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Subscribe to RSSHere’s one way to bring some attention to your contested congressional race: Give your opponent a catchy nickname linking him to a ruthless terrorist group.
Incumbent Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., launched a television ad over the weekend in which he labeled opponent Daniel Webster “Taliban Dan” for his positions on women’s issues.
“Religious fanatics try to take away our freedom, in Afghanistan, in Iran and right here in Central Florida,” says the ad’s narrator. The spot, which also features images of Taliban fighters, includes video footage of Webster speaking to a Christian organization and saying the phrase: “Wives, submit yourself to your own husband...she should submit to me.”
Webster, who said he has not watched the ad, told an Orlando television station on Monday that the Grayson camp appears to be twisting his words. “I have no idea what context it’s in,” he said of his statement about wives “submitting,” later adding that he “would suspect that it’s explainable.”
He hasn't seen the ad, he quipped, because "my wife asked me not to watch it, and I submitted."
NBC's First Read puts this race in the top 30 of its "Field of 64" House seats likely to change hands in November.
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It's about time. The right wingers say they hate the Taliban yet the teabaggers do all they can to emulate them.
True the Taliban is crazy right wing conservative just like the tea baggers. Grayson made his point!
Way to go Grayson! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Now let's hear the right wing start saying "how" terrible of a person he is...
Never mind calling the President Hitler, monkey's, the joker, UNAmerican...a WHOLE host of unseemly disgusting names...Oh yea...burning the Quran...
Carl D,
Angry MUCH?...LMAO!!! So WHAT if he did? That's something of a Republican mantra! Republicans are attempting to SMEAR the President's reputation along with EVERY Democrat that running for re-election with LIES....
You sound like a CRAZY person! LMAO!!!LMAO!!!LMAO!!!ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Grayson is 100% correct on this issue, and he's right to expose it.
We need many more in Congress like him.
Grayson has never been correct on anything. He's made himself the into a fool from coast to coast.
amen!...(so to speak)...100% correct...everything i've ever heard him say has been right on target, 100% truth and 100% correct!...too bad (for us all), he's a minority...
Are you kidding me? Grayson is a national hero because he fights back and expose's the Republicans for what they really are "idoits" with all their right wing crazy talk.
If there were more Dems like Cong. Grayson there wouldn't be so
many wee-weer-ers running like mice from a cat.
....Finally, someone telling it like it is. Even though I do not think Grayson truely represents mainstream America, at least he is not promoting authoritarian rule like the American Taliban that sets the agenda for the republican party
Although this is not really appropriate for American political discourse, one has to admit that there is a certain sameness between Muslim fundamentalists and Christian fundamentalists, who are overwhelmingly Republican. Both insist on absolute obedience from anyone they regard as subserviant, particularly women. Both insist that anyone who disagrees with them will meet a deadly fate from their imaginary god. Both profess total devotion to their self-proclaimed god-like leaders and total hatred of anyone opposed to him. There's nothing new about this. Nothing at all.
You're probably right about extremists in both religions being very strict and authoritarian. It's the nature of the beast. But Americans tend to have a stereotypical view of Islam that they don't apply to more familiar religions. Iran is a Shi'ite country and is thought of as pretty rigid, and rightly so, especially because the orthodox mullahs have such influence and Ahmedinejad's government tends towards corruption and self deception. But even in Iran, even during Ramadan, women can walk around the streets in Western clothing, with or without head covering, and can fast or not fast. It's up to them. There's as much diversity in Islam as there is in Christianity or Judaism. Too many of us have an oversimple view of the religion. BTW, I'm not a Moslem, I'm an anthropologist.
Grayson is a liar. He stated on Bill Maher's show that Palin "flunked out of college four times". In reality, she transferred and took some time b/w colleges to earn money for tuition. She graduated with a degree in Journalism, from the same college system as Keith Olberman. BUT YOU WON'T HEAR THAT on MSNBC.
Maybe one of the reasons you won't hear it on MSNBC is that it isn't true. Palin attended four different colleges, or five, if you count one that she returned to after a couple of years' absence. She dropped out of one in Hawaii because of what she called "the Asian thing." Nobody knows if she dropped out because of a lack of money (although of course that's what she would claim), boredom, or low grades.
She finally got a degree from the University of Idaho. Most people wouldn't call that a part of "the same college system as Keith Olbermann", whose degree is from Cornell University, but you can if you want to.
Grayson is a complete whack job and I'm hoping the voters in the good State of Florida have had enough of this clown and his shennanigans. He has disgraced his position too long already.
Alan Grayson is 100% correct!...
I have personally witnessed a local church demonstrate Dr.'s offices (known to perform family-care counseling) to the point of becoming violent. they applaud and support the murder of Doctors who perform abortions. This same church prayed-for and applauded Katrina's destruction of New Orleans (stating because of the evil nature of the city!).
Alan Grayson has his eyes open to what is really going on in this country with both the citizens and their representation in Washington. He has my respect and admiration.
I think Grayson is just what we need in the Democratic party. I wish all the Democrats were like him. If it was ok for all the Republicans to compare President Obama to Hitler, and also the taliban, then what is the difference? What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. People do not like it when the tables turn, and a Democrat comes back at them the same way they do the Democrats. IT'S ABOUT TIME.
Carl D.-580212,
Lazio dropped out of the Governor's race in New York and he won't even support Paladino because he a sleaze...
"I believe strongly that Andrew Cuomo cannot bring change," Lazio said, "but I remain unconvinced that Carl Paladino will bring the improvement that New York needs."
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/27/politics/main6905672.shtml
Read the article in it's entirety..yet you have the audacity to call Grayson a slime... tut, tut, tut...
American doesn't need another scuzzy Republican in Washington by way of the tea Party...what's in Washington with the Re-thugs is bad enough...
Dear Carl,
I am not a POLL dancer...and if you really cared about your beloved Florida...why did you leave it...why didn't you fight to preserve what you CLAIM to love...BTW...would your leaving have anything to do with the Jewish people to migrated south by any chance? Thought so...
Carl D,
Your response is as bad as people saying "I have friends that are black" while hating the whole time...
You understood what I meant and that was why you retorted with that lame reply...if you care SO much about Florida...why did you leave...why didn't you stay and fight...btw...Tennessee is far worse that Florida...you call yourself Hispanic LMAO!!!!....
Talk is cheap! LMAO!!!
A Latino that likes to live """""""""" in a sea of white""""""""", Very interesting.
Amusing to see the lefties on this Liberal rag support this absolutely insane Congressman. Alan Grayson is a dim bulb and an attention whore. Like other Libs of his ilk, he won't be around after November.
If you ditch Wacky Michelle Bachmann we might consider ditching Grayson.
My republican grandpa told me the best way to save a marriage is keep the woman home pregnant, cooking and tending the children......My daughter, a democrat who worships Hitlery, said, " to stop wars, women should rule the world and keep their man on a leash".......any guess why I chose to be an independent ?.....Too many extremist in America, choose your weapons
IT IS ABOUT TIME! After YEARS of lies and downright treason perpetrated on us we have to endure the carl rove type of political operations WE HAVE TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS. Let the public know WHO AND WHY the republicraps are getting their funds AND FOR WHAT THEY ARE BEING PAID TO DO IT. Mud slinging is not what should be done THE SIMPLE FACTS ARE ENOUGH. And if the tea bag republicraps don't like it let them go to Iraq, they need more corruption over there!
Oh, please!
These people are so damn pathetic sometimes...
REALITY CHECK: Alan Grayson had the balls to steal a move right out of the "Republican Advertising Play-Book" and actually use it "against" a Republican...
So of course naturally and true to their "oblivious to our own staggering hypocrisy" form all the loons on the right are "appalled" by Grayson's new ad.
Loosely Translated: Oh S.H.I.T! ...He's actually using our own tactics against us!
Gotta love it...
It's a distasteful ad, and an odd one because you don't usually see a Democrat fighting dirty like the Republicans do.
If harry reid had balls, he'd be Alan Grayson. And if Alan Grayson were head of the Democratic Party, I might rejoin. Alan Grayson speaks the truth and the right -wing fear mongers hate it!!!
It's people with Grayson's big mouth that give birth to ideas like the Tea Party. When a promise of "change" is made and then the change is for the worse, a Tea Party is needed. Pols on both sides must learn not to make promises only to ignore said promises. The liberal democrats are still blaming Bush for our country's ills--but do nothing about it. Republicans will win many seats in November, but they better begin the change that's needed. Honesty is a must in our officials, but it seems money and not integrity comes first.
Why do you suppose so many people hold Bush responsible for the sad state of the country?
And why do you suppose the Democrats have had so much difficulty passing any effective, corrective legislation?
Simple: the only ones holding Bush responsible are democrats who have been elected by rote, think by rote and vote by rote. Stupid people like Grayson you will back up. People like you will eventually have to--in ten or fifteen years--find someone else to blame beside Bush. You don't want the liberals to take blame for a thing. In a way you're right: liberals never act, only find fault. They are cancer hidden in false ideology of politics, waiting to spread.
Durntootin I see that you have not read any of the polls about bush.
Okay, I'm going totally off topic here... But I have a questions for the FR people... Why do you list Ford as having historically low VCI at -61, when GW Bush was lower at -65? I mean, you can click on it and find it out, but when it loads, it goes automatically to Ford... A little partiality being shown, perhaps? Or just 'coloring' the facts?
Time tested, tried and true tactics to try to win an election. When things are going badly for you, or when the electorate isn't buying the things you're selling, you whip out a little slanderous can of ugly on your opponent. Nobody should be surprised. It's going to get a lot uglier over the next month. Hopefully Mr. Webster won't fall into the trap and will just keep hammering on the issues that matter like the economy/jobs, the health care debacle, and government spending. If he does this, he will win.
Anyone with any understanding of Christian doctrine understands the context of submission, both of a wife to a husband and a husband to a wife. Grayson has to hope there are many ignorant voters in his district.
Grayson has to hope that voters in his district are ignorant. Either that or he doesn't understand Christian doctrine regarding submission of a wife to a husband and a husband to a wife.
The Christian's Grayson is referring to is the ones that whorship politics instead of the true Christian faith. The politician's that use religion for political gain make me sick!
Grayson is the man... and hilarious to boot. Let me share something, a fact w/ you....
If the bonehead voting public (and realize I don't give a hoot what party they're in) vote Repubs back in, you can kiss this country GOODBYE... I was a lobbyist and I know for a FACT, that they are the best at getting the biggest chunck of your wallet and forking it over to Big Business. And that my friends, is the name of the game.
And unless you change some of the rules i.e. access lobbyists have to literally write legislation favoring Industry, you've got to choose the lesser of 2 evils. And that's the Dems. 7 years ago, before the 2004 Presidential election, I made 2 sweatshirts; the first read: Bush, 2004? Homeless. Outdoors (graphic- yellow sad face); the second- Bush is selling U.S. out (graphic- US Flag as bar code).... Both prophetic gear.
Grayson is a witty guy who cares about this country. Period.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, a lobbyist huh roger? That tells me all I need to know about you.
I wish every Democrat would be willing to grow a pair and fight like Grayson. If the Democrats would start calling these religious fundaMENTAList, right wing repug wackos what they really are then they would be doing a lot better in the polls. I have no idea why Democrats quake in fear when a repug is around. But Grayson is right: There is little difference between the religious right (which is neither) in America and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Both wish to establish theocracies that exert total control over the lives of their citizens. But the hypocritical repugs and tea bagges then package their ideology of governmental regulation of the bedroom and of your bodies into anti-governmental rhetoric. They are not for smaller government, but rather for larger government. They want a government that regulates who can sleep with whom, tells women that they are inferior to men and must therefore submit to their husbands and then controls their reproductive decisions and rights. It would almost be comical if these people were not in a position of being able to obtain actual power and implement their radical policies on the nation as a whole.
Moron. You actually support a candidate who took a quote from "don't choose one like, 'wifes submit to your husband'.... it's in the bible but don't use it", to read "wifes submit to your husband"? I hope you realize how stupid you sound; if you don't then you are even more stupid than you sound. Your candidate is a lying scumbag who still will not admit to taking the quote WAY out of context - to the point of REVERSING the meaning. You deserve representation by the likes of that.
Except, Mike: Webster didn't say don't use it. He said don't pray over it, and that husbands should pray over "their stuff " in the Bible. Nowhere does he disavow it. Does your post, attacking someone that you don't know seem very Christian to you?
I told a friend about how christine odonnel and how she thought masterbation is a sin and would go to peoples homes to address the problem.
So I asked tommy do you have any issues with that?
He said Yes send her my way I need all the help I can get!
also he said he could use a hand
Grayson is an embarrassment...even to Democrats. He has been quoted saying he doesn't give a damn about the US Constitution. He is on video barging into a private meeting and threatening the people meeting there...the guy is a nutbag. He doesn't deserve the attention he gets, but his behavior and comments are so over the top. He should be censured by the House for attempting to draw a connection between muslim terrorists and fundemental Christians. Jeez. For you other nutbag national socialist progressives out there don't come back trying to say Christianity is as bad as the Taliban...if you believe that then you should be sent to live under shaira law...and see how long you keep your tongue, eyes, or head.
At this point, Radical Christians are not as dangerous as the Taliban, but they have the potential to be. They advocate for a government based on their biblical views. They don't believe in separation of church and state. That's why they must be stopped gaining positions of power. Most of us don't want to be governed by zealots.