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Dem Congressman: Hatred Of Obama Only Reason Republicans Won
dailycaller.com ^ | November 13, 2014 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 11/15/2014 2:18:46 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson, the 17th richest Member of Congress with a net worth of $26 million, whose wife and children are currently on public assistance, took to his blog Wednesday to opine on why his party was beaten so handily in the midterm elections. It wasn’t policy, it wasn’t the economy, it wasn’t jobs, it was hatred of President Barack Obama.

In a post on his blog entitled, “The issue was Obama-hatred,” and featuring a picture of the president as the devil, the Democrat attacked the American people for having the attitude of, in his words, “We hate President Obama, and you should too.”

Citing a joke he claims to have overheard at Disney World when a father said, “Blame Obama, Shawn. It’s all Obama’s fault,” as his evidence, the Congressman best known for absurdist appearances on MSNBC and rambling House floor speeches, says hatred of the president is why Democrats now have so few representatives in government.

His analysis, littered with links to a page where people can donate to his reelection, is that Republicans “ran an issueless, issue-phobic campaign. I don’t remember any of them promising to suppress voting, prohibit all abortions, indulge polluters, give huge tax breaks to billionaires and multinational corporations, gut Social Security and Medicare and shred the right to organize – even though that’s exactly what they’re going to do. Instead, the Republicans said ‘Obama stinks, and we’re against him.’ In fact, that was all they said.” (Emphasis is his, where he embedded his fundraising link. The link has been removed.)

He concluded his post with (again, the bold is his, the links have been removed):

There was an oft-circulated post-election chart pointing out that Obama had slashed the federal deficit, slashed unemployment, increased consumer confidence, etc., etc. But I would venture to say that none of that matters to those voters who had become convinced that Obama is Beelzebub. Or Mephistopheles. Maybe both.

Obviously, there are other lessons to be learned from the 2014 election. One could, for instance, compare the 18-point loss of Mark Pryor, who campaigned as the Most Conservative Democrat in the Senate™, to the 11-point victory of, uh, me. Surely there are plenty of lessons to be learned from that compare-and-contrast.

But the only lesson that matters to the GOP is this: What President Clinton called “the politics of personal destruction” works for them – big time. Which is why I can predict, unfortunately, that over the next two years, we’ll be seeing a lot of this:

Courage,

Rep Alan Grayson

A new Gallup poll show the Americans, by a margin of 53 to 36 percent, want Republicans to set the agenda for the country, not Obama. Gallup also found the popularity of the Democratic Party to be at an all-time low of just 36 percent.


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alangrayson; florida
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To: rdcbn

Obama’s policies have been a disaster for the county - from Johnathan Gruber lies about Obamacare to the latest Chinese rip off agreement. Don’t care for either Lieawitha or Hillary’s million dollar speeches ...or Gruber for that matter or even Bernie Madoff - they’re all self serving scammers.


41 posted on 11/15/2014 3:27:55 PM PST by GOPJ (The New York Times is one big fat collection of Jonathan Gruber s...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson, the 17th richest Member of Congress with a net worth of $26 million, whose wife and children are currently on public assistance... Citing a joke he claims to have overheard at Disney World when a father said, “Blame Obama, Shawn. It’s all Obama’s fault,” as his evidence, the Congressman best known for absurdist appearances on MSNBC and rambling House floor speeches, says hatred of the president is why Democrats now have so few representatives in government.

42 posted on 11/15/2014 3:29:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

is the FL 9th CD specifically composed of retards?


43 posted on 11/15/2014 3:35:54 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Maybe a president who is hated so much should resign and live outside the country.


44 posted on 11/15/2014 3:38:40 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Jim Noble

What about hatred of Bush? Guess that’s why Obama won. It’s ok for lib nuts to hate.


45 posted on 11/15/2014 3:47:36 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It is not the only reason, but it is a good one.


46 posted on 11/15/2014 3:51:23 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey alan, we hate all you communist equally may you burn in hell for eternity.


47 posted on 11/15/2014 3:55:46 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I noticed he’s using Dan Rather’s favorite sign-off, ‘Courage’ to close this lying, mentally defective drivel, I had to laugh at the flashback it gave me...


48 posted on 11/15/2014 4:02:31 PM PST by Geronimo
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Amazing how Dem reps like Grayson are racing to the bottom to see who can say the most stupid, biased and lying thing. They have one heck of a competition.


49 posted on 11/15/2014 4:07:14 PM PST by falcon99
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Dem Congressman: Hatred Of Obama Only Reason Republicans Won

Well no...It is the hatred of Obama and Democrat congressmen/women that we won...

50 posted on 11/15/2014 4:09:29 PM PST by Iscool
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To: jwalsh07

The Founders wrote a Constitution that protects the rights of clowns, of evil people, of dumb people, of illegals of liars and of people who hate the Constitution and yet expected the country to survive.


51 posted on 11/15/2014 4:12:39 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: jwalsh07

Even sadder is fact the GOP-controlled Florida legislature hasn’t gerrymandered Grayson into a Republican-majority district.


52 posted on 11/15/2014 4:18:37 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hatred No!
Obama Mentiroso
i.e.,
Liar


53 posted on 11/15/2014 4:19:28 PM PST by hapnHal (hapnHal)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hate has its place.

Hebrews 1:9 - Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Amos 5:15 - Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Psalms 119:163 - I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Proverbs 6:14-17 - Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

Psalms 97:10 - Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 3:8 - A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

As Ecclesiastes tells us, for everything there is a time, even for hate.


54 posted on 11/15/2014 4:27:11 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I hate Biden too!


55 posted on 11/15/2014 4:37:33 PM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Where did Grayson get the candids of Zero and Hillary?


56 posted on 11/15/2014 5:05:12 PM PST by sphinx
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To: DAC21

sadly


57 posted on 11/15/2014 6:25:29 PM PST by machogirl
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Dem Congressman: Hatred Of Obama Only Reason Republicans Won

So.

58 posted on 11/15/2014 6:27:25 PM PST by DungeonMaster (No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

White people elected this clown. Where is the racism there??


59 posted on 11/15/2014 7:06:59 PM PST by wetgundog (ua)
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To: TomGuy

That’s right; the Dem candidates lost on their own lack of merits. They were supporters of an agenda that I guess disagreed with their constituencies.

Who would have thought that after electing Obama twice, Americans would still be accused of racism?

(Actually, I suspected as much)


60 posted on 11/15/2014 7:11:34 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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