Grayson: How Many Uninsured Will Die In GOP Districts

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 8:28 AM PST

2009/11/05 · 08:28

A quick summary from Politico:

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is taking the extraordinary step of reading off the number of people he calculates will die as a result of lacking health insurance -- in each district represented by a GOP member of Congress who opposes health care reform.

His approach: Name the district, then name of the Republican, then enumerate the number of people who will die without health insurance based on a Harvard analysis -- suggesting that the members were responsible for the body count.

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Wednesday October 28, 2009 · 8:42 PM PDT

2009/10/28 · 20:42

(I hope this hasn't been posted, I've checked the diary entries for today and didn't see it. Also, if anyone knows where I can get a transcript for the hearing impaired I will add it to the diary.)

Today Alan Grayson took his time on the House floor to read stories from his website http://www.NamesOfTheDead.com.

As he reads the many tales of people, family members and friends and members of their communities, all who died because they were not able to get the treatment they deserve, he is clearly moved. And so was I watching it.

I can only hope this got through not just to the people watching on YouTube but the fellow officials sitting in congress, who have the ability to help so many with their votes.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 2:24 PM PDT

2009/09/03 · 14:24

And to think a few months ago, I thought South Carolina politics was just Ayn Rand fetishists and griping about immigration. Nope, it looks like Sanford's rendezvous with Maria was just the opening act to a drama that looks like "Henry IV" crossed with "Mean Girls".

You may have heard that yesterday Mike Rogers officially outed South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer. As Rogers is fond of pointing out, he was right when he outed Larry Craig and Mark Foley, and with the very real chance that the anti-gay Bauer could become the next governor of South Carolina, this story takes on new significance.

But Bauer allies are choosing to fight back in a very strange way. Jake Knotts - a longtime critic of Sanford and a rather interesting character who almost ran as an independent to challenge the gov in 2006 - has accused him of spreading rumors about Bauer's sexuality in order to save his own job.

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Monday July 27, 2009 · 1:32 PM PDT

2009/07/27 · 13:32

And thus endith the hilarity:

Embattled U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has announced that he will not seek re-election to a third term in 2010.

His decision ends months of speculation that he would drop out of the Senate race because of his inability to raise money, poor poll numbers and lack of support from top Republican officials.

Despite accepting contributions to his campaign since 2005, Bunning had less than $600,000 in the bank at the end of the second quarter, which ended in June.

Bunning has said that U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told him in December that he was too old to be re-elected.

It takes a weak, weak candidate to make Kentucky a certain lock for the Democrats, and Bunning was that candidate - polls showed him losing to virtually every Democrat possible. But instead of focusing on the hit to our pickup chances, let's remember the good times: the things that made Bunning such a delight.

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