Alan Grayson: 'K-Street Whore'

Alan Grayson is at it again.

In a radio interview with Alex Jones, Grayson referred to a woman as a "K-Street whore."

Is Nancy Pelosi going to condemn Grayson for speaking in such a vile manner and rein in the out of control Dem?

Why aren't members of the liberal media networks calling out Grayson, making this a major story?

No Republican would be granted such leeway.

Audio of Grayson's attack on Linda Robertson, the "K-Street whore."



Grayson is not backing down. He stands by his remark.

From Politico:

A spokesman for Rep. Alan Grayson is defending the Florida Democrat’s use of the word “whore” to describe a female official at the Federal Reserve, pointing to a secondary dictionary definition to argue that Grayson meant only that the woman had sold her soul for financial gain.

“The attack was on her professional career, not her personal life,” Grayson spokesman Todd Jurkowski wrote in an e-mail to POLITICO. “The second definition of ‘whore’ in the American Heritage Dictionary is 'A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.’

“I think a reasonable person could believe that a person who was paid to promote and defend Enron has 'compromised principles for personal gain.'”

Jurkowski was responding to the outrage – from both sides of the aisle – that came after Republicans circulated a clip Monday of Grayson calling Linda Robertson, an aide to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, a “K Street whore” in a radio interview last month.

Robertson lobbied for Enron, the Clinton Treasury Department and Johns Hopkins University before going to work for Bernanke; Jurkowski said his boss was simply making a point about Robertson’s prior work.

"She had the audacity to attack a congressman who used to be an economist. She's a career lobbyist who used to work for Enron and advocates for whatever she gets paid to promote," Jurkowski said.

The online version of the American Heritage Dictionary actually lists three definitions for the word “whore”: “1. A prostitute. 2. A person considered sexually promiscuous. 3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.”

It's the second time in recent weeks that a Grayson aide has cited a less-incendiary meaning for a word to try to put out a political fire Grayson lit by using strong language.

In a House floor speech earlier this month, Grayson blamed Republicans for the current state of the health care system, which he referred to as a "holocaust in America."

Obviously, Grayson is using inappropriate and inflammatory language if he is forced to keep citing dictionary definitions to defend himself.

I think Grayson is hiding behind the dictionary to spew his vitriol. It's a sleazy excuse to speak in an extremely derogatory manner.

No Republican could get away with that.

Last night at a fundraiser, Obama actually praised Grayson.

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is drawing criticism from his congressional colleagues, but President Obama offered him some warm words at a Miami fundraiser for the Democratic congressional campaign committees last night.

Obama, in introducing the members of Congress in attendance, called Grayson – along with Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Kendrick Meek – as “outstanding members of Congress.”

Good grief.

Obama condones Grayson's disgraceful behavior by giving him that shout-out.

Bad move, Obama.