A few weeks ago, a freshman congressman from Florida named Alan Grayson burst onto the American political scene when he took to the floor of the House and presented his version of the Republican party’s health care reform plan, which essentially implores Americans to “die quickly” according to Grayson. The video of the speech went viral and then the cable news networks went nuts with it and before you knew it Alan Grayson went from being an obscure politician to a ubiquitous one in the blink of an eye. Since his big coming out party, Grayson, who sort of looks like he could play a Huey Long-esque politician in a Coen Brothers movie, has rarely turned down the opportunity to speak into any microphone thrust into his face, and the things he says into these microphones are getting more and more offensive and downright dumb. He’s on the road to becoming the Democrats version of Michele Bachmann, minus the full retard factor of course, and he should really just shut the fuck up.

Now look, I realize that if there’s one thing this country needs more of, it’s brutally honest politicians, and that’s the singular reason Grayson’s words about the Republican health care plan resonated with me and many others so much…it was brutally, forcefully honest. But it’s just getting to the point now where Grayson’s becoming nothing more than an insult clown who will never be taken seriously, no matter how much truth comes flying out of his mouth, because the manner in which he communicates the points he’s trying to get across is so inflammatory.

Take for instance his recent calling of a chief adviser to Ben Bernanke a “K Street whore” after she criticized his efforts to support a bill that would audit the Federal Reserve. He said:

This lobbyist, this K street whore, is trying to teach me about economics.

Now, whether or not Linda Robertson (that’s the name of the alleged whore for K Street) is an actual K Street whore or not is open for debate, but it’s something that should be debated by, oh, I don’t know, BLOGGERS and radio talk show hosts and not members of Congress. To make matters worse, Grayson yesterday refused to issue an apology on the matter, even after he was pressed hard to do so by members of his own party. A few hours later, someone obviously twisted his arm because he then issued an apology for his use of a word “that is often, and correctly, seen as disrespectful of women.”

When Alan Grayson was elected, his background as an internet mogul (He founded the IDT telecommunications company) led some to believe that he’d be “the first blogger in Congress.” I think he may be taking that label too literally. Alan Grayson is a smart, talented man (He’s also a well-respected attorney with an esteemed history of successful legal activism) with the potential to do great things in Congress, but he’s fucking it all up by acting like a shit-for-brains dunderhead. Please Alan Grayson, leave the political insults to the professionals, okay?

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