Another gem from Grayson:

[greenbird]

his definition of modern-day conservatism:

"offering comfort to the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted"

The guy has a way with words and a gift for the succinct!

[cali]

1. um, that's not new. it's been around for years.

[greenbird]

2. Hence your unrecommend.

[cali]

3. uh, no, sorry, dearie. I didn't unrec. It wouldn't even occur to me to do so

[greenbird]

4. Dearie?

I posted this as a positive thing. It's fine if it isn't Grayson's original quote. It's still good. I didn't think that I was entering the "who's the smartest and most-informed" contest!




Edited for correct punctuation. If I'm going to go down, it'll be with the correct punctuation, damn it.

[cali]

8. you accused me of unreccing it- which is a stupid thing to do

when you don't and can't know whether I did so and when, as it happens, I did no such thing. I find that irritating.

nothing wrong with what Grayson said; I was just pointing out that this is not something he coined.

[greenbird]

9. I should let this go, but . . .

The tone of a dialogue changes when one participant uses words like "uh", "dearie" and "stupid". I was wrong to assume you unrecc'd my OP. THAT is true.

[Mira]

5. I don't care who penned it, I like that he used it. K&R

[Goldstein1984]

6. Grayson is our Hugo Chavez

And I mean that as high praise.

Hugo Chavez haters are free to take offense.

All I know is, I get the same satisfied feeling, and all the Oil Industry Republicans that I work with get the same look of disgust on their faces when either Alan Grayson or Hugo Chavez make the news.

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. He's from the Bronx. What do you expect?

>>>>>The guy has a way with words and a gift for the succinct!>>>>>