I can’t understand why nobody takes Fox seriously when they’re the reporting equivalent of TMZ.

You know what I’d do if I was Grayson? This is the perfect way to ensure it will never air:

“I’m asking you to do what every other reput-ANDREA MACKRIS! ANDREA MACKRIS!”

Anthony De Rosa says:
October 28, 2009 at 3:16 pm

So trying to talk to a Representative who called a political opponent a “whore” isn’t of any news value? Really? Hmmm. Oh, that’s right… he’s a Democrat. I understand.

m says:
October 28, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Stay classy, M. Your double standards are classic.

My only issue is Mr. Krakauer’s dig at the commenters at the Fox Nation site as not being “fair and balanced”. Surley, a young, internet savy, think outside the box, go getter like Mr. Krakauer is aware of the attitudes of internet commenters. What is his problem with a partisan poster, on a partisan website, making a partisan comment? Perhaps Mr. Krakauer should familiarize himself with the 1,600 comment threads at the HuffPo regarding “Bush did 9/11″. Is calling the POTUS a mass murderer in a moderated forum less offensive than a rabid conservative insulting a deranged liberal?

Grayson made his absurd comment that the GOP health plan was to “die quickly” and was applauded by the far-left and treated like a hero. As a result, every single week since then he’s said something more outrageous than the week before. It’s so obvious the freshmen congressman just can’t help himself. He can’t live without fresh accolades from the Huffington Post / Daily Kos crowd. What he doesn’t realize is that to his constituents and to the vast majority of the country he just looks like an unhinged horse’s ass.

> What is his problem with a partisan poster, on a partisan website, making a partisan comment?

Its incompatibility with Fox News’s self-declared impartiality and slogans.

Chris Jones says:
October 28, 2009 at 5:06 pm

Bingo!

Steve – You are comparing some anonymous comments left on a web site, to an “Outstanding” Senator calling an adviser to the Fed Chairman a whore?

This comment is SO silly considering your left leaning bias in the story: “The Fox Nation is full of fair and balanced commenting, as usual.”

From all of the things I have seen and heard the past two years, Grayson is a typical liberal (I have heard SO many nasty things lately coming from my former party) and he does kind of act like he has mental problems….seriously. He is coming across as slightly deranged – Olby and Tingles like.

Most articles ON this sight have a ‘left leaning bias’. I thought this was supposed to be a ‘neutral site’ but that is my mistake.
I’m sure if Griff Jenkins had just called Rep. Grayson he would have gladly given an interview or a statement.
Yeah, right.

It only takes four words to send Faux News’ semen-crusted little stalkers scrurrying away:

Andrea Mackris Loofah, Falafel

m says:
October 28, 2009 at 7:19 pm

Its incompatibility with Fox News’s self-declared impartiality and slogans.

Which applies to their website how? Oh, and just because there are conservative commentators and posters, that makes the site itself biased? Methinks not.

WTG, Griff Jenkins! This low-life weasel needs to be voted OUT by his constituents, and I hope most of them are working women! They won’t take too kindly at the blatant disrespect this maggot has for all women by calling them whores!

>Which applies to their website how? Oh, and just because there are conservative commentators and posters, that makes the site itself biased? Methinks not.

Uh, have you ever BEEN to FoxNation.com? It’s a right-wing equivalence of Daily Kos.

Oh, the horrors! A smart Democrat with guts. Man the battle stations!

He did admit a poor choice of words for an Enron lobbyist advising the fed. He can stick with shameless corporate shill in the future.

Keep it up, Congressman Grayson, more please. Republican Fox heads exploding is well worth it, to say nothing of advancing America’s agenda instead of the regressing and destruction of the middle class that typifies the results of Republican dogma.

Folks like Grayson will eventually fall flat in their faces. He’s a bully & bullies are by nature cowards. You’ll notice that on Cavuto he put on an act like he was innocent.

I wonder if Grayson is a heavy drinker.

@Jim R says: “He did admit a poor choice of words”

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Poor choice of words? Huhhhhh!!! That’s bull crap. Do you think when Imus said “Nappy headed hos”, that it was just a “poor choice of words”. At least Imus had remorse. Grayson is a genuine gutter thug who’s begging to be neutered.

“Man the battle stations”, you say? I hope you are not really saying that it takes a “man” to call a woman a “whore”.

m says:
October 29, 2009 at 5:04 am
It’s a right-wing equivalence of Daily Kos.

You mean the same site that Keith Olbermann blogs on? The same site who’s founder gets interviewed by MSNBC weekly (like last night)? That Kos?

You didn’t answer my questions. FNC owns FOX Nation… that’s it. They are not responsible for the folks who post there.

” Jelperman says:
October 28, 2009 at 11:46 pm

It only takes four words to send Faux News’ semen-crusted little stalkers scrurrying away:

Andrea Mackris Loofah, Falafel”

Considering your take on Fox Nation b/c of the offensive comments there how do you react to the above vulgar comment by an obviously vulgar person?

Fox Nation’s obsession with Grayson is hilarious. They are desperate to paint him as a loony. They gloss over his accomplishments: Summa from Harvard in three years while working as a janitor, his clerkship for Antonin Scalia, and his private sector fortune…

In fact, Fox Nation blocked me from posting that Grayson has sued Haliburton/KBR for using trucks that had transported decaying bodies to transport ice for U.S. troops (http://bit.ly/DrdI) AND that that the woman he called a “whore” was hired by the Federal Reserve to dress up the Fed’s actions that have cost taxpayers TRILLIONS! And she had previously worked to hide Enron’s lies, whore indeed!

If you have any evidence that DailyKos is anywhere near as aggressive in censorhip as Fox Nation, let me know. Until then, I will keep spreading the word that Fox Nation is a virtual Nuremberg Rally

Skeptical says:
October 30, 2009 at 12:50 pm

They are desperate to paint him as a loony.

No, I think he’s handling all the painting… and just applying another coat or two now.

They gloss over his accomplishments: Summa from Harvard in three years while working as a janitor,

Don’t care. “Good Will Hunting” doesn’t necessarily equate to “Good Job Doing.”

his clerkship for Antonin Scalia,

Don’t care.

and his private sector fortune…

I’m also not impressed by fancy cars, a big house, nice shoes, a tailored suit, or minty fresh breath.

I like to judge on SUBSTANCE… what have you ACTUALLY done as a congressman? Grayson… well, he’s insulted half the population, been rude on the floor of the House, illogically attacked those who disagree with him like a drunken father at a pee-wee baseball game, and somewhat publically called a woman a “Whore.” Hmmm… not a terrific resume.

You see, there’s supposed to be a code of respect and ethics by those elected officials. It seems Grayson doesn’t understand, accept, or want to work by that code… that is, if someone disagrees with him. YOU seem to accept that too, although, I’m fairly certain you’d have a different opinion if it was some loudmouth on the other side of the aisle.

If you have any evidence that DailyKos is anywhere near as aggressive in censorhip as Fox Nation…

I have no evidence you were actually censored… so, it makes things a bit tough. As a fan of Grayson, I’m sure you’re an “ends justify the means” kinda guy… so lying about FOX, FOX Nation, Republicans, etc. comes naturally to you… if you think it will help your “cause.”

Until then, I will keep spreading the word that Fox Nation is a virtual Nuremberg Rally

Thanks for the Hitler analogy… always the sign of a strong argument.

ImNotBlue,

I am not sure what your issues are, though I have a few guesses.

If you think the Hitler analogy is unwarranted, check out Fox Naiton and see how heavily into propaganda (i.e. calling everyone in the Obama administration Maoist) the content is. And note that all the comments, regardless of what the item in question is, are always about “stupid libruls” or “they’re all communist muslim socialists” or some other incoherent form of wingnuttery. That site is made to stir among anger among the far right and make them fell like they belong to the class of “real Americans” that are going to “take this country back”. Incredible.

If you want to know about Grayson accomplishments, look at work on the ACORN bill and de-funding the defense industry. Watch this video where he schools so-called ‘conservatives’ on conservative legal principles: http://bit.ly/3WZ7jh. And don’t gloss over his PRO BONO qui tam suits fighting Haliburton/KBR and their failure to respect U.S. troops. Are you actually surprised The Fox Nation does not want its minions to know their children and parents in the military where mistreated so Dick Cheney’s buddies could make a bit more money? If you doubt this, try posting the same link I did earlier on any Fox Nation thread about Grayson and TELL people that they can find out about his suits of companies that mistreated U.S. soldiers.

Skeptical says:
October 31, 2009 at 8:21 pm
If you think the Hitler analogy is unwarranted, check out Fox Naiton and see how heavily into propaganda (i.e. calling everyone in the Obama administration Maoist) the content is.

1) I don’t care.
2) Why would you want to equate yourself to “those people,” if you think they’re fools?
3) I think my sarcasm stated pretty clearly I thought it was unwarranted.
4) Comparisons to murderous dictators is always stupid, and a sign you’ve lost the argument… no matter WHO says it.

And note that all the comments, regardless of what the item in question is, are always about “stupid libruls” or “they’re all communist muslim socialists” or some other incoherent form of wingnuttery.

Daily Kos, MoveOn.org, ThinkProgress, NewsHounds, MediaMatters
Oh… and don’t forget the regulars around here… like Nachi, M, and Jim R.

If you think the loons at Fox Nation are special or unique, you’re quite mistaken.

That site is made to stir among anger among the far right and make them fell like they belong to the class of “real Americans” that are going to “take this country back”.

How exactly is it “made” to do that? The left-wing sites have STATED GOALS of advancing left-wing causes. Dos FN have something like that?

If you want to know about Grayson accomplishments,

I don’t.

Are you actually surprised The Fox Nation does not want its minions to know their children and parents in the military where mistreated so Dick Cheney’s buddies could make a bit more money?

No evidence that’s true.

If you doubt this, try posting the same link I did earlier on any Fox Nation thread about Grayson and TELL people that they can find out about his suits of companies that mistreated U.S. soldiers.

I’m going to go with, “no” on that one too. Mostly because I don’t care… but also because I don’t post over there.

You seem awfully good at pointing out how “terrible the other side is.” Yes, you don’t notice the dirt in your own house. That means you’re biased, arrogant, rude, and a political hack. Someone who sees only roses on “their side” of the aisle, but can hypocritically attack the other side to score (alleged) political points. The ends justify the means… and all that considered, I’m not surprised you’re a Grayson fan. He’s a disgrace to his position… but as long as that position is firmly on “your side,” he’s golden.

PS-
Tell me why Grayson’s comments were a good thing… and if a Republican had made them, how you’d warmly accept them as good dialogue for a congressman to have.