stephanie
10-30-2009, 07:38 PM
call him a damn wambulance and a shrink..
By JOSH KRAUSHAAR | 10/30/09 6:14 PM EDT Text Size- + reset
Alan Grayson tells supports he is being stalked by Fox News.
Rep. Alan Grayson, the Florida Democratic congressman who made headlines recently with his provocative partisan comments, told supporters Friday he’s being stalked by FOX News.
In a fundraising email sent out by his campaign, Grayson said FOX News is ambushing him because he’s a “strong voice for justice” but that he won’t be taken down by the cable news network’s “weapons of mass distraction.”
The confrontation that sparked the note involved FOX News correspondent Griff Jenkins, who approached the freshman congressman outside his Capitol Hill office Wednesday and repeatedly asked Grayson what he meant when he called Federal Reserve adviser Linda Robertson a “K Street whore” and whether he would apologize to Vice President Cheney for saying “blood drips from his teeth when he speaks.”
Jenkins also asked Grayson for his reaction to New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s quote in POLITICO referring to the combative congressman “one fry short of a Happy Meal.”
Grayson declined to respond to the questions, telling Jenkins several times that he would have to make an appointment with his press secretary, and accused him of “violating the rules.”
“Do you know what it means to make an appointment, sir? Do you know what that means?” Grayson asked. “I’m asking you to do what every other reputable news source does, which is to make an appointment… Why don’t you make an appointment and follow the rules everyone
read it all here..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28949.html
By JOSH KRAUSHAAR | 10/30/09 6:14 PM EDT Text Size- + reset
Alan Grayson tells supports he is being stalked by Fox News.
Rep. Alan Grayson, the Florida Democratic congressman who made headlines recently with his provocative partisan comments, told supporters Friday he’s being stalked by FOX News.
In a fundraising email sent out by his campaign, Grayson said FOX News is ambushing him because he’s a “strong voice for justice” but that he won’t be taken down by the cable news network’s “weapons of mass distraction.”
The confrontation that sparked the note involved FOX News correspondent Griff Jenkins, who approached the freshman congressman outside his Capitol Hill office Wednesday and repeatedly asked Grayson what he meant when he called Federal Reserve adviser Linda Robertson a “K Street whore” and whether he would apologize to Vice President Cheney for saying “blood drips from his teeth when he speaks.”
Jenkins also asked Grayson for his reaction to New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s quote in POLITICO referring to the combative congressman “one fry short of a Happy Meal.”
Grayson declined to respond to the questions, telling Jenkins several times that he would have to make an appointment with his press secretary, and accused him of “violating the rules.”
“Do you know what it means to make an appointment, sir? Do you know what that means?” Grayson asked. “I’m asking you to do what every other reputable news source does, which is to make an appointment… Why don’t you make an appointment and follow the rules everyone
read it all here..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28949.html