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1. #1
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm, chapoutier said:

   When will we insist that people stop fake crying in a pitiful attempt to gin up sympathy?

   When?

2. #2
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm, MarcoPolo said:

   That picture is priceless. He looks like a pan-handler in a charity suit.

   Oh wait – he is!

3. #3
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, Jeddite said:

   I live alone and my nearest family is about 1,300 miles away. Also, I too lost a parent at a young age.

   So I guess my question is: WHAT CAN THE GOVERNMENTTHE AMERICAN TAXPAYER DO FOR ME?

4. #4
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, William Amos said:

   Thanks for the hat tip Michelle.

   Grayson’s opponents have started a website
   news/21467951/detail.html”Mycongressmanisnutz.com

5. #5
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, Stillwaiting said:

   So if we enact Obamacare, no more mom’s will die before their children do? What BS! I was 24 when my mom died, no health care plan in the world would have changed that.

6. #6
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, William Amos said:

   I like this photo of Grayson

   Reminds me of “Gomer Pyle” from the Full Metal Jacket movie.

7. #7
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:28 pm, SpeakEasy said:

   Is it too much to ask that our representatives act like men when they are male?

   I’m disgusted.

   I would do anything to ensure this never happens again to anyone,” Grayson read.

   So what, are we going to OUTLAW DYING? What idiots these people are and what suckers they play to, unfortunately well. Liberals are such children.

8. #8
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

   As those of us who live in CA understand only too well, our state legislature is infested with Grayson types. If you live in CA, you should be aware that there will soon be a petition available to place a proposition on the next statewide election ballot to restore our legislature to part-time status.

   If you would like to sign it, go to Citizens for California Reform to sign-up for e-mail notification once the revised petition is approved by the AG’s office.

   The current petition is being revised to add a provision slashing pay by 50% beyond the pro-rated reduction.

   Should be available any day now.

9. #9
   On October 29th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, MarcoPolo said:

   My brother-in-law worked construction. He changed jobs a lot, but they all provided health care until they didn’t have to any more, because the labor market was flooded with illegal workers.

   In the ’80′s he made $12.00 an hour, good money for the era, with full benefits.

   During the housing boom, his wages should have gone up as the demand for labor increased. Instead, he made $8.25 with no benefits, and almost all of his co-workers spoke Spanish.

   He also got cancer while uninsured,and all his treatments were covered by various charities and government programs.

10. #10
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:37 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Now back to the program….

    There are two things guaranteed to make me lose all respect for men: men who blubber pathetically in public and old guys in ponytails, especially if they also wear earrings. Men in ponytails and earrings and who also blubber pathetically in public are so beyond rescue that they should be shot on sight.

11. #11
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:38 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    He’s going to make for some great ad material for next year’s elections.

12. #12
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:39 pm, tonyr951 said:

    “I lost my mother and I’m only 23 years old. I have no other family. I spend Christmas alone. I would do anything to ensure this never happens again to anyone,”

    Is the promise of immortality in the house or senate bill?

13. #13
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, zorro said:

    I’d say he exudes about as much sincerity as a car salesman, but that would be an insult to car salesmen.

    That about covers it. This guy regurgitates the kind of phony-baloney propaganda that would make the hero of the democrats, Mao Zedong, proud.

    Vote him out of office Orlando!

14. #14
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm, beenthere said:

    There is so much that can be done and could have been done in terms of market reforms for healthcare that it is appalling to see the entire debate reduced to emoting over government power, government mandates, and government take-over. There are people who believe the government is literally a combination God and Santa Clause, that the thing can not only stop death but bring back the dead (I’m thinking of Edwards’s odd comments on Christopher Reeves). There is no arguing with or debating these people. There is only telling them No.

15. #15
    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:50 pm, Lindsay said:

    The Democrats will do anything to get this bill passed…on the backs of taxpayers. I lost my Dad this year. Can I get a break,too?

16. #16
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:08 pm, locomotivebreath1901 said:

    Do crocodile tears want Grayson to die quickly?
    .

17. #17
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pm, swede said:

    Someone call this guy a whaaambulance quick, and get him some cheese to go with that whine.

    The only thing worse than acting on the house floor is very bad acting. An empty suit politicrat playing Mother Theresa. Pathetic.

18. #18
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:31 pm, cicerokid said:

    Is the promise of immortality in the house or senate bill?

    The cup of Christ hold everlasting life but the false one will take it from you.

19. #19
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, cheapseat said:

    in the immortal words of some writer, “crazy is as crazy does.”

20. #20
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:40 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    Dema-crat-goging at it’s finest.

21. #21
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:42 pm, MTNEER said:

    This clown has had his fifteen minutes. Time to send his crying a$$ back to the land of M I C, see ya real soon, K E Y, and why? Cause he’s GOOFY!

22. #22
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, misterbee241 said:

    My dad died of a heart attack when I was 17. Nobody from the government held my hand or wiped my nose and I made out ok. Not to make light of the kid’s situation, but what does he expect? People live and die. That’s the natural order of things.

23. #23
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:53 pm, tbear44 said:

    06:14 PM ?

24. #24
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:53 pm, right_on said:

    Moron! Health Insurance is no guarantee that one will remain healthy. That is up to personal choices, heredity, environment, and luck.

    Luck: Meeting opportunity with preparation.

    It’s like Life Insurance. Will buying it let you live a longer life? No. It allows a company to use your money to make investments to make money. Your share of the profits is paid off at a prior set amount in a lump sum at your death. You don’t get any financial benefit…your heirs do.

25. #25
    On October 29th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Men in ponytails and earrings and who also blubber pathetically in public are so beyond rescue that they should be shot on sight.

    Chap?

26. #26
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:01 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    What real men look like when it appears the world has come to an end.

27. #27
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:05 pm, Papa Louie said:

    How is government run health care going to help when we know it will end up costing us more? Liberals like Grayson use emotion to distract us from the facts.

    Two such facts are inescapable. The health care industry’s profits last year amounted to 2.2% of revenue. Compare that with the 12% ($60 billion of $500 billion) in waste and fraud spent by Medicare, which was in addition to overhead. Can anyone honestly make the case, using facts rather than emotion, that letting the government run health care is going to result in any kind of savings?

    They say we should trust them to find the extra money needed to fund the public option by eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare. I say prove that first, then we can talk.

28. #28
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:09 pm, chapoutier said:

    Don’t worry Aloha. I only have a tasteful stud in the right, i.e. non-gay, ear. Or is it the left that is non- gay?

    Damn.

29. #29
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:27 pm, vinny said:

    same hairstyle as hitler; kind of looks like him too…what a nut!

30. #30
    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:59 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 8:09 pm, chapoutier said:

    Don’t worry Aloha. I only have a tasteful stud in the right, i.e. non-gay, ear. Or is it the left that is non- gay?

    Damn.

    Right is wrong. You already know that.

31. #31
    On October 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm, Socky said:

    Alan Grayson Screws Gay Couple.

    I’m very proud of that headline.

32. #32
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:08 pm, seamusmeboy said:

    Chap, what’s your point about Beck fake crying? The point of this is “fake crying is obvious, it’s counterproductive to proving your point, and in the end it is down right embarrassing”! So Beck fits that description as well..again what is your point as it pertains to this clown Grayson?

33. #33
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:22 pm, TigerLady said:

    The difference in Beck’s “fake crying” is that he is not an elected official and I can turn him off. Beck has no power to cause damage to people’s lives.

    Grayson’s tears are more offensive. Besides being a liar and an apparent hater of women, he’s an idiot. It’s time for him to go.

34. #34
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:40 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I am glad that I prefer baseball over politicians like Grayson.

35. #35
    On October 29th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, chapoutier said:

    Chap, what’s your point about Beck fake crying?

    Just wondering where the MM post on Beck’s crocodile tears is.

36. #36
    On October 29th, 2009 at 11:35 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    The key to success in politics is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made!

37. #37
    On October 29th, 2009 at 11:51 pm, graysonret said:

    I watch this guy and I ask the question: What’s in it for him? Obviously, he knows, as we all do, that this isn’t about health insurance, it’s about power. He’s small fry in this corrupt government. Does he know that? If this so-called health care is passed, what does he hope to gain? Does he have grand plans to move up in the ranks of the elites? Or, does he think that his little section of the country has fallen for the lie resulting in votes? I would think that would be the reason. He can’t be that ignorant and gullible to believe he is doing good for the country. There are many people, in this country, whose whole concept of the Constitution is the “general welfare clause” and the 1st and 2nd amendments. He, like many in congress, could be one of them. In the end, he’s a “kisser”, hoping to be noticed in the frenzy of power-grabbing and votes. He ought to read history. He’d find out quickly that such people like him are the first to “fall”. Stalin called them, “useful idiots”.

38. #38
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:10 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm, chapoutier said:
    When will we insist that people stop fake crying in a pitiful attempt to gin up sympathy?

    When?

    Channeling lgm these days? That is right out of his play book.

39. #39
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:20 am, chapoutier said:

    Oh come now, soap. If you can’t make fun of Glenn Beck who can you make fun of? I mean did you watch those clips? His sad sack analogy about basically being the nerdy loser at a party who nobody likes was simultaneously the funniest, and most telling, clip I have seen in ages.

40. #40
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:31 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Yes, both clips are embarrassing.

    Oh, can we make fun of you too?

41. #41
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am, chapoutier said:

    You can try soap. But we all know my awesomeness is unimpeachable.

42. #42
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:40 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Yes, yes, and it is impossible to discredit as well!

43. #43
    On October 30th, 2009 at 7:26 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:28 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    Is it too much to ask that our representatives act like men when they are male?

    Sadly yes it is. Alan Grayson needs a gender reassignment, short version. (snip)

44. #44
    On October 30th, 2009 at 7:27 am, Mach1Duck said:

    Ever notice that since the Democrats have been in power there moto is TAX. TAX everything to give to those who do not pay taxes. It is time to stop this madness. The new House Health Care plan is more of the same old pork ridden crap.

45. #45
    On October 30th, 2009 at 8:19 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Mach1Duck said:
    The new House Health Care plan is more of the same old pork ridden crap.

    MORE being the operative word here: more pork, more power, more taxes, more debt in this “deficit neutral” monstrosity.

    Yes Mach1Duck I imagine everyone who gives a damn has noticed. And there are plenty of RINOs who need to be expelled in 2010 as they are actually more dangerous than the Democrats. We could keep Alan Grayson around as a reminder that if evolution is true it is working backward. And don’t any of you DARE call him a Neanderthal!

46. #46
    On October 30th, 2009 at 8:51 am, jangar said:

    Is Grayslob channeling Cindy Sheehan?

    Just wondering…

    Ever notice that since the Democrats have been in power there moto is TAX

    Actually, they’ve avoided the word ‘tax’ like they avoid the term ‘liberal’. Using a different brush, but painting the same picture.

47. #47
    On October 30th, 2009 at 9:05 am, orlandocajun said:

    I didn’t watch the video because I can’t stand to listen to a liberal speak. Did the 23 year-old lose her mother because she didn’t have government health insurance or did she just lose her mother?

    Does that mean that Grayson wants to legislate living forever? The guy is certifiable.

48. #48
    On October 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am, stillontheroad said:

    Grayson: I remember when I was a young lad and visiting a friends house one day – his mother made us PBJ’s and gave us cool glassess of milk to drink, after that, she went ousdie to take the laundry off the clothes line to later iron, fold and put away neatly. Standing outside, we watched her look up and suddenly, an alien starship landed, a hatch popped open and out sprang 3 outer space beings armed with strange looking weapons. All three pointed their weapons at her, fired and all that was left was a smoking pile of ashes. They jumped back into their ship and left quicker than a blink of an eye. “It is because of the problems with our healthcare that these things happen” Grayson was quoted as saying.

49. #49
    On October 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am, MarcoPolo said:

    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am, chapoutier said:

    You can try soap. But we all know my awesomeness is unimpeachable.

    Oh nonsense. For heaven’s sakes, you have the word “pout” in your name!

50. #50
    On October 30th, 2009 at 9:38 am, taggart said:

    On October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm, chapoutier said:
    When will we insist that people stop fake crying in a pitiful attempt to gin up sympathy?

    When?

    Ummm…Glenn Beck doesn’t make policy.

51. #51
    On October 30th, 2009 at 9:45 am, chapoutier said:

    I dont recall saying he did. He just does it for ratings.

52. #52
    On October 30th, 2009 at 10:04 am, Marc said:

    The letter that gets Grayson crying is an obvious fake. The guy who supposedly lost his mother, (his “only relative”) is only 23 years old. Well, surely the guy has a father. Where is the father? And his mom likely had brothers and sisters so the guy has uncles and aunts. And surely his dad has brothers and sisters so he has uncles and aunts on the paternal side of the family. And if he is only 23, his grandparents are likely still alive. So the letter stinks worse than the Fulton Fish Market. And the letter never states that the mom died due to lack of health insurance. If she was about 50 years old or so, she probably had a job related insurance or her husband had a policy that will cover her. Or she could get a job and afford a policy. The letter is so fraudulent that a kindergartner would see through it.

53. #53
    On October 30th, 2009 at 10:10 am, handymom said:

    Grayson is a future Barney Franks. A big, bullying blowhard. Hopefully, citizens in his district don’t like his style and vote him out. However, I heard no one has stepped up to run against him. They know he’ll get personal and nasty. He needs to be stopped now.

54. #54
    On October 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am, RedDog said:

    “I lost my mother and I’m only 23 years old. I have no other family. I spend Christmas alone. I would do anything to ensure this never happens again to anyone,” Grayson read.

    He lost his mother? Where did she go Alan? Poor baby. You want a sob story come to me, I’ll give you one. Grow up and act like a man instaed of a petulent, vulgar juvenile.

    By the way, comb your hair, you look like a lunatic.

55. #55
    On October 30th, 2009 at 11:21 am, spaceycakes said:

    I would do anything to ensure this never happens again

    Anything? Well, do what I do….I don’t celebrate Christmas.

56. #56
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:27 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    When Chappy first heard “left is right and right is wrong” he thought they were talking about politics and not ear piercing.

    Obviously, it was neither his first, last or greatest mistake…

57. #57
    On October 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    My father died as a direct consequence of inadequate and incompetent government provided health care.

    Is this stupid git, Grayson, going to do anything to prevent THAT from ever happening again!

    Or perhaps I should make a prayerful supplication directly to Obama to bring back my father. And all this time I thought good lefties wanted separation of church and state…

58. #58
    On October 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Hey, Chap, to go along with your stylish ear stud, do you also have a ponytail? Ick. Can’t look too good in court if you do…just sayin’

59. #59
    On October 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, J S Ragman said:

    “I lost my mother and I’m only 23 years old. I have no other family. I spend Christmas alone. I would do anything to ensure this never happens again to anyone,” Grayson read.

    Would you go so far as to get a job and pay for your family’s health insurance?

60. #60
    On October 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Pasadena Phil could I buy you a brick of your favorite caliber? But then any man who has a full head of hair past the age of twenty arouses my suspicion.

61. #61
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    This just in! Jerry Brown, Attorney General of California, former Governor of California, and current candidate for the office of Governor of California, admits he has illegally taped phone calls with reporters.

    These acts are a clear violation California Penal Code Section 632 which prohibits the recording of private telephone conversations without the notification and consent of all parties prior to taping.

    I wonder if the press will make a big deal of this and if anyone in the California government will be going after Brown?

    Evidently, this is only a crime if done by conservatives.

    Read the rest here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/29/MNV11ACMVR.DTL&tsp=1

    Leftists, like “Governor Moonbeam” feel no obligation to obey any law.

62. #62
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, chapoutier said:

    This just in! Jerry Brown, Attorney General of California, former Governor of California, and current candidate for the office of Governor of California, admits he has illegally taped phone calls with reporters.

    Your illiteracy amazes me. Reread that article and tell me again who admitted to taping the conversation.

63. #63
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, chapoutier said:

    Just on a hunch, I checked Drudge to see if it said something about Brown. And lo…it too in its headline falsely claimed it was Brown who taped the conversations.

    Coincidence, I am sure.

64. #64
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    “Jerry Brown’s office taped reporters’ calls.” Straight from the headlines of the San Fran Chronicle.

    Sounds like another case of “plausible deniability” to me. Or do you maintain that Mr. Gerber is right-wing fanatic planted in Brown’s office expressly for the purpose of undermining Brown?

    Like I said, it is only a crime when conservatives do it…

65. #65
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:36 pm, emjem24 said:

    chapoutier said:
    Oh come now, soap. If you can’t make fun of Glenn Beck who can you make fun of? I mean did you watch those clips? His sad sack analogy about basically being the nerdy loser at a party who nobody likes was simultaneously the funniest, and most telling, clip I have seen in ages.

    Are you freaking kidding me? Really? Have you ever even watched the show? Do you even understand the points that Beck is trying to make? I mean, are you going to pretend that Beck doesn’t cry for real and has a point to make?

    I think somebody should cry for this country and it might as well be Beck. Are you? I know I’ve stayed up nights wondering what’s going to happen to me, my husband (who might be deployed) and the country at large. Chaps, do you ever stay up at night just wondering when enough is enough? Or are you just along for the ride?

    I gotta tell you I’m sick of it. You don’t get it. You don’t want to. If it wasn’t for Beck, none of us would know half as much about the dealings of this administration than we do now. I think we deserve more than the likes of Alan Grayson’s emotional ploy and using the unfortunate stories of people who don’t overall represent healthcare.

    I’m sorry that you want to turn away and back up an administration that wants to tear EVERYTHING down. Beck is sarcastic, he makes fun of both the parties, and he tears up for a country that has lost its everloving mind. And you’re loving it. You’re loving the anguish.

    You keep turning away from what’s goin’ on. You keep thinking that this administration is the best…. thing…. ever….. Your version of what’s right is tainted by partisan loyalty.

66. #66
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, chapoutier said:

    I mean, are you going to pretend that Beck doesn’t cry for real and has a point to make?

    He may have a point to make. His tears are still fake.

67. #67
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pm, chapoutier said:

    Sounds like another case of “plausible deniability” to me.

    No, you idiot. It sounds like another case of you backtracking because you didn’t know what the hell you were talking about.

    The reporter would know who he spoke with, wouldn’t he? If it was really Brown who taped and Gerber is just taking the heat, I’d think the reporter would be more than happy to say “uhhh…I didn’t speak with Gerber. I spoke with Brown.”

    But of course this from the GDP expert who thinks it is published by the Labor Department.

68. #68
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:47 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    No, Beck’s tears are REAL! I think his holy underwear doesn’t fit a well as it once did.

    Storms of protests from LDS in 3…2…1…

69. #69
    On October 30th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Sounds like Chappy is a right-wing fanatic pretending to be a left-wing fanatic pretending to be a right-wing fanatic pretending to be left-wing fanatic in a glorious attempt to discredit left-wing nutjobs.

    Of course, no help is needed in that regard as the left-wing nutjobs pretty much have that process well in hand.

    I think Chappy got the idea from that old Julie Andrews movie, “Victor/Victoria” which I am sure Chappy thinks is based on his story.

    Oh, and Charlie Crist is a weenie and Sarah Palin is a MAJOR BABE and Alan Grayson is a weasel and a stupid git! I think that covers the “OT” issues…

70. #70
    On October 30th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, purealchemy said:

    At the risk of being labeled naive or soft ot stupid, I’m gonna state that I think Grayson and Glenn Beck are both sincere in their emotional expressions.

71. #71
    On October 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Crying men have no place on TV other than in the producers office of the Keith UeberDork show on MSNBC after ratings are released each period…

72. #72
    On October 30th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, purealchemy said:

    On October 30th, 2009 at 10:04 am, Marc said:
    The letter that gets Grayson crying is an obvious fake. The guy who supposedly lost his mother, (his “only relative”) is only 23 years old. Well, surely the guy has a father. Where is the father? And his mom likely had brothers and sisters so the guy has uncles and aunts. And surely his dad has brothers and sisters so he has uncles and aunts on the paternal side of the family.

    My family circumstance is virtually the same as the person in that letter. The only difference is I’m about 20 years older. So it may not be a likely story but it is not unheard of.
    This is not why I think his tears are real or that I support his solution to health care. Just lending a little credibility to the story.

73. #73
    On October 31st, 2009 at 2:37 am, emjem24 said:

    chapoutier said:

    I mean, are you going to pretend that Beck doesn’t cry for real and has a point to make?

    He may have a point to make. His tears are still fake.

    Really? Really? And you know his tears are “fake” because you’ve become the fake tears detector? Hmmmm… it sounds like you have a beef with Beck but not with Grayson. Why is that?

    Then again…. it really isn’t your point just more misdirection of the other side uses “fake” tears so when a Dem employs them it shouldn’t count. Is that your argument?

    I don’t know what you have against Glenn Beck and I don’t care but at least just admit you have a beef with him and move on. You wouldn’t have linked the “fake tears tapes” if there wasn’t something more behind it.

    So, what exactly gets under your skin about Beck? That he cares about the country and investigating this administration while Obummer water carriers like you would rather point to his “fake” tears as proof that he should be dismissed?

    You really need to get over yourself, Chaps. Whatever your beef with Glenn Beck, it has nothing to do with Alan Grayson and you know it.