
How's that?
:hi:
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:10 PM
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76. Exactly, thanks for making it simple, bobbolink.
I'm so sick of the catering to bullies every time and when we do find someone willing to stand up to them, no one backs them up ~
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:08 PM
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110. catering to bullies
The Right is always wringing their hands and making jokes about being "PC"....and then they are the 1st to have a tantrum when someone is not "PC".... that's not a Repug.

Plus the whining is a distraction from the fact Grayson pointed out.....that he knows what he's talking about. That the dependence on the ignorant the Right Wing leans on will not work with him.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:19 PM
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67. this mamby pamby nicey crap has gotten the dems where?
always so afraid of using the wrong fork or speaking too loud. Obama can be the good cop and maybe a few others but I like grayson's style and a lot more is needed.

mannerly and genteel ... thats bullshit. If they all walked and talked like Grayson you see a whole lot of repugs running with their skinned tails bettwen their legs and squealing like stuck pigs.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:17 PM
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88. I reeally REALLY like that image
"a whole lot of repugs running with their skinned tails bettwen their legs and squealing like stuck pigs."


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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:20 PM
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15. I was surprised by Buzz Aldrin on the Alex Jones Show
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:20 PM by jakeXT
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:45 PM
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32. Ditto about Alex Jones. The man's a fucknut and a conspiracy theorist.
He doesn't deserve the time of day.
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philly_bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 09:41 AM
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107. REC because I agree with your distinction. Privately agree, publicly imprudent. n/t
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-29-09 01:08 AM
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123. Who gives a damn about tactics anymore
The pukes have no tactics but

1) Lie
2) Cheat
3) Steal
4) Obfuscate
5) Blame
6) Incite

We might as well just start being honest and calling them on their shit.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:05 PM
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4. I just wish the person he had said this to wasn't a woman.
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:05 PM by Ian David
Because men can be whores, too.







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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:14 PM
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8. I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure when the opportunity arises
he'll include any men who come along to stand in the way of progress ~
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:39 PM
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58. "And men can certainly enjoy Diaper Sex with whores. Smirk." - Sen. Dave Vitter (R)
"I mean, Wide Stance Diaper Sex obviously fits in to one of the many Biblical Subclauses in our Republicon Family Values, and stuff, and could earn other deserving Republicons STANDING Os -- just like the one I got -- from the Republicon Cockus. Smirk."

- Diaper Dave Vitter (R)
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katsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:08 PM
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5. M'kay.
k/r for Rep. Grayson. Take no prisoners sir!
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:13 PM
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7. Grayson's comment reminds me
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:21 PM by peace frog
of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Emperor's New Clothes. Only a child, who presumably doesn't know how to lie, blurted out that the emperor was wearing no clothes when supposedly he was wearing (invisible) regal robes. Grayson seems loathe to lie even when it would be comfortable for him to do so, and I admire him for it.
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tonekat Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:15 PM
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9. Hey, if the shit-encrusted Gucci pump fits...
No apologies! Time to take off the gloves, dems (or at least conceal some brass knuckles under 'em!)
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:00 PM
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87. rotflmao!!!!!
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 03:12 AM
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100. Lol~ n/t
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elmerdem Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:15 PM
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10. He should be calling
Lieberman a 'K street Whore'!
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:18 PM
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14. Patience, he will get to Lieberman
One whore at a time, please. ;)
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:21 PM
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17. Grayson

Frustrated actors and attention seekers must abound in politics. Grayson only makes himself look petty and small ... but if the pants fit, I guess he has to wear them.
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druidity33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:30 PM
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20. have a nice trip! nt.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:32 PM
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21. Oh, they do. Beck, Limbaugh, just about everyone on Fox, the
fake news channel. And among them, Grayson looks like a giant. So far all those little weasels (apologies to weasels also) he has singled out have been left in the dust, crying like babies for apologies. Imagine, asking someone to apologize for the telling the truth.

I take it you don't like seeing bullies get what the deserve which kind of puts you in the minority.

Go Grayson! Keep up the good work. I'm sure we'll be hearing from this lobbyist trying to distract from the issue, by whining about being compared to a whore. Actually, that was rather nice of him. I can think of some far better though probably not printable words to call these sell-outs.
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:52 PM
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36. One look at Grayson


One look at Grayson, and I knew he wore knickers and had an attention deficit.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:21 PM
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68. Freeper trash
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:30 PM
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69. Does your mommy know you're playing on the computer?
:shrug:
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:47 PM
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84. Grayson has a great sense of humor, and does wear
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 07:49 PM by sabrina 1
outrageous clothes sometimes. He was known for that, wearing the most outlandish outfits to get people's attention. Juries couldn't keep their eyes off him. And it worked too, he is one of the most successful lawyers in Congress.

Speaking of which, have you seen the way he demolishes Republicans on the floor of Congress while wearing the most garish shirts and ties he can find? While they're looking at his outfits, he's busy exposing how little they know about the Constitution eg. It's political theater at its best. Damn, he's good. Knickers would be a great addition to his already hilarious and attention-getting wardrobe.

Thanks for the suggestion, if he hasn't done it already, it's a great idea for future reference ~

See, even a Freeper can come up with a good idea every once in a blue moon :rofl:
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:21 PM
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112. One look at Grayson, and I knew he wore knickers and had an attention deficit.
Well, we forgive you, because many opinionated people are completely and totally wrong after just one look. Of course only a bigot would stick with their "one look" fallacy. You might want to buck up your ability to read people....or just keep your one look mouth shut until you know what you're talking about.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:36 PM
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25. Gets under your skin, does he?
:)
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:55 PM
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38. sink


Just hate to see him sink, but, again, he doesn't have much weight to drag him down...seems he's in the same lightweight league.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:08 PM
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46. He's 6'4"! A lot taller in every sense of the word
than the wimpy Republicans banging their tiny fists demanding apologies, he's been having fun demolishing.
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:27 PM
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54. zactly!
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:14 PM
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64. is that you goldman

Zacks?
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 12:06 PM
Response to Reply #64
109. seems to be more important to you than us
I think you have a man-crush for the guy. If only he represented your pathetic side.
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:13 PM
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62. Gumbo dumbo


6'4" eh? Guess that's why I can see his belly button dirt while he stands in that shallow water beating on his chest.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:04 PM
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73. Probably so we could have fun playing with him for a while
Problem is he got boring after the second post ~
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:37 PM
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90. dem patrol


What do you expect? I'm a peasant; they're suppose to be boring. Oh, it's Sabrina uptight again. Figures.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 12:29 AM
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99. Are you still around? *Yawn* n/t
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #72
89. don holds the key
Oh, if you speak your truth here, they tomestone you? Hmmmm? Okay, I'll see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. And won't mention Grayson's dirty belly button anymore.

(until tomorrow at 9am)
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:54 PM
Response to Reply #89
91. 9 am? Is that when mom leaves for work in order to keep you in Cheetos?
You should be ahamed of your shiftless self.
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buffalowings Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:24 PM
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93. buzz


No, that's when I take off for work at the local telecommunications network. And, of course, we all know ... at the telecommunication networks, across the board, we can see evil, hear evil, and speak evil. No big secret there!

Nine am sharp! File those teeth, Bob.

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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:34 PM
Response to Reply #93
96. Posting at Free Republic constitutes "work at the local telecommunications network"?
Whatever you say, Skippy.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:29 PM
Response to Reply #91
95. What is it with these douche bags and the bad spelling anyway? nt
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:27 PM
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113. that shallow water
Shallow water? You mean the floor of Congress....where the Dems thoroughly routed the idea-less Repugs? I'd say that's deep deep liberal water. The 19% conservative shallows are almost completely dried up!
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:07 PM
Response to Reply #17
74. Oh Goody! I made it before the pizza delivery!
I just love sitting back a spell, munching :popcorn: and watching the show before the delivery person arrives!
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:13 PM
Response to Reply #74
77. Freeptard's been around since this afternoon.
:popcorn:

He'll probably pop back up after my bed time. They always do, and I miss all the action! :-(
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:16 PM
Response to Reply #77
78. Yeah, I noticed it a while ago and was surprised to see it still unfed!
I am hoping for a better show before the feeding takes place, lol!
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 04:24 AM
Response to Reply #74
104. i didn't
nothing left but the crusts and the unpopped kernels for me. oh well.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:22 PM
Response to Reply #17
80. Republicans..
... have been making hay by BEING petty and small for decades. So I wouldn't worry too much about Grayson, he's got NOTHING on Gingrich, Hatch, Delay and countless others.
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snake in the grass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:49 PM
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85. That's pure bovine excrement.
Grayson is just beating them at their own game.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:15 PM
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111. Grayson only makes himself look petty and small
Maybe.... if he weren't calling it as a lot of people see it.

It's like his use of the word "holocaust". Everyone went GASP!. But the word does not only mean the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis. Just like "whore" has more than one meaning.

Pretending one doesn't know what he means is still just pretending.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:17 PM
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11. Don't apologize, Alan. Stick to your guns.
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:17 PM
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12. He should offer apologies to sex workers. Otherwise, I agree completely. nt
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90-percent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:30 PM
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19. Whores vs. sex workers
Uh, aren't whores just people that engage in sex anywhere, any time, any place, for any reason at all?

I don't think you have to pay whores, per se.

In other words, what's the difference between prostitutes and whores?

-90% jimmy
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:47 PM
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33. hmmm. I think the term for that is "slut".
as in, "sluts do it for free"
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:44 PM
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31. Well then of course it must be true.
:eyes:
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ramapo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:20 PM
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16. Gutsy remark but....
might have gone over the line here. But on second thought, looking at what she's lobbying against I have to agree with his assessment.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:24 PM
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18. If a male lobbyist is a whore, then so is the female counterpart.
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:25 PM by truedelphi
What part of the concept of selling yourself out for money are those invoking "Doctrine of Political Correctness Purity" avoiding here?

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spiritual_gunfighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:33 PM
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22. The real news here
is why do legitimate people appear on the Alex Jones show?
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:36 PM
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26. You caught that too
Sad thing about Alex is that he gets things right sometime...than he goes into conspiracy theories about puppet Presidents and Fema Death Camps.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:37 PM
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28. Is it any different than legitimate people appearing on Fox News?
Frankly, I'd rather have them on Alex Jones than Fox to be honest.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:40 PM
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29. Alex thinks Climate Change is a Hoax
To give the PTB the excuse to kill but 500,000,000 of the world's population and usher in a New World Government. He is to the right of Beck on the crazy meter.

That being said, his research on marketing and money in politics is generally correct.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:51 PM
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35. I am familiar with some of his views
and I still find him more honest than Fox. At least he believes in what he says. They are a propaganda machine whose sole objective is to make Democrats look bad and to keep the far right in control of this country. Yet, most Dems appear on that channel. Which is their right if they think they can reach people that way. Same goes for any show, if a politician believes s/he can change a few minds then, it's their decision to try. I don't agree with Dems going on Fox, there doesn't seem to be much point to it and it gives them legitimacy, but some believe that all media outlets are valuable tools to reach as many people as possible.

Which is why I see nothing different about going on Fox and going on Alex Jones ~ to say there is, means to me, claiming that Fox does actually have legitimacy as a news organization, which imo, they do no
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #35
39. True
Alex hates most politicians and for the most part, I don't hate them but I know they are filthy money grubbing whores as Mr. Grayson would say.

I like Gerald Celente and he appears on Fox. However, the only reason Gerald is showing up on Fox right now is there is a democratic President and he's projecting bad economic news.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:32 PM
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56. Do you like it when Jones calls Janet Reno "The Butcher of Waco"?
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:58 PM
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71. Do you like it when Fox accuses Obama of 'hanging out with
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 07:00 PM by sabrina 1
anti-American terrorists' and calls him 'a racist who really has a deep hatred for white people' and maybe even America? Or when they accuse Michelle Obama of 'being ashamed of the US'? I could go on, but there's no need really, I think most people know what Fox is and have had enough of their racist, rabble rousing.

When 'legitimate' people stop appearing on Fox I'll agree about Alex Jones, until then, I see no difference as I already said.
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spiritual_gunfighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:00 PM
Response to Reply #28
42. Do what I did
and watch Alex Jones's documentary "The Obama Deception". Jones makes Fox look like Democracy Now!
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wysimdnwyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:33 PM
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23. Poor choice of words
While I like Grayson, he's put his foot in it this time. Had the lobbyist been a man, the remark would have garnered much less attention and complaints only from the far right. But flinging that particular invective at a woman is sexist, and most (all of the non-trolls?) here will agree with that. This is one time he needs to apologize. And publicly.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:43 PM
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30. No, he does not need to apologize.
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 02:46 PM by sabrina 1
For what? You want to see another fighter fall down on his knees and cry over a word he used that a few people object to? Forgetting the issue, the far more important issue for the entire country, he is fighting for? I knew it wouldn't take long before the left joined the right with their apology nonsense. Happens every time which is why they win.

Do you know what she is doing? She is covering for the criminals in the Federal Reserve who do not want any scrutiny of their thievery.

Sorry, but a single word doesn't even begin to compare to what these people have and are doing to this country. Priorities, something the left needs to start getting in order.
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ThePantaloon.com Donating Member (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:55 PM
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37. I'm not a troll and I don't agree with you
This lobbyist is a "whore" because she sells her services to prevent an audit of the Fed. Just like the CPR Rights guy is a whore to the insurance companies.

Anyone who thinks Grayson was calling her a hooker who sells fellatio is not very bright. Context - no apology needed.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:02 PM
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43. bullshit
a whore is anybody who does unsavory things for the money.

the shoe is a perfect fit for just about everyone on K street.

it has nothing to do with sex.

and you damn well know it.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:16 PM
Response to Reply #23
49. Kindly shove your PC rhetoric where the sun don't shine. . .
thank you.

:evilfrown:
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:41 PM
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59. Nah, he just needs to say it like Mike Malloy does
by always including the disclaimer "No offense to sex workers". :evilgrin:
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:38 PM
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115. Had the lobbyist been a man...
the remark would have garnered much less attention and complaints only from the far right.



Oh yeah? Prove it! The far right cares about the feelings and dignity of women now? The far right isn't gonna throw a (fake) hissy fit because someone called a man out?


Get real!

They tried to get him on using the word "holocaust" and that didn't work any better than this fake PC outrage is gonna work.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:46 PM
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117. K-street whore, corporate whore...sorry- you don't have a monopoly
on the usage of the word "whore"

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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:35 PM
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24. My first thought
Is why is Rep. Grayson appearing on a show of a guy who puts out videos suggesting the President is a puppet and part of a New World Order plot to wipe out all but 500,000,000 of the population.

The sad thing about Alex, is he is actually right on few things, he loses that credibility when he starts talking about FEMA death camps.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:37 PM
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27. He must be reading DU.
We've been calling them that for years.
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:51 PM
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34. please tell
your congressional mates(dems)where you got your balls,maybe they can get a pair.GO ALAN,GO GIVE UM HECK.
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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 02:59 PM
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41. I'm impressed with the good folks along the I-4 corridor!
They elected a real firecracker in Grayson. Unexpected, yet appreciated.

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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:04 PM
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44. I'm female and think if Grayson should not apologize
if a K-Street Whore is going to lay down with wolves, she should be able to take it on the chin. I'm tired of women claiming sexism when it suits them..if you are going to play with the big boys..
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:09 PM
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47. Thank you, as a woman, I'm sick of it also.
Sticks and stones etc. I think we're not such delicate flowers that we faint at the use of a word like 'whore'. And I resent people who think we are ~
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:15 PM
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48. Just like with the Holocaust remark, he will apologize
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:16 PM
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50. To all the honest, hard-working whores he may have offended
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 03:17 PM by baldguy
by comparing them to lobbyists.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:45 PM
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116. He didn't apologize for that....
He pointed out that the word was appropriate.... it wasn't "holocaust" with a capital H. He apologized if people thought he meant THE holocaust...only.

At least that's what I remember.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-29-09 11:34 AM
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124. But he did apologize
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:17 PM
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51. He definitely needs to apologizes...
...to whores.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:17 PM
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52. Huffington Post has an article up too. Here's the link...
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:17 PM
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53. kick ass
Alan Grayson for DNC chair
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:28 PM
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55. Loose Lips Sink Ships
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 03:34 PM
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57. For all who call for civility and politic speech....
Stealing billions on a yearly basis is neither civil nor politic

Waging a war of choice that has killed 1+ million is neither civil nor politic

Being a lobbyist who was tied to Enron who precipitated many woes throughout the U.S. is neither civil nor politic

It is time for the "adults" to start acting like adults and calling out those who need to be called out.

Grayson is an adult. Those in Congress calling him our are cowards and need to grow up.

Those on this board doing the same have less of an excuse than those in Congress.

It is time for folks to grow up and grow a pair (testicles or ovaries, take your pick)

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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 03:25 AM
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102. Well said ~ n/t
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:06 PM
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60. She used to be the head Washington lobbyist for Enron.
Being called a whore is hardly her biggest image challenge.
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:16 PM
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65. this guy is fearless!
its so unusual I'm expecting some hoax joke or something...

wow. see what can be said and done if you aren't pwned by big corp?
that pretty well means ALL THE REST OF THE OTHER FUCKERS ARE OWNED.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 07:14 AM
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105. Fearless? He apologized:
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:18 PM
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66. Looks like he's already apologized:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/10/grayson-apologizes-for-whore-comment-.html



WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson just issued an apology for using the term "K Street whore" when describing a former Enron lobbyist who joined the Federal Reserve as an adviser.

Here's his statement:

“I offer my sincere apology to Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. I did not intend to use a term that is often, and correctly, seen as disrespectful of women.

“This characterization of Ms. Robertson, made during a radio interview last month in the context of the debate over whether the Federal Reserve should be independently audited, was inappropriate, and I apologize.”
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 06:41 PM
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70. I don't consider it disrespectful and I'm a woman. I imagine if
you think whores are bad people, you might take offense. I felt from the beginning, that was too kind a word to use in the case of lobbyists like her.

But as always, the left falls for the distractions and veers away from the real problem while they spend years of wasted time worrying about 'feelings'. Meantime they take their eyes off the ball, and if half the outrage and blog posts directed towards the sensitive 'feelings' of a few easily offended individuals, or those pretending to be offended in order to distract from the real crimes, were directed at what is actually offensive and criminal, we might get somewhere.

It's only a matter of time before the left marginalizes Grayson and the entire left blogosphere apologizes to the right on bended knee as always.

Happens every time, anyone with guts gets marginalized, not by the right, but by the left ~
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Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:20 PM
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79. Agree.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:51 PM
Response to Reply #66
118. Again...like with "holocaust" his apology does not negate what he MEANT. It's conditional.
But still more gracious than Joe Wilson's.


He's still a classier act than any Repug.
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LaPera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:10 PM
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75. Whore: To compromise oneself for money or other gains - I don't think it was EVER a
Edited on Tue Oct-27-09 07:18 PM by LaPera
compromise for this slimy pig...Linda Robertson, she's always been simply a money sick worshiping, greedy, selfish, lying piece of republican corporate pig shit!

"Fed Brings on Enron's Linda Robertson

The Former Enron Lobbyist’s Dirty Little Secret…And the ticking, $492-Trillion-Dollar Time Bomb She Helped Create

Oh, boy! Have we got a juicy one for you today!

Apparently the Federal Reserve is hiring a new lobbyist. Wait a tick, you say, isn’t that absurd? Isn’t it almost like the FDIC hiring their own lobbyist? What’s the point?

Well first; it’s not like that at all… Because the FDIC’s actually a government agency, and the Federal Reserve isn’t…

In reality, it’s neither Federal nor an actual Reserve per sé. Instead, it’s a cartel of America’s most powerful banks – along the same lines as OPEC, for example. Sure, the Chairman of the Board of Governors (currently Ben Bernanke) is obligated to speak before Congress at least twice a year, but we’ve all seen how well that works…

What about the $2.2Trillion in undisclosed loans from last year? Bernanke won’t say peep. What about details…results from the “Stress Tests”? He’ll tell you what you want to hear…

But apparently even that is too much restraint for the Federal Reserve. Apparently congressional concerns are chafing the seemingly endless power of the world’s most overstretched Central Bank. So they’re bringing in a familiar face to smooth things over…and as soon as I heard her name, I stopped dead in my tracks…

The Handiwork of Enron’s Linda Robertson



The Devil’s always in the details, isn’t it?

I mean; on the surface, it’s pretty unnerving that the Fed is hiring a lobbyist. But only when you dig in – only when you pick through her track record – does it become borderline criminal. Let me explain…"


http://www.sovereignsociety.com/2009Archives1stHalf/060809FedBringsonEnronsLindaRobertson/tabid/5732/Default.aspx
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:24 PM
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81. Hahahaha!!!
Way to go Grayson!! :applause:

So now what, the right is going to feign outrage over it ? After all the things their noise machine has said about Hillary over the years they just better shut that noise up.

I've been playing music in nightclubs and other various and nefarious venues for 30 years so I know damn well that whoring can mean forms of prostitution other than the sexual kind. You won't find me getting worked up about Rep Grayson's rhetoric. We need more of it!!
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:34 PM
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82. Yeah who does he think he is calling out whores?
You are supposed to give them an equal seat at the table like Obama does. Sheesh.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:39 PM
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83. went too far on that. i call it. but i really like the guy. nt
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:00 PM
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86. tsk tsk tsk Guess that truth is pretty painful.....
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leanderj Donating Member (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:55 PM
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92. They ARE whores
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:27 PM
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94. Cool, I like this guy more and more, next up, start calling out his fellow members of Congress
As K Street Johns.
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 11:51 PM
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97. Robertson is an interesting target for Grayson to take on
I have no problem with Grayson calling her a whore. The shoe fits perfectly. It should be interesting to see how far the rightwing noise machine takes this since the majority of rightwads agree an audit of the Fed should be done.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 12:25 AM
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98. Strongly recommended.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 03:16 AM
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101. Honest, but impolitic
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 04:20 AM
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103. it's what she is
of course it is also what 99.9% of congress is. they're just capitol hill whores.
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 07:53 AM
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106. As much as I like him I feel
he will become a "Glen Beck" if he goes too far, maybe his ego is getting too big!
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 12:00 PM
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108. Must hear this link. not because of the k-street whore. That's nothing. just the
truth. here's the real scandal: The Fed has hired the former Enron lobbyist AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE to lobby against the audit of the FEd. WE ARE PAYING FOR A LOBBYIST TO LOBBY AGAINST OUR INTERESTS! In other words, she is the little whore. The big whores are....
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 02:37 PM
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119. Yes, but didn't you know, we have priorities!
The raiding of the Treasury desn't compare as an issue, to the feelings of the easily offended :eyes:

The Big Whores are Rubin, Paulson, Bernanke, Summers, Greenspan, Geithner, Gramm and all the Wall St. Execs and Banksters who toppled the world's economy for greed and power.

Their lobbyists, like Linda Robertson, their paid servants, are even lower on the criminal scumbag scale if that's possible. But let's worry about calling them whores. That ought to solve all of our problems.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 03:09 PM
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120. Thanks Sabrina, I could only think of Geithner and Sommers' names, so I left
the ... which you filled in beautifully.
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-28-09 01:30 PM
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114. An insult to hard-working courtesans everywhere
Imagine comparing such fine people to the slime of K Street!
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