Alan Grayson Compares GOP To 'Al Qaeda Members' (VIDEO)

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Florida) dropped a hyperbolic metaphor during an interview with Orlando television station WFTV, saying that allowing Republicans to govern would be like allowing Al Qaeda terrorists to fly airplanes.

"Why would you want to put people in charge of government who just don't want to do it?" Grayson asked during the interview, which is set to be broadcast this weekend. "I mean you wouldn't expect to see Al Qaeda members as pilots."

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[RMorr2002]

08:28 AM on 07/07/2010

Grayson is just another Dem who shoots off his mouth without thinking. He is an embarrassment to Florida!

[tykam]

01:18 PM on 06/10/2010

Grayson's the Man!

[Bushwhacked]

10:16 PM on 06/02/2010

Reagan's Legacy: Part 2. 
Reagan's legacy continued 
11) Took a staggering 436 vacation days at his ranch in 8 years to avoid work.. 
12) Allowed Rupert Murdoch to circumvent the immigration laws to purchase American media sources. 
13) Supported the genocidal Khmer Rouge. 
14) Secretly sent a birthday cake to Ayatollah Khomeini trying to flattery the dictator, while in public attacking Iran as a barbaric nation. 
15) Tried, unsuccessfully, to trade arms for hostages (Iran Contra). 
16) Repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people that he knew nothing of Iran-Contra only to finally admit it later. 
17) Had one of the most corrupt administrations in American history. 138 Reagan appointees were forced to resign or were convicted on corruption charges. 
18) Claiimed Trees created more pollution than automobiles. 
19) Believed nuclear missiles could be recalled after launch. 
20) Created the Savings & Loans Crisis first by deregulation, then doing nothing for 8 years so a the tax payers had to pick up a $124 billion dollars tab.

[Bushwhacked]

10:16 PM on 06/02/2010

Speaking of Reagan:
From HuffPo commenter PWM:
"Reagan's Legacy: Part 1. 
1) Increased the National Debt by 189% ($998 billion to $2.6 trillion) no one else comes close. 
2) Converted millions of highpaying union jobs into low paying nonunion jobs. 
3) Cut spending on healthcare leaving exservicemen, disabled people, and the old without any support and left to rot on the streets. 
4) Doubled the number of poor in the country. 
5) Turned the US from the major exporter of manufactured goods in the world to the major importer of manufactured goods. 
6) Turned the US from a net importer of raw natural resources into a nation that exported raw natural resources (just like a third-world country). 
7) Funded terrorists and death squads. 
8) Funded and added Saddam with his WMD. 
9) Encouraged corruption, allowing companies to sell $25 toilet seats to the military for $360 and $8 hammers for $120. 
10) Cut income taxes on the working class but increased payroll taxes and the mandated contributions to Medicare and Social Security but did so in such a way that the top 1% paid 15% less than they did before by limiting their deductions on the first $61,000 but the working poorest had theirs increased 15%...

[blueskybigstar]

02:51 PM on 05/24/2010

Bella Lee 4 hours ago (10:54 AM)
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Our econimic collapse began when GIs came back from the war and felt entitled. From their youth to old age they made sure that they lived better than any other generation and we are now paying for their selfishness
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blueskybigstar 0 minute ago (2:50 PM)
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I think the MIC and the economic royalists have more to do with our poor state of being. They brag about controlling the media.

http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/FbiMemoPhotoLinkBushJfk.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNr_TrBw6E

When you have a controlled media, you have a controlled people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird
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[farmilyman]

10:56 AM on 05/24/2010

Hit's the nail on the head once again!

The GOP has killed many more Americans than Al Qaeda did these past 9 years.

[boston997]

11:55 AM on 05/24/2010

Please explain your logic.
If you are talking about the Iraq war and Afghanistan, the Dems voted for those also.

[farmilyman]

02:58 PM on 05/24/2010

False flag operation and two wars started under false pretenses to get dems to vote for it.

[Henry Coe]

10:37 AM on 05/24/2010

Rep Grayson Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's 100% correct.

[rmonroe]

10:36 AM on 05/24/2010

He didn't compare GOP to Al Qaeda. This headline is so wrong. He used a metaphor to show that having the GOP run the country would be the same as running the country into the ground. That is not comparing the GOP with Al Qaeda. What is up with you people at HP?

[robertsandimas]

10:52 AM on 05/24/2010

You're right. HuffPo's headlines are often misleading. And Grayson says what's in his head and he does it in a way that is NOT offensive - just at the edge of provoking a poke in the nose. I like that. I like HIM.

[jwmd]

10:36 AM on 05/24/2010

I love this guy!

[kevman08]

10:33 AM on 05/24/2010

Sounds fair to me, the GOP compares Obama to Hitler. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

[boston997]

11:58 AM on 05/24/2010

And they get called racist when they do.

[kevman08]

04:16 PM on 05/24/2010

On occasion, deservingly so. Some don't call them racist, they call them Tea Partiers.

[sticky29]

10:25 AM on 05/24/2010

Grayson does this for attention. Why else would he do it? He is out of control.

[TeaLady005]

10:19 AM on 05/24/2010

Grayson is dangerous and unbalanced. Grayson also agreed with Eric Holder, that members of the Black Panthers, holding billy clubs, threatening people outside of a voting location, should not be prosecuted. Grayson also did not want to cut off funds to the corrupt ACORN organization even after being shown the videos of crimes being committed.

[camx]

10:27 AM on 05/24/2010

The ACORN video that was heavily (and disingenuously) edited to give an entirely false impression?
The Black Panthers that collapsed in the 1970s (in other words, they do not exist)?

You really need to reflect on who is dangerous and unbalanced.

[Bella Lee]

10:49 AM on 05/24/2010

ACORN did not commit crimes, and the videos prove it. What people find dangerous is when Obama is compared with Hitl.er.

[blueskybigstar]

09:50 AM on 05/24/2010

PunxatawnyPhil 08:37 PM on 5/22/2010
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I see your point, but I'm sorry for your stance. Prosecution is not relevant at this point. Getting on the correct path is. Give Obama a chance.
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blueskybigstar 09:30 PM on 5/22/2010
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How is it not relevant? The whole reason for the economic collapse is mass corruption. A million people died in Iraq with my tax dollars in my name based on a lie. Everything bad that has happened in this country since Nov. 1963 is because of the same criminals and their network in our government. JFK, RFK, MLK, Watergate, Iran Contra, the S&L scandal, CIA drug laundering and smuggling, and most likely 911. Our justice system is broken. Our media is controlled. Gains must be made on these issues. If you don't put criminals and murderers in jail, then they will come back to bite us each time as they have time and time again.
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/FbiMemoPhotoLinkBushJfk.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNr_TrBw6E

[Bella Lee]

10:54 AM on 05/24/2010

Our econimic collapse began when GIs came back from the war and felt entitled. From their youth to old age they made sure that they lived better than any other generation and we are now paying for their selfishness

[blueskybigstar]

02:50 PM on 05/24/2010

I think the MIC and the economic royalists have more to do with our poor state of being. They brag about controlling the media.

http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/FbiMemoPhotoLinkBushJfk.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daNr_TrBw6E

When you have a controlled media, you have a controlled people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

[Quasi Libertarian]

09:22 AM on 05/24/2010

LOL...The GOP has Rand Paul to deal with and the Dem's have Grayson....It is always something.

[boston997]

09:00 AM on 05/24/2010

Sounds racist to me. He should apologize.