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Weekly Standard Blog: Alan Grayson Calls Female Federal Reserve Aide 'Whore'; Obama Calls Grayson 'Outstanding'
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Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore-- Beltway whores freak out & defend Enron ... http://bit.ly/CHUeb 10/27/2009 |
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Ostracizing the Only Populist Democrat in Congress
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
You may have been following freshman Rep. Alan Grayson's various media kerfluffles.
Howie Klein has a good piece on the latest:
So last month when Enron's head lobbyist, Linda Robertson, reborn as the Fed's head lobbyist, attacked congressmen pushing for an audit of the Fed-- primarily Grayson and Ron Paul-- as ignorant of the difference between monetary policy and fiscal policy, Grayson reacted by pointing out that Robertson has a long and well-known career as a "K Street whore." She shills for whoever pays her. When it was Enron, she helped ...
Alan Grayson Calls Female Federal Reserve Aide 'Whore'; Obama Calls Grayson 'Outstanding'
Weekly Standard Blog —
... this office effort to try and get transparency at the Federal Reserve."
The radio interview happened about a month ago, but just started making the media and Capitol Hill rounds last night.
Just as Grayson's sexist comments were coming to light, Obama praised him at a Miami fund raiser as an "outstanding" member of Congress.
Meanwhile, the civility police over at the Huffington Post has this to say about it:
"Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore-- Beltway whores freak out"
The ...
Obama: You know who’s pretty outstanding? Alan Grayson
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... used to describe them in the nation’s capital. Grayson, who wants to limit the power of the Fed, made the comment while appearing on the Alex Jones radio show. See why we can’t afford to lose this guy next year? Every time the left blows up an outrage balloon over something outrageously outrageous that a Republican’s said, Teacups comes along and pops it by saying something even more outrageous. He’s a walking, talking tu quoque, and he’s got plenty of smitten lefties willing to play along with him . Frankly, I may have to cut a check to his campaign. Here’s the clip of The ...
Bring On More Alan Grayson
Wizbang —
... from Joe Wilson envy, Mr. Grayson's next stunt was to insult Federal Reserve lobbyist Linda Robertson, who was hired by the central bank to resist efforts by Congress to audit the Federal Reserve Bank (I favor the audit, not the messenger): While appearing on the Alex Jones radio show a month ago, Grayson complained that "this lobbyist, this K street whore, is trying to teach me about economics." (The comments were posted online this week.) Picking up on the meme, the HuffPo juxtaposed photos of Elliot Spitzer's favorite prostitute with a photo of Linda Robertson, ...
HuffPo's Misogyny: The NSFW Path to Liberal Journalism Success
Weekly Standard Blog —
... used to illustrate a story about liberal folk hero Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) calling a female Fed official a "whore" on the radio. His story was headlined, "Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore-- Beltway whores freak out & defend Enron lobbyist working at the Fed." The photo is a composite of Fed official Linda Robertson and Ashlee Dupre, the well-known prostitute whose services were retained frequently by the former Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. The caption under the photo read, "Very different types of political whores." ...
