Grayson proves disconnect between American families and Washington liberals
October 5, 2009 by Warren Tompkins · Leave a Comment
by J. Warren Tompkins
Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., went on the floor of the House in a premeditated move, complete with visual aids, and said, “Republicans want you to die quickly.” Asked to apologize for the remark, Grayson dug his hole deeper by saying, “I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in America.”
Some wags are calling this Grayson’s “Joe Wilson moment.” It couldn’t be farther from the truth. Joe made a mistake and immediately apologized. On the other hand, the Florida Democrat thought about what he was going to say, knew what he was going to say, then went on the House floor and did it.
Naturally, the Democrats would not treat their own the same way they went after Joe. Speaker Nanci Pelosi tried to downplay the remarks and said she wouldn’t ask for an apology, though earlier in September she led a drive to issue a statement of disapproval regarding Joe. While U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., put together a similar resolution, he chose not to introduce it and instead asked that Grayson apologize to Minority Leader John Boehner, which he refused.
Boehner, for his part, said in a FoxNews.com story, “I think it’s time for the Democratic leaders and the speaker of the House herself to rein in the rhetoric that she decried just several weeks ago. And if he’s not going to apologize to the American people and to Republicans as he should, really, that’s the Democratic leadership’s responsibility to have a conversation with their own member.”
Only Friday did Grayson finally apologize for the holocaust remark.
The consistent losses for Washington liberals on health care are obviously causing them to go on the attack when their plans fail. During the past week, two proposals for the so-called “public option” died in the Senate Finance Committee. One even contained the absurd notion that the government should have sole control of how much to pay doctors and hospitals for people who enroll in the public option.
Even in the Senate, overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats, couldn’t get the Democrat plan out of committee. According to a recent Rasmussen poll, people are against the Democrat plan 56-41. Also, 55 percent of Americans believe that if the plan passes, health care will be worse in this country. All of it is falling on deaf ears among the liberal elite in Congress, who continue to push for socialized heath care.
When Republicans stand up against big-government intrusion into people’s lives, they’re told that they want people to “die quickly” and are standing idly by during a “holocaust.” Fortunately, there are elections next year and those that have chosen not to listen to the concerns and protests of the American voter will have a rude awakening.
