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| Rep. Grayson Calls Labor Unions Strongest Force for 'Good Government' |
| 2010-04-16 |
| (CNSNews.com) -- Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) said Tuesday that labor unions were the strongest force for "good government" in the United States. Grayson was appearing on a live webcast with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to promote a new website (www.paywatch.org) that publicizes executive pay for the nation's largest companies. Both said they wanted to bring to light large corporate paychecks to rally support for financial regulatory reform bills being considered on Capitol Hill, where Grayson said he saw bank lobbyists working their influence on members of both parties to elicit favorable outcomes. Explaining that he believed those activities were unethical, Grayson said, "And it's a shame, you know? I try to live my life as if somebody upstairs were watching over me all the time and could see everything that I'm doing. And I wonder how their constituents would feel knowing that they cater to these lobbyists the way that they do--both Democrats and Republicans." Although he inferred that he tries to behave as if a higher being were keeping a close eye on him, Grayson is no stranger to intemperance. Most recently, he burst in on a meeting of the Orange County Republican Party that they were conducting at a Perkins Family Restaurant. The group reportedly admonished him for treating his constituents that way, and Tom Tillison of the Orlando Tea Party asked him, "Don't you feel that you at least owe them an explanation for your recent votes?" Grayson reportedly responded, "I don't owe them anything. They're trying to defeat me." The congressman also caught flak last September during debate on the original House version of the health care reform bill, when he accused Republicans of having no health care plan and wanting people to "die quickly." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Any bet www.paywatch.com doesn't 'watch' the pay of top Union Bosses? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-04-16 17:40 |
| #7 Ah, actual PROOF that he's insane. It always comes out, sooner or later. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-04-16 16:35 |
| #6 Another representative of our idiotic, arrogant-with-zip-to-be-arrogant-about political class. We really need an entirely new political class in this country. Something is deeply wrong with the nature of US politics that it attracts so many nuts and losers. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-16 15:26 |
| #5 And thus we can transcribe another page of Grayson's Devil's Dictionary. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-04-16 14:18 |
| #4 Labor unions are the strongest force for good government just like the various mafias are the strongest force for good retailing. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-16 13:34 |
| #3 Well, John QC, he supposedly spent four days in a mental hospital back in the 80's after he "got combative" and slapped a woman in the face. Besides, even his fellow Dems have noticed he's a wee bit off. Anthony Weiner of NY memorably stated that he was "a few fries short of a Happy Meal." |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-04-16 13:30 |
| #2 Does Grayson have a serious mental disturbance? Is he fit to hold office? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-16 09:34 |
| #1 Bought, and saying what he was paid to say. Definition of an honest politician? |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-04-16 06:10 |