Bloodthirsty Liberal

First, he started talking like an Iranian (or Venezuelan) dictator:

First it was his comment, “If you get sick, America, the Republicans’ health care plan is this: Die quickly.” Then, appearing on MSNBC, he said of former Vice President Dick Cheney: “I have trouble listening to what he says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking.” Finally, a radio interview surfaced in which he had called a female adviser to the Federal Reserve chairman “a K Street whore” — a reference to her former job as a Washington lobbyist. That one forced him to make a formal apology.

Mr. Grayson could be the latest incarnation of what in the American political idiom is known as a wing nut.

But “whore” is just a gateway word. Soon, he hit the harder stuff:

“You know, on the Internet there’s an acronym that’s used to apply to situations like this. It’s called ‘STFU,’” he told Chris Matthews. “I don’t think I can say that on the air, but I think you know what that means.”

Matthews asked Grayson to “give me the first part,” and Grayson said, “shut.” STFU is an acronym for “Shut the F*** Up.”

Grayson’s office posted a video of the lawmaker making the comment to his YouTube page.

Now, he’s done with words. Now, he wants action:

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who started the anti-Grayson website “mycongressmanisnuts.com.”

Specifically, Grayson accuses Republican activist Angie Langley of lying to federal elections. His four-page complaint highlights the fact that the Clermont resident lives outside his district, but that Langley still uses the term “my” in “mycongressmanisnuts.com.”

“Ms. Langley has deliberately masqueraded as a constituent of mine, in order to try to create the false appearance that she speaks for constituents who don’t support me,” writes Grayson. “[She] has chosen a name for her committee that is utterly tasteless and juvenile.”

Grayson’s office did not respond with comment other than to confirm the letter exists — including its request that Langley be fined and “imprisoned for five years.”

“Tasteless and juvenile” are his political planks, his middle names.

I don’t understand. He looks like such a nice man:

I’m glad to see at least one person his his… uh… er, back:

Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who is known for slinging devastating zingers at his political opponents, said that Mr. Grayson had the potential to be a smart, serious lawmaker. He said that Mr. Grayson needed to be careful to avoid inappropriate remarks like the one about Ms. Robertson but that the speech on health care was within bounds. “That was legitimate satire,” he said, adding: “I welcome Grayson’s taking the fight to them. I think he has got to be a little more careful about his punches, but I am glad he’s throwing them.”

I guess dissent is the highest form of treason now.