Republican: “Alan Grayson’s Negatives Are Higher Than Hitler’s”

[Alan Grayson]

Our campaign office got some calls a couple of weeks ago, from supporters who said that on the radio, a Republican leader had compared Alan Grayson to Hitler – unfavorably.
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As you can well imagine, not every call to a campaign office turns out to be reliable information. Even from supporters, we take these calls with a grain of salt. Why would anyone, much less a Republican leader, equate Grayson with Adolf Hitler? Grayson is Jewish, and Grayson has relatives who died in the Holocaust.
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Well, we looked into it. It took us a while to track down the audio file. But it’s true. Lew Oliver, the Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, said on the radio that “Alan Grayson’s ‘negatives’ are higher than Hitler’s.” Oliver said it on WDBO, Orlando’s highest-rated news radio station. We have the clip.

Now here is the question for you: how low can they go?

(True or false is irrelevant to people like Lew Oliver, but the fact is that what he’s suggesting is not true. Grayson’s rating in our most recent poll was 53% favorable, 39% unfavorable. Grayson’s opponent, by contrast, had a net favorability rating of zero. Admittedly, the campaign somehow neglected to poll Hitler’s favorability.)

There is a pattern to this. Alan Grayson’s opponent Todd Long has said in one interview after another that Alan Grayson is “the most anti-Christian Congressman in history” – whatever that means (other than the obvious anti-Semitism).
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Yesterday, Alan linked a clip of a TV interview in which Long said that Alan “is just about as evil as they get.” In a debate at the Orlando Sentinel, with Grayson sitting right next to him, Long described Grayson as “pure evil.”
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And now, rather than repudiating Long’s politics of vilification, the local head of the Republican Party has chimed right in. His equation is this: Grayson > Hitler.
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We have to punish them for this outrageous misconduct. We have to prove that their hate speech doesn’t pay off. We have to beat them, and we have to win big.
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Help us prove to them that hate is the parent of defeat, not victory. Please contribute to our “Fight Back Against the Lies” Fund.
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[kestrel91316]

1. That's a pretty inappropriate thing to say to a JEWISH person, lol.

But we know you're got a thick skin, Alan.

[Vidar]

2. Given that response, Alan, you're obviously doing something right.

[PurityOfEssence]

3. re-read: his unfavorables are higher than Hitler's are to Republicans

Of course: Republicans are reactionary corporatists, too, so of course Hitler's unfavorables would be lower to them than Grayson's.

Makes perfect sense.

They're scared of you, Alan; look at how much money they threw at getting rid of you last time...

[madinmaryland]

4. Anytime someone compares another person to Hitler, they have lost the arguement and have nothing

worthwhile to say.

[jonpaulprime]

5. Democrat Plan for Alan Grayson

Get Back Into Congress Quickly.

[quaker bill]

6. You aren't running against Adolf.

My guess is whatever the case, Mr. Long's negatives are larger than yours. In short Adolf could beat him even more easily. The man makes Atilla the Hun seem like a weak kneed moderate. Good luck on the 6th from a former constituent!