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Oh well. Anyone who can work his way through Harvard as a janitor and a night watchman and graduate summa *** laude in three years, "found a nonprofit to promote medical research to improve the human experience of aging," found a law firm, be a lecturer at GWU on government contract law, found a billion-dollar company, successfully blow the whistle on contract waste in Iraq (all previous see wiki bio) and mercilessly beat down Ben Bernanke regarding transparency in the Federal Reserve deserves a much better environment than that corner of Florida seems able to offer.
"But he was rude! And he looked scary!"
I think that District deserves someone its own speed.
His district was clueless that government actually works for the people, not corporations, before Alan Grayson came along. I guess they couldn't handle the truth
Alan Grayson is THE coolest politician in the country.
Step away from politics -- if Grayson was your boss, brother in-law, teammate, drinking buddy, employee, attorney etal., you would love him. The man is whip smart, modern, couragous, caring, and direct.
I hope he stays at it and avoids the complacent uselessness of the talk show circuit.
what drugs are you taking? i would not want anything to do with grayson, regardless of who he is. i have had bosses like him, and they ended up getting canned from the company. if he were my brother in law, i would work on my sister to eventually divorce the idiot. if he were my teammate, i would be looking to join another team. i would never hire him as an attorney, EVER.
i dont mind someone who is direct, i like dealing with intelligent people, buti will NOT tolerate out and out liars, and that is what grayson is a liar and he was caught lying.
He also will recieve a lifetime pension with free healthcare at our expense just like our prison system.Politicians and crooks go hand and hand....
WRONG:
Re the lifetime pension:
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The pension amount (for a member of the House or Senate) is determined by a formula that takes into account the years served and the average pay for the top three years in terms of payment. In 2002, the average pension payment ranged from $41,000 to $55,000.
Re free healthcare:
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While in Washington, members of the House and Senate are entitled to routine treatment from the Capitol physician’s office with referral to either Walter Reed Army Medical Center or Bethesda Naval Hospital for anything serious. Members pay an annual fee for this privilege, which is like belonging to an HMO.
However, this coverage does not extend to a member’s family (spouse and minor children) and does not cover any illness or injury when a member is back in his or her home state.
In order to get health coverage for family members or for themselves when back home, members are treated like all other federal employees (such as clerks at the Agriculture Department or lawyers in the Justice Department). Thus, members of Congress are eligible to sign up for one of the variety of “cafeteria plans” offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.Opinion: No free health-care ride for Congress - Martin Frost - POLITICO.com
If a member of the House or Senate leaves office before retirement age, he is no longer eligible for group rates, but may COBRA his insurance benefits.
To quote Frost one more time:
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It has often been observed that one of the problems in the Internet age is not what people don’t know; it’s what they know that isn’t true.
I know; I don't get the connection. Alan Grayson and the Unabomber went to Harvard. The Unabomber sent letter bombs and killed people. Ergo Alan Grayson sends letter bombs and kills people -- or he might!
grayson was a jackass, and an embarrassment for the democrat party, and an out and out liar. two of his campaign ads were completely false, and even the democrat party told him to pull those ads and he refused.
i dont care how educated a person is, when they stoop to lying about their opponents like grayson did, they deserve to be fired.
Yup, being intelligent doesn't mean you have common sense.
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