The Nation: Alan Grayson, The Counter-Puncher
Using an easel and poster boards, his voice dripping with sarcasm, Grayson advised Americans to avoid illness at all costs: “If you get sick, America, the Republican healthcare plan is this: die quickly! That’s right. The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” .. The YouTube clip went viral .. Before the healthcare controversy could subside, he used his newfound platform to double down, lighting into Dick Cheney, who had been hectoring Obama on national security, charging the president with giving “aid and comfort to the enemy,” the legal definition of treason. On Hardball With Chris Matthews, Grayson compared Cheney to a vampire: “I have trouble listening to what he says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking.”
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