There are widespread calls for Alan Grayson to apologize for telling the truth...

[Bjorn Against]

While I listen to people demanding an apology from Grayson however, I am trying to think of the last time there were widespread calls for any politician to apologize for lying. When apologies are demanded it seems they are demanded from political figures who speak their minds truthfully, but when I try to think of the last time a member of Congress was seriously pressured to apologize for lying I draw a blank.

Why are we not hearing demands for apologies from all the liars in Congress?

Why are we not hearing calls for apologies from all the members of Congress who shut our government down?

Why are people calling for an apology from Grayson while no one in Congress seems to be putting any serious pressure on Ted Cruz to apologize?

Can anyone seriously argue that Alan Grayson's words did more harm to our nation than Ted Cruz's actions?

I am sick to death of a Washington that demands apologies from truth tellers but virtually never demands apologies from liars.

[sabrina 1]

1. What is he being asked to apologize for?

And by whom?

[benld74]

2. Widespread calls? GOP I take it. Any links to them?

[Fumesucker]

6. Ahem..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014629310

[liberal_at_heart]

12. ah, that explains it. I don't give a damn what the DNC wants.

[whathehell]

22. I don't either -- Grayson is a real progressive and

he doesn't have to apologize to anyone, IMO, and If the useless corporate DINOS

don't like it, they can shove it.

[bvar22]

27. Is that the same Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...

...who helped elect REPUBLICANS in 2008?
?
?
?
Why, yes it is.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3037075


[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center] [/font]
[font size=1]photo by bvar22
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You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]

[DeSwiss]

45. Wasserman-Schultz doesn't call, she bleats. :-| n/t

[Bjorn Against]

11. Here you go...

https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dbl35zaBuolmVJM7LI_N6JHQIMxwM&q=grayson+apologize&lr=English&hl=en

[rug]

3. I'm glad he's back. Screw the tea baggers.

[Fumesucker]

4. It's much easier to forgive someone for being wrong than for being correct

Truth tellers, particularly truth tellers to power, are just so ~shrill~.

Very Serious People are never shrill.

[steve2470]

5. AFAIK it's only West who wants an apology...the RNC also ? I say no apologies nt

[Pretzel_Warrior]

70. RTOAMTTLL

Really tired of acronyms more than three letters long

[tokenlib]

7. Sounds like an opportunity for a non-apology "apology" to double down on the truth..n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

72. +1000

There is a way for him to say "Sorry I hurt your feelings but it is the truth". Apologize for hurting their feelings - and nothing more than that.

[sabrina 1]

8. It would be helpful is someone would explain what this about.

Second time I'm asking.

Who is asking Grayson for an apology for telling the truth? Democrat, Republican?

It's hard to comment when you have no clue what something is about.

[steve2470]

10. see post 6 nt

[sabrina 1]

50. Ah, Wasserman, the appeaser. I should have guessed. She of the

'both sides do it' fame.

Thanks, there is no way he should apologize. SHE needs to apologize for her constant protection of Republicans each and every time a Dem gets the courage to tell the truth about him.

She represents everything that is wrong with the Dem Party. Grayson represents what the Dem Party should be and if HE were in a position of leadership there never would have been a Govt Shut Down. They wouldn't dare.

Go Grayson!

[Cleita]

9. I hope he doesn't.

He owes those demanding it nothing. I don't think they would lift a finger for him, if he needed, if he did.

[ReRe]

13. Whats about an apology from the...

.... DINOs who like to think they are the leaders of the Democratic party???? What about an apology from those who denigrate truth-tellers like Rep Alan Grayson? What's going on here? A little tiff so we can somehow make a false equivalency with the Republican Party which is in it's death throws? For the past month, it felt like the Democratic Party was standing up for itself. Now here we are throwing barbs at one another. Oh yeah, who else, beside Debbie W,-S., is calling for Alan to apologize? Where are the "widespread" calls? Thanks.

[Bjorn Against]

14. Just do a Google search, several articles have been published over the past 24 hours

https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dbl35zaBuolmVJM7LI_N6JHQIMxwM&q=grayson+apologize&lr=English&hl=en

[ReRe]

17. Oh.... them.

... conservatives. So Debbie had to join them in asking for an apology from Alan Grayson? Does she realize the company she's keeping? She ought to check things out before whe blows off like that. It's time for a change in the Chair. Someone with a backbone! Thanks for the link.

[RobertEarl]

15. They are idiots aren't they?

Not to mention trolls, too.

Pretty much anyone who complains about Grayson is either a troll, or an idiot.

[ReRe]

16. Absolutely!

[kestrel91316]

65. [phone] 000

[oswaldactedalone]

18. Hell No

he shouldn't apologize. Tell it like is Mr. Grayson. Call these Koch Klux Klanners out and give them a dose of their own medicine.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

19. Grayson is absolutely right on this one. No apologies! nt

[Zorra]

20. Being confronted with the truth can be painful and upsetting for those who have never

encountered it before.

[kydo]

21. Why should he apologize?

What he said was true.

Now what I want to know is why hasn't Cruz apologized for the stunt in front of the White House? Remember the one that started by tearing down barricades at the WWII Memorial? Speaking of that just exactly how many republicans have come with a public statement condemning or at least not supporting a rebel battle flag being waved at the White House?

If I just moved to the other side of Aloma Ave. Grayson would be my Congress Rep. But no, I get mica. Hopefully in Nov 2014 that will change and my district will get a new Rep. I know I will not forget this shutdown or this Congress. What a waste. I will be sure to remind everyone I see.

[otohara]

23. Stay Classy Grayson

it that's possible.

[Bjorn Against]

25. He is a hell of a lot more classy than the large majority of Congress

Certainly more classy than any of the people who are demanding he apologize.

[otohara]

31. Classless

he sounds like Limbaugh or Larry - put down the Koran guy.

[Bjorn Against]

32. If you think Grayson is anything like Limbaugh you know little about either of them

[otohara]

34. Nice Try

He can be tossed out again for what he calls "speaking his mind" or what I call - Limbaugh type name calling.

Keep it up Alan, those unaffiliated voters swing back and forth.
Tacky tacky tacky - divisive, stupid.

[Bjorn Against]

35. Sorry, but the Tea Party is filled to the brim with racist assholes

They are the modern day KKK, but Limbaugh would never say such a thing.

[otohara]

37. Limbaugh Type Name Callling

sheesh.

These things never turn out well for our side...like when he ran for reelection and lost for name-calling.

He's a loose cannon like so many on the right.

Cringe worthy

[Bjorn Against]

38. So it is wrong for him to compare the Teabaggers to the KKK...

But it is perfectly fine for you to compare him to a well known racist, homophobic and misogynistic bigot like Rush Limbaugh?

It is the height of hypocrisy for you to attack him for comparing others to racists in the same breath as you compare him to a racist.

[otohara]

44. Alan Grayson Is Not Racist, He's Got A Big Mouth

that keeps getting him into trouble - Yes?

Randi Rhodes lost her job once for calling Hillary Clinton a whore.
Bill Maher lost his job
Keith Olbermann lost his job
David Sirota lost his radio job

Do you see a pattern here that involves liberals and Democrats?

Grayson should do what he was elected to do - legislate.

I don't think he could get a job on radio after this - he's a loose cannon and no one would hire him.

[Bjorn Against]

48. None of those cases are similar to Grayson's

Randi Rhodes is far too abrasive for me, I can't stand her. She is nothing like Grayson, when she turns off her own side nearly as much as she turns off the opposition she can't expect to last.

Bill Maher lost his job and then had it replaced with a new job that offers him far more freedom to say what he wants than he had on his old show.

Olbermann lost his job not because of anything he said, but because of his inability to work with others.

David Sirota worked for Clear Channel, the most right-wing media conglomerate in the nation. Clear Channel is even worse than FOX, it should be a badge of honor for Sirota to get fired by them.

[otohara]

55. So Randi Is Abrasive According to You

Grayson is abrasive according to me.

Too bad he can't focus on the job he was elected to do - because they will toss him out again for wasting so much
time and energy on this kind of shit talk.

At least Randi is doing her job.

[Missn-Hitch]

39. We have Grayson....

they have an army. It is a false equivalency to compare that round, bulbous, drug addict, tub of shit to Grayson. I think it is fine and it put a smile on my face.

[otohara]

47. He's Yours

not mine - and I'm pretty sure Nancy Pelosi wants no part of his crazy divisive talk.

[Missn-Hitch]

56. I do understand what you are saying.

We do need to stay united and not start a Grayson army. I just like seeing some defense. You can only turn the other cheek so many times. Throwing an uppercut every once in awhile is required.

[frylock]

57. oh noes! not nancy pelosi!!12

who the fuck cares what "off the table" nancy thinks? the game has passed her by.

[noiretextatique]

67. See post #59

It is long past time for Democrats to speak the truth about the tea party's disgusting racism.

[otohara]

68. Like We Don't Know After 6 Years

of bad signs and trash talk.

We don't need a Congressman who was fired for shooting off his mouth losing his job again next year. Those unaffiliated voters are wishy washy back/forth go with the flow. The right will run thousands of commercials with Grayson accusing all T-Party types of being just like the KKK. Doesn't take much to sway the unaffiliated voter and keep disgusted Dems at home.

[noiretextatique]

69. Oh please

Those assholes did not vote for him anyway. It is long past time for demowussies to stop being so scared and speak the obvious truth. Fight fire with fire. The racism on display by the tea party should be called out...it is not like THEY are shy about it. They waved a fng confederate flag on front if the godamn white house!

[JustAnotherGen]

73. +1000

That has two black children living in it. They ought to be ashamed of themselves and since their leaders Boehner and McConnell did not verbally rend and tear the Reb flag waver publicly and demand his name and the he apologize to the Obama Family - Grayson is calling them out.

Their silence means the Republican Party took ownership of the TEAs last week. The TEA Party IS the Republican Party until the Republucans force them to create a third party.

[noiretextatique]

81. yes! they are republicons behaving badly

and since their leadership won't take them to task, they have to own their disgusting speech and behavior.

[Francois Jeopardy]

71. If telling the truth is divisive.....????

So be it.

Principals before politics!

[Incitatus]

24. 144 Republicans voted to default and send the global economy into chaos,

but Grayson should apologize. Those assholes make me sick.

[KansDem]

28. When will there be widespread calls for W to apologize for telling lies?

How many dead? How many trillions spent?

Until the GOP addresses this they can STFU!

[SamKnause]

29. Apologize, I don't think so !!!

Representative Alan Grayson should never apologize for stating the truth !!!

[AzDar]

30. Why apologize for telling the truth?

Maybe because it makes the DINOS look bad...

[Hippo_Tron]

33. The Tea Party isn't lycnhing anybody

If Grayson were talking about the modern KKK (who don't really lynch people anymore) he might have a somewhat valid point.

[loyalsister]

74. True

He also put president Obama in a bad spot. If he is asked he will have to disavow the comment.

There has been an influx of hate groups since Obama was elected (see SPLC). Giving tea party members an opportunity to deny racism in their ranks does more harm than good. The "some of my best friends are black" argument is ready. Along with an easy opportunity to garner sympathy from people whose understanding of race is only superficial.

Inflammatory language is counterproductive when we are trying to hold republicans accountable for showing extreme disrespect to the president.

[Oilwellian]

36. Debbie is the epitome of my signature photo

[RoccoR5955]

40. Teabaggers are, in effect irrelevant,

therefore, he should ignore them.

[Bjorn Against]

41. Teabaggers just shut down our government and nearly collapsed our economy

The Teabaggers are a lot of nasty things, but unfortunately they are not irrelevant.

[RoccoR5955]

43. no, they are, in effect, irrelevant.

IN EFFECT they don't mean much. They may have succeeded in a shutdown, but in the bigger scheme of things, they are irrelevant, because, their succession was quite the Pyrrhic victory.

[Bjorn Against]

61. In effect they threw hundreds of thousands out of work and cost the economy 24 Billion dollars

In effect they harmed millions of people.

[RoccoR5955]

78. And they are shunned by those, as well as others

That's why it's a Pyrrhic victory!

[TheKentuckian]

62. You might take a look at the spending levels and the needs of the people and get back to us

Yay, we didn't default!

Please.

[frylock]

58. that worked out so well in 2010..

and remember when Kerry ignored the irrelevant swiftboaters in 2004, and they just quietly went away?

[OldRedneck]

42. I would comment on this diary

But I'd probably be banned from DU.

But I'll comment anyway.

Grayson should not apologize.

After all, why should I apologize for shooting a rabid dog?

[Mira]

46. Well argued, well said, let me please second

what I could not have said as well myself.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

49. NO APOLOGIES!! The Teabaggers ARE the KKKlan! Period!!!

[DeSwiss]

51. Screw 'em. - K&R n/t

[pacalo]

52. +1.

Their tactics have gotten so tiresome, there's nothing else that I can say.

[DeSwiss]

59. They must have forgotten about all those poorly worded signs......

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[pacalo]

63. TY, DeSwiss! I'm adding lame54's video...

From http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017153813:

[DeSwiss]

64. De nada.

[mmm413]

53. Why is it it's always demanded of Democrats that they apologize but never of Republicans?

I think because everyone realizes Democrats are civilized and Republicans aren't.

[otohara]

66. Asked/Answered

Democrats don't wallow in mud and when they do, they get booted out of office, fired, and no one comes to their rescue.

[rhett o rick]

54. We are way past time for Democrats to speak out. Bravo Rep Grayson. nm

[The Wizard]

60. Yeah sure

when the Bush cartel apologizes for starting a war predicated on lies with hundreds of thousands of dead and seriously damaged victims in its wake.

[LuvNewcastle]

75. I can think of several 'Democrats' who owe the rest of us an apology,

but Grayson isn't one of them. He's calling it like he sees it, which I think is something the people need to hear.

[Turbineguy]

76. He insulted the delicate flowers in the Tea Party.

It was bad enough for them that they didn't get to collapse the world economy and kill millions.

[B Calm]

77. I'm pretty sure Grayson will not apologize for telling the truth.

[LWolf]

79. I predict the failure

of those calls.

I certainly HOPE that he won't allow himself to be bullied into "apologizing."

[haikugal]

80. Totally!!!

Well said, I agree...it's absurd.