Another “Classy” Democrat We Can Do Without….
By Ani on October 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM in Banks, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, DNC idiocy, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
(Bumped up from earlier today.)
Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson, the man who stood on the floor of the House and said ‘Republicans want you to die’ just got himself into a little tepid water for making saying that:
Linda Robertson, an adviser to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, [is] “a K Street whore.”
Bret Baier of FOX News reports that Democrats Rip One of Their Own for His Language. But frankly, the ripping is rather mild in my view.
New Jersey Democrat Bill Pascrell tells the Politico: “There’s no call for that language… that’s absurd.”
New York Democrat Anthony Weiner says: “Is this news to you that this guy’s one fry short of a Happy Meal?”
And Nevada Democrat Dina Titus dubbed Grayson’s remarks, “a bit extreme and rather sexist.”
That’s the best they can do?
Rather sexist? He called the woman a whore. If this man is a Democrat, he is someone the party can certainly do without. But after the grotesque sexist slurs of the 2008 election cycle directed at both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, nothing would surprise. While I am glad a few in the party bothered to actually say something, where is Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the house? Why is she not censuring him for this behavior?
Grayson heeded the criticism, and apologized late in the day, saying in a statement: “I offer my sincere apology to Linda Robertson… I did not intend to use a term that is often, and correctly, seen as disrespectful of women.”
A term that is often seen as disrespectful to women? Often? You mean there are times when calling a woman a whore is OK? Who are these people? To make matters worse. Baier reports the following:
Despite the outcry from Democrats, the White House is not rushing to distance itself from Grayson. At a Monday night fundraiser, President Obama called Grayson an “outstanding member of Congress.”
I would hope the President would chastise this man for these filthy words. Democrats can no longer claim to be the party of women’s rights if they don’t stand up, as one, and declare that this behavior by one of their own is outrageous and not to be tolerated.
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Grayson’s days are truly numbered. When his own party starts piling on, no matter how weakly they do it, you know they’re going to work to rid themselves of this embarrassment.
This turd is inappropriate, without social graces, is uncivilized and has an overblown sense of his own importance. I cringe for the people of Florida who have to admit that he is one of their own.
I don’t care how much money he has, his pulpit should be dismantled.
He should be asked to resign.
His rhetoric on any issue is uncivil.
What will it take for Democrats to reprimand one of their own? Or do they need a change election to remove Pelosi?
Alan Grayson:
“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.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5427087.shtml
A real straightforward apology, not like the half-assed apologies we get today from politicians.
A poor choice of words considering he was talking about a woman, but in essence was right calling a lobbyist a whore.
As for his other comments on Republicans (their plan is don’t get sick America, but if you do, die quickly!, knuckle-dragging Neardenthals, their idea of healthcare reform is to be allowed to bring a gun to the doctor’s office, the GOP is a Lie Factory, etc.) NO NEED to apologize for telling it like it is.
if pelosi and company have all the answers i ask you to explain two things.first why isnt tort reform a part of thease plans and second why isnt allowing people to buy insurance across state lines part of the bills.otherwise go back to the great orange saten as you will fit better there with the other ostrichs.
Tort reform is your solution for healthcare cost? Really?
As Alan Grayson told another GOP tool, ‘that’s just amorphous nonsense’.
The Congressional Budget Office released a study this month finding that enacting a comprehensive set of medical malpractice reforms would reduce nationwide health care spending by 0.5 percent.
Roughly 0.2 percent of the savings would come as a result of the reduction in providers’ malpractice insurance premiums, while an additional 0.3 percent would come from “slightly less utilization of health care services,” the CBO noted.
CBO’s estimate takes into account the fact that because many states have already implemented some of the changes in the package, a significant fraction of the potential cost savings has already been realized.
And:
What the hell are you talking about?
you must not have talked with too many md’s as EVERY one of my families doctors [5] says that tort reform would both lower their overhead and also cause them to order less test than they do know to cover their ass.you also did not answer the second question and to answer you its the daily kos.
Great post, but is anyone really surprised by the dems’ reaction to these statements? I’m not.
Unforunately, no, I’m no longer surprised. And this is the party that is supposed to respect women.
No, we are not surprised. That is the unfortunate part.
But I do think it is important that we keep drawing attention to this kind of behavior. If the public outcry grows large enough, maybe we can effect some change in this regard. If it just feels like a drop in the bucket, nothing will change.
Yea, Ani–totally agree. It seems like we get nothing but eye rolls and accusations of whining when we point these out, but how else will we make people aware that what they are saying is hurtful and wrong and that is perpetuates the degradation of women? We are at least aware of much of the language that is racially hurtful…we need to take the same steps to stand against sexism.
People who disagree with me are murderers! Women are whores! This is the Left’s version of…Right wing politics.
One party is telling you you’re going to burn in the fires of hell the other party is telling you you’re going to fry in global warming. A pox on both their houses.
Quite revealing, Grayson’s big complaint seems to be that she “has the audacity to criticize a congressman.”
I’m no apologist for Congressman Grayson. At best his mouth is a loose cannon [and I've read he has a history for this sort of thing]. Is is wise for a Congressman to use this sort of attack on a radio show?
Clearly not. But he was calling Robertson a K Street whore in the same way we refer to particular journalists as media whores, people who have sold their souls to the highest bidder. Robertson is connected to the Fed [a senior advisor and at at one time an Enron lobbyist]. Apparently, the argument was over the Fed audit question, which I happen to favor [as does Grayson] though Ben Bernake and his crew are fighting tooth and nail.
So Grayson gets no pass on the stupid comment or calling the health care system a holocaust, another of his famous hyperboles.
But I’ve heard him grilling some of these financial types [private and government] and he takes no prisoners. And he does have the background to make the arguments. My suggestion? Tone down the rhetoric, Congressman Grayson. But keep going after the slugs.
That will be why his comments get megaphoned. He will not be allowed to make life tough for the friends of Barrakula bankers club and keep his job.
Thuggery lives strong in the us Government.
I suspect you’re right, obamastolemycountry. We’re being rolled, again and again.
Yes. Thank you for this level headed analysis.
Let’s not ignore the forest for the trees. Robertson is a–well, I can’t think of a non-offensive name–but SHE has caused the initial problem here, not Grayson. At least he is fighting on behalf of the American people.
i don’t think any dimocrat is working for the welfare of the american people today. if he were he’d be on peolosi’s backside. i don’t hear a peep from him regarding what his party is doing to my country. naw, that won’t fly.
He’s fighting on the behalf of the American people?
Are you drunk?
He’s in the limelight, and his insults get him attention.
If anyone is a “whore” it’s this man, who loves the limelight since he exposed himself as a total asshole.
Is this the best we can do? I hate both parties, and jerks like him should be voted OUT.
Get real, Kitty
No, I’m not drunk.
Do you know what Robertson’s job is?
thank you…:)
I get your point but calling anyone a whore is not appropriate. There are a lot of words he could use that are even more vilifying without being derogatory — if that makes any sense. I’d rather you call someone a crook, a charlatan, a two bit thief, “Bernie Madoff” — whatever — but calling a woman a whore is not acceptable in my view.
After what we saw last year, I am hyper aware of this type of vitriol.
Well said, Ani. Thank you!
Thank you for standing up and saying this. And I agree Grayson gets no pass, but he also gets my appreciation, along with Ron Paul and Michelle Bachman, for his efforts to get the Fed audited. He is fighting on our behalf, I bet it would be much easier to just go along they way most of my representatives do.
And we must be ever vigilant so as not to be used as a tool by anybody.
After the way the Dems treated Hillary Clinton, I would’nt expect them to do the right thing now. They keep on dishing it out, and the worst part is, getting away with it. Paybacks are hell, and we will remember in 2010 and 2012!
Just yesterday I read an article about the democrats trying to get women to vote for them now.
Every once in a while one forgets and shows the true colors of the democratic party. Anti-female old boys club fools. they kept a lid on their bias for years but this last election it all came out.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
plain and simple
the dude needs a rabies shot QUICK
damn rabid moonbats - as they shrink in numbers their disease grows more apparent!
indies still outnumber both Dumbocrats and Republicturds
maybe they should start paying attention (or not)
helenk said:
” . . . they kept a lid on their bias for years but this last election it all came out.”
Oh, I agree! The Dems showed their true colors throughout the primaries and GE. They claim to be pro-woman, trot out woman-friendly legislation but their behavior last year was absolutely disgraceful.
of course Grayson could move to JOLLYWOOD and be given the key to some dumpyovertaxedfoofooville
maybe even Ahhhhnold would be there
Why would this guy be any different than Obama’s rapper friends? A ‘ho is a GOOD thing, right?
Surprised I haven’t seen this anywhere in the msm. On his show, Olbermann called a conservative female columnist “a mashed up bag of meat with lipstick on it.” Isn’t that lovely? Where is the outrage? Why wasn’t he fired? http://airamerica.com/entertainment/10-14-2009/keith-olbermann-misogynist/
I have watched a lot of the Financial Services hearings and Grayson is one of the few agressive congressmen in terms of asking relevant questions for the stone walling beaurocrats.
Poor choice of words regarding whore as it is gender specific - however he gets a pass from me as he is independently rich and seems to not need the money from the K street pimps.
We are being nice to Lieberman and he is screwing us on many important issues. At least Grayson is going after the right issues versus some of the pompus Democrats accepting K street money. Let us remember that Rahm Emanual was Nancy Pelosies laison to K street and now he controlls the door to the president. Guess who is always getting in and who cut the secret deal with Pharma, just like Cheney cut with oil for Iraq.
Sorry ladies - I financially supported and voted for Hillary. My view is that she would have won if her gender would have stood up for her. She was the smartest candidate of the field. Now we are saddled with another talker like Bush only from the left.
I would think, given all the words in the English language, that he could find at least one that was not derogatory to women. Sorry, but he gets no pass from me. For those of us who voted for Hillary, the very least we can do is continue to keep reminding people that we will never again tolerate the sexism that was shown to all of us. We need to keep pointing it out and demanding better. Can you imagine the reaction if he had called someone a K- Street n-word? Sexism, racism, ageism…none of these are tolerable. Grayson should be censured. Joe Wilson was reprimanded for calling Obama a liar. But it’s okay to call a woman a whore?
Agreed. I’m so sick of the double standards at play here.
If that is important to you - god bless you
Mean while the poor are getting screwed, we are losing jobs, the economy has been killed by wall street greed, the Democrats are not stepping up to the plate on health care costs.
While you dither with semantics.
You are exactly the reason we need to keep having this discussion.
No one is dithering and yes we care deeply about people who are getting screwed — and since you were a Hillary supporter, I’m sure you can appreciate that part of the reason we don’t have her as president right now is because the media and Obama used the tools of misogyny to discredit her daily, aided and abetted by the DNC. If the American people did not willingly succumb to the b.s., they would have been a lot more likely to be objective, see through Obama and vote for the more capable candidate.
This sexist crap discrediting woman constantly does have a deep and lasting effect on the psyches of many people. Last year proved that.
Somer women likewise turned their backs because they didn’t want to be likewise excoriated. Guilty by association, as it were. In so doing, they betrayed themselves. But those filthy words and characterizations take their toll on the faith women have in themselves as well.
For your information, my comment wasn’t about semantics but about hypocrisy, which by the tone of your comment is OK by you.
One of the reasons this country is so screwed up is directly because of hypocrisy.
Semantics, my ass.
The human rights - the CIVIL rights - of 52% of this country are not semantics.
Do you really believe that our country can’t condemn sexism at the same time it is facing other struggles? If you do, then I guess you don’t speak up about racism - because how can we find the time to talk about racism when the economy is faltering and people are losing jobs?
Double standard kiddo, double standard.
I’m calling you out on your sexism, pulling out your SEXIST CARD!
Beautifully stated.
fiscalliberal:
Yeah, Grayson is a class act.
He said that Republicans want people to die.
Cheney bleeds from his mouth.
CLASSY! And so intelligent!
I don’t know who you are, but if you support this kind of rhetoric and this kind of baby-man(Grayson) you are an idiot.
Barney Franks and his ilk won’t do a thing to change the financial problems, because they benefit from them. And they all get K Street money.
Transparency?
Kiss my ass.
And since when has any liberal cared about fiscal responsibility?
Bill Clinton cared, but he was a REAL partisan who truly worked with the people across the isle, and he accomplished a lot.
Obama works with NO one except his Chicago thugs.
And hater/idiots like Grayson.
Yeah, we’re dithering over language while the president destroys the country.
The hypocrisy of Obama and Co continues to know no bounds.
The DNC,Overman,the Black Caucus,Obamas crazy preacher,Schuster,and many female Democrats slandered Hillary Clinton during the campaign–and I can’t forget Obamas little digs —about some people liking Hillary.It is no surprise that such name calling is acceptable to this declining party.The whitehouse consists of tax cheats,racists,crooks,thieves and outright felons–they could care less about womens feelings.They do not limit their namecalling to republican women–they spread their hate towards women.
The DNC,Overman,the Black Caucus,Obamas crazy preacher,Schuster,and many female Democrats slandered Hillary Clinton during the campaign–and I can’t forget Obamas little digs —about some people liking Hillary.It is no surprise that such name calling is acceptable to this declining party.The whitehouse consists of tax cheats,racists,crooks,thieves and outright felons–they could care less about womens feelings.They do not limit their namecalling to republican women–they spread their hate towards all women.
How about Taylor Marsh. She is digging at how Hillary has been replaced on important missions by John Kerry. That is my opinion of the last email I got from her. What do you think?
IMO, Taylor Marsh is no different than Obama - they are both opportunists. Should the winds swing Hillary’s way, Taylor Marsh will jump back on her bandwagon as quickly as she hopped off. I think as an ex-prostitute she knows how to chase the money - principles don’t enter the equation.
It would be easier to get excited about Grayson calling Robertson a K street whore if she wasn’t one.
If he wants to take issue with her, great. He can say what he needs to say that communicates that issue - the word whore is not necessary. Enough with the slurs.
Thank you, Ani. Apparently it can’t be said too many times to some of these thickheads.
okay. how do you like servant of satan?
This seems like a tempest in a teapot. The term “whore” can be equally applied to males and females, according to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary.
Furthermore, when the term is used as a verb its second meaning is “to pursue a faithless, unworthy, or idolatrous desire”.
I’d be the first to agree that Grayson should have chosen his words more carefully but is this really worth the indignation we’re expending on it?
He was not calling her a whore, but a ‘K Street whore’ for being a lobbyist in the past for Enron. Now they’re seizing in the word ‘whore’ as a way to attack him, and he already apologized for his choice of words.
But the real reason they’re attacking him is because he’s not afraid to speak his mind, he’s hitting Republicans hard and often, and they have no answer for him.
And if she were black and he called her that or something that could be interpreted as a racial slur — he’d be out and you know it.
Good point!
Would it be worth the indignation if he had used a racial slur instead? There should be no less a standard for slurs against women. Yes, I get that technically whore doesn’t always mean what it has come to connote, just as b*tch technically has a different meaning. But in today’s language, they are most often used to demean women and have no place in our lexicon. Grayson used it to be inflammatory. If Rush Limbaugh had done it, would you be so blase?
“Would it be worth the indignation if he had used a racial slur instead? ”
Lana, I think you have hit on the crux of the problem.
Please let me know how many times you hear a man called a b*tch or a whore by comparison. That list skyrockets when it comes to women. I have not yet forgotten Randi Rhodes calling Hillary and Geraldine Ferraro “big fucking whores” last year.
This is another despicable man who has reached a level that gives him immunity from common sense!
Pretty damned prevalent in the controlling party, and I do mean controlling!
If words and labels don’t matter, I’m sure many of us can enlarge our vocabulary! Here goes…nah…I’ll swear silently!
It’s not just him.
This is what’s happening at the DNC headquarters. Attack and destroy.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1009/DNC_attacks_Palin_lies.html
What in God’s name has happened to both of these once great parties? This kind of vile behavior is reprehensible.
I am frustrated completely about the language that is used in high places. This vulgarity is rampant throughout the U.S.–in high schools, on the streets, in everyday conversation.
I long for the days, which may have been just Hollywood fantasy, that government officials spoke in a dignified manner. I listen to old newsreel clips, though, and know that there was a sense of using language a better way.
Totally inappropriate. Lobbyists are actually the procurers of elected officials, to service the needs of special interests. But it’s generally the public that gets…
Oh, never mind.
Sorry to always be so negative here, but I don’t ever see anything changing. Violence against women is increasing in the media: movies, tv, news, etc. On AM radio women are usually called nags, old bags, etc..even by the conservatives. It’s crazy and I don’t see any end in sight with sexism. I wish I could become inspired in the world. I’ve hunkered down with my Bible and waiting this mess out. The world has gone mad and I truly believe the end is near.