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Alan Grayson

(485 posts)
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:40 PM Mar 2014

Radio Host Mark Levin Called Me a “Circus Clown”

I understand that you have to have a thick skin to be in politics. But I’m starting to think that I need an elephant’s hide. Or a flak jacket. Or both.

Recently, Tea Party star Joe the Plumber called me a “piece of nose slime.” Former Rep. Allen West revealed on national television that he “prays for my defeat.” Fox News propagandist Bill O’Reilly called me “crazy.” Former Gov. Mike Huckabee called my supporters “sick puppies.” So how long was it going to be, before national radio host Mark Levin chimed in and called me a “circus clown”?

If vicious personal attacks like calling a Member of Congress a “circus clown” make you feel ill, then click here, and give us the support we need to fight back.

For what it’s worth, I like circus clowns. I love the way that dozens of them pop out of those tiny little cars. My kids enjoy the suitcase gags, the juggling, and the magic tricks. But regardless of my affection for circus clowns, I am not one of them. Rather, I am a progressive, and the “most effective Member of Congress,” according to Slate magazine. Which is precisely why Mark Levin is calling me a circus clown. If I weren’t so effective, then they would ignore me.

And Mark Levin has an audience – a gullible audience, but nevertheless, an audience. Each week, 7.5 million people listen to his radio show. That’s the same number as Glenn Beck’s.

Lest you think that this is an isolated instance, an anomaly of some kind, here are some other harsh terms that right-wingers have flung at me during the merry month of March alone:


  • “Chief Maggot of All Liberal Lowlifes” (Downtrend.com)
  • “loudmouthed maverick liberal” (Gawker.com)
  • “pretty big POS” (FireAndreaMitchell.com)
  • “bad caveman” (AngryWhiteDude.com)
  • “loathsome pest” (Downtrend.com again)
  • “Lunatic” (“Jammie Wearing Fools”)
  • “Shrek look-a-like” (SatireWorld.com)
I know what you may be thinking: “Sticks and stones will break Alan’s bones, but names will never hurt him.” Except they will hurt, because the website Gawker.com has over four million visitors each month. Downtrend.com has had over a million. These right-wing TV shows, radio shows and websites are running a conscious and coordinated smear campaign to prevent my reelection. Their Tea Party stooges hear those words, and they are poised to try to defeat us in November. Which is why I need your help, to fight back.[/a]

Do you remember the “Swift Boat” attacks against Presidential candidate John Kerry? Through endless repetition of lies and insults, they took someone who was a genuine war hero, and made him seem like a coward. We can’t let that happen again, to me or to any other victim of what Hillary Clinton called the “vast right-wing conspiracy.”

What if you were the target of these vile, depraved and degrading personal attacks? What if it were you?

I’m willing to stand up in the face of this brutal character assassination, and continue to fight for the common good. But I can’t defeat them all by myself. I need your help, and I need it now. Every dollar counts. Monday marks our FEC report cut-off date. Please contribute today. And the best way to help our campaign is to make monthly contributions.

I’ll do my part. But I need you to do yours. Please support our campaign today.

Courage,

Rep. Alan Grayson
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Radio Host Mark Levin Called Me a “Circus Clown” (Original Post) Alan Grayson Mar 2014 OP
You must be doing something/everything right to get them in such a panties waddage...n/t monmouth3 Mar 2014 #1
It' s alway been my opinion- that when people resort to calling you names, notadmblnd Mar 2014 #2
I don't like clowns. SamKnause Mar 2014 #3
Hey, "Shrek look-a-like" is pretty cool, man. malthaussen Mar 2014 #4
Well it is politics rock Mar 2014 #5
Ironic coming from Koch suckers and the threw granny over the cliff crowd kimbutgar Mar 2014 #6
As I said before in another thread... uriel1972 Mar 2014 #10
"Better out than in, I say" n/t PeoViejo Mar 2014 #7
Consider the source, Congressman... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2014 #8
When someone like Mark Levin Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #9
I'll have to ask Levin about that Arneoker Mar 2014 #11
They're freaking out because SmittynMo Mar 2014 #12

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
2. It' s alway been my opinion- that when people resort to calling you names,
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:50 PM
Mar 2014

you are the one with the power. It means they've got nothing else to fight with. Keep doing what you're doing and don't back down to them.

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
3. I don't like clowns.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:53 PM
Mar 2014

I never have.

I do support Representative Alan Grayson 100% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you kick their butts in the upcoming election !!!!

They fear you Mr. Grayson.

They don't like the truth.

They don't like that you represent we the people.

Please keep fighting for us !!!

We need you.

The U.S. government needs you.

Sending good vibes to you and your family.

P.S. You were 100% correct: The Republicans health care plan; Don't get sick, if you do get sick, die quickly.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
4. Hey, "Shrek look-a-like" is pretty cool, man.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 12:56 PM
Mar 2014

It would be nice to see the level of discourse raised, but somehow I think GOP name-calling isn't going to end any time soon. It plays too well to their base.

Some of the name-calling on DU can get pretty low, too. But somehow that's all right.

-- Mal

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
6. Ironic coming from Koch suckers and the threw granny over the cliff crowd
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 02:50 PM
Mar 2014

Alan, keep up the fight don't let the neatherthals keep you back from speaking the truth.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
10. As I said before in another thread...
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 01:29 AM
Mar 2014

Don't slander the Neanderthals. Unlike the above mentioned conservatives, they were capable of making and using tools and had elaborate funeral rituals, indicating a level of culture these abominations could never reach.

Rhiannon12866

(203,023 posts)
8. Consider the source, Congressman...
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 11:50 PM
Mar 2014

These guys are desperate and when they can't criticize on substance, all they've got left is name calling. And I received a call from someone on your staff, so already pledged to donate monthly. Thank you again for all you do!

Arneoker

(375 posts)
11. I'll have to ask Levin about that
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:49 AM
Mar 2014

Next time Ringling Bros. Barnum and Baily comes to town and he's available.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
12. They're freaking out because
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 09:30 AM
Mar 2014

you're a threat to them, and they don't like people that tell truths. Hang in there. Only the strong survive!!!

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