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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: edpc on February 13, 2018, 07:08:42 pm

Title: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: edpc on February 13, 2018, 07:08:42 pm: TALLAHASSEE â€” Firebrand Democrat Alan Grayson says he wants to return to Congress in 2018, but is not yet saying which seat he's running for.

â€œYes, this cycle is what Iâ€™m looking at,â€ Grayson told POLITICO Florida in a telephone interview Monday. â€œBut Florida law says I can run anywhere.â€

When pressed for specifics, he said: "TBD."

The Orlando Democrat has never stopped accepting online contributions since leaving Congress in 2016 to run for the U.S. Senate. He has $556,000 cash-on-hand, and has continued receiving small-dollar contributions since his loss in the Democratic primary to Patrick Murphy. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio defeated Murphy in the general election.

Grayson in recent months has again started actively soliciting online contributions from the same small-dollar base that in the past helped make him a dangerous fundraiser. During the last three months of 2017, Grayson raised nearly $60,000, all small contributions from donors across the county.

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/13/alan-grayson-says-hes-running-for-congress-but-wont-say-where-249554 (https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/13/alan-grayson-says-hes-running-for-congress-but-wont-say-where-249554)
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: edpc on February 13, 2018, 07:11:05 pm: The bad penny turns up again. May this be as entertaining and successful as Anthony Weiner's mayoral race.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: WingNot on February 14, 2018, 02:00:53 am: Grayson's ex-wife claimed domestic abuse over two decades

Rep. Alan Grayson's ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to POLITICO, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters the final weeks of his Democratic primary campaign for Senate.

Lolita Grayson called police on her husband at least two times in Virginia and two more times in Florida, sought medical attention on at least two occasions and said that, in one instance, he had threatened to kill her, according to a police report.

The congressman, who asserted Lolita Grayson battered him in 2014, vehemently denies he engaged in any abuse during their 25-year marriage, which ended last year in a bitter annulment that she is now appealing.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/alan-grayson-wife-florida-226090 (https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/alan-grayson-wife-florida-226090)
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: edpc on February 14, 2018, 02:05:32 am: Lolita? Is she 14?
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on February 14, 2018, 02:53:36 am: Quote from: Wingnut on February 14, 2018, 02:00:53 am
The congressman, who asserted Lolita Grayson battered him in 2014,

(https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5797ae154321f136158bb00c-750-562.png)

{snicker} She must be very tall...with arms like Michelle Obama.

I hope Alan hasn't lost his legislative chops after his extensive 2 hour career at Politifact as a fact checker.
https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/02/01/politifact-adds-alan-grayson-contributor-gets-promptly-fact-checked-twitter/ (https://www.redstate.com/sarah-rumpf/2018/02/01/politifact-adds-alan-grayson-contributor-gets-promptly-fact-checked-twitter/)
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: RoosGirl on February 14, 2018, 03:10:51 am: That idiot probably thinks it's for the first colony on the moon.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: edpc on February 14, 2018, 03:16:45 am: Quote from: RoosGirl on February 14, 2018, 03:10:51 am
That idiot probably thinks it's for the first colony on the moon.

He's SOL. I'm working on my plans to terraform it and declare myself Emperor.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: RoosGirl on February 14, 2018, 03:18:26 am: Quote from: edpc on February 14, 2018, 03:16:45 am

He's SOL. I'm working on my plans to terraform it and declare myself Emperor.

Cool. I think I could live in a place like that. You come across as someone who would be a much better emperor than the ones we have now.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: edpc on February 14, 2018, 03:28:19 am: Quote from: Once-Ler on February 14, 2018, 02:53:36 am
(https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5797ae154321f136158bb00c-750-562.png)

{snicker} She must be very tall...with arms like Michelle Obama.

You'd be surprised. When I was at basic in Ft Jackson, a Drill Sergeant got out of a car and you could hear his wife tearing him a new one across the PT field. It made sense why he treated us like shit. You know how it rolls downhill.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on February 14, 2018, 04:01:03 am: Quote from: edpc on February 14, 2018, 03:28:19 am

You'd be surprised. When I was at basic in Ft Jackson, a Drill Sergeant got out of a car and you could hear his wife tearing him a new one across the PT field. It made sense why he treated us like shit. You know how it rolls downhill.

My wife can get loud too, but I think I can take her down with physical force. 22222frying pan
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: RoosGirl on February 14, 2018, 04:04:22 am: Quote from: Once-Ler on February 14, 2018, 04:01:03 am
My wife can get loud too, but I think I can take her down with physical force. 22222frying pan

I suggest you be damn sure before you try. I doubt you'll get a second chance.
Title: Re: Alan Grayson Says He's Running For Congress, But Won't Say Where
Post by: Formerly Once-Ler on February 14, 2018, 04:19:44 am: Quote from: RoosGirl on February 14, 2018, 04:04:22 am
I suggest you be damn sure before you try. I doubt you'll get a second chance.
A pre-emptive strike when she's not expecting it? That runs counter to what my Pastor says, but OK...Wish me luck.