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Home Front: Politix
Grayson’s Wife, Kids Now On Government Assistance
Democrat family values

Barely a week after being named the 17th richest member of Congress, liberal firebrand
...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
and Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is refusing to support his estranged wife and their kids, and his wife has turned to government food stamps to support her family, WFTV 9 Orlando reports.

Grayson's marriage of 29 years dissolved earlier this year when his wife, Lolita Grayson, filed for divorce. A week later, Rep. Grayson asked a court to annul the marriage on the basis of bigamy.

Mr. Grayson is refusing to support his family because he is claiming that she was never divorced from her first husband and therefore their marriage was never legitimate.

Mrs. Grayson told WFTV 9 Orlando she never thought she would be on food stamps or have her kids on the school lunch, because her husband was "the sole provider," she said. "I don't have any money at all. He's been holding all our money for years and years."

The congressman's lawyers dismiss the claim saying that she is abusing public funds, saying that he is still paying the mortgage and phone bills. They are calling it an Election Day ploy to hurt him in the polls.

Mark Nejame, one of his lawyers, claimed that Lolita is "abusing the public."

"She's going out and asking for support because she can't support herself on $120,000? That's outrageous," Nejame said.

Despite these claims, Lolita Grayson maintains that the house is in disrepair with mold. "I'm doing this for me and our children, not for him, because I would like to have a good life again," she concluded.
Posted by: Beavis || 10/30/2014 09:42 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Here is the link.

Sorry, got excited and hit submit before I had included
Posted by: Beavis || 10/30/2014 15:05 Comments || Top||

#2  link corrected
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/30/2014 16:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Annuling a 29-year marriage. Wife and kids on food stamps. House (w/$120k annual mortgage) is in disrepair with a leaky septic system and mold. Grayson is the 17th richest member of congress.

A role model and standard bearer for his Democrat constituency.
Posted by: regular joe || 10/30/2014 16:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Even the family under the bus. Just can't make up this stuff in allegory of what happens when the Donks runs things whether family or nation, huh? /rhet question
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/30/2014 16:22 Comments || Top||

#5  If Bill and Hillary can pretend to stand each other...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/30/2014 17:28 Comments || Top||

#6  "A week later, Rep. Grayson asked a court to annul the marriage on the basis of bigamy."

The thought of a 30th year of cuckolding was a bridge too far?
Posted by: Zenobia Chavirong1713 || 10/30/2014 20:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Must have been love because the hatred seemingly runs deep???

Anyhoo, iff Grayson hopes to save his rep he should prob release financial statements to the public. I agree wid #3 - John Q. Public/Voter isn't going to stand for marriages being annulled after 29 years + wid Kiddies involved.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 10/30/2014 22:52 Comments || Top||


No Joke: Dem-Controlled Senate Ethics Committee Says It Lost Complaint About Harry Reid And Obama
Time to take the dog to the vet, Harry?
Posted by: LouieLouie || 10/30/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Me, I'm waiting for the second coming of the Scopes trial, where Harry Reid is cast in the roll of the monkey and Obe is cast as the Modernists, who said evolution was not inconsistent with religion (Mooselimb, of course).

Free popcorn is available in the Lobby for anyone who can name the 57 States of the United States, without consulting Goooooogle.
Posted by: Gomez Lumumba3484 || 10/30/2014 0:09 Comments || Top||

#2  So Obama's dog ate the ethics committee's homework?
Posted by: Mystic || 10/30/2014 0:35 Comments || Top||

#3  How did he make all that money? The truth will come to light.
Posted by: newc || 10/30/2014 0:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Lost the email again?
Posted by: gorb || 10/30/2014 2:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Hard drive spoiled, like month old milk.
Posted by: Steven || 10/30/2014 4:15 Comments || Top||

#6  And there's a signed receipt. Who signed the receipt?

With the DoJ and courts as corrupted as they have become I fear that we are no longer a country with the "rule of law" and I see no way to regain it. A new administration could not follow the laws as currently written and clean out the rot. The rot has gone so far that short of a generation long electoral tidal wave that replaces all politicians with quality people it can't be fixed. Even then it would take those new politicians decades to cut down all the corrupt judges and bureaucrats and their supporting institutions.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/30/2014 9:24 Comments || Top||

#7  I came to the same conclusion years ago AlanC.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/30/2014 10:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Unfortunately, the corruption within the government could be a mirror image of a vast segment of the American society.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 10/30/2014 11:12 Comments || Top||

#9  So did I Darth, but my naive optimistic streak kept creeping in.

EH that's called normal human behavior. The FF tried to create a gov't that would be proof against the worst in human nature. Eventually it was overwhelmed.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/30/2014 12:55 Comments || Top||

#10  No comments yet from the lead 2016 democratic contender.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/30/2014 14:15 Comments || Top||

#11  Although it might be as bas as AlanC says I suspect many corrupt judges would retire to be with their family long before investigations found anything. So justice might not happen but the cleanup might be faster than expected.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/30/2014 14:24 Comments || Top||

#12  Hopefully after this election they will get a new Senate Ethics committee with the stones to follow up on the complaint about Harry Reid.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/30/2014 14:55 Comments || Top||

#13  Harry still hasn't responded to rumors that he is a pederast.

I heard it somewhere on the internet...
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 10/30/2014 15:23 Comments || Top||

#14  It's more than a rumor now, it's been alleged that Harry Reid us a pederast.
Posted by: Shipman || 10/30/2014 16:03 Comments || Top||

#15  "it's been alleged that Harry Reid us a pederast"

That's been around for a while, and apparently there's some credible evidence.

'However', unless one of the national media outlets can see beyond their collective blinders and actually do some valid research, it might as well be an undocumented unicorn sighting.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/30/2014 16:29 Comments || Top||

#16  It wont matter after the elections. If the find them and open them the media will call it retribution. Dems have pulled a successful end run on the system. Criminal.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 10/30/2014 16:59 Comments || Top||

#17  Link is down.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 10/30/2014 16:59 Comments || Top||

#18  Not only did the dog eat the complaint, the dog has now eaten the link.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/30/2014 17:24 Comments || Top||

#19  mmmmmmm

link sausages
Posted by: Frank G || 10/30/2014 19:52 Comments || Top||

#20  To safeguard the ice cream consumer
I share an unverified rumor
That Harry, retiring,
May well be aspiring
To pilot a truck for Good Humor.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 10/30/2014 22:38 Comments || Top||


Obama on Early Voting: "You Can Only Vote Once; This Isn't Chicago"
[Real Clear Politics] At a Tuesday evening campaign event for Mary Burke, Democratic nominee for governor of Wisconsin, President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
encouraged voters to participate in early voting.

"One week, Wisconsin. One week. One week from today you get to choose a new governor. And because early voting runs through this Friday, you don't have to wait until election day," Obama told the crowd in Milwaukee.

"You can vote all week," Obama added.

"I mean you can only vote once, this isn't reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
now," Obama told the crowd, laughing.

"I'm teasing Chicago, I'm messing with you. That was a long time ago," Obama added.
Posted by: Fred || 10/30/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well Obe, you should know, you probably have voted several times in an election in Chicago; after all you have all those other aliases, Barry Obama, Barry Soetoro, Barack Soetoro, Barry Dunham, and Barack Dunham.
Posted by: Gomez Lumumba3484 || 10/30/2014 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  But, if you are illegal, you don't need an ID or to even know "your" address.
Posted by: newc || 10/30/2014 0:33 Comments || Top||

#3  "I'm teasing Chicago, I'm messing with you. That was a long time ago," Obama added.

The 'straight man' please. No teasing, no grab arse or fok'n around as president. I don't need it. Neither does anyone else. And it wasn't "a long time ago."
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/30/2014 3:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Same man who 'joked' about auditing his enemies. Right Tea Party?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/30/2014 8:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Meanwhile in Maryland....
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/30/2014 8:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Yesterday is a long time ago?
Posted by: AlanC || 10/30/2014 9:26 Comments || Top||

#7  That was a long time ago.
Like, community organizing long time ago?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/30/2014 13:00 Comments || Top||


La Raza Promotes Washington Post Guide On Where People Can Vote Without An ID
[DAILYCALLER] The pro-amnesty Hispanic activist organization the National Council of La Raza helpfully promoted a Washington Post article explaining which states people can vote in without having to use a photo ID.

"Voter ID laws are at-issue across the country, with newly Republican-controlled legislatures having passed them in numerous states after the 2010 election," explained The Washington Post's Aaron Blake. "Most states still request some form of ID, but don't require it. Another 20 states don't require identification. In case you're wondering where your state is at in all of this, a helpful (sic) graphic from the Post's graphics team."

So who ended up using the Post's helpful graphic? The country's foremost pro-amnesty Hispanic immigrant organization.

The reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
chapter of Asian Americans Advancing Justice tweeted Blake's article with the message, "Reminder -- #Illinois does NOT require #voterID to cast a ballot," along with the pro-Democrat hashtag #TurnOutForWhat. The tweet was helpfully retweeted by the National Council of La Raza.
Posted by: Fred || 10/30/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  La Raza is also promoting renaming Los Angeles - New Mexico City - but I guess that topic should be reserved for another time.
Posted by: Gomez Lumumba3484 || 10/30/2014 0:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Their charts is in error. Have to have a voter ID card in NM, otherwise it goes to a 'provisional ballot' which has to be validated with some ID before counted within so many days of the election. Otherwise, its thrown out. Used my ID yesterday. Also used a paper mark sense form, no touch screens.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/30/2014 8:41 Comments || Top||

#3  We have this group or that group bitching for this or that thing in this country. We end us with a Balkanization of the U.S. The U.S. doesn't exist anymore. It is just a bunch of carping groups yelling for what they want for their particular group. Most of the time it doesn't even make sense. Amnesty for illegals. Muslim's complaining about everything they perceive as an insult (which is just about everything). Some asshole goes jihad and CAIR worries about his rights. Gay mayors coming down hard on Christians. Druggies wanting their government sanctioned drugs. Liberal cities declaring they are sanctuary cities for illegals. Liberal cities turned into cesspools. I guess this article caught me in a foul mood this a.m.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/30/2014 12:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Since it is a felony to assist illegal voting these La Raza folks should be locked up.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/30/2014 14:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Kobach rocks! Voter ID in Kansas.
Posted by: bman || 10/30/2014 14:37 Comments || Top||


Alaska incumbent Sen. Mark Begich avoids even saying 'Obama'
[LATIMES] Just call him "He who cannot be named."
Posted by: Fred || 10/30/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "He who cannot be named" or "He who is not without an alias, questionable heritage and provenance" i.e. Barry Obama, Barry Soetoro, Barack Soetoro, Barry Dunham, and Barack Dunham
Posted by: Gomez Lumumba3484 || 10/30/2014 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Few babies will be named after him.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/30/2014 3:49 Comments || Top||

#3  He who nobody knows his name, or nationality, nor birthplace, nor birthday, nor collage transcripts.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 10/30/2014 9:12 Comments || Top||



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