Comments on: Uncivil Behavior in Congress Does Not Mean Civility Is Dead

By: ian cormac

ian cormac — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:50:09 +0000

He was good on the Fed, and then he had to ruin that with this idiocy. They are cutting 600 billion out of Medicare, the FCCER in the stimulus bill, will determine whether treatment
is warranted, so will the IMAC. All of these are facts, this is what he is defending

By: David S

David S — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:40:05 +0000

@13. BackwardsBoy:

Love the name. Keep it. It fits so well.

Alan Grayson is a hero for refocusing attention on the true consequences of GOP intransigence. His well-sourced and accurate statements against opponents of any and all health reform confirms that he not only is qualified for his office, he was made for this moment. He has more intellectual capacity himself than the Florida GOP caucus has as a whole. He is a successful businessman and lawyer who knows his stuff.

He may not speak for you, but he speaks with conviction for millions of Americans who are tired of the GOP working so hard to hurt the Republic. His apology was one of the finest moments in Congress so far this year.

Peace.

By: ian cormac

ian cormac — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:20:07 +0000

One assumes that Hayward would be denouncing Reagan and supporting this brand new thing called detente back in 1977. Tax cuts dangerously inflammatory and probably inflationary

By: girlsgonegop

girlsgonegop — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:28:44 +0000

Mr. Shaw– Have you ever listened to a Hugh Hewitt show? He is one of the most refined, polite and intelligent voices on conservative talk radio today. To imply that he is ‘uncivil,’ ‘rude,’ or ‘violent’ is extremely ill-informed. I for one am hoping the aliens are listening to him rather than watching “Dancing With the Stars.” They may thereby draw the (incorrect alas) conclusion that the majority of our populace are informed and intelligent.

By: Now and Then

Now and Then — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:04:36 +0000

Let’s see what Steven Hayward, F.K. Weyerhaeuser fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989, has to say:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100103889.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

mmm mmm mmm

By: BackwardsBoy

BackwardsBoy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:50:38 +0000

I cannot adequately express my embarassment and disgust with Alan Grayson, my Representative. His uninformed and immature rant against opponents of a federal takeover of the finest health-care system in the world confirms my belief that he is unqualified for office and should resign immediately. He quite simply doesn’t have the intellectual capacity necessary for high political office. Instead of a rational exploration of all possible solutions to the issue, we get a tantrum.
He does not speak for me.

By: jw

jw — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:48:01 +0000

On eligible voters: I believe that the number, 300 million, of those who did not vote and were eligible to vote, is incorrect.
(1) The total population of the United States includes children, who are not eligible to vote, as well as those in prison, and those who cannot, like those in nursing homes and diseases of the brain, like Parkinson’s.
(2) The method of tracking voters is faulty. Those who have died or moved are still counted as eligible voters.

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:22:09 +0000

Is civility to be desired? Without anger — and, yes, sometimes violence — we would still be a colony under British rule, and the queen of England would still be able to dissolve parliment at will as her predecessors could prior to the English civil war. Monarchies would still dominate Europe, The Netherlands would still be under Spanish dominion, and the Vatican would still be at its pre-reformation heights of power and corruption. Grant the American revolution and even the American civil war and we’d still have segregation, poll taxes, and literacy tests because the angry wing of the civil rights movement was the threat that the powerful to the table with the peaceful wing.

Civility is the ally of the status quo. The status quo is massive vote fraud, incumbancy protection laws masquerading as campaign finance reform, and governmental overreach.

By: Tom Perkins

Tom Perkins — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:14:26 +0000

“Wilson’s outburst is not in any way comparable to Grayson’s presentation.”

It was comparable to George Bush being booed during his SotU addresses, and the Democrats rising to applaud when he said they killed his attempt to preserve Social Security.

Also, the only way Obama wasn’t lying when Wilson said he was, is that Obama is too incompetent to knowg what was in the bill.

You get to pick which.

By: Poor Citizen

Poor Citizen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:21:11 +0000

6. adnerb: I am implying exactly what I am implying. I do not think the country, in generaly gets annoyed by a few demo/s or a few names being called but most “sensible” folks would agree that this President has had to endure a peculiar kind of hatred … even before he had his first 90 days in office. Even then, it might be ok if he had been implicated in criminal behavior (i.e. bush, florida election fraud 2000), but he was elected on a “clear mandate” election scale. However, like I said, things appear to be calming a bit now that some on the fringe have finally settled into the reality that he will be around awhile. Change takes time and I think time is on common sense’ side. And lets face it, his leadership is beginning to bear fruit already, across the world.