posted on December 11, 2009 06:47:57 AM new
I'll vote for him too!
My daughter was here when Grayson's message to Cheney was delivered. Can you believe that she didn't know the meaning of "STFU"? Such acronyms should be defined when first used...and then used again and again and again.
posted on December 12, 2009 01:28:56 PM new
Okay, I must be completely out of the loop. What has Alan Grayson said, and who is he? I don't even know what STFU means. (I'm guessing about the FU, but . . . .)
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posted on December 14, 2009 07:58:36 AM new
STFU: Shut The F*** Up
He's a congressman from Florida. Here's a clip from his Wikipedia page:
Federal Reserve transparency
During his first term in office, Grayson supported Ron Paul's Audit the Fed legislation.[17] Grayson gained attention for exchanges with Federal Reserve System Vice Chairman Donald Kohn[18] and Elizabeth A. Coleman.
In March 2009, following the AIG bonus payments controversy, Grayson joined with fellow freshman Democrat Jim Himes of Connecticut to introduce the Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act, linking all bonuses paid by companies that had received funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to performance.[19] On April 1, the bill was passed by the full House of Representatives.[20]
Grayson is a co-sponsor of the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, which would provide addition provisions to audit the Federal Reserve, including removing several key exemptions.[21]
On the Alex Jones Show in September 2009, Grayson referred to Federal Chair Bernanke's senior adviser Linda Robertson as a "K-Street whore, [...] trying to teach me about economics!"[22][23][24][25][26][27] Grayson's use of whore was widely criticized as inappropriate including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.[28][29][30] Grayson subsequently apologized.[29][31][32]
[edit]2009 health care comments
In September 2009, during the debates leading to the passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which passed two months later, Grayson quipped during a speech that, "The Republican health care plan is this: 'Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.'"[33] His remarks were widely condemned by Republican politicians and, according to Grayson, resulted in positive emails from constituents which outweighed negative ones four to one and over five thousand supporting campaign contributions;[34][35][36][37] the comments also generated funds from the DNC towards his upcoming 2010 campaign race.[37][38] Grayson raised $347,000 for his reelection campaign during the third quarter, much of it attributed to his remarks.[39][40]
He defended his comment and in a House Floor speech stated, “I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America." Grayson, who is Jewish by birth, apologized to the Anti-defamation League for those offended by his generic use of "holocaust".[41][42] He also maintained that Congressional Republicans have failed to offer a feasible plan.[43][44] In October 2009 he launched www.NamesOfTheDead.com, a website to "memorialize Americans who die because they don’t have health insurance."[45] He subsequently read stories of the dead submitted through the Names of the Dead site on the House floor.[46][47][48][49]
He supported the 2009 Economic Stimulus Package.[50] Grayson also voted for the FDA Oversight of Tobacco Products, which gives the FDA power to regulate tobacco products.[51] He voted in support of Eliminating Adjustments of Medicare Rates of Payment. He also voted against Republican substitutes for the health care amendment and insurance law amendments.[52]
[edit]Dick Cheney comments
On December 9, 2009, whilst on the MSNBC show Hardball, Grayson told former vice president Dick Cheney to "STFU"[53]. Grayson's remark came under fire from many individuals, including the host of Hardball, Chris Matthews, who told Grayson to "stop talking in crude language,"[54] and Sean Hannity[55], a longtime Grayson critic.
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"Grayson was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in the tenements. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science and worked his way through Harvard University graduating summa cum laude in three years. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He worked as an economist for two years and returned to Harvard for graduate studies. Within four years, he earned a law degree with honors from Harvard Law School, a masters in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and completed the course work and passed the general exams for a Ph.D. in government."
"In October 2009 he launched Names of the Dead, a website to "memorialize Americans who die because they don’t have health insurance." He subsequently read stories of the dead submitted through the Names of the Dead site on the House floor"
