Steny Hoyer kept Alan Grayson off the Benghazi committee

[kpete]

I've been checking around since the announcement was made and a source who wishes to remain anonymous said Rep. Steny Hoyer was afraid that Grayson would be too rambunctious for his taste, and so used his power to keep him off the committee -- despite the fact that Eliot Engel, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs committee, had already handpicked Rep. Grayson and gave his selection to Nancy Pelosi. Steny Hoyer went crying (to who, we don't know) and Nancy Pelosi then pulled Grayson from the panel.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/why-alan-grayson-was-left-benghazi

[MohRokTah]

1. Grayson would have been better if they sent only Grayson, IMO.

If they were going to seat five members, I think they did fine.

If they were only going to seat one person, Grayson would have been perfect.

[Gman]

5. That's exactly right

[hedda_foil]

2. Not at all surprised to hear it.

Hoyer is

[DCBob]

3. The whole thing is complete charade. I dont know why anyone would want to be on that idiotic panel.

Alan is better off not being there... imo.

[Takket]

4. are you KIDDING me??????????????

Oh, we don't want to upset the republicans!!!!!!!!!!! Goodness forbid someone actually call them out for their BS, we don't want that to happen! imagine if the american public actually got the impression all this benghazi stuff was a bunch of right wing theater. no, we don't want that to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!

why do we keep reaching out and hugging the right when all they do is take a dump on us and ridicule EVERYTHING the left tries to do?

[Blue Owl]

6. Let's make it easy for the lying, cheating thieves of the GOP

[MisterP]

7. you mean Nader, right? he's caused all wars since 2000 and sometimes he even steals the Sun!

[COLGATE4]

8. How sad that this Farside cartoon so

well expresses the problem with today's Democratic party leaders. Heaven forbid that we put someone like Grayson on the Committee, since he might take umbrage at some of the antics to be expected from the Rethugs. No, above all, we must be polite, courteous and diplomatic to a fault, regardless of experience or the circumstances. And then we wonder why we can't get our base energized to go out and vote Democratic.

[Shankapotomus]

9. Warren/Grayson 2016! Nt