Alan Grayson: What I Didn't Hear (in the repeal debate)

[ProSense]

What I Didn't Hear

by Alan Grayson

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Much like last time, the “debate” has seemed rather one-sided to me.

We still have over 30 million Americans who cannot see a doctor when they are sick. According to this Harvard study, adjusting for gender, race, smoking, weight, and just about everything else that you can think of, in any given year, the uninsured are 40% more likely to die than the insured are. That results in 44,789 additional deaths in America each year. All of which are avoidable.

This is more than twice the number of homicides in America.

It is more than ten times the number of deaths on 9/11. And it happens every year.

Do you think that we should solve this problem? I do.

And the Democratic Party does. Which is why we passed health care reform. And why we brought the wrath of lobbyists and their sewer money down on our heads in the last election – over $65 million by the Chamber of Commerce and Karl Rove’s “American Crossroads” alone.

I see one party taking on the special interests and enacting laws to keep Americans alive, and assure that you can see a doctor when you are sick. Like in every other industrialized country in the world.

And the other party’s health care plan? “Don’t get sick.” They keep pushing this ridiculous notion that people are uninsured because they don’t want insurance, when polling has showed that up to 90% of the uninsured are uninsured because they can’t afford insurance.

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We have 14 million officially unemployed Americans, and another 14 million who can work only part-time or have just given up. Over one million American families lost their homes last year. And yet the first order of business for the new Republican majority in the House is to see to it that 30 million Americans cannot see a doctor when they are sick. Even with cancer.

You can call me partisan, if you want. But I see one party’s leadership trying hard to solve this nation’s problems. And the other party’s leadership showing its true colors. They are callous sellouts. Always have been, always will be.

[JamesA1102]

1. So we should take advice from a guy who got kicked out of office? nt

[RC]

2. In this case, yes.

He is a high profile Liberal who they can't make toe their line and who ran in Florida.
The Republicans down there are like you know, have a long history of being corrupt.
We need more people like him.

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[yodermon]

12. His district is heavy Repub. A typical blue-dog district.

In fact the blue-dog in the district next to his also lost, and by a BIGGER margin.

He's not a "loser" due to his rhetoric.

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[WonderGrunion]

16. With all due respect, Grayson is a DU member.

Your post violates a crap load of rules.

[JamesA1102]

20. With all due respect, he still lost.

Since when does stating the truth violate the rules.

[WonderGrunion]

24. Saying he lost is the truth. Calling him a loser is name calling.

You can't call another DU member a loser.

[JamesA1102]

25. Someone who loses is a loser

los•er \"lu-zer\ noun (1548)
1 : one that loses
(C)1997, 1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved

[yodermon]

17. Well good. By your logic, we should not listen to all the Blue Dogs who lost.

The Democratic Winners in the House are now mostly all old-school Liberals.

Those ARE the ones we should be listening to.

Glad we're on the same page. :thumbsup:

[JamesA1102]

21. No we shouldn't. nt

[pacalo]

18. He "lost" a corporate-funded "election"; he's not a "loser". He's not backing down, but still

facing up to the corporate machine. He's stll got the fire in his belly & is making an effort to give us an insider's perspectives in a direct, give-&-take setting. Why would that move you to disrespect him in such an ugly manner? And just for the record, I alerted the moderators after your first post because of your disrespect to another DUer & because your post had the potential to lead the OP off topic. Your subsequent posts have proven me correct; congratulations on skating by the rules of civility.

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[JamesA1102]

28. Excuses

He lost. Jerry Brown was outspent and didn't lose.

As far as civility, Grayson was the very uncivil so there is a bit of hypocrisy in supporting him. Guess you like incivility if it supports your ideology.

[JamesA1102]

27. But is caused him to lose.

[JamesA1102]

26. We don't need more people who lose elections nt

[bahrbearian]

3. Kicked out , or out spent by the Koch Brothers and supreme court.

[JamesA1102]

7. Spending more money doesn't guarantee winning.

Ask Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina.

[bahrbearian]

30. Comparing Two rich Dingbats to a True liberal ,then it does.

Thats the only way they can win.

[indepat]

4. Nah! We should take advice from the Koch brothers whose money, courtesy of Citizen's United,

probably funded his getting kicked out of office. Yeah! ;)

[JamesA1102]

8. Wow you got the bogeyman talking points down

and spending more money doesn't guarantee winning or Meg Whitman would be Governor of California today.

[indepat]

15. Ouch! But would glorious Meg have run as close a race with her spending what Brown did and he

she? :shrug:

[JamesA1102]

19. She still lost so money doesn't buy a win. nt

[namahage]

5. Did you actually read this, or did you just react to "Alan Grayson"?

Alan just called out the Repubs for having no plan and no desire to help--indeed, wanting to take away needed help.

He did this, moreover, while still being supportive of the Democrats passing health care reform and of the party and its leadership, rather than turning on them.

Something that many, including a number of his so-called "supporters," would do well to observe.

[JamesA1102]

9. I don't dispute his facts

It's his tactics that I have a problem with.

[pacalo]

11. Yes. And I would also value the words of Russ Feingold, who got "kicked out"

of office, too. (Too bad Karl Rove's money trail isn't scrutinized. Funny, isn't it, that both Grayson & Feingold, who both didn't toe the corporate line but worked for OUR benefit got "kicked out" of office.)

[JamesA1102]

13. Feingold who voted with the GOP on Financial reform? nt

[spanone]

23. kicked out of office? bwahahahahahaaaaa

[dionysus]

31. well, it is true....

:shrug:

[Laelth]

10. k&r for Alan Grayson. n/t

-Laelth

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