Yes, the New York Times Profiled Alan Grayson: ‘Darling of Many on the Left’
- Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:52pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Although it’s hard to believe, your eyes aren’t fooling you: the New York Times really did publish a profile of disgraced outgoing Rep. Alan Grayson in today’s paper. And while the Florida Democrat takes shots at the GOP, he also lives up to his scratch-your-head reputation by taking some curious shots at his own party. Why? It’s not been liberal enough.
The profile begins as expected. Grayson, who was beaten handily in November, calls incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) a “tool of special interest,” brushes aside Tea Party success as “bought and paid for by the enormously rich and the selfish,” and labels his GOP successor (who is a pastor) as a “bizarre fundamentalist.”
But then the Times quickly turns the article to highlight Grayson’s friendly fire:
[I]n a wide-ranging interview as his term drew to a close, he repeatedly aimed his artillery in an unexpected direction: toward his own party.
Not for overreaching, in this age of hand-wringing over big government and creeping “socialism,” or for ideological purism. Instead, while surveying the wreckage of the November elections that cost him his seat and looking to the Congressional term ahead, Mr. Grayson posits that many Democrats have not been acting Democratic enough.
“What did the environmentalists see over the last two years?” he asks as he lays out an example. “A proposed monumental increase in subsidies for nuclear power industry and offshore drilling.”
Then there are gay voters: “What they got to see was a judge order that ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ no longer be enforced and a Democratic president appeal that decision. That is what that constituency saw before Nov. 2.”
But no Grayson profile would be complete without a glimpse into his governing strategy. Simply put, reward those who support your campaign.
“If you want people to support you, then you have to support them,” he said. “You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.”
His views and remarks throughout the interview, which a generous person might only call odd, didn’t stop the Times from giving him the similarly odd, and unsubstantiated, label of “darling of many on the left.” A better term, however, might be “joker,” if only because the Times emphasizes that Grayson likes to wear steal-toed cowboy boots, “the better to kick Republicans with, he jokes.“ But also maybe because Grayson ”earned renown for colorful floor speeches and elaborate props.”
And while the profile seems to end with what might be considered by many as another joke, Grayson is actually quite serious when the the Times notes that he has not ruled out running for Congress again “if that’s what people want.”
No joke.
Author’s note: See our previous articles on Grayson here, including his devastating loss and some of his more “darling” comments.
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Comments (176)
jmootispaw
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:30pmI am not one to normally make snarky commentary but according to this article, former Rep Grayson called Rep Boehner a “…tool of special interest,” I’d like to return the meaningless insult to former Rep Grayson by using his phraseology excepting the last three words of the reported phrase.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:30pmbroker0101: Love your comment about all the comments on here being losers. But I seem to notice that you are not bashful in commenting on the Blaze either. Mostly to knock the other comments here. But none the less your name pops up quite a bit. What really amazes me is that you must think that your comments are the only ones to be allowed here. What a lonely world you would have if you were the only one here commenting. No one to read your comments to know that all your so-called wisdom would be going down the drain and no one would know.
Report Post »So before you badmouth all the comments, take a second and put your brain in gear before you type nonsense on the Blaze.
You have a nice day now, but I know you won’t because you will be here on the Blaze instead on the CNN or one of the other leftist medias spouting your rhetoric.
Reagan/DeMint.deciple
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:59pm@HEAVYDUTY… 2 thumbs up !!!!!!
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:00pmHD, Broken doesn’t even have rhetoric, merely kindergarden insults and a p!ss-poor attitude.
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:03pmHEAVYDUTY–
Report Post »I think my dog just howled “Hallelujah!” to what you said to BROKER0101 — No, it must have been my own “Hallelujah!”
Alvin691
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:28pmIf given other opportunities, Grayson could have becomes Hitler 2.0.
Yes, I went there.
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:27pmgive him a pacifyer already …..
Report Post »The Bees
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:26pmYea he’s a Darling all right!
Report Post »cece959
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:23pmGrayson didn’t just get voted out; he got his ass handed to him on a silver platter. What a pathetic waste of human skin…and not even good looking skin at that. On the flip side, though, I can concur that he was the ‘darling of the left’…because they are ALL like that. Mean, pompous, arrogant, self-centered pr*cks.
Report Post »crossdraw
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:23pmSimple targets for the future games that are just around the corner. One of my favorite lines and result came from the movie “Shooter”. Ned Beatty says,” You can’t kill me. I’m a sitting U.S. Senator.” KA-BLAM was the response. Most of these scum aren‘t worth wasting a bullet but it’s a nice thought anyway. If you’re into guns and not flowers, of course. The Hippies are Big Brother. Amazing
Report Post »takemout
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:20pmI am pleased to hear that he is the “darling of the left”. They deserve him.
Report Post »Just Say NoBama
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:16pmGrayson is an imbecile….period.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:16pmNYTimes——>QUIT drinking that psychotic delusional kool aid
Report Post »Grayson should be in Bellevue.
BigPaulie
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:15pmThank God this idiot is out of Congress. He is an embarassment and an utter fool, nothing more.
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:15pmWell Grayson is the epitome of what the currtent Democratic Party stands for , so for once I agree with the NYT’s.
Report Post »If you are like Grayson, you truly are the defintion of liberal in America
Bum thrower
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:14pmAt least as a ‘one-termer‘ he didn’t quaify for a pension at tax payer expense. We dodged a ‘shotgun’ blast by getting rid of this joker.
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:35pmWe should elect everyone for only one term as a means of controlling the entitlement debt.
Report Post »dpselfe
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:13pmThis just in: Alan Grayson still defeated!
Report Post »BigPaulie
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:16pmLol!
Report Post »kandeman
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:48pm…and Jack Murtha is still dead!
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:12pmI love the mentality.
“I will run again, if that is what the people want.”
Check your basic math, Grayson. You got your @ss handed to you. The people spoke, and you are unemployed. Pretty simple message.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:57pmThink of it this way; if he keeps running, that district will evermore be a pleasant shade of scarlet.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:07pmAlan Grayson: delusional, psychotic liar. Darling of the left.
That headline is perfect.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:07pmThis is akin to a captured rapist saying, “You can’t charge me. I didn’t rape enough!”
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:02pmEd Schultz will do his best to see that Grayson doesn’t fade off into obscurity. Schultz will provide him a platform and nasty starter topics. They are kind of a tag team. The far left loves his incendiary albeit unhinged rhetoric. Taking away his clout will not shut his mouth.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:06pmLet me put it this way, What Clout? This man is just a lunatic?
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:27pmWould not surprise me to see Grayson get a gig on msnbc.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:54pm@Seeker9
Report Post »Yes, Grayson would fit right in at MSNBS where hyperbole trumps reason every time. Olbermann seems about ready to implode, so put him in that spot. Hate filled whackos all around.
Hoosier Daddy
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:01pmNo joke. If Republicans don’t get this spending/debt monster in check the people may well revert to voting Democrat again. Unfortunately, as has been the case historically, the Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. If this past election added one functioning pair of testicles to the Republican caucus, it doubled their previous count.
Report Post »cece959
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:25pmOne functioning pair of testicles…..now that’s a good one!
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:55pmMichelle Bachman was the first one. That gal from (North Dakota?) who is Palin-esque might be the recent addition.
Report Post »PITMASTER
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:01pmThis guy is off his chain. Florida voters spoke and Alan, buddy, you’re not going back, unless you start taking your meds again. If DHS wants to monitor someone, Alan’s the one to watch.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:00pmHey Shoe polish hair…..please follow the republican healthcare plan you talked about…and “Die quicker”
Dale
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:55pmI believe his political career did.
Report Post »Mike777
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:57pmI guess this IDIOT is not going away quietly.
Thanks Florida for getting rid of this JERK……………………
Report Post »exdem
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:00pmNow if we could only get rid of The New York Times
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:04pmAmen, the voters seen through this idiot !!! Way to go Americans !!
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:07pmMike, you really have to question why they voted for him in the first place. He’s the same stupid turd today as he was when he was first elected. I blame we, the people for not paying attention, not educating themselves, and voting for a party label.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:45pm@HOOSIER DADDY
Report Post »You are quite correct…..Alvin Greene of South Carolina got 300,000 supporters for no other reason than he was the Democratic nominee….the American people better wake up and move away from “Party Politics”….vote for the right candidate, not the party.
untameable-kate
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:57pmHOOSIER, My son and I were discussing the topic of voting in America, he parroted what he learned in school, everyone should vote. I told him, that and white guilt puts people like BO in office. I don‘t think people should be allowed to vote if they don’t have any knowlege beyond D=democrat and R=republican. People are being encouraged to vote who haven’t the least concept of who they are voting for or why.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:28pmuntameable-kate
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:57pm
HOOSIER, My son and I were discussing the topic of voting in America, he parroted what he learned in school, everyone should vote. I told him, that and white guilt puts people like BO in office. I don‘t think people should be allowed to vote if they don’t have any knowlege beyond D=democrat and R=republican. People are being encouraged to vote who haven’t the least concept of who they are voting for or why.
@untameable-kate You bring up a valid point about the D an R and what they equate to. Rush has talked about the City of Kinston NC requireing the ballots have either the D or R before the candidates names so the people know who to vote for. In a nut shell it was directed for the Democrats and orchestrated by the DOJ. Im fully aware of this story because living in the Carolinas. On a lighter note I equate the D for Destruction and the R for Restoring thanks in part to Mr Glenn Beck.
Report Post »Hisemiester
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:56pmThe liberals will take this darling of theirs under their wings and lick him clean. Ha.
Report Post »This guy is evil. He should run for “his safety” Ha
JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:56pmshortest profile in history
Alan Grayson
Man who gives garbage a bad name
Report Post »Kilkee
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:23pmHa Ha!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:29pmAlan Grayson, the name even javalinas will seek to bury and forget about.
Report Post »Cleveland
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:32pmSpeaking of garbage profiles, here is a newly released cartoon video, 30 minutes long, that explains EVERYTHING about how and why America is where it is financially. PLEASE watch this and spread it around. It covers the Fed, the IRS, Kennedy, Woodrow Wilson, gold, everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv2oCXbW4r0
jakartaman
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:51pm2012
Report Post »please remember!
Hope the country last long enough to vote in 2012 -
YaDarnTootin
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:05pmHe looks like a Wild Boar or something else really creepy!
Report Post »LSX
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:53pmGrayson – proving liberalism is a mental disorder.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:05pmWhy O Just Why will Grayson not just dissapear down the rabbit hole and not emerge again until long after the Sun explodes in a nova, and the earth is reduced to a cinder floating among the depths of frozen space.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
broker0101
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:08pmDWH320, I can’t decide which is more pitiful, the multiple Losers who actually come up with new drivel to comment on EVERY SINGLE Blaze Story, or the Loser who posts the same comment over and over on EVERY SINGLE Blaze Story. In any case, you are certainly All Losers.
@leftfighter
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:11pmLook at the bright side… Grayson was in a Conservative district. If he got elected in say… San Francisco, we’d never be rid of her… er- him.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:13pm@ broker0101
I know which ones are the worst!
It’s the poor, petty losers who troll around looking for fights they will not win. Sorry if that hits too close to home for ya…
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:16pm@Broker 0101
If you seem to detest this sight so much, why do you keep coming back and posting on it as well?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:18pm@Leftfighter
I believe you may have meant to say “rid of her…er, him, er, it, er…whatever?”
Report Post »tbabe
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:18pmSounds like a response from an ally of a communist mentality. Declare those who speak the truth insane to discredit their authenticity. Old trick. Won’t work. Just pushes the committed towards his camp.
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:31pmI agree, but for it to be mental isn`t it required that you have a brain?
Report Post »justanamerican
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:37pmThat bleeding heart douche bag liberal is worth… drum roll please…….. $31 MILLION DOLLARS
Another phoney limousine liberal!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:38pmGrayson is living proof, that you can’t fix STUPID.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:41pmLOL .. if this is their “not liberal enough” … LOL … the man is insane .. thankfully the voters were not!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:56pmEveryone, something strange is going on here in Phoenix just now; I have in the last hour counted a total of six quartets of F-16s practicing low level maneuvers, some crossing between the hills just out of town. One plane carried from what I can tell of the markings, the symbol for the Israeli Air Force.
This is going to be of interest.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:01pm@leftfighter;
You propose an interesting dilemma, should he move to SF and run, who would win? The left-wing nut job or the left-wing nut job?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:19pmThis NUT BAG had better have his MEDS changed before what small amount of BRAINS he has explodes..
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:37pmI’m sure the people of Orlando would be happy to see him move to the “left coast”, and the rest of us who didn’t have the opportunity to vote him out would certainly applaud. Still the most embarassing attraction in central FL altho Wasserman-Shultz is trying to move up into that slot. Hopefully south FL will wake up before the next election.
Report Post »MamaofJ5
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:54pmI wanna know who he’s calling rich & selfish, isn’t he worth like 20mil. Hey Grayson I could use some of that money, how about spreading your wealth alittle. What do you need with that much money you selfish, greedy pig.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:07pmOooooh, Alan “pink tie” Grayson … give us a kiss.
town drunk JIM: “Uh-oh, Bart. I think Mongo here’s taken a liking to you.”
Report Post »MONGO: “Huh … huh … naw!. Mongo straight!”
-Blazing Saddles
grandmaof5
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:57pmMAMAOFJ5, if you Google “Alan Grayson: Lies, Tax Fraud and Deceit” it gives an interesting synopsis of Alan Grayson’s money. He who lives in glass houses………
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:04pmEverytime I see him, he reminds me of that annoying idiot actor, Will Farrell.
Both rediculous, irrelevlant, irritating and not amusing.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:53pm@Dale
Report Post »Don’t forget- you have to throw the CPUSA candidate in there as well, being San Francisco and all…
Idaho Kirk
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:58pmbroker0101
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:08pm
DWH320, I can’t decide which is more pitiful, the multiple Losers who actually come up with new drivel to comment on EVERY SINGLE Blaze Story, or the Loser who posts the same comment over and over on EVERY SINGLE Blaze Story. In any case, you are certainly All Losers.
YOU have the b@lls to call others losers, yet you have the time to sit all day and read all the posts on every site/story?! Are you being paid to do so, or are you just a bigger loser than all others combined?
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:58pmBeing from this district in Florida and seeing the smug picture posted above of Alan Grayson, Suzanne Kosmas, and Corrine Brown and knowing We The People voted the useless idiots out of office makes my heart SING with joy… pure joy!
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:59pmDon’t you just get weary of dissing The Blaze and the people who comment?
Go where you will be happy without comments, BROKER0101!!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:31pmLILLYMCKIM, unfortunately Corrine Brown did not lose her election. Hopefully there will be re-districting in Jax and she will lose her next election as she is long overdue to be replaced. Glad to see the other two go back to reality.
Report Post »Assunta
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:47pmAmen!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:00pmThis man thinks his money can keep him from looking like a fool………nope, doesn’t work for me.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:22pmSmells like dead meat to me …
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:00ambroker0101…
Usually the biggest loser is the guy calling other people losers.
Yes, that would be you num-nuts!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:04amMajor Infidel
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:04pm
Everytime I see him, he reminds me of that annoying idiot actor, Will Farrell.
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Geeesh, even Will Farrell doesn’t deserve to be put in the same sentence as Grayson. Maybe Pee-Wee Herman?!
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:19pmYea he for sure has a disorder, which since I think about it, he would be perfect on MSNBC Primtime!
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