Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Why the hell is Alan Grayson going after his wife for bigamy? [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)148. you said it all, and you said it so well.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
297 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I don't know anything about this situation, but "custody" seems like an obvious possibility. n/t
winter is coming
Mar 2015
#2
If I had 30m I wouldn't miss 15m. I would be happy with the 15m Ihave./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#7
Unless you are an elite athlete then you can make money hand over fist...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#206
Most people in the public light do their best to have an amiable divorce.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#14
Ted Kennedy was also extraordinarily gracious, even to his political opponents.
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#16
I don't think anyone should have the right to be supported "in the manner in which they lived".
dawg
Mar 2015
#100
For 5 kids? Okay "only" 4 if one is 18 (as if that's really the cutoff for expenses)
MH1
Mar 2015
#65
A home with a failed septic system and shitwater running across the front walk, and running mold in
MADem
Mar 2015
#246
My father divorced my mother after 39 years of marriage. We were all grown.
ScreamingMeemie
Mar 2015
#55
Just from what I read, his divorce lawyer found out that she was still married to that
Nay
Mar 2015
#21
I also read that he has not stopped supporting the family at this point. He needs to calm down and
jwirr
Mar 2015
#27
Even if Fl had a comon law statute, it wouldn't aopoply if sdhe was committing bigamy.
napi21
Mar 2015
#155
The kids will be taken care of. Ideally in the custody of the parent who isn't a batterer. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#140
I believe she says she divorced him in Guam. That might be harder to get paperwork from.
Shrike47
Mar 2015
#24
If she was already divorced in Guam, why a second divorce four years after marrying Grayson?
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#129
And given her propensity for lying, like about the domestic violence, its easy to see that she is
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#136
we do NOT know that she lied about domestic violence. We do know that court granted
cali
Mar 2015
#181
They are getting divorced. They are angry and bitter. It happens to a lot of people.
Shrike47
Mar 2015
#23
Hold up a sec here. If she lied to him about it for all those years, isn't he the victim in this? nt
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#36
It reflects most poorly on her. His biggest error was, apparently, marrying her.
arcane1
Mar 2015
#37
if he gave birth 5x and raised the kids and kept house for the wealthy wife so she could pursue
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#81
And we should all be ashamed of ourselves for gossip-mongering about someone's personal life.
arcane1
Mar 2015
#96
Not only is he a Democrat, he's a fellow DUer. And, one of the strongest liberals in Congress. n/t
Coventina
Mar 2015
#170
If he had been a stay at home dad responsible for all the childcare and keeping house
cali
Mar 2015
#57
If reversed, people would be calling the guy every nasty name in the book for lying about being
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#66
AND to make her even less sympathetic, we know she lied about the domestic violence accusation
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#67
I remember now- last time this topic came up you were totally over the top defending Grayson.
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#85
Except, we have lie upon lie committed by her. At some point, Occam's razor...
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#92
Whether you feel sorry for him is not at issue. There is no marriage because she was already
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#126
The amount of time she managed to pull off the fraud is an aggravating factor not a mitigating one
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#239
No. Because the fraud made their marriage invalid from the beginning, it is a fraud all along
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#250
A wealthy lawyer who taught law at George Washington and owns a high - priced law firm in
MADem
Mar 2015
#248
I'm just sorry that we can no longer use the rack and thumbscrews on hardened criminals
Sheldon Cooper
Mar 2015
#251
And if someone ever does what she did to my kid, I would wish for the good old days too.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#254
I'm always down with fairness and the facts. That's how I roll. But you keep making it ad hominem.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#259
When we see this same situation but with Republican players, I will believe you
namastea42
Mar 2015
#282
there is zero question. What she did fits the legal definition of bigamy. Nt
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#188
No, they couldn't. The one who is mentally cruel is the one who perpetrated a 20+ year
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#191
I'm deeply invested in the truth and fairness and a non gender biased viewpoint.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#242
Exactly. This is why I say people doing this are exhibiting gender bias. In no other situation
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#187
WRONG. Not if he raised 5 kids and kept house while the wife pursued her career.
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#82
There's still wage inequality, so it doesn't happen as often, but that is starting to shift.
MADem
Mar 2015
#276
She is married to someone else and he is a bad husband? Maybe she is a lying golddigger trying for
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#63
She should be rewarded because she pulled a lie and fraud off for that long and involved children?
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#72
I agree. The kids should be taken away from her for involving them in this fraud
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#86
It's harmful to take kids away from their dad who raised them. It's even worse
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#93
You have no evidence to say he didn't raise them. You are making stuff up.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#190
Yep, and what you wrote is exactly the point. We don't know and you are assuming
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#231
Anyone who pulls what she pulled deserves nothing from him, and a prosecution from the state.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#75
If it was a woman they'd be out for blood over the betrayal and would be howling to bust eardrums
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#106
Changes nothing I said. If she was providing services then a contract was in order
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#103
tough way to be a gold digger… giving birth 5x and raising the kids over twenty five years.
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#88
It occurred to me when I was getting ready to get married again after divorcing my
CTyankee
Mar 2015
#69
Well, this is an ugly divorce. He is a very wealthy man and he has children that should
MADem
Mar 2015
#137
It's hear, and I do hear myself--I object to making children victims when parents have spats.
MADem
Mar 2015
#238
But She is the one who involved the children when she had them in what only she knew was a
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#241
I am appalled at yours as well. There is no way you would accept someone doing what she did
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#249
I don't buy it, I just don't. You don't base your life with someone on a lie and expect it to be OK.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#262
You have no measure of forgiveness? No measure of compassion? And that's assuming she DID lie...
MADem
Mar 2015
#268
Money, money, money money money money, the only thing that matters to those people
CBGLuthier
Mar 2015
#130
Because no jury would side with him over her documented domestic violence.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#139
Yes I agree, best to chase him away and make sure this place is toxic for all
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2015
#172
to suggest 2400/mo is all that. insurance and taxes, utilities and mainteniance of a huge house
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#173
do you know for a fact, he is not including the 2400 a month with utilities/insurance/maintenience?
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#179
i read it about 3 months ago. happened in early 90's when she was informed the divorce did not go
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#183
dont know wtf you are talking about, dude. you are going to have to be much more clear, when wanting
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#228
So once again, do you or do you not think a woman should get 70% in a divorce?
NaturalHigh
Mar 2015
#291
no. if you are unwilling to consider a conversation being had, no. you will not
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#294
You want me to tell you what is wrong with thinking that a woman is entitled to 70%?
NaturalHigh
Mar 2015
#295
you did not read, right? i am done. this is inevtiably how conversations are with you, hence,
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#296
he's a public figure- and were he a republican, we sure as hell wouldn't be hearing
cali
Mar 2015
#186
Nope. The daughter was an eyewitness AND there is video. Only the wife attacked.
DirkGently
Mar 2015
#218
There is a minute missing from that video, and there's an encounter in the house not seen.
MADem
Mar 2015
#234
Exactly. The adult daughter backs Alan up. The arguments by some here are ridiculous.
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#252
That's their business, just like Monica was the Clintons' business. More than half the population
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#193
That's your opinion. You still don't Know a thing about their private lives, nor should you.
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#204
If Monica bore Bill Clinton five children I would have been the first to argue they deserved...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#203
Wait a minute. A couple of days ago you told me your only principle was "Dem good, Republican bad".
Marr
Mar 2015
#217
If Grayson was a repuke in the exact same situation rather than a progressive darling
cali
Mar 2015
#200
And if a Republican was in the exact same situation as Hillary regarding emails
Fumesucker
Mar 2015
#211
As a partisan I would try to make as much political hay as possible.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#214
''Scientists have studied for years this difficult question of why some people have a conscience
namastea42
Mar 2015
#208
Just read through this thread and color me surprised, guess who is suspicious of Grayson
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#226
1) Grayson has no chance at higher office. Most who follow him are aware of this.
NCTraveler
Mar 2015
#240
Don't know the whole story, plus I see no need to pass judgement. I don't pass judgement on Bill
djean111
Mar 2015
#258
Cali, you can't make the relationship a LEGAL MARRIAGE because it wasn't one
IdaBriggs
Mar 2015
#275