Schumer Plants His Contemptible Lies To Assassinate Alan Grayson's Good Name

[Segami]

Several weeks ago, a highly placed source within Patrick Murphy's campaign bragged that Chuck Schumer would drive Alan Grayson out of the Florida Senate primary by unleashing a barrage of opposition research about his business dealings. Schumer, easily the sleaziest Democrat in the Senate-- who is desperate to please Wall Street banksters by delivering the open Florida seat to Murphy-- twisted a perfectly innocent SEC filing into a smoking gun of corruption. He then hired Queen Helena's p.r. assistant to find a pathetic "journalist" willing to run it up the flag pole and get the tongues wagging. Schumer did well in planting his bullshit bombshell with lazy would-be muck-raker Adam Smith from the Tampa Bay Times, who was eager to make the story about himself.

~snip~

Last night I was watching a PBS showing of Ken Burns' The Roosevelts-- An Intimate History, when J.P. Morgan's ugly mug popped up on the screen. A social parasite who our political elites failed to protect society from, Morgan blurted out, "I owe the public nothing" ... which is pretty much the way Wall Street still feels. Today's Republicans are not Teddy Roosevelt and they are not going to hold to fire to the feet of predators like Morgan. Alas, neither are most Beltway Democrats. Sure, you have a few good guys-- like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, Brian Schatz in the Senate, and Alan Grayson, Donna Edwards, Raul Grijalva, Mark Pocan, Ted Lieu, Judy Chu, Keith Ellison, Jan Schakowsky in the House. But power in Congress is in the hands of Wall Street-owned shills like Chuck Schumer and Steve Israel who will never take the side of their own constituents over the interests of the big Wall Street banksters.

That helps explain why Schumer hand-picks Wall Street-owned hacks like Patrick Murphy (FL) and Ted Strickland (OH) to run for Senate seats and why Israel is always finding opportunistic Republicans to "switch" parties and run as though they were Democrats (the way Murphy did and they way Michael Derrick is trying to do in New York's North Country). Schumer and Israel are responsible for bringing in cash from the crooked banksters, and the crooked banksters are freaking out over Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders and warning the Beltway power brokers that they're going to cut the DSCC and DCCC off.

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2015/05/no-more-teddy-roosevelts-in-gop-and-too.html

Schumer's opposition research isn't focusing on Ron DeSantis, Don Gaetz, Carlos Lopez-Cantera, David Jolly, George LeMieux or any other Republican looking to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. With Patrick Murphy's deputy chief of staff now the Deputy Political Director of the DSCC, Schumer and his irrelevant handmaiden, Jon Tester, are taking aim against progressive icon Alan Grayson. Adam Smith has been unable to contain himself and has spread their poisonous lies far and wide.

Smith: "The last time I spoke with him, on Wednesday, Congressman Grayson was shouting at me over the phone. 'Are are you some kind of shitting robot?! You go around shitting on people?!' he shouted. This was after I asked about why he had incorporated hedge funds in the Cayman Islands-- the kind of offshore tax havens he has criticized."

Grayson, severely jet-lagged after flying back to Orlando from meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, didn't enjoy being threatened by Smith who accused him of setting up an off-shore account to evade taxes. This is pure Schumer hogwash. No taxes have been evaded and no taxes were ever meant to be evaded. Smith is too stupid and lazy to bother finding out how legitimate money managers set up their accounts. The simple fact, as Grayson undoubtedly tried to explain to Smith, is that whenever an investment fund is set up by any competent law firm, it's set up in two sections: one for investors who are taxed under US law, and one for investors who are not. The domestic fund is set up in the United States, and the international fund is set up somewhere else, like the Cayman Islands. Both the SEC and the IRS have approved this setup, because it prevents foreign investors, charities and others who were never intended to be taxed in the United States from inadvertently getting tangled up in IRS bureaucracy, when they don’t owe any taxes under US law. This is not "tax avoidance," as Smith wrongly claimed. In fact, if an English investor wants to invest in an investment fund, that’s the only legal way to do it, and it doesn’t "avoid" or reduce taxes at all-- not the English investor’s, not Grayson’s, not anybody's. Chuck Schumer certainly understands that; his surrogate just neglected to explain it to the oafish Smith for obvious reasons.


But here's the real kicker-- since the domestic and international funds were set up, not a single dollar has been invested in the international fund. In fact, Grayson hasn’t even solicited a single investor into the international fund-- and Grayson didn't just tell me this; he told it to Smith, according to the article. But Smith, who was obviously bent on trying to destroy Grayson’s reputation, went ahead with his hit piece for Murphy and Schumer anyway.





cont'

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[sabrina 1]

1. I knew it. As soon as I saw this latest attack on Grayson that it was coming from somewhere

and we would find out before long, just where.

Doesn't surprise me at all to hear Schumer had a hand in it.

That moron needs to go, he is my Senator unfortunately and I am hoping he can be replaced with a Dem who actually represents his/her constituents.

Since he's been in elected office I don't believe he has ever responded to constituents even with a computer generated email.

He isn't fit, voting wise, to even be compared to Grayson.

I would love to see Grayson return to NY and take that seat away from Schumer.

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6. Its not just Grayson...

The DSCC in recent weeks did not hide its preference for Murphy. Will it dissuade Rep. Alan Grayson from entering the Democratic primary?

"Florida Democratic voters choose our party nominee, not out-of-touch party bosses sipping cognac in a smoke-filled room in Washington, DC.," Grayson tells the Tampa Bay Times in an email. "As I said before, I am probably going to run for the Senate."

And here is Susan Smith, president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida:

"Progressives are the heart and soul of the Democratic Party in Florida and across the nation. We are the volunteers who stuff envelopes, knock on doors, and provide the grassroots energy that powers successful Democratic campaigns.The idea that a senator from Montana and Wall Street Democrats know better than rank-and-file Florida Democrats is both patronizing and unsurprising. Then again, no one knows better than Jon Tester that DSCC support doesn't mean a whole lot.

"Florida Democrats are looking to support a progressive candidate who will lead on big, bold economic populist ideas, not another politician who will do Wall Street's bidding in Washington.

"I wish the DSCC would take a page from the Democratic National Committee's playbook. Last week when Bernie Sanders announced he was joining Hillary Clinton in running for president, the DNC wisely welcomed him to the race because they recognize that spirited primary debates are good for our party and our country."


http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/dscc-endorses-patrick-murphy-for-senate/2228224

[sabrina 1]

7. There is no way I would support Murphy over Grayson. So they can't take Grayson on on the issues,

and are now planning the old personal attack routine.

WE cannot allow that to work anymore. We KNOW this is their MO. I had a feeling there was more to this than met the eye. Wasn't aware of Schumer's involvement and support for Murphy.

Now I will do everything I can to help Grayson.

Because if Schumer wants a Wall St candidate, we KNOW we are better with Grayson.

Thanks for the links. I knew there was something very fishy about that POS article.

Go Grayson, and 'shitting robot' is too mild a term for what passes for our 'news media' these days. I admire his restraint.

[naoya6161]

13. Grayson is doomed

You know, people are going to take what Grayson did here, along with the various other stunts hes pulled over the past 6 years, and they're not going to like what they see.
And on the issues? Murphy's actually closer to him on the issues than you think he is...and he has a much better record of getting stuff done. So Murphy can still win on this front.

[sabrina 1]

25. In your dreams. Sadly I should add, since he is far more progressive than Murphy and Schumer

combined.

People are on to these despicable smear campaigns now and they do not have the effect they used to have, in fact often these days they have the opposite effect.

Go Grayson!

And here in NY we will be working to replace Schumer with a Democrat who works for the people rather than his buddies on Wall ST.

[hrmjustin]

30. Who do you want to run against Schumer?

[sabrina 1]

32. If he wasn't otherwise occupied, I wouldn't mind seeing Grayson return to NY and run against him

here. NYers are pretty savvy, they know when a smear is a smear and their sensibilities are not as easily offended, or pretend offended by someone referring to a member of the Corporate media as a 'shitting robot'. That's more likely to endear Grayson to NYers than anything else.

But since he is running in Florida, we have a few good Dems in Congress in NY. Hinchley eg. He's never shown any inkling that he might run for the Senate, but I would support him over Schumer any day.

[hrmjustin]

40. I would not vote for Grayson in NY but Schumer does get on my nerves.

But it might be good to keep him if he is going to be Senate leader.

[sabrina 1]

46. No, it would not be a good thing to keep him. He is not popular with his constituents, he is there

because as I said, fear that Repubs might win a NY seat in the Senate. But the times are changing and there is a movement growing to replace all these Corporate Dems with Dems who actually work for the people.

See deBlasio, no one thought he had a chance with his progressive message and years of Giuliani and Bloomberg, but the public is sick of these corporatists, including Schumer. And an unknown candidate seriously challenged Cuomo this time despite all his Corporate funding.

Change is in the air, and it's an exciting time. These corporate dems have been steadily losing their seats over the past number of years.

[hrmjustin]

48. I want the AG to challenge Cuomo.

I like congresswoman Clark of Brooklyn. If she ran against schumer i would vote for her.

[Historic NY]

98. Schumer not popular....you must be joking right...

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand continue to enjoy steady approval ratings.

A majority of voters, 54%, rate the job U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is doing in office has either excellent or good. 41% of New Yorkers disapprove of his job performance including 27% who rate his performance as fair and 14% who rate it as poor. In March, 53% of voters gave him a positive score (Trend).

49% of voters give Kirsten Gillibrand either an excellent, 15%, or good, 34%, score for her work as U.S. Senator. 38% disapprove including 29% who say she is doing a fair job and 9% who rate her performance as poor. In March, her approval rating was 45% (Trend).

- See more at: http://maristpoll.marist.edu/tag/charles-schumer-approval-rating/#sthash.zVK7yoKj.dpuf

[2banon]

63. Schumer as Senate Leader makes me want to vomit. A Turd Way Wall Street Boot Licker.

as the Senate Leader for Dems is a woefully horrific idea and quite a sham on the rank and file.

[hrmjustin]

66. Ok. i am not a fan either but he has a good point or two once in awhile.

And he is better than a Republican.

[2banon]

68. Wouldn't you rather see someone in his position do a lot better than that?

I'm dead serious. These Wall Street Butt Lickers need to go! All of them! D's n R's !

[hrmjustin]

69. Conflicted. i personally would have preferred to see Durbin there but he can bring

more money back to NY in this position.

[2banon]

73. Would be better..

I wish Schumer would be replaced by a real Liberal/Progressive as Senator, if wishes were fishes and all that.

[hrmjustin]

76. I am not sure he will be challenged by a big name here.

[2banon]

80. nope. the system has it pretty rigged for a long long stay. unfortunately.

and any replacement would be just another wall street butt licker.

[hrmjustin]

81. The money needed to run here is horrific.

[rhett o rick]

107. "he is better than a Republican" that's the Third Way manipulation.

Run a conservative Democrat and sell them as "better than a republicon." The child poverty rate is climbing yearly and will continue unless people figure out they are being manipulated into accepting it because it could be worse. Just how bad must it get for our children before you decide it's time to stop settling for "better than a republicon."???

[hrmjustin]

111. I can think for myself you know.

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The third way did not manipulate me.

[7962]

79. That would be hilarious. Schumer would destroy him.

Plus, you know the most dangerous place to be is between Schumer and a camera

[hrmjustin]

82. Ain't that the truth.

[daleanime]

27. So there is no sense in trying.....

might as well go home now.





just in case it's needed.

[hrmjustin]

28. Are you from Florida?

Who do you think will in the primary?

[naoya6161]

42. Yes

To answer your second question...I think Murphy will win the primary. I don't see Grayson as being able to really able to articulate his message all that well after what just happened - he doesn't seem to know how to really conduct himself in front of a statewide crowd. Many Florida Democrats - myself included - believe that Grayson doesn't stand a chance of winning a statewide election, which is why we're going with Murphy, the proven winner.

[hrmjustin]

44. I have worries about Grayson comes across.

[naoya6161]

49. Hmm?

Did you mean something else? What you wrote doesn't quite make sense.

[hrmjustin]

51. I mean i worry he does not come accross well to the voters.

His message gets buried because his personality is what gets coverage.

[naoya6161]

54. Exactly

This is the main reason why I believe Grayson will likely fail. This recent episode shows that he's not really used to working outside of his bubble and appealing to everyone across the state. If he can't answer a simple question in a normal matter, he's not ready for prime-time.
In fact, that happened in 2010, where he lost his district by 18 points. Alex Sink, the nominee for governor, lost that same district by only 1 point.

[hrmjustin]

57. Yeah i remember his loss. it was a heartbreaker.

I lost my VA Democratic congressman that year here in NY.

[tkmorris]

70. "What Grayson did here"?!?

What do you imagine he did here that anyone should care about? It's becoming fairly clear that you work for the Murphy campaign in some capacity, or are otherwise close to him, so forgive me if I take your posts with a giant block of salt.

BTW in case this gets juried, my belief that naoya is close to the Murphy campaign is based on a simple Google search of the username. Feel free to do the same and draw your own conclusions.

[naoya6161]

74. Where to begin...

For one...I admit that I'm pro-Murphy. However, I'm nothing more than a mere supporter.
For two...Grayson was the guy who railed against people who had offshore accounts. Turns out he had them too. Bit of a hypocrite much.
For three...how he reacted to the reply is pretty telling. You don't see Senators swearing at reporters over a simple question. It's not going to go over well with normal voters.

[tkmorris]

99. And... you've said nothing

1) I don't really care if you are an ardent Murphy supporter or his campaign manager. Either way, you are clearly biased and unobjective.

2) Grayson railed against people who used offshore accounts TO AVOID PAYING TAXES. Grayson did no such thing. The account was set up for potential foreign investors who would never be subject to US taxes, and in any event was never used.

3) When a reporter clearly intends to publish a hit piece on YOU, it'll be interesting to see how polite you are to them. I wouldn't imagine you'd react any better than Grayson did.

You are attempting to make a nothing into a something in order to promote your candidate. I find that to be contemptible. If your candidate is as superior as you believe the unadulterated truth should be enough. If it isn't, maybe you are backing the wrong guy.

[naoya6161]

100. Is that the best you can do?

You know...you're doing the same thing as him right now. Resorting to personal attacks, instead of responding reasonably to my criticisms.

1) Your claims of me having an biased point of view doesn't really matter that much when you yourself have a Grayson bias. If you can't respond to my criticisms without resorting to this, then you lose.
Oh and by the way? The reporter was unaffiliated. So...this will become an issue outside of both political camps. Deny it all you want, but it's the truth.
2) Still doesn't change the fact that it's a offshore account. In fact, Canary Islands is the same tax haven Romney used.
3) Sorry to inform you, but several politicians get asked these kinds of questions every day. They always have an appropriate response for these types of questions...you don't see them swearing.

And it's my regret to inform you that the damage has already been done. This put a big dent in Grayson's credibility and will return to haunt him should he run. There are already people who have abandoned Grayson because of this episode.

[840high]

86. I'm not a Grayson fan at all.

[Scuba]

109. A "better record of getting stuff done" than Grayson? Hogwash.

[betterdemsonly]

102. Murphy voted for Romney in 2012

He is still very republican. The fact that they try to pass him off as a dem is a joke to anyone sensible, so they are trying to swiftboat Grayson.

Yes those dems that root for Murphy over Grayson are outing themselves as closet Republicans that don't belong in the Democratic party.

[madokie]

110. Schumer sucks

I remember when it happened but for the life of me can't find a link to it but it was schumer who gave us rupert murdock which led to the fox noize trash.
Prior to this a foreigner could not own a news organization and schumer slipped a rider in a bill that was being voted on the next morning that had nothing to do with citizenship but that gave murdock natural citizenship rights. hence we now have fox noize. I'm not sure I'm stating this correctly as I get pissed when I see schumers name but the info is out there for someone with more better googling skills than me to find

Schumer sucks

[sabrina 1]

2. Btw, this isn't the first time Schumer has has a hand in going after a progressive candidate, in

order to get one of his Wall St stooges elected.

So, THIS is the answer to a question I have been asking for a long time regarding WHO is picking the candidates we are being presented with?

But power in Congress is in the hands of Wall Street-owned shills like Chuck Schumer and Steve Israel who will never take the side of their own constituents over the interests of the big Wall Street banksters.

That helps explain why Schumer hand-picks Wall Street-owned hacks like Patrick Murphy (FL) and Ted Strickland (OH) to run for Senate seats and why Israel is always finding opportunistic Republicans to "switch" parties and run as though they were Democrats (the way Murphy did and they way Michael Derrick is trying to do in New York's North Country). Schumer and Israel are responsible for bringing in cash from the crooked banksters, and the crooked banksters are freaking out over Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders and warning the Beltway power brokers that they're going to cut the DSCC and DCCC off.

I was told that the people chose Hillary eg.

I KNOW the people chose Bernie Sanders, we asked him to run.

It is so true that Schumer will take the side of Wall St Banksters over his constituents any time such a choice arises.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Way to go Chuckie Boy,

now we know were the Enemy lies,and it is you Mr. Shumer. Just doing the dirty work for your Bud's on Wall Street. The go to guy for attacking Senator Warren.

[jwirr]

8. This what we are good at - come on DU find the evidence.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. We now know most Democratic Senators and Congressmen monitor

DU. Even certain Rethugs follow our comments. We do make a difference as long as we keep up with constructive comments and input suggestions. Remember,there are boiler rooms set up to monitor and troll us 24/7. The Rethugs have been at this for many years.

[jwirr]

16. Oops sorry. J do believe we are monitored and that we make a difference.

[Wellstone ruled]

29. If these folks can take the heat,get to hell out of

kitchen. Yes,many will blow comments off,but hey,when the voters show them the door,it's a different story. Just ask Russ Fiengold after he tacked to the right during his campaign.

[naoya6161]

4. No proof

This all seems like its a desperate attempt to defend Grayson after what happened.

[hobbit709]

5. Right!

What else you want us to believe?

[naoya6161]

11. Well...

The source of the article itself is very questionable. This is a blog, so anyone can write up whatever story they want. Where's the proof?
And also? There's the matter in which Grayson handled himself - where he flipped out at the reporter - that suggests that he's not ready for prime time.
Ah, there was also a Politico article recently too. If that is to be believed, apparently Grayson compared Murphy "to a piece of excrement" and swore at Tester. Doesn't exactly add credibility to Grayson's side of the story if its true.

[sabrina 1]

36. Except Schumer has a reputation for doing this kind of thing when a Progressive is running against

a Wall St candidate.

Time for Schumer to go, he doesn't care one bit about his constituents, as one of them, I can attest to that.

Met him once, he's one of the few Dems those of us who met him had a visceral reaction to.

Nasty, egotistical, arrogant, and thinks he's above the rest of us.

Didn't like him then, before he was a Senator, but he benefited from the 'fear of Bush' at the time. Not so anymore. I hope his days are numbered in the Senate.

[naoya6161]

45. Remember, Grayson apparently swore at Tester

That would fit in with a lot of the nutty behavior Grayson's been doing as of late. And it was after that conference call that Tester decided to support Murphy.
Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometime, it's just people doing their job.

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9. Is Patrick Murphy (FL) a Third Way Choice?...

In 2012 Murphy moved from Fort Lauderdale to Jupiter and ran for the 18th congressional district.[8] Murphy claims he was so taken aback by some of the things Republican incumbent Representative Allen West was saying in Congress and on television that he felt compelled to run against him.[5] As a result, he took the campaign strategy of selling himself as a West alternative.[9] Murphy was supported by Florida's former Republican Governor Charlie Crist and former Democratic President Bill Clinton, along with Republican Sheriff of Martin County Bob Crowder, who ran against West in the primaries.[10][11] The race was among the most expensive congressional races in 2012,[12] and called one of the ugliest in the 2012 campaign, as well as one of the closest.[13]


Murphy was a member of the Republican Party, donating the maximum individual contribution of $2,300 to Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign and $4,800 to other Republican candidates, until four months prior to announcing his candidacy for Congress, at which time he switched his registration to the Democratic Party and donated $4,000 to a variety of Democratic candidates.[20] He says he switched from being a Republican and a Mitt Romney supporter because of his disgust with the Tea Party movement.[20] Murphy was described in The Huffington Post as a "pro-choice, pro-LGBT rights but 'not ultra-liberal' Democrat who values fiscal responsibility."[5] The top five contributors to Murphy's campaign committee for the 2013-2014 time period were his family's construction company, Deloitte, Suntech Plumbing, Goldman Sachs, and J Street PAC.[21]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(Florida_politician)

[cali]

10. Sorry, no. this minimizes what Grayson did. Schumer's ugly oppo research aside

there is no reason to set up hedge funds in the Cayman Islands but to limit tax liability and make money by helping other investors limit their tax liabiliity.

The author wasn't there but he claims that Grayson "undoubtedly tried to explain"....? That's piss poor journalism right there.

Grayson repeatedly attacks others for the EXACT same thing he is done. Precisely the same. And this?

"Both the SEC and the IRS have approved this setup, because it prevents foreign investors, charities and others who were never intended to be taxed in the United States from inadvertently getting tangled up in IRS bureaucracy, when they don’t owe any taxes under US law."

What a crock. These are loopholes- loopholes that Grayson advocates closing. And if someone doesn't owe taxes under U.S. law, it's crap to say that they need to shield that income.

What Grayson is doing may not be illegal but it's sleazy as hell. If he didn't intend to solicit any foreign investors why the fuck set this up in the first place?

There's more, but what I want to know is if Grayson is the titular manager of these funds.

I think Grayson is just another John Edwards phony. I was right about JE and got endless shit for it here.

The author of this piece does nothing to make Grayson look any better because there is no way to make these actions look anything but hypocritical and sleazy.

http://www.epi.org/publication/pm120/

[Historic NY]

104. Exactly, Grayson wasn't adverse to going full blown...

sleazy on his adversary during his campaign.

[hrmjustin]

12. This is what primaries are for.

I don't like Dems attacking dems and I hope whatever is said is done with fact and not Bull.

But primaries are designed to get this stuff aired out.

[MohRokTah]

14. GOOD!

If Grayson is nominated no way is that seat Democratic.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. If Rubio doesn't get the presidential nomination and runs for re-election he's a shoo-in...

He will beat Grayson, Wasserman -Schultz, Murphy, whomever... That's how Florida rolls...

I actually hope Grayson gets the nomination because then we will be spared the diatribes over how so called centrist Democrats lose elections...

[hrmjustin]

18. I think Rubio announced he wasn't running again.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Then I would call it a toss up...

And since it's a presidential year when more people vote that helps us but that seat was Rubio's to lose...

[hrmjustin]

20. I think Grayson would have a harder time winning the seat than Murphy.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. As do I but neither can beat Rubio...

The fact that Bill Nelson is the only elected statewide Democratic officeholder suggests to an unbiased person what type of Democrat does well there ... And the fact that Bob Graham, Bill Nelson, and Lawton Chiles are the only Democrats to be elected to statewide office in the recent past gives a person some idea of the Democratic candidates all of Florida voters will support.

[hrmjustin]

23. It is a tough state but with HRC at the top she can pull the Senate nominee over the finish line.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Hopefully but If Bush lll or Rubio are on the top of the ticket it's going to be painfully close...

Maybe we will get Walker, fingers crossed!!!

[hrmjustin]

26. here is a cnn story on it from the other day.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/09/politics/florida-senate-democratic-primary-fight/

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I lived in FL from 70-012, from the time I was a young boy.

I don't understand why Buddy Dyer, the mayor Of Orlando, never aspired to higher office.

Alan Grayson would be a long shot.

[hrmjustin]

33. Never heard of the Mayor but it woukd be nice if they did some party building in Florida.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. I am biased but I thought he was/is a great mayor

He also is the the type of Democrat who does well in Florida statewide. Kind of a left of center populist good old boy.

[hrmjustin]

43. I wonder is Murphy can win or Grayson.

I hope so.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. Without Rubio it's an open seat in a purple state so it's consequently a toss up.../NT

[hrmjustin]

50. Probably and the gop primary looks to be a mess.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

52. I would feel better if Murphy wasn't a former Republican

I would feel better if Murphy wasn't a former Republican or his conversion wasn't of such recent vintage.

But he deserves a medal for ridding us of Alan West. I lived in Fort Lauderdale the summer of 010 and watched his campaign unfurl. I thought he was a joke.

[hrmjustin]

53. Fair point.

And yes West was scary.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

56. It was funny watching his campaign first hand...

His supporters would stand on major intersections waving Israeli and American flags...


I like L A but I miss FL so much...I would commute back and forth between Central and South Florida.

[hrmjustin]

58. West was not able to go off script and I remember he didn't want the Democratic votes counted.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

59. He also alienated the glbt community, not that they were inclined to support him in the first place.

Much of his district is Fort Lauderdale and Fort Lauderdale is a fairly liberal city...

[hrmjustin]

60. I bet even the log cabin Republicans didn't like him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

62. I'm sure they didn't...

He is/was very conservative but so is the whole damn party except for the two Maine Republican senators who aren't all that liberal either.

[hrmjustin]

64. Not our type of party.

Glad and proud to be a Democrat!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

67. Not my kind of party, good God, no...

But they are at the apex of their strength from the state houses to the House Of Representatives to the Senate...The executive branch is the only thing keeping the barbarians at the gate...


That's the only thing I don't miss about Florida; Republican domination...

[hrmjustin]

84. Horrible they control things.

[1939]

72. Too much of the FL party hierarchy

think that GOTV means sending buses to condos full of retired New Yorkers and schlepping them to the polls.

During the 2004 election, the Broward County Democratic Party HQ and the Kerry campaign HQ were miles apart and never talked.

When I went to vote in 2004, the Republican candidates and their party hierarchy were there at the polls pressing flesh and saying "thank you for coming out to vote". An hour after the polls opened, Michael Moore's twin sister showed up with a 1' x 1" x 48" stick with bumper stickers for the various Democratic candidates stapled to it and sat off to the side waving it.

Gotta get organized!

[hrmjustin]

75. Good point.

[still_one]

101. Are the populace of Florida really impressed with the comments from Rubio and Bush? If so, that

really says volumes about the state, because those comments indicate that these two are some of the dumbest people around. Rick Perry used to have that title pretty exclusively, but I think we have the new Three Stooges

[Dont call me Shirley]

21. They are trying to "Anthony Weinerize" Alan Grayson.

[cali]

35. He's doing it to himself. He's a hypocrite and a phony

and he can't handle pressure at all. Not to mention that he doesn't have enough self-control to fill a thimble. And Weiner did it to himself.

Grayson reminds me of John Edwards.

[Dont call me Shirley]

38. All three of them have been outspoken against the ugliness of the 001%, whose bad behavior

far far far exceeds anything wrong the three have done combined.

[cali]

61. bullpucky. I'll give it to the hapless Grayson that his voting record

(in general) dovetails with his rhetoric. Edwards' 2004 and 2004 sure didn't match his record- voted for a lot of crap that hurt the poor and middle class.

And if you actually want to help people, you have to have a modicum of self-control. None of these guy did. Bunch of narcissistic, self-promoting phonies.

[Dont call me Shirley]

65. Besides Bernie then, cali, who lives up to that standard?

[cali]

103. Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison,Zoe Lofgren, Peter deFazio

Peter Welsh. I could go on.

[Dont call me Shirley]

106. An awesome list. I'd like to add Cynthia McKinney, the late Paul Wellstone, Dennis Kucinich...

They're not representing anymore though.

[Nye Bevan]

71. Hypnotize him into tweeting a picture of his cock to a college girl?

There is no end to their evil.

[DirkGently]

34. Yep. DSCC is after Grayson. They want recently Republican Pat Murphy.

That said, Grayson has GOT to stop losing his mind when he gets irritated with people. Granted, "shitting robot" was kind of funny -- not a cliche, at least.

I understand Grayson has agreed to let press people do what they're hired for, and not talk to every tiny water-carrying blogger about everything himself.

Carry on, Congressman. Just uh ... be a little calmer, maybe?

He's still got my vote, whether he stays in the House or tries for the Senate vs. the Powers that Be.

[Enthusiast]

39. Schumer is dead to me. DWS also.

[iandhr]

41. You mean shady business dealings...

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... In the Cayman Islands? How we goes after Republicans for all those offshore tax stuff but he is doing the same activities. He goes after Republicans for all those offshore tax stuff but he is doing the same activities. Hypocrisy matters. Even if it's by a friend

[7962]

83. Exactly. Now you'll be scolded for telling the truth. nt

[840high]

87. ...^ that

[MaggieD]

55. Sounds like DU on HRC

LOL!

[rhett o rick]

108. So what do you think about the OP? You happy to see Schumer stab Grayson in the back?

The Conservative Wing of the DEmocratic Party don't like progressives and will do anything to smear them.

[MaggieD]

113. I think it's the same thing DUers do

.... Here. Like I said.

[djean111]

77. Well, I will be voting for Grayson, even if I have to write him in. To me, Murphy is not really a

Democrat. Something funny! People were spewing shit about Warren turning Democrat in 1996, almost 20 years ago, saying oh, she is not a REAL Democrat, and other bullshit - but Murphy switched to Democrat in 2010, only because he felt he could beat Cornel West in a heavily GOP district, and now Murphy is touted as a liberal - even though he belongs to that New Democrat Coalition - dedicated to working their third way little hearts out with the GOP.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

78. He beat David West

"only because he felt he could beat Cornel West in a heavily GOP district, and now Murphy is touted as a liberal - even though he belongs to that New Democrat Coalition."

Cornel West is the academic.

[djean111]

89. ThanksHa! My mistake - it was Allen West - Murphy was elected to the House of Representatives in

2012, defeating Republican incumbent Allen West by 0.8% in the most expensive U.S. House race in history
He switched from GOP to Dem in 2011. And it seems like the same people who question Warren's switch are all okay with Murphy's QUITE recent switch - 4 or 5 years as compared to Warren's almost 20. Strange, huh.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

90. lol@me

David West is the power forward for the Indiana Pacers:

[djean111]

91. Now, that would be impressive! But I still don't like Murphy.

Sniff. I miss the days when I went to Orlando Magic games and watched Shaq and Penny.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

92. My friend's grandmother was in Florida Hospital the same time Shaq's grandmother was...

He saw him there a couple of times...


I used to work out at the RDV Sportsplex and saw Marcin Gortat, Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis, and Mickaël Piétrus there...

[djean111]

93. I never really saw Shaq up close, we had a 1/4 share in season tickets in the upper bowl.

Good seats, really, we could see the game a lot better. Sat in someone's 1st row floor seats for half a game. Could not see the game very well, but damn, what a fine view of the players.

Rode in an elevator down to the parking garage at the Executive House Hotel in Chicago once. Me and my boyfriend, and five or six Chicago Bulls. Quite intimidating.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

94. I had lower bowl seats for a Magic-Suns game in 09...

The seats were in the row right after the seats with the folding chairs. I must have been twenty feet away...

[djean111]

95. Oh my. (fans self). Yes, we are off-topic, but thanks for indulging me, I love basketball.

[ancianita]

85. I happily used DSCC postage to send scathing reply to their donation letter today.

Cowardly Schumer and DSCC lackey, John Tester, had the gall to get Obama to sign a donation request letter from the DSCC to me. Ask ME for money? After all the TPP games? Schumer, Tester and the rest of their 'special-kind-of-stupid' friends in the DSCC and Wall St. can go suck it.

Maybe, after all their running from him, he's helping them out because he's planning to move to New York after his term's up. Ugh.

[orpupilofnature57]

88. He like Bernie Sanders offends the corrupt team players it disturbs

the continuity among bipartisan thieves .

[99Forever]

96. Time to start tossing neoliberal horses asses like Schumer out.

No more phony fucking Democrats allowed.

[Cheese Sandwich]

97. That guy is the worst. He's also guiding TPA/TPP through the Senate with deals and compromises...

A Wall Street toady all the way.

[Smarmie Doofus]

105. Kick, rec. n/t

[seveneyes]

112. Green light on offshore accounts

I guess we all should all have some.

[rhett o rick]

114. Let me guess. You are not a fan of Rep Grayson. nm

[seveneyes]

115. I'm a fan of having money to spend

If it's all just peachy now to have an offshore account then perhaps we should all have one or more.

[rhett o rick]

116. What makes you think "it's all just peachy now"? If you are trying to implicate Rep

Grayson you've failed. He hasn't done anything illegal, immoral or even unusual. If he actually avoids paying taxes, then make that case.