If Dem's followed Alan Grayson's script--- they'd dominate.

[trumad]

Grayson is ripping is ripping his right wing fundie nut job to shreds--- I mean to shreds.

[digitaln3rd]

1. You mean...

You mean if Democrats started playing the fear card like Republicans?

[Deep13]

5. Yes, except we'd be telling the truth. nt

[digitaln3rd]

10. The truth?

How exactly does calling someone a member of the Taliban equal "telling the truth"?

It's just loud, obnoxious negative campaigning - no different then what the Republicans do.

[Deep13]

16. What's the context of that? nt

[Vickers]

19. "no different then what the Republicans do"

Now, WHERE have I heard that before, hmmmm?

[CanonRay]

27. Have you read Kingdom Coming by Michelle Goldberg?

If you haven't, I suggest you do. They ARE the fucking Taliban. No difference except they aren't in power. Yet.

[wmbrew0206]

32. Agreed. I don't want this type of coverage from Factcheck.org about Democrats.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/09/rep-grayson-lowers-the-bar/

[RainDog]

33. The Truth. Politics is a street fight, not a kumbaya campfire

It does NO GOOD to be "better than the Republicans" when it comes to working to totally quash the ideology of the right wing in this nation.

The goal is to be able to implement policy that benefits those who support you. For Democrats, that has traditionally been unions, women, minorities and wealthy liberals who agree that income distribution via taxes is in their interests because of the social stability this creates.

Both sides USED TO care about things like reigning in the power of corporations because of the threat to democracy when businesses may operate as large nations themselves - without any governing authority from the people.

If it takes street fighting to accomplish goals of what are supposed to be Democratic party platform principles - then that's what those who are in positions of governance should do to achieve those goals - because the goals of those who oppose people who support democrats are intended to do them harm. We have seen this repeatedly.

So, what's bad about being an effective politician?

[baldguy]

36. The shoe fits.

[Dappleganger]

20. If you think there is something wrong with Alan Grayson

that says a whole lot more about you than it does him.

[spanone]

29. nope, the honesty card.

[Taverner]

2. Got any video links?

Not saying they don't exist, but if they do I WANNA SEE THEM!!!

[Qutzupalotl]

14. Here's one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x509191

[L0oniX]

3. The last thing repukes want to do is to defend themselves.

That is why they they do it to Dems. It's what they fear so they use it against Dems. We should be doing it to them. Attack attack attack ...keep them busy defending themselves.

[Scuba]

4. +1,000

[OHdem10]

6. You got that one right.

[Recursion]

13. Grayson is losing. Pretty badly.

Just sayin'

[madokie]

18. What is he losing?

[FormerDittoHead]

28. Really? Because this poll says he has a 13 point lead...

http://saintpetersblog.com/2010/09/22/internal-poll-alan-grayson-jumps-out-to-13-point-lead/

[Recursion]

30. That's good news

The last poll I saw had him taking a thrashing.

[wmbrew0206]

31. That is an internal poll that was released to a blog. I would not put a lot of stock in that number.

[wmbrew0206]

35. New poll out that shows Grayson down

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/poll-obama-democrats-poised-lose-grayson-house-seat

[baldguy]

37. New poll is from a RW rag.

[wmbrew0206]

38. That may be but here is the info on the firm that did the polling

http://www.susquehannapolling.com/

Also, according to the article, the poll was conducted with live calls rather than robo calls, which are suppose to be more accurate than robo call polls.

[baldguy]

40. And all of SP&R's clients are Republicans.

Pardon me if I assume their poll results are biased and thus worthless.

[wmbrew0206]

41. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[Yupster]

7. www.electoral-vote.com has Grayson

losing 46-38 % but I don't know if that's one poll, many or even how recent.

[WillyT]

8. Exactly !!! - K & R !!!

:kick:

[deaniac21]

9. Actually, they would be extinct.

[Bitwit1234]

11. If we had more like Grayson and Franken and a couple of

others these problems would be solved. But there are too many Bacsus' and Nelsons on the Democratic side.

[Recursion]

12. Isn't Grayson trailing his opponent pretty badly? NT

[chill_wind]

15. His opponant sounds like some piece of work:

Susannah Randolph, Grayson's campaign manager, defended the ad. She pointed to Webster's ties to the Institute in Basic Life Principles and its founder Bill Gothard, who has taught that women should be subservient to their husbands and not work outside the home. While in the state House in 1990, Webster spent $4,340 of taxpayer money to print and mail a district mailer urging constituents to attend one of the group's seminars.

"He is speaking at a group that teaches that women should be submissive to men," Randolph said. "He's always pushed an agenda that is anti-woman."

The campaign spot also criticized Webster because of his opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape or incest; his sponsorship of a bill giving couples the option of entering a "covenant marriage" that would allow divorce only in cases of adultery; and his vote against a measure that would have prohibited insurance companies from treating domestic violence as a pre-existing condition.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-grayson-webster-attack-ad-20100927,0,199030.story

[madokie]

17. Yes he is and yes they would

Democrats dominate that is.
What a concept, fight back.
Fuck the tucking tail and running.
Big dogs don't just lay on the porch barking.
Winners get out front and stay there.
Alan Grayson is a future President of America and that can be taken to the bank.

that is all

[malaise]

21. I love the ads

:rofl:

[Dappleganger]

22. So do I.

And it always makes my week to listen to Stephanie Miller's "Face the Grayson."

He is a REAL democrat and not afraid to show it!

[KharmaTrain]

23. All Politics Are Local...

While the corporate media obsesses with national "feel good" numbers, the fact remains that there are 435 separate races and each is based on its own unique set of issues and personalities. The 50 State strategy (RIP) fed into that concept and that each candidate has to deal with their races with their strongest suit...or to find the biggest weakness of an opponent.

The real crucial races are in red and purple districts where teabaggers have pulled politics to the right and many Democrats are scared shit of 'em as well as their own party. Thus we're seeing a lot of paralyzed races out there...candidates who run away from popular issues and are trying to slug it on in their own way. Unfortunately it's not working for many who alienated many on the left to pander to the right who never have or will accept them.

I admire Cong. Greyson's "chutzpah" and I would like to see more Democrats stand as strong as he does, but that also requires the convictions and personality that Alan has...and in this Democratic party that's in very short supply.

[Dappleganger]

24. Don't forget that the Koch brothers are pouring $$$ into the anti-Grayson campaign.

They have targeted numerous races across the country and this is one of them.

[KharmaTrain]

26. We'll See What The Money Brings...

Yep...there's the Kochs as well as Rover's Billionaires dumping major coin into key races. The real proof will be on election day and who has the better GOTV operations.

[muffin1]

25. I love Alan Grayson!

That man has balls.

[Scurrilous]

34. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Imajika]

39. He is not in a strong position...

...in the district he is in.

I think Grayson is actually likely to lose his seat. The base may love him, but I am not so sure the voters in his district feel as positively.

The Republicans say the same thing about their outspoken, controversial figures. They actually think O'Donnell has a great shot in Delaware. They just don't accept that she is way too far on the right for Delaware voters. Grayson fighting as hard as he is may help a lot, but the ad he released was terrible and I am not too confident in holding this seat.

[wmbrew0206]

42. I haven't seen many republicans saying O'Donnell has a shot in DE. Most are pretty pissed Castle

lost.