Rep Grayson wants a critic thrown in federal prison

[Perky]

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM130_grayson-holder-complaint-121609-0013.html

Sheesh Alan, Most of us around here think you are great, but wow....for you, of all people, to ask the AG to prosecute someone for speaking their mind is a little disconcerting.

Stop giving her credibility, it is at the expense on your own.

[Deja Q]

1. Oh, but the first amendment is so 18th-century!

:hide:

I glanced over the PDF -- falsified information? Gee, television and internet advertisements do that ALL the time... nobody's going after them...

[brentspeak]

2. The statement alleges that she is committing fraud

Fraud does not equal "speaking one's mind".

[Perky]

5. Agreed, but I doubt any court would find her guilty

gor saying she lives in the district when does not.

Amd you should know as well as I this is about content rather than geography

[hobbit709]

3. discussed at length here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7267771&mesg_id=7267771

It's not the critic part that he's after but what do you expect from Politico?

[fasttense]

4. She is committing fraud.

She declared to the FEC that she supports or opposes other candidates yet in interviews and on her web site, she states her entire goal is to unseat Rep. Grayson.

She declared to the FEC that she was not affiliated with any other organization, yet she was a former Republicon party official.

In addition she claims to be in Rep. Grayson's district. Yet she lives outside his district.

She is collecting money to unseat Rep. Grayson under false pretenses. The law need to apply to everyone not just Democratic officials.

[whistler162]

7. You forgot Rep. Grayson's first point.

"I. Committee and Website Name
Ms. Langley has chosen a name for her committee that is utterly
tasteless and juvenile. Of the thousands of campaign committees reporting
to the FEC, I doubt that any other one sinks this low. But that is not the
primary purpose of this complaint.
By choosing the name "My Congressman is Nuts" for her committee,"

Which reads like a childish rant.

"Ms. Langley resides
at 969 W. Lakeshore Drive, Clermont, FL 34711 (Ex. A-2), This is many
miles outside my district Ms. Langley lives within FL-5, not FL-8."

Since when is less than 10 miles many miles outside of a district? At least he was correct on her Congressional district.

This request for punishment of a person who is actively against you is base politics at its worse.

[msanthrope]

6. She's a repuke Party official soliciting campaign funds fraudulently.

Read the complaint, she's lied about where she lives and is trying to get money.