Alan Grayson: People Like a Democrat with Guts

[underpants]

Source: CBS News

Asked if he expected Republicans to put forward a resolution of disapproval criticizing him for his comments, Grayson said he expected that it would happen, though he is "quite sure it won't pass." Rep. Tom Price of Georgia has drafted a resolution rapping Grayson for "a breach of decorum and degraded the integrity and proceedings of the House," though he has not yet introduced it.

"A resolution like that doesn't save one human being's life," Grayson said, arguing that it instead will give people reason to focus "yet again on the fact that the other side is incapable of even coming up with an alternative" to Democrats' health care reform efforts.

Asked his position on that resolution, Grayson said the two situations are "not the same thing."
"I don't know how anybody can equate what I said on the floor…with rudely interrupting the president," he said.

"No one's drumming me out of office. I beat a forth-term Republican incumbent ," he said.

"I'm not going anywhere," Grayson added. "I don't even have an opponent yet."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/30/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5354129.shtml

[marew]

1. WRONG!

We LOVE a democrat with guts!

[whathehell]

31. You betcha...I actually cheered in my own living room when I heard him say that!!

[Zorra]

48. +60,000,000 n/t

[Happyhippychick]

2. Everytime Grayson opens his big mouth

...I fall in love a little more.

:loveya:

[madokie]

47. Me too and I'm a straight guy

damn maybe conflicted now though;-)

[valerief]

3. Woo hoo! Save people, not zygotes! nt

[BootinUp]

4. He's got a real presence, and speaking ability

that will make him very popular. I think he scares the repukes too.

[RKP5637]

5. I like his style, he said what needed to be said! I'm so tired of the Republican BS!

Republican = Party of Nothing!

[Carolina]

16. Exactly... tired of repuke BS

and Democratic wimpy-ness!

[RKP5637]

22. So True!

[kestrel91316]

6. He doesn't just have an ordinary spine. He's got one of them fancy

titanium steel jobbies.

[tridim]

7. The Repukes should go for it

Followed promptly by debate about, "Death panels", "Killing grandma" and the "Death tax".

Dig that hole deeper Repukes.

[underpants]

9. They already did (VIDEO)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x380398

[RKP5637]

24. Amazing how the Repukes twist everything trying to look good...

What's even more amazing are those that fall for their BS... no brains engaged...

[katandmoon]

8. He is my new hero. As I said to the young man who answered the phone in his office, I wish

There were 200 more like him in Congressl.

[sasquatch]

10. Ladies and gentlemen we might have a new leader in the House

:)

[Demeter]

11. Or Maybe a New Presidential Candidate

[Iowa]

27. Yep. Grayson 2012. And if I could turn back the clock... Grayson 2008.

[PassingFair]

39. Think he could mount a primary against Nelson?

I'd LOVE to see Nelson taken out of the Senate.

[swilton]

12. MY HERO

:bounce: :kick: :loveya: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause:


Now if we could only get a little more of the same from the rest of the representatives and senators who are the members of the so-called Democratic Party, we might bring forth some of the changes that Obama promissed.

[Iowa]

29. Almost right...

"...if we could only get a little more of the same from the rest of the representatives and senators who are the members of the so-called Democratic Party, we might bring forth some of the changes that Obama promissed."

You left out this part: If we could get a little more of the same from Obama, a member of the so-called Democratic Party, we might bring forth some of the changes that Obama promised. Obama has been every bit the gutless wonder and sell-out that Congress has been.

[Barack_America]

13. *raises hand*

I do.

[janet118]

14. Hey, the rest of you Democrats . . .

can you hear the clue phone ringing?

[AsahinaKimi]

15. I hope all the Democrats see

the light and start standing on their chairs.. shouting! Its about time we kicked some Republican butts!

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. I have been waiting for this guy my entire adult life.

He makes us realize what kind of mealy-mouthed, codependent wimps we've tolerated.

[msongs]

19. no republican is afraid of any democrat in washington, literally or figuratively nt

[doc03]

18. I sent him an e-mail thanking him for

telling those a--holes like it is. Hopefully he encourages some more Democrats to stop taking their s--t.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. Maybe we should send copies of our thank yous to the spineless ones...

Maybe they aren't aware of the way we feel.

[doc03]

50. Good idea n/t

[truthisfreedom]

20. The repubes are desperately trying to nip this in the bud, but unfortunately it's just winning us

more points. If the Dems start a trend of standing up to and speaking out against repugnants, their whole house of cards will blow away.

[Generator]

21. The dude must be a DUer (and not one of those DLC fakes neither)

CLEARLY. I have never heard anyone like him in Congress in my five years on this site. Not mealymouthed. Outraged and not backing down. If he's the beginning of something new, I'm in. Of course I worried about him getting ROVED. Good lord. LIL!

[laughingliberal]

26. I don't think he can be Roved

I watched him on CNN's Situation Room with a panel of 4 people going at him and he held his own every step of the way. They all came off looking like a bunch of whiners.

[Historic NY]

23. It time to slap back the gnats.

[avaistheone1]

25. Wow! This is what an unbought and unsold politician looks like.

Representative Grayson, I love you.


:kick:

[gratuitous]

28. The Republican response: Waaaahhh! You gotta apologize!

Grayson's reply (I'm paraphrasing): Suck it.

[Psephos]

32. Sounds like the Democratic response to Palin's Death Panels.

Both are parties are full of boors and hypocrites.

(Naturally, I think theirs has ten times as many as ours.)

I don't find Grayson to be either, by the way. I've been a major fan of his since May when I saw this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqM2tFOxLQ

[tilsammans]

49. You go, guy!

Love it! :kick:

[Vidar]

30. K&R

[fishnfla]

33. lol tom feeney thanks for being such a douche

easiest vote ever cast

this guy is a keeper

[troubledamerican]

34. CNN will now begin the "Howard Dean-ing" of Grayson

Watch for clips out of context repeated 24 times per hour for 3 days.

[durablend]

38. Expect the others on our side to do the same...

"BUT BUT BUT the Republicans will YELL at us if you don't apologize like a good Democrat!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Danascot]

35. I read the title of the OP as

Grayson: Like a Democrat with guts.

[depakid]

36. Trouble is- there's far too few of them

[marshall]

37. He's the counterbalance to the Joe Wilsons on the other side

Line them all up like they're at a spelling bee and let them shout each other down! We know who will win.

[Odin2005]

40. Can he donate some spine to his colleagues?

[apnu]

42. That's a "no shit" moment if I ever saw one. Too bad a Democrat with guts is hard to come by.

There's maybe 5 or 6 in the whole Federal Government. Thankfully my Guy, Mike Quigley, is one of them!

[MARALE]

43. I was afraid he was going to be pressured to appoligize

But I am glad he didn't. Repubs have been looking for something to make their "you Lie!" guy seem not so bad. What Allen did is not even close to that. Love him!

[hamsterjill]

44. Loving it!

Yes, people like a Democrat with Guts. I am very proud of Grayson for saying what needed to be said (particularly the line about needing to take care of people after they're born!!!! Zinger!!!!) and he hasn't backed down.

In this day and age, it's so RARE to see that...it has made this instance all the more refreshing. Go, Grayson!!!! And may the others learn by example!

[musiclawyer]

45. Now, if he and Howard Dean did a joint presser, I'd leave work

to watch...... My pick for the two most courageous guys in the party, and that includes POTUS

[DebbieCDC]

46. Gawd where has this guy been or where have I been?

Jeebus a Demo with GUTS and a SPINE!!! I'm in love :loveya:

I just sent him an email thanking him for standing up to the GOP.