Hardball: Democrat Alan Grayson Tells Dick Cheney To STFU
(Video courtesy of Rep. Grayson's YouTube page)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Fox News earlier this week, and as usual, he couldn't resist denigrating President Obama. Wednesday, Democrat Alan Grayson appeared on Hardball and when asked for his response to Cheney's absurdity, he had a short, and not-so-sweet message for Dick:
Matthews: ..."How far is this guy gonna go so he gets to speak at the next Republican convention? Dick Cheney is unbelievable lately!"
Grayson: I don't know, you know, on the internet there's an acronym that's used to apply to situations like this, it's STFU. I don't think I can say that on the air, but I think you know what that means."
I couldn't have said it better myself. I must admit that I'm jealous of Rep. Grayson getting the opportunity to say those words on national teevee. Matthews turns the discussion to the right wing hissy fit over President Obama following tradition and bowing to the President of Japan and Grayson came back with this:
..."I remember Bush Jr. kissing Prince Abdullah on the cheek and then holding his hand for an extended period of time. Maybe if he let him get to second base then gas would be a dollar a gallon."
he didn't know what STFU meant. No wonder I've never received a response to my e-mails to Hardball!!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
And he's received hands-on tube training from Ted Stevens.
bathroom stall?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The F stands for a word that Cheney used on the Senate floor when he told Senator Leahy to GFY.
..."I remember Bush Jr. kissing Prince Abdullah on the cheek and then holding his hand for an extended period of time. Maybe if he let him get to second base then gas would be a dollar a gallon."
GETTAROOM!!!
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Pure gold :D
Made my fuckin' day!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
"Cultural insensitivity!!!..."...5...4...3...2...
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Actually it could be said better, by not employing the acronym, but rather the full expression.
I think we need more Alan Grayson's, but he's got to be more productive with his time in the camera than he was here. He picks up no points, but from those from this site and others like this one.
There are people out there who need to hear this opinion, too. This can only help, as the more he says, the angrier the Republiks get. That's a good thing.
Near the beginning of the interview Tweety asked a question and Representative Grayson attempted to finish his thought; instead Tweety talked right over top of it.
It's hard for anyone to respond when Machine-gun-mouth Matthews has to blather over your words.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
I remember a guy named Paul Wellstone who told Cheney he was going to vote "No" on the Iraq War and Cheney told him, "If you don't support us in this we will get you. We will hurt the state of Minnesota."
Then a few weeks before Wellstone was due to be re-elected to the Senate where he could continue to be a thorn in Cheney/Bush's side....
Google it.
Wellstone's family even asked Cheney to stay away from the memorial service.
And what did we get? Norm Coleman.
Thank God we now have Al Franken in Wellstone's saddle.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
health. And he is simply trying to piss the "dark one" enough to push his ticker over the edge...
However, the fact that Cheney has survived so many f*cking heart attacks leads me to believe that god doesn't exist, or the devil is real and he sticks to his contractual obligations....
Like a mother in labor
Not a Teamster.
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He also has a defibrillator implanted so if he has a heart attack and goes into ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia he will get a ZAP!!! and his heart will (hopefully?) return to a normal, "paced" rhythm.
Prick.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Both a pacemaker and a defibrillator require a heart to work on in the first place. And I don't think Dracula had a pulse.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Yesterday the doctor had to take my blood pressure, because after two attempts the nurse couldn't find it.
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How are you feeling?
Corruption favors the wealthy.
your blood pressure....
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
for getting a baseline on your blood pressure.
You put the cuff on your upper arm like usual, making sure the bag centers over the inside of your arm to occlude the artery.
Then you find the radial pulse just up from your thumb at your wrist. (For YSB that would be about a 36 pulse so you'd have to wait a while to feel each pulsation...ha!).
Then you keep your fingers on that pulse point and pump the cuff up to about 190 and release the pressure while watching the needle come down on the sphygmomanometer. As soon as you "feel" the first pulse come through with your fingers see where the needle was....say maybe around 130. That would be your "systolic" blood pressure.
It's called "palpating" the blood pressure. We used to do it all the time in the Recovery Room.
Tell the nurse how to do this next time. She'll be impressed. Ha!!!!
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
The doctor said, "I'll presume you have one."
watch Fox News. Ten seconds of it. No more. That should bring your blood pressure up.
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I told you that "Transylvania Medical Group" didn't sound legit!
...or Heaven simply refuses to allow him admittance and Hell is afraid that he'll stage a coup. Let's remember that Cheney was reportedly in favor of continuing to waterboard a detainee who was already cooperating with the administration even before the Justice Department had sanctioned it. If you ask me, Cheney's experience during the Bush administration would make him a good candidate for the role of the Prince of Darkness and the Father of Lies.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
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"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
I always knew Cheney was in league with Satan himself.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
Heck, the only reason STFU Cheney hasn't kicked the bucket is because Satan is still trying to figure out what to do with him.
Speaking of voting against the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars or Occupations, Alan Grayson was the ONLY Floridian of 32 NO votes on War Funding last June.
And this morning, on Morning Joe, all the old coots stated that this was a BIG mistake for Grayson. Why, he might not get reelected! I have heard Grayson say he was fine with his constituents, and if they changed, and he was not reelected, why he would just get another job. Damn! Just like the rest of us!!
But the old coots at Morning Joe simply could NOT wrap their "brains" around that. How could anyone NOT do everything in their power to keep their DC jobs? hahaha
I have seen Grayson quite a few times on TV. And his best lines are poo-poohed by the talking heads.
giant assholes.
It's just too bad there aren't more politicians with that attitude. And I disagree with an earlier post saying Grayson should watch out. Watch out? What, should he just be so careful with his speech and presentation so that he can fall in line like the rest of the politicians out there? We need people like Grayson who are passionate and believe in doing the right thing and saying so from the heart. You gotta have people saying the emperor wears no clothes.
He calls Mr. Grayson "Brother" and "dude", and refers to the current executive branch as "The Barack Administration"...
And is that the generally accepted definition of "Progressive"? That's not the way I use it...
... he really believes he is a progressive.
The dangers of untreated tertiary syphilis are self evident in this case...
Nowadays, a radical is someone who supports any bill supposed to help ordinary citizens which hasn’t been endorsed by the NRA, the Health Insurance lobby, big media, or executives of too-big-to-fail banking establishments and their supposed regulators.
ordinary citizens that are not seen as radical.
who post here think "progressive" means but it is, in fact, precisely what it means. The evolution towards a more just and equitable society is a painfully slow process. Getting universal health care is just one of those steps. It is lamentable that so many people want to abandon the battle because the pace of change is not swift enough. How many years did it take to eliminate slavery, get universal suffrage or the recognition of fundamental human rights? We live in interesting times. There are two major civil rights battles currently in progress: the battle for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community and the right to have access to affordable health care. Progress is being made.
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in their places. They should not be treated as persons, merely businesses subject to regulation and taxation, and forbidden to participate in the electoral process. Ban lobbyists. Without this, nothing else is possible, as they are now in charge. The votes of individuals do not matter. Can't fix a problem until you acknowledge its existence.
...it's the go, go, go 21st Century! We don't have to wait to get to a land-line phone to make a call! We don't have to wait for a network to re-run a program to figure out what a character said- we just back it up on Tivo! We can jet across the continent in the same time it used to take to haul the wagon across the county! Now, dammit! Change NOW!
/snark
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
When I was in high school the mere suspicion that someone was gay was cause to torment them with little protection from school authorities. Universal health care was not entirely universal. Now gay kids can take their dates to the prom and get married if they wish. Sometimes I think you have to be old enough to even perceive progress it is so slow. It still happens.
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... those are 5 words I swore as a kid I would never utter, but when I was a boy we still had separate drinking fountains down south.
I can understand both views of progression:
1) Justice delayed is justice denied.
2) Be patient, it takes time.
It makes my head hurt that I can understand both. It makes me sick that repubs are against both.
BTW, in high school I was a dirty, commie, pinko, fag ... &c and the school admin encouraged me to be beaten up because I wore a black armband after Kent State. I had to wear the damn thing for months just to show they hadn't intimidated me.
"Maybe if he let him get to second base then gas would be a dollar a gallon"
ZOMG - I love this guy and the way he just says it like it is.
The more I hear the better I like him.
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
He really did have some gems yesterday. This whole non-troversy with Obama bowing to the Japanese emperor is complete B.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa375C_FOA
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show respect for his fellow beings.
Damn...Dick is still alive. Guess that socialized government healthcare is pretty good shit.
Well, there's always tomorrow.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Oh...and Dick Cheney....before he dicks you.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
"Running for re-election..."?
Almost a year away, and that's the primary focus?
How about "trying to fix things for his constituents in..."?
that "getting elected" seems to be the only job for public officials both in practice, and in accepted wisdom.
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office."
H. L. Mencken
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Have you ever read Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary?
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...I've been saying for years now that the American political system is one of the few industries in which it's virtually impossible to succeed by being honest and ethical. Unfortunately, in a democracy, the people get the leaders they deserve and not necessarily the ones they want or need -- and more often than not, the American voters have a lamentable tendency to vote for candidates who tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear, candidates who promise them something for nothing. The fact is that the definition of a successful politician is someone who simply manages to get elected and hold onto the seat by hook or by crook for as long as possible -- and even though good leadership should be part of the price paid in order to hold onto the seat, it doesn't always work out that way. Politics doesn't have as strong a correlation with leadership as one might wish it did -- there are plenty of good leaders who don't make good politicians, and plenty of politicians who don't make good leaders.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
in my cynicism about politics and yet it is impossible not to notice, as a student of US history, that progress has never stopped. There have been more than a few extended breathing spells but it has never stopped.
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... in which one can succeed by being honest and ethical?
If your bridge falls down you don't get a second shot.
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The fact that you want the job should disqualify you for higher office.
Grayson showed great restraint by not adding:
STFU and FOAD you souless SOB.
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
I just brewed a steaming cup of Shut The Fuck Up, and it's all for you.
me-oww!
and then Dick can go piss up a rope!
I have to steal that line. Priceless!
NOBODY 2012
Old enough to have modifires like:go pi$$ up a rope sideways.
Speaking of Darth, these come to mind:
Couldn't pour pi$$ out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.
Couldn't find his a$$ with both hands in a hall of mirrors.
Could f**kup an anvil.
Old enough to have modifires like:go pi$$ up a rope sideways.
Speaking of Darth, these come to mind:
Couldn't pour pi$$ out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.
Couldn't find his a$$ with both hands in a hall of mirrors.
Could f**kup an anvil.
Grayson is really something. Not your standard issue politician. Although I think his outspokenness could get him into trouble at some point (he appears to shoot from the hip a bit too cavalierly sometimes), I really respect his willingness to say what he thinks without wrapping it in opaque diplomatic-speak.
Bless his snarky heart.
I wish with all my heart that every time I read that Dick Chaney said something it could be preceded by "from his prison cell, disgraced former Vice-President and convicted felon said:" If I had anything to say about it he would not be the only former Bush Administration official that would have that permanently etched in front their introductions.
Keep this up and I'll be voting Grayson in the next Presidential Election.
I'm more impressed with Grayson with each passing day. The guy is a straight shooter and tells it like it is.
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What's up with 'ol DICK? I don't ever recall an ex-VP being as outspoken as he is. We didn't give a shit what he had to say when he was in office. What makes him think we give a shit now? Go away DICK.
Every time I see him on TV I sense a 'disturbance in the force'.
At minimum we should get Grayson in to replace this worn out, or should I say used up has been.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI
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VP we've had, and he does not intend to pay for his crimes. Not only that, he intends to keep the money he made from them.
I wish grayson all the best b/c right now he is in the crosshairs of darth dick and we all know what happened to the last guy that was there.
"Maybe if he let him get to second base then gas would be a dollar a gallon."
Zing! Pow!
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
Bush had his tongue in the princes ear but he didn't like all of the hair in there...and gas was still 4 bucks a gallon.
Maybe if he wasn't such a wet kisser.
That's why he never got into weed. No one would pass the joint to him because they didn't want it back after he slobbered all over it.
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Who gets more STFU e-mails than Tweety?
What did he think that stood for? Smart, Truthful, Funny, and Urbane?
I heard someone say recently something like; "Doesn't a former vice president saying that the current president is weak or giving aid to our enemies ... uhh doesn’t that help to weaken the office?"
I mean, duh! Of course, but really ...
Of course it only helps weaken the office if it's a Republicant administration. Because we all know that a Democratic administration is weak to begin with. /sarcasm
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Then the swing with the left...
Baaaaam!
That crashing sound you hear is the right-wing falling of its collective high chair.
I don't care if Grayson, as some people have said, is off-base, around the bend, or undiplomatic. I LOVE this guy!
Allan Grayson is one of a kind!
STFU Dick. No one wants to hear from a criminal former vice president. Give some respect to our real vice president Joe Biden.
Is it the 21st century yet?
This morning on Morning Joe they read a reply to what Grayson said about bush and second base. The reply was from some republican group and the gist of it was that they wished Grayson's dad had never gotten to third base with his mother.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The repubtard said it after accusing him of being childish.
And they can't even get that right.
Intromission is a home run, not 3rd base. Homeskoolin is hard.
Again Cheney commits another act of treason. The whole Valerie Plame story came out of his office. Libby stonewalled the investigation by lying to the Special Prosecutor. But, that info did come out of Cheney's office.
And Cheney ain't stupid. He may be evil, but he ain't stupid. He knew exactly what was goin on at that time.
I'd say that Cheney saying that is an act of treason.
And weren't they the ones who claimed that criticizing the Commander in Chief in a time of war was treason?
I firmly believe that Cheney knows exactly what he is doing.
He planted the seed that this Prez was giving comfort and aide to the enemy.
I suspect the Secret Service is witnessing even more death threats now. You just know that some whacko out there is boiling over this.
And all because Cheney doesn't like him.
And if we all recall, Cheney said he had a bad back for the inauguration. He was wheeled in. He did stand for the swearing in.
But just a few days later there were photos of him up and around moving freely. I think his wheelchair moment was the act of the highest disrespect for the new Prez.
I hope I live long enough to see his demise.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
What? No talk from Tweety about that "John Bohner looks just like a guy who's just missed a putt and has thrown down his cigarette in disgust"?? Geez I miss that: such great commentary.
Oh, and I see Tweety's hasn't given up his "ChEEny" routine.
I wish the old bastard would have a heart attack and die!
I wish to see him prosecuted for his crimes while he's still alive.
If (we can only wish) Obama had the guts and integrity to defend the Constitution and pursue Cheney and the rest of the neo-con war criminals to their fully deserved punishments, then the healing could begin. As it is, Bush crime family violations remain a festering poison in the body politic.
Even so, if an indictment was handed down on Cheney then it would be even money he would do a Bill Casey and come down with a timely case of brain cancer and disappear.
So far, Obama is still protecting Cheney and Bush for their crime.
I will consider a significant and meaningful milestone to have been met if I'm still alive when I hear/read about the death of Richard Cheney.
"Secular humanism -- a fearless, realistic world view replete with doubt and scepticism that attempts to attain an unachievable state of equilibrium between and among the human qualities of reason, intuition, imagination, memory, ethics and common sense.
Well, maybe to late to impeach but certainly not to late to indict. If only Obama had the balls of Grayson and put punishing Cheney crimes at the top of Holder's to do list.
Everytime I hear or see Grayson, he is talking sense and backing it up. I almost am ready to move to Orlando.
Alan Grayson, BABY!! We could use another 235 like him (plus 55 in the upper house)
Alan Grayson is can do. We need more can do people in government.
Is it the 21st century yet?
FOR PRESIDENT 2016
Well I hope I don't die too soon
I pray the Lord my soul to save
Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave
Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live
long enough to savour
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
from Tramp the Dirt Down
by Elvis Costello
Maybe if he let him get to second base then gas would be a dollar a gallon.
Fucking priceless.
I know he's married and has 5 kids, but can I kiss him? More Democrats like this, please.
is awesome. Again!
NOBODY 2012
...despise Chrissy. Hey, Chrissy, I've got an acronym found on the Internet for you. The first letter stands for "shut."
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