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"Man of them seem loaded," the liberal congressman says, charging his GOP colleagues smelled like alcohol
In a Tuesday interview, Rep. Alan Grayson charged that Republican House members have been literally intoxicated while casting votes on the continuing resolutions that set the stage for todays government shutdown.
Noting a number of public reports that you can smell alcohol on their breath as theyre voting gleefully to shut down the government and create chaos, Grayson said that he had personally witnessed GOP colleagues smelling like alcohol. Many of them seem loaded, said Grayson.
The Florida congressman declined to name names, saying, its the usual suspects, but that he didnt really feel like getting that personal with people.
A spokesperson for Speaker John Boehner did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Politico reporter Ginger Gibson tweeted Saturday that she could smell the booze wafting from members as they walk off the floor.
Grayson said he thinks on-the-job alcohol consumption by GOP House members has been a problem all year long.
Its a fact we all have to live with, Grayson told Salon, and its making them violent and abusive towards America. Grayson also blamed todays shutdown on Republicans anarchist ideology and blind hatred of government, saying theyve become the Captain Ahabs of 21st century American politics."
More [link:http://www.salon.com/2013/10/01/grayson_blames_shutdown_on_gop_literally_drinking_on_the_job/|
KT2000
(20,583 posts)is allowed to drink on the job! These are people setting mandatory sentences for marijuana users while drunk?
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)women's bodies and lives are to be used and abused...
KT2000
(20,583 posts)BillyRibs
(787 posts)However they don't get drunk, They're doing Their job, And They aren't voting on Defunding the US Government.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)He'll taste the mash, but he tests the whiskey by a hydrometer (hygrometer? one of the two).
BillyRibs
(787 posts)I was just trying to make a point! Thank you for the imput.
cash__whatiwant
(396 posts)avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)k&r
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)The alcohol may cause some issues, but the coke picks em right back up and gets them moving.
Time to piss test congress.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...that alcohol played a crucial role in the market-oriented culture. In different industries in different regions, alcohol was used to soothe the harsh judgments required to survive in the free market. The whole fundamental premise of competing for material wealth appears to create such deep moral guilt, that the only way through it is to be clinically drunk.
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KT2000
(20,583 posts)The "3 martini lunch" is considered a part of doing business - for the upper class. For everyone else it is grounds for dismissal.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)they're voting this way because it's their idiotic strategy. The ones that aren't drinking are voting the same way as the ones that are.