{"id":2557,"date":"2010-08-13T01:56:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T08:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2010-08-13T01:56:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T08:56:46","slug":"alan-grayson-a-clear-progressive-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/alan-grayson-a-clear-progressive-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Grayson: A Clear Progressive Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

When  Democratic politicians lose  their spines, I often hear a groundswell of support for Dennis Kucinich.  I\u2019m not comfortable with that, although I agree with Dennis on most issues.  When he ran for President in 2008, he said that, if nominated, he would choose Ron Paul as his running mate.  ARGH!!  Dennis!!!  How could you!!!!  For me the Eleventh Commandment is: \u201cThou shalt not commit Teabuggery!\u201d  For me, this forever spoils Kucinich as a standard bearer for the progressive movement, although I shall continue to support him as a Representative.  So then, if not Kucinich, who?  I suggest Alan Grayson, a clear progressive voice.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"13gibbs\"<\/a> White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs should be fired for failing to convey President Barack Obama’s says says firebrand progressive Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL).<\/p>\n

Responding to a question on MSNBC Wednesday on whether he agrees with Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)’s call for Gibbs’ resignation<\/a>, Grayson said Gibbs "shouldn’t resign, I think he should be fired."<\/p>\n

The Florida Democrat, who became a progressive folk hero when he declared last year that the GOP health care plan amounted to hoping people "die quickly<\/a>," was responding to Gibbs’ comments earlier this week that the "professional left" that is attacking Obama’s policies should be drug-tested<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"People I know have referred to him as ‘Bozo the Spokesman’," Grayson said of Gibbs. "Hes’ not conveying the value of the president’s strategies or his plans or his programs. … He’s so far in over his head, he’d have to reach up to touch his shoes."\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is Grayson politically correct? No!  Is he diplomatic? No!  Is accurate? Yes!  Is he bold? Yes!  Does he tell it like it is?  Yes!  Is he a fighter? Yes!  In my opinion, we need a fighter, and if Grayson steps on a few toes in the process, so be it.  We need more fighters like him.<\/font><\/p>\n

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When  Democratic politicians lose  their spines, I often hear a groundswell of support for Dennis Kucinich.  I\u2019m not comfortable with that, although I agree with Dennis on most issues.  When he ran for President in 2008, he said that, if nominated, he would choose Ron Paul as his running mate.  ARGH!!  Dennis!!!  How could you!!!!  […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}