Dan Gainor offers $100 cash for assault on Alan Grayson

[edbermac]

Prominent conservative media critic Dan Gainor has offered $100 to the first member of Congress who punches "smary idiot" Alan Grayson (D-Fl.) in the nose, reports Media Matters. When fellow conservative Jim Geraghty responded (via Twitter) that Gainor should offer that $100 to Grayon's opponent instead of "financ violence," Gainor tweeted that he was joking, although he would "love to see the video."

The outburst was prompted by comments that Grayson made on the House floor last night regarding unemployment: namely, that Republican lawmakers are "taking food out of the mouths of children" and "trying to revive the America of desperate straits and cheap labor" by blocking the passage of legislation that would extend unemployment benefits. Gainor tweeted that Grayson is "a caricature of a Congressman," in addition to offering cash for a physical assault on him.

Gainor is the vice president of the Media Research Council, a $6 million-a-year organization that has been praised by Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Newt Gingrich, and he is often cited, interviewed and otherwise taken very seriously by Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander.

But Grayson is not one to back down from a media brawl. He told HuffPost: "I think he's overlooking something important: I punch back."

[Blue Owl]

1. Um, it costs a little more than that to buy out a Congressman, Dain

:eyes:

[yella_dawg]

19. I'm not so sure.

Sometimes they sell out ridiculously cheap.

[DainBramaged]

44. But but I never offered to buy a Congresscritter......

:evilgrin:

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. Grayson is like 6'6". Let 'em take a shot.

:rofl:

[Subdivisions]

3. 'I punch back'

I like it!

[SargeUNN]

4. Gainor is welcome to try it himself or does he realize

Grayson might kick his ass.

[KansDem]

5. "I think he's overlooking something important: I punch back."

:rofl:

And this is what has the GOP in a snit...boohoo, boohoo, Grayson punches back!...:cry:Make him stop, mommie!

[drm604]

6. So he's offering to pay someone to assualt someone else.

I'm pretty sure that he can be charged with some kind of crime for that.

Not only that, he's offering to pay someone to assault a member of Congress. I'd imagine that breaks further laws. It may even be a violation of homeland security.

[tanyev]

8. Not to mention the chickenshit cowardice.

[guitar man]

15. yeah, therre's that too

Offering to pay somebody to do it, if he had any stones, he'd go do it himself

[SpiralHawk]

27. Typical Republicon chickenahawk

The republicion 'leadership' is all chickenhawk all the time -- more than happy to have a war if our sons and daughters fight, while they stay home and count up their war profiteering.

Ptooooey on the vast phalanx of republicon chickenhawks.

[Tx4obama]

7. Here's a link to the article

Dan Gainor, Right-Wing Media Critic, Offers Cash For Assault On Alan Grayson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/20/dan-gainor-right-wing-med_n_653252.html

[GoldenOldie]

9. Gainor and his ilk are nothing more than grifters!

He along with the Palin's, Coulter, Armey, etc., setup their little sideshows and milk the suckers for every dime. Not a one of them is capable of handling a real job and as long as there is a sucker born every minute, they will survive and thrive......just like the cockroach.

[guitar man]

10. Has Gainor been charged?

I'm pretty sure this is a crime.

[Missy Vixen]

11. IIRC, it's a felony to threaten an elected official

When I held office, the teenage prank caller that phoned our house one night and claimed to have "your son" in captivity was quite surprised when the police pulled up in front of his house and told his parents they were taking him into custody.

The best part of it all: We have no children.

:eyes:

[guitar man]

14. I thought so

What do you wanna bet this guy doesn't get charged with anything though, they seem to get away with anything they want to :grr:

[HughBeaumont]

34. Unless you're Jesse Helms.

You can threaten the president with death should he come down to parts of the Carolinas, but nothing will happen to you. Colleagues will just brush it off . . . "Awwwwwwwwwwww, that's just Jesse being Jesse, that old grouch! (snicker snicker)"

Just like when the Klan murdered people in the early-mid 20th century and got off thanks to Klan-loaded juries.

Old Boy Network - alive and well, as long as you're white, male and Republican!

[onenote]

16. not sure what crime it is

being stupid isn't a crime. he didn't threaten Grayson. he said he'd pay $100 to any member of congress that punched Grayson and I'm pretty sure no one in law enforcement is going to waste their time trying to prove that was a serious, criminal act.

[kevinbgoode]

18. Isn't it an attempt to hire someone to commit a crime?

Just asking. . .

[onenote]

20. with the requisite facts it can be conspiracy or solicitation

but prosecutors are pretty reluctant to go after "attempted conspiracty" (the crime of conspiracy requires an actual agreement, not just an offer) since it can get into free speech grounds and solicitation requires that person making the offer actuall intend for it to be carried out and Gainor's second twitter characterizing his earlier statement as a joke would be a sufficient defense.

Again, no prosecutor would ever waste their time on this.

[joe black]

36. Silly

He's a repuke, well above the law.

[LWolf]

12. The party needs more Grayson and less

"reaching across the aisle."

[David__77]

13. We need 258 Graysons in the house, not one.

In fact, make that 335 Graysons, and 100 Cynthia McKinneys as the opposition. We don't need fascists in congress.

[valerief]

21. We need 535 Graysons in Congress. Well, maybe half Alan Grayson and half Bernie Sanders. nt

[David__77]

24. Hmm... I like my idea of a left opposition.

I see someone like Grayson as a good, progressive-minded Democrat. But I think it needs a left opposition to keep the pressure on.

[valerief]

33. The pressure on what? Being a do-gooder? I don't Grayson or Sanders would

turn into Inhofe or Boehner without an opposition.

[Mimosa]

31. oooooh, I'd like that! n/t

[boot@9]

43. Amen...

to that proposal!

[Mariana]

17. Chickenshit bastard. Do it yourself if you want it done!

Does he have any idea how this makes him sound like a whiny-ass coward?

[Bitwit1234]

22. Why hasn't this guy been arrested.

Republicans continue to prove that they can say any damn thing and do any damn thing they want and nothing is done. IT HAS TO STOP. Put on the gloves Democrats. Punch back like Grayson says. Republicans don't like people who tell them what they are. Why do you think they are making a big deal about something so stupid as "felons voted for Franken"...Franken hits em and hits em hard. If ALL THE DEMOCRATS spoke up the republicans are such cowards they would hunker down and shut the hell up.

[WVRICK13]

23. Dan Gainor Has Committed A Crime

is he going to be arrested? If he were an Islamic radio critic he would already be on the way to Gitmo.

[onenote]

35. what crime?

other than being a jerk, which isn't a actually a crime.

[Hansel]

37. Assault is a crime. Paying someone to do it is also a crime.

Paying someone to commit a crime on your behalf makes you a party to the crime. Granted he has to pay the guy or the guy has to punch him with the expectations of being paid. But if someone hits him, this goon is on the hook.

[onenote]

38. he didn't actually pay anyone to do anything

arguably he solicited the commission of a crime but solicitation requires an actual intent that the crime be committed and he renounced immediately which is a defense. He's an ignorant jerk, but why take the focus away from his jerkdom by making up crime allegations that no prosecutor would ever pursue.

[WVRICK13]

39. If You Offer To Pay

someone to harm or kill another person it is a crime.

[onenote]

40. solicitation of a crime requires proof of specific intent

You would have to prove that idiot boy actually intended for the person/persons he solicited to commit the crime actually do so. Given his nearly contemporaneous renunciation, no prosecutor would ever bother with this case.

[eilen]

41. Wasn't solicitation of a crime the reason Clinton had

impeachment articles pressed? That he asked someone to lie on the stand? I don't think the impeachment was actually about the blue dress.

So... high crimes and misdemeanors -- there's at least a fine to pay for soliciting assault on a public servant?

[onenote]

42. the clinton article of impeachment was for obstruction of justice

which included allegations that he had encouraged and/or allowed witnesses and counsel to give perjurious or misleading testimony. I'm not sure what that has to do with the fact that idiot boy's "offer" of payment to any member of the house taking a swing at Rep. Grayson was stupid and offensive, but not criminal since there is no evidence (and indeed evidence to the contrary) that he made it with the intent that it would be acted upon.

I'm not defending what he did, just saying its silly to suggest he could be prosecuted for it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Is there a link?

[ljm2002]

26. And as usual, Grayson offers the perfect response:

"I think he's overlooking something important: I punch back."

Which was the first thing I thought too: do these idiots really think Grayson is going to just stand there meekly after taking a punch? Ha ha ha.

[Dappleganger]

28. They have nothing to stand on logically, so they resort to violence.

Stupid people fighting with their thumbs.

[madmax]

dupe

[madmax]

29. WTF is with all the violence!?

This, guns at rallies, etc, etc, etc. Damn what a nuthouse this country has become. :rant: :banghead:

[EC]

30. Sounds like Grayson has

HIT A NERVE...


Hope he keeps at it, he's making them sweat, that's obvious....:evilgrin:

[Mimosa]

32. Yahoooooo!!! Makes me happy!

[Sebastian Doyle]

45. Be sure to listen to Thom Hartmann today.

He's going to have both Gainor and Grayson on the show. Unfortunately, not at the same time. I'd like to hear Grayson go off on this little prick, but I guess I'll have to settle for Hartmann doing it.