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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/27/2009

Grayson Calls Lobbyist 'K Street Whore'

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) -- the man best known for saying that the Republican health care plan is for Americans who get to "die quickly," and for calling former Vice President Dick Cheney a vampire with blood dripping from his teeth -- may have gone a bit too far in one of his latest rhetorical ...

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youtube.com - 10/26/2009

Congressman calls female lobbyist whore (video)

— youtube.com — Congressman calls female lobbyist whore (more) Congressman calls female lobbyist whore (video)

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cbsnews.com - 10/27/2009

Alan Grayson Stands by "K Street Whore" Comment

— cbsnews.com — Updated 1:26 p.m. ET Outspoken Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is under fire from both Republicans and Democrats... after a month-old radio interview was posted online in which Grayson is heard calling an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "K Street ... (more) Alan Grayson Stands by "K Street Whore" Comment

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009

Howie Klein: Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore-- Beltway whores freak out & defend Enron ...

— huffingtonpost.com — Very different types of political whores Beltway Insiders are beginning to realize that attacking Alan Grayson comes... with a price: you get crushed... like a bug. Before Grayson went off to law school and began a career holding war profiteers ... (more) Howie Klein: Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore-- ...

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Talking Points Memo:  The Esteemed Gentleman From Mickey D's

Swing State Project:  SSP Daily Digest: 10/27

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I'm not sure Grayson should have called her a "whore." Even in the context of "K-Street Whore." http://bit.ly/43Zc8D 10/27/2009

the face only a prog could love RT @chamberpost: I can't believe this is the guy progs are hitching their wagon to - http://bit.ly/43Zc8D 10/27/2009

I can't believe this is the guy progressives are hitching their wagon to - http://bit.ly/43Zc8D 10/27/2009

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The Esteemed Gentleman From Mickey D's
Talking Points Memo — ... Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), on his Democratic colleague from Florida, Alan Grayson: "Is this news to you that this guy's one fry short of a Happy Meal?" ...

May Need to Reconsider This One
Talking Points Memo — ... Lobbying may be the second oldest profession. But Alan Grayson may have gotten himself in a bit of hot water calling female lobbyist Linda Robertson a "K Street whore." ...

SSP Daily Digest: 10/27
Swing State Project — ... : Alan Grayson saying something bombastic is getting to the point of not being newsworthy anymore (he called a Fed official a "K Street whore" on a radio show a month ago, although the pearls are just getting clutched today), but fellow camera-hogging Rep. Anthony Weiner gets some ups for saying what we're all thinking: "Is this news to you that this guy's one fry short of a Happy Meal?" ...