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Congressman Defiant Over 'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

By John Johnson| Posted Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT|

(Newser) – The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort: "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America," he said.

He cited a Harvard study that said nearly 45,000 people die each year because they have no health insurance, the Hill notes. The GOP then issued another demand for an apology: "Alan Grayson not only refuses to apologize, he is doubling down on his despicable remarks and he is dragging his party with him."

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Fromthemiddle
Sep 30, 09 6:42 PM CDT

"Fighting back tears, Nancy Pelosi said today she fears the inflammatory rhetoric surrounding current political debate could lead to violence, the Hill reports. " Reply

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Reader64481089
Sep 30, 09 6:52 PM CDT

"a Harvard study that said nearly 45,000 people die each year because they have no health insurance".....45 American deaths due to no insurance is intolerable and the entire country should be ashamed. Not all are rich, not all are working in today's environment and it grows worse each day. 45,000 people die each year is intolerable and that number is climbing due to today's issues and still no vote taken due to the b/s in Congress and the party of NO as well as some Blue Dogs who get a fat check from the insurance industry

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 6:56 PM CDT

@reader it's not the repubs fault on this one. this all the democrats. we could have had reform months ago if you guys could get your shit together and get your party in line. quit trying to project this off on the right, this problem rests solely on the left. Give whoever a call and tell them to grow a pair and pass a good bill, they have the votes if your party gets in line so what's the problem?

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Spudsy
Sep 30, 09 7:09 PM CDT

Godawgs is right for once. The GOP has been disgusting with their "death panel" BS. but the Dems have the numbers to pass this and they don't. GOP is the party of no and the Dems are a party of shoot themselves in the foot time and time again.

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JonmarkP
Sep 30, 09 7:11 PM CDT

Wait a minute, ALL the Republicans are against a public option, every single one of them. The Democrats have written the legislation. Only a few of the Democrats are against a public option (they'll be out of a job soon), so it's ALL the Democrats' fault? Gee, let me do the math and get back to you.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:42 PM CDT

@spudsy i have been right more then once...

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 7:49 PM CDT

Bullshit godawgs, you are not right here. If even a handfull of republicans would support health care reform, it would be done by now. Your party is not free and clear this time.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:53 PM CDT

@odo if all of the democrats supported the bill it would have passed months ago. get your own party in line and fuck the allusion that one republican makes it bi-partisan. the left is the party to blame for this fuck up not the right no matter how many times people say it, facts are facts.

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doingtherightthing
Sep 30, 09 8:12 PM CDT

lets get the #'s right: 44k was stated by Grayson......people die in car accidents, planes, buses, drownings, drugs, gangs and more. I'll bet you could come up with 44k adults who don't have insurance in those accidents. If they were alive they were taken to emergency anyway. They all received medical treatment. Your health insurance doesn't guarantee you'll live........scare tactic by the leftwing tolls.....Harvard a leftwing troll school....only trolls believe trolls and the head troll is in Denmark spending more money......idiot trolls

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Altoecko
Sep 30, 09 8:14 PM CDT

but why do no more than 1 or 2 republicans support this? Do they not care at all for the people that die every year from lack of care? Do they not support the idea of reform?

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 8:14 PM CDT

@godawgs: Fact: Republican support would pass a public option. Face it, your party is blocking health reform.

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 8:31 PM CDT

@rightthing: you may want to read about the Harvard study before you make ignorant, inaccurate comments about it.

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MrsK
Sep 30, 09 8:37 PM CDT

You got voted down for a quote. How imbecilic is that?

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 8:37 PM CDT

@odo fact: if all of the democrats supported health care it would have passed months ago. face it your party is the one blocking health care.

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Reader64481089
Sep 30, 09 8:53 PM CDT

@ godawgs, yes indeed it is the Repubs fault. They spent forever spreading fear to the uninformed with Birther crap, Death Panels, Guns at Town Hall Meetings for distraction instead of being honest and sitting down and working together with Dems to try and accomplish something good for the nation. The Dems largest part at being at fault was expecting anything progress in regards to Republicans doing something good for the country that did not involve bombing a 3rd world nation back to the stone age and attempting to rape the ecconomy even further to improve their own goals of getting even richer so do NOT try to shirk what the Republicans have done for going on a year which is throw a giant temper tantrum because a Black Democrat is now the Commander in Chief and today what do I read in reguards to Republican Progress? The are putting up articles hinting of a Military Coup to remove the Black Democrat President for no good reason at all other than 1 he is Black and 2 he is a Democrat. So yes, they carry the full weight of all backward b/s they spew and shall continue to do so until they grow the hell up and work fopr America and Americans and not their wallets and the insurance corporation, they have been given 10 months to grow up and they run backwards further each damn week

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UrUndertaker
Sep 30, 09 8:57 PM CDT

@ godawgs Reader is 100% correct, the Democrtats have been attempting to wait and attempt to work with the Republicans who have done nothing but wave blank papers at a TV camera and start one pile of trouble after another. If the Democrats had done this crap to GW he would have used the Patriot Act to line all Democrats up and have them shot and you damn well know it

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 9:34 PM CDT

@reader and undertaker the bullshit that the democrats were trying to work with the republicans can stop. Like I said it doesn't make it bi-partisan if one republican signs onto the bill. The left knew that the right wasn't going to buy into this from the beginning because they said they didn't want the Public option. Knowing that why wait? They have the votes if Pelosi can get her people in line. I don't know understand how me the conservative voice in this conversation has to be the one to say this. If the left would have just voted on health care before August like the President wanted, because by then it was painfully obvious to everyone that the right wasn't going to go for the public option (which we need) it would have been split down party lines, and you know what the left would have won because they have more votes. alas the left let's this golden opportunity slip away and actually let's the minority party push them around, which in turn gives time for the health insurance companies to buy off the blue dog democrats which has now ensured that the reform that does pass will be a crappy bill. You two can try and say it was the birhters or the whatever that stopped this but you can't possibly believe that, face it the left had their opportunity to actually help the people and they are letting it slip away because in the end they are just politicians who got bought off by special interest, and they have no backbone.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 9:45 PM CDT

@reader here is a question for you since you can't seem to get the race issue out of your head, so are the blue dog democrats racist too becasue they aren't voting for the health care bill or does that just fall to the republicans? Also if they are racist now where they racist when they voted for the stimulus which was also unpopular with the republicans or did they just turn racist when health care came about. I would really like to know what you think about that.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 9:46 PM CDT

@underaker if W had wanted Health care reform he would have had it done by now...

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JonmarkP
Sep 30, 09 10:34 PM CDT

Congressman Defiantly Tells Truth. Whoa, that IS news!

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Dictator
Oct 1, 09 12:47 AM CDT

good point... but ultimately that shows how weak she is. in such a position of power... a shame.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 6:46 PM CDT

Good for him. If he believes that strongly in his statements then he should stand by them. Reply

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I_hate_to_say
Sep 30, 09 8:41 PM CDT

No reason to rush now, godawgs. Let's do it carefully and right, or not at all, We could have had this 15 years ago, but the Rethugs under Speaker Newt were more interested in shutting down the government and finding something to pin on the Clintons than doing what was right for the American people. And as for the war criminal who was "se-elected" as a so-called compassionate conservative .... Oh, what's the point?

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 9:54 AM CDT

Dawgs, you should go to work for Karl Rove.

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JaneMP
Oct 1, 09 11:01 AM CDT

Sen. McConnell--who has been in the Seante for 25 years (more or less) says YES, health care is a serious problem but the Democrats haven't given him time to consider this. WHAT has he been doing all these years if not attempting to solve the problem? Oh, yes, taking money from healthcare industries and lowering taxes on the rich.

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Mia
Sep 30, 09 6:46 PM CDT

Tit for tat bitches. Reply

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 6:48 PM CDT

see this is why people can't get along, so i guess you would also be for the congress punishing this guy like they did wilson then?

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Mia
Sep 30, 09 6:52 PM CDT

Oh no. I think he should tell them to kiss his ass.

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Spudsy
Sep 30, 09 7:11 PM CDT

Wrongo here godawgs. Grayson was speaking his feelings when he had the podium. Wilson was interrupting someone else at the podium in a bid for nutburger campaign donations. And it worked, I heard he is getting a ton of cash.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:39 PM CDT

@spudsy i never said it was the same Mia did, so i asked if she would be for punishing grayson like they did wilson.

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 7:51 PM CDT

@godawgs: no because grayson didn't do anything wrong, Wilson did.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:56 PM CDT

@odo okay. i never said he did anything wrong, mia did, or at least that is my understanding of tit for tat, so if that is the case should he be punished, and you say no. so the next time some republican gets up and makes a fucked up comment like this we shouldn't hear any crying from the left.

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 8:15 PM CDT

@gd: yeah I figured that out later. Sorry dude.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 8:38 PM CDT

@odo np

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:25 AM CDT

Tit for tat = If the right can scream death panels, etc, why can't Grayson stand up and call them on their selfishness when he has the floor?

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godawgs
Oct 1, 09 10:30 AM CDT

@mia i am sure that's what you meant. either way good for him saying what he is feeling and if gets GOOD health care reform passed such as the public option then he did the right thing.

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:19 PM CDT

Damn godawg, are you drinking the grayson koolaid? My dad is for sure. he's not quite as conservative as you, but close.

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Sing_Along
Sep 30, 09 6:46 PM CDT

What, is the tea party going to go visit Florida now? Reply

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justme
Sep 30, 09 6:50 PM CDT

Another newby congressman who has proven that he's short on statesmanship and long on mouth. Guess he will have a long career. Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Sep 30, 09 7:52 PM CDT

I like his style.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 6:53 PM CDT

again this is why people can't get along.

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rtl
Sep 30, 09 7:35 PM CDT

Just another ranting, lying, hate-spewing, demonizing, low iq microbe of insect excrement so typical of webqueen's posts... Name calling. It's SO mature.

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Altoecko
Sep 30, 09 8:15 PM CDT

Troll.

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I_hate_to_say
Sep 30, 09 8:42 PM CDT

I hope everybody who thumbs this creature down is reporting its abuse.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:29 AM CDT

Has anyone else quit reading all of Webqueen's responses and just automatically give them the thumbs down?

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 10:00 AM CDT

It will just come back in another form. Right Ann Coulter??

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Mia
Sep 30, 09 6:55 PM CDT

He is right. The right will fight for their insurance company donors and people will die. It happens all the time. Money talks. Reply

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 6:58 PM CDT

you might want to check and see who is financing the blue dog DEMOCRATS campaigns...and while you are at it look at which party got the most money from wall street too...I will give you a hint it's not the right.

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archibaldarmstrong
Sep 30, 09 10:33 PM CDT

Seriously, big pharma and big wall street are obama's biggest supporters. Are you kidding that you don't know that?? Wake up and smell the money.

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NewserScooter
Sep 30, 09 11:35 PM CDT

So when people start dying in gov't health care, and the elder have their benefits cut, who will you blame then. The right is protecting the people from this idiocy. The smart Dems will not vote for it, because there is NO significant public support for it. And the polls show that support decreasing the more they campaign for it.

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aces08
Oct 1, 09 1:45 AM CDT

I know right Newser. Why let a government elected by the people who will not have a high operating cost and can save more ppl than insurance companies do currently run healthcare when we can have it run by the rich who rather make money than cover people. Your totally right. (rolls eyes).

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:32 AM CDT

@godawgs....then t hey belong on the right and I won't vote for them if given the option.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:36 AM CDT

@NewserScooter ...According to the plan, only those not covered by private insurance, medicaid, and other options with be covered under the public option. The plan is faltering because people are spewing BS to scared the people that don't know any better. They don't care what happens as long as they can cuddle up and screw their stack of money. The love of money is the root of all evil.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 10:04 AM CDT

"""Seriously, big pharma and big wall street are obama's biggest supporters"""" The difference is that he has not sold out to people who have no regard for those without money. When he start having orgies with stacks of Benjamins, I will be against him too.

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godawgs
Oct 1, 09 10:32 AM CDT

@mia then you might want to change your party affiliation to independent. check their fiance records...

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:22 PM CDT

You are right again godawgs. Holy crap! The blue dogs are sucking on that corporate teat for sure. But if you had to stay in major party lines and pick one, which party is sucking way harder?

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:29 PM CDT

I will say that it is not only the insurance industry at fault here. Pharma needs to let some money go-big time, since most of their research is subsidized by tax payers , and quite frankly, so do the doctors to a lesser extent. Thanks to their union, the AMA, which of course working people don't need, their salaries increases have vastly outrun the increases of the rest of us. Tort reform would not be in the mix if doctors policed themselves.

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rajanKazhmin
Sep 30, 09 7:03 PM CDT

Why should he apologize for telling the truth? I must say, the republicans have the double standard locked down solid. Reply

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:41 PM CDT

as do most of the posters on this site.

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rajanKazhmin
Sep 30, 09 7:54 PM CDT

Good one! Your rapier wit strikes again.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:58 PM CDT

i know they just come to me...

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easterner
Sep 30, 09 7:28 PM CDT

What good is ANY health care plan if we don't have real JOBS. Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 30, 09 7:39 PM CDT

We have the fucked up economy, the screwed up healthcare system and 2 wars, we can only fix four Republican fuck-ups at a time.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:40 PM CDT

@dr the dems have been in charge of congress for the last two years, what happened during that time...

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 7:54 PM CDT

@godawgs: Bush stood in their way.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 7:57 PM CDT

@odo okay if that is what you want to believe then go ahead and tell yourself that they had nothing to do with the state of the country right now.

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odowd80
Sep 30, 09 8:21 PM CDT

@gd: remember SCHIP?

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 8:40 PM CDT

@odo I do...but it comes back to the same thing that Wilson brought up in the current health care bill. they wanted to pass it with no checks for citizenship. the bill passed without anyway to check for citizenship in it this time too so I guess it really didn't matter.

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NewserScooter
Sep 30, 09 11:37 PM CDT

Dems have controlled congress for 4 years guys, not 2. And Bush hardly stood in their way. He rolled with them, which was his biggest mistake.

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Fondue
Oct 1, 09 8:04 AM CDT

NewserScooter, they were talking about under Bush you stupid shit. Pay attention.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:38 AM CDT

@dr_zaius <3

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:39 PM CDT

Shit godawgs, now you are wrong in spirit for the first time on this thread. Bush had the house and the senate for 6 years. No healthcare reform and a mountain of debt due to tax cuts for the rich. And they were for the rich. My taxes went up, if you include the increases from state and local due to the withdrawal of federal funds because of those very tax cuts. And you are upset because Obama hasn't fixed things in 9 months after inheriting that debt along with the deregualtion and privatizing of everything, including our military, under Bush, along with burying us in debt with those tax cuts which are far lower than under Reagan and a war debt kept off the books? Give the man a chance.

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 6:25 PM CDT

Godawgs. just ran back through the thread, and this wasn't the first time that you were wrong. But you have been right way more often than normal.

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 30, 09 7:38 PM CDT

It is refreshing to see a little fight from the Dems. Reply

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I_hate_to_say
Sep 30, 09 8:50 PM CDT

Go Greyson. I wish I had money to contribute to his re-election. Hopefully his seat is a safe one.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:39 AM CDT

I AM donating.

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BlueAyez
Sep 30, 09 7:38 PM CDT

When the death panel spewers and the birther spewers apologize then Grayson should. Until then -- you are AWESOME dude! Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Sep 30, 09 7:52 PM CDT

Exactly.

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Fondue
Sep 30, 09 8:27 PM CDT

And You Lie Wilson needs to get down there too.

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 8:45 AM CDT

Get "You Lie" down on his knees. It should be a familiar position for him. I only hope he can get the drug company's pecker out of his throat long enough though.

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alkaseltzersammich
Sep 30, 09 8:02 PM CDT

This rhetoric undermines the effort of the people that want the public option. Please don't stoop down to the level of the town hall naysayers. I personally don't listen to vitriolic rhetoric. I'm sure there is alot of frustration because of the inaction of the Dems in getting a bill passed. Saying things like this man is saying isn't going to help. Reply

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MrsK
Sep 30, 09 8:34 PM CDT

Another hypocrite leftie liar. Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Sep 30, 09 9:00 PM CDT

Not really. *mind freak* thank me later.

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MrsK
Sep 30, 09 8:35 PM CDT

This comment has been removed by Newser’s community. You must be logged in to view this comment. Reply

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I_hate_to_say
Sep 30, 09 8:46 PM CDT

And who believes that America's women exercising their right to control their bodies and make decisions about their reproductive health is equivalent or even comparable to the holocaust. Supposedly millions of "pro-lifers" do. You are in their camp as I recall, Mrs. K.

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Fondue
Sep 30, 09 9:17 PM CDT

MrsK, how many Hitler/Obama signs were at the 9/12 rally and all the town wacko meetings? I disagree with the holocaust statement, it denigrates The Holocaust. But really, Dems are reaching now? Pssh, Republicans just can't stand it when their own tactics are used against them.

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 9:48 PM CDT

@fondue yeah but the right is just using the same tactics that the left uses who are just using the same tactics that right uses.. you get the point.

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polstroad
Sep 30, 09 8:49 PM CDT

there are some conservativer democrats. It is not a unified step lock party as is gop. I saw summary this evening of some 5 GOP types in congress talking Death Plan for Dem health plans! now, suddenly, the GOP upset? get your friggin act together and offer something, anything...tell me any one plan they have thus far offered. Reply

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godawgs
Sep 30, 09 10:11 PM CDT

@pols they GOP has offered up 38 different health care bills or amendments since may. I guess you saw the beginning of the Olberman show tonight before story 5 as he said the same thing that you just did. I wanted to see if he had a similar reaction to grayson as he did to wilson but as I suspected he didn't, and for the record neither did hte the fox people. You can go to the website: www.healthcare.gop.gov the bills are located at the bottom of the page.

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Jayster999
Sep 30, 09 8:50 PM CDT

Typical hyperbole and democrat B.S. Reply

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Jayster999
Sep 30, 09 9:22 PM CDT

Here's some Grayson content that is much more truthful and worthwhile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXlxBeAvsB8 Reply

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Fondue
Oct 1, 09 8:09 AM CDT

Excellent link Jay.

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 6:42 PM CDT

Actually, his is just as right in this case as he is in the video grilling the FED

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doingtherightthing
Sep 30, 09 9:57 PM CDT

..... Who died because they didn't have health insurance? Harvard a troll school that works for Obama giving us facts in a report....sure right.....Like I said: More die with health insurance than those who don't have health insurance trolls.........Grayson is using a scare tactic.......I ain't buying it trolls........ Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 1, 09 12:34 AM CDT

You're a clever one alright. Do they let you use a real fork at dinner or are you still stuck with the plastic spork?

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Mia
Oct 1, 09 10:18 AM CDT

I had a relative that had a gall bladder attack. She went to the Emergency room 6 or 7 times for this. They made sure she wasn't dying at that exact moment and sent her home. No one would order the scan she needed because it cost over $2000 for it. She found a doctor that finally ordered it and was turned away by the hospital because of payment issues and told that if she was that sick to go to the ER. She did and they gave her 3 doses of dilaudid and sent her home again with oxycontin to deal with the SYMPTOMS. She died.

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riffran
Sep 30, 09 10:20 PM CDT

I heard the rant, and he distorts and spins a web of BS like a spider on crack....BOTH sides have offered things to the table and NEITHER side agree...This dork is just fanning the flames with rhetoric and stated no verifiable facts to back his supossed claim of "don't get sick, or die quickly" Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 1, 09 12:36 AM CDT

Well, if he didn't have a valid point maybe he would be fanning the flames. However, that is the Repub view in a nutshell. If you ain't rich, don't get sick, or die quick and quiet in the shadows like a good dog.

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riffran
Oct 1, 09 5:48 AM CDT

the repubs accused the left of the "Death panels"..which caused the left a lot of greif, so I geuss they are doing the same accuastions, reworded back at the repubs...does either side really want to snuff old people????...No dont think so...just more BS being spun..pick you're favorite spider

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 1, 09 7:22 PM CDT

Well, you're a bit off there. The left wants a public option, the right wants to keep things the same. As of now, people without insurance get sick and die. That's not a lie or a spin, it's a fact. A lie is the death panels. The 2 sides of this debate are in no way shape or form equal. The left is on the peoples side, the right is in the pocket of the health industry.

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divetrader
Sep 30, 09 10:59 PM CDT

Grayson went on The Situation Room and ate those numbskulls alive. It was fun to watch. This is what we need from our reps. Reply

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drlarrymitchell
Oct 1, 09 12:59 AM CDT

FUCKING AYE! Reply

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Antiks
Oct 1, 09 1:53 AM CDT

To all GOP and conservatives: DIE. Reply

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lindamae
Oct 1, 09 2:35 AM CDT

Please read the 2 Republican bills which were entered into the House committee and then hidden away. Bet you didn't even know that they existed. They call for tort reform, prosecution of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, simplification of billing codes, and the ability to sell insurance across state lines. The first 2 items should have taken place already - we don't need any bill to use some common sense. There is even a way for those without insurance who want it to get some financial help in getting it. Short bills - @ 40 pages to get the job done. Read them carefully, then comment.

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hathi
Oct 1, 09 8:29 AM CDT

to Antiks - Showing your liberal"tolerance"? Ah, gotta love DEMS. Now that you have all the governing bodies you show your true colors -

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:50 PM CDT

Please provide a link Lindamae. Every time I google "Republican solution to healthcare crisis", I get a 404 error.

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Krystle
Oct 1, 09 1:55 AM CDT

I don't think his tactics will help the cause any. He is only creating controversy, which is again only making it harder for them to find any middle ground or compromises. They have no problem voting together to raise their own budgets, but can't seem to come together when American lives are at stake because of all the distractions they create from the real issue. Reply

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yoeydude
Oct 1, 09 2:29 AM CDT

this guy kicks ass ,... watch the status this guy gains over the next couple weeks Reply

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lindamae
Oct 1, 09 2:30 AM CDT

The Harvard "Study" has been discredited as the propaganda that it is. He sounds ignorant enough to believe that there are some who think what he said was right. He should be told that what he said was utter stupidity and hopefully his district voters will remember this next term. Reply

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:46 PM CDT

As opposed to the conservative think tanks studies that have been cited multiple times by republicans on this issue. I'll take Harvard, thank you. They are far closer to the middle-FALSE EQUIVALANCY AGAIN FROM THE RIGHT, LINDAMAE.

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 5:53 PM CDT

Lindamae, please provide a link, other than the Heritage foundation, Hannity, FOX news, or Ann Coulter that has discredited this story as propaganda. Thanks!

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Ucantusethatname
Oct 1, 09 6:06 AM CDT

Grayson cited a Harvard study reporting that nearly "45,000 people die each year because they have no health insurance." On the average during the past 25 years, more than 20,000 persons have died each year in the United States in alcohol-related car accidents. Let Grayson also apologize for doing nothing about holocaust in America. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 1, 09 7:09 AM CDT

On the internet I kept mentioning sick & dying Americans now. It's doubtful that any of them take offense by the Congressman's words. More Americans will die while the legislative process takes too long. Reply

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Reader65069154
Oct 1, 09 7:12 AM CDT

Grayson: Wilson beat you to the punch. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 1, 09 7:29 AM CDT

Mr. Grason understands that The Constitution makes him responsible for Americans & NOT the health insurance companies. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 1, 09 7:36 AM CDT

Typically speaking, the Republicans must be searching "dirt" on Grayson. That's the only way they know how to join a debate. In the process Grayson can say, "I rest my case." Reply

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 6:31 PM CDT

If they catch Grayson in any type of scandal, he will respond just like Huey Long-"These accusations are all true, now let's get on to the issues" He isn't from the party that promotes family values while doing hookers and coke on the side.

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BOTHPARTIESSUCK
Oct 1, 09 8:05 AM CDT

The fact that this topic is being debated is unbelievable. Grayson is a tool who just did this to get some attention. When are people going to stop pledging allegiance to these STUPID parties. The republicans, the democrats get some thoughts of your own. Both parties are crooks. Those of you that think Obama isn't shady are just as dumb as those who think Bush wasn't shady. The bottom line is the majority of the American people don't want health overhaul. They might support some reform but they don't want the whole system changed. All you supporters can throw out all the stats and where America ranks in the world in terms of healthcare, but we do have the best healthcare in the world. I don't see leaders from other nations going to Canada or the UK to get treatment. A single payer would be horrible in this country, and a public option would lead to a single payer. Start being Americans instead of Republicans and Democrats. Reply

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 6:04 PM CDT

Piss off, bothpartiessuck. I agree with you a bit, but one party is sucking way more right now, and I will wait for the results of this bill. By the way, do you have a solution other than Ron Paul or Ayn Rand? Cause we'd be crossing the country on dirt roads right now if their philosophies held weight at all.

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cornelison
Oct 1, 09 8:25 AM CDT

Nancy Pelosi should be "on notice." Grayson has the courage to speak the truth & stand up to the Republicans who don't care about their own constituents. You can't negotiate with people like that. Reply

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hathi
Oct 1, 09 8:34 AM CDT

Um, guess you put your head in the sand when all the videos of DEMS treating their constituents like crap this summer. Yeah, stay in your world, its comfy and Jon Stewart is running 24-7.

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 6:06 PM CDT

WTF? Link please hathi.

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hathi
Oct 1, 09 8:27 AM CDT

Gotta love these "studies". I can just see the coroners reports on beloved family members: Cause of Death: No Health Insurance ROFL Forget common causes of death like Massive Trauma, Gun shots, Heart Attacks, Cancer. Lets make a study even better: 50 million Americans that have died have eaten a salad. BAN on salads! Evil CEOs of the organic/ farmers/ grocer industry. Something must be done! Reply

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cornelison
Oct 1, 09 8:34 AM CDT

"Dragging his party with him"? The Dems have been adding little passion to the debate. You'd think that the Repubs. won the election. You need to stand up to opponents who don't care about the health of their constituents. Bravo, Grayson! Reply

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Adapt-Overcome
Oct 1, 09 10:27 AM CDT

The Democrats need some Republican votes to pass this bill and make it permanent. THE REPUBLICANS AS USUAL, are fighting it because IT'S GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. They haven't come up with one single iron clad solution to show the American people about health care reform. They just continue to distract with ignorant comments and lies about policies. GET A CLUE AND ACTUALLY DO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. We've had a continued fight from the RIGHT to stop HEALTH CARE REFORM since before Bill Clinton was president. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT MONEY. They don't give a shit about American's health care problems. THEY ALL GET LOTS OF MONEY ON THE SIDE FROM LOBBYISTS AND THEY ALL HAVE "FREE" HEALTH CARE...ONLY TAX PAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT....ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THE POOR. Wake Up. Reply

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BOTHPARTIESSUCK
Oct 1, 09 10:57 AM CDT

Hey Adapt, look at the lobbyists in the Obama whitehouse. Your right lobbyists are a problem, but don't be a hypocrit. Look at the polls, the majority of the american people don't want Obamacare. What would be good for the american people is that all government stay out of the way. I want to choose to live how I want. Obama wants cap and trade because of Global Warming, wait a minute the earth is cooling. Now it's Climate Change, but the situation is dire, right. Well Michelle let's fly to copenhagen to get the Olympics, but we'll have to take 2 planes because you need to get there a day earlier. Who cares about the carbon foot print, that doesn't apply to us. All of our buddies in Chi-town will make butt loads of money if we get the Olympics. Valerie Jarret has been letting Grov-Park apts. deteriorate so they can tear them down for Olympic sights for years. What about all of the people in those apt's Barry? Oh my sweet Michelle, always thinking of the people, well don't worry honey they're the same people that we dumped with the patient dumping scandal. Oh Barry your so smart, everyone loves you so much, you can do no wrong. Reply

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Bryanw55
Oct 1, 09 7:56 PM CDT

Don't lie man, you are a republican, or a libertarian. You are far from the even handed mediator here.

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kansas1946
Oct 1, 09 8:55 PM CDT

"Alan Grayson not only refuses to apologize, he is doubling down on his despicable remarks and he is dragging his party with him." ******************************************** LMAO. How do you like it, you bunch of hypocrital, cry-baby, Republicans. You have the nerve to whine about this after the "death panel" lies, the kill granny comments, etc. I am so glad to see a Democrat with some balls that I think I will send some money to his war chest. Reply

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