{"id":14756,"date":"2009-09-30T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14756"},"modified":"2009-09-30T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:37:26","slug":"that-venom-in-the-healthcare-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14756","title":{"rendered":"That venom in the healthcare debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember this summer when we were told that we had become scary? That we were spreading lies? So Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat decided to elevate the discussion with this;<\/p>\n

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Yes, Republicans want you to die from a lack of health care – that’s why 86% of Americans have health insurance they have purchased themselves. So Republicans demanded an apology today and this what Grayson considers an apology;<\/p>\n

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Yes, he apologizes to the dead and dying that we haven’t ended this “holocaust in America”. Can you tell that Disney World is in Grayson’s district? I think Goofy has escaped.<\/p>\n

Politico<\/a> quotes some reactions;<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an unstable man who has come unhinged,\u201d NRCC spokesman Andy Sere said. \u201cThe depths to which Alan Grayson will sink to defend his indefensible comments know no bounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grayson told reporters he\u2019s not worried at all about a backlash from voters and instead thinks his chances for re-election have been boosted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt improves them,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople like elected officials with guts who say what they mean.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in the same interview, he wavered between suggesting he meant what he said Tuesday night \u2013 \u201cRepublicans want you to die quickly\u201d \u2013 and saying it had been a tongue-in-cheek satire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve got some satire for you, Al.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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