Rep. Alan Grayson On Estranged Wife: ‘Gold Diggers Gotta Dig’

[Capt. Obvious]

The bizarre marriage annulment proceedings between Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and his wife Lolita Grayson took yet another turn toward the outrageous during a court hearing on Monday.

After a tentative agreement fell through, Grayson told television station WFTV that the fault of the collapse was with his wife.

“I’ll sum it up for you,” Grayson told WFTV. “Gold diggers gotta dig. That’s all I’m gonna say. … We had an agreement. She’s trying to renege.”

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[Blue_Tires]

1. Newsflash: Divorce hearings are frequently messy...

[cali]

3. Making that comment is callous and shows a lack of any

self-control. Yes, divorces are frequently messy, but the judge has kept this proceeding under wraps, and no matter how messy a divorce is, no one is compelled to make a comment like that. How about a good old fashioned no comment or this is a private matter. He has 5 children with her and a comment like that one is hardly helping the kids.

[trumad]

23. Dr. Phil?

Is that you?

[cali]

25. as it's in your face obvious, no need for a psych degree. duh

[JustAnotherGen]

2. News flash #2!

The person you divorce is never ever the same person you married.

[tammywammy]

4. That's a nasty thing to say.

He has no internal speech regulator. Why would you say that in the press about your children's mother? She was with him 20+ years and had five children with him.

My parents divorced and they'd never say something as nasty as that about each other to me and I'm 34 now.

[brooklynite]

5. Grayson may not be responsible for his divirce...

...but he isresponsible for his comnents about. It. This is a reason I won't be supporting him in a Senate run.

[Recursion]

6. Not a Grayson fan, but divorces make people say the craziest shit

[CatWoman]

7. the truth hurts

I suppose i'm the only responder who DOESN'T have a problem with what he said.

[cyberswede]

11. I'd prefer a more professional response

Like "no comment."

Anything beyond that makes him look petty (regardless of how awful she might be).

[cali]

15. he has 5 children with her

[stevenleser]

21. Yep, and she has five children with him. She should do right by the kids to whom she lied.

I thought I would add that since someone wrote to you about children.

[CatWoman]

37. ....

[BreakfastClub]

32. How do you know it's the truth? Just curious. nt

[CatWoman]

36. how do you know it's not?

equally curious.........

[Nye Bevan]

8. And my opinion of Grayson continues its downwards trajectory.

"No comment" or "none of your business" would have been just fine. "Gold diggers gotta dig" is just nasty and tacky.

[SidDithers]

9. At least he didn't call the mother of his children a "shitting robot"...nt

Sid

[greytdemocrat]

10. Ha!

[justhanginon]

12. He likes a variety of classy retorts. He doesn't sound

much like Senate material to me. Not just this but he seems to have a problem with civil discourse. We get enough of that from the other side of the aisle.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Grayson calls it like he sees it.

It's why I like him so much, but it's also why plenty of others don't. Not a subtle guy.

[cali]

16. think this just might be painful for their five kids?

[LuvNewcastle]

17. Probably is, although they've

undoubtedly heard so much of it already that they'll be glad when it's over. His greatest strength seems to be his greatest weakness.

[mythology]

14. He doesn't seem to be able to act like a grown up

Hopefully someday he gets over that. It certainly isn't representative of the sort of person I want to see elected to a higher office.

When my parents got divorced, only one of them made disparaging comments about the other. It was one of the things that let me realize my dad really is a colossal ass.

[NobodyHere]

18. She's an abuser

She should get nothing.

[ellie]

19. Isn't this charming creature on DU?

[Capt. Obvious]

22. 0 hides

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=259058

[NCTraveler]

20. Guy is all about his money.

If he want to see a gold digger, he needs to look in the mirror.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/13/1384598/-Alan-Grayson-accused-of-holding-offshore-accounts-Calls-reporter-a-shitting-robot#

"Grayson Fund Ltd. and Grayson Master Fund were incorporated in 2011 in the Cayman Islands, a well known tax Haven that Romney used as well, records show.. That was the same year he wrote in the Huffington Post that the IRS should audit every Fortune 500 company because so many appear to be "evading taxes through transfer pricing and offshore tax havens.""

[Nuclear Unicorn]

24. Sometimes the guy screaming the loudest, "Look at those sinners over there!"

is really trying to hide his own sins.

[BreakfastClub]

33. Yep, it's called reaction formation. nt

[wendylaroux]

26. You married her pal,

now suck it up,buttercup.

[PeaceNikki]

27. Fuck him. 25 years and 5 kids is a hell of a 'long game' for a con.

[seabeyond]

28. glad some one said it. nt

[bravenak]

29. For real.

He needs to learn the art of shutting the fuck up.

[PeaceNikki]

30. No shit. That's the mother of his children.

"It's a private matter" should have been his only public response.

What an asshole.

[bravenak]

31. The person doing the most shit talking is usually the bigest asshole.

I'm surprised to see people support him in this nastiness. They look stupid.

[DrDan]

34. sounds in-character

[Lil Missy]

35. Not cool to talk ab out the mother of your children that way.

Nor is airing your dirty laundry in public.

[LittleBlue]

38. 25 years of gold digging?

That's an awful long time to wait for the payout.

Sounds like the standard failed marriage by estrangement. It happens.

[trumad]

39. Just love the dimestore divorce counselors here on DU.

Some people are way to fucking nosey.

[chev52]

40. Grayson

Alan Grayson seems to be one of the few politicians that tells it like it is.