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18. true, but what bothers me more than his being bombastic is his rank hypocrisy

Wed May 13, 2015, 04:37 PM

May 2015

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken, populist Democrat who thunders against Wall Street fat cats,and used to to joke about Mitt Romney's low tax bill, incorporated a couple hedge funds in the Cayman Islands so investors could avoid taxes.

Grayson Fund Ltd. and Grayson Master Fund were incorporated in 2011 in the Cayman Islands, a well known tax Haven that Romney used as well, records show.. That was the same year he wrote in the Huffington Post that the IRS should audit every Fortune 500 company because so many appear to be "evading taxes through transfer pricing and offshore tax havens."

In a phone interview Wednesday, Grayson said the funds were incorporated in Grand Cayman at the advice of an attorney he declined to name. It was a vehicle for foreign investors to invest in his funds while limiting their tax liabilities, he said, but no money had been invested in them yet.

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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/potty-mouthed-alan-grayson-and-his-offshore-investments/2229497

Put simply, this is as indefensible as it gets. And the weasel words that Grayson uses are maddening. He really seems to think that he can pull the wool over everybody's eyes- and then he has the unmitigated gall to act self-righteous. He'll never be the U.S. Senator from Florida.

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Alan Grayson just called a reporter a "shitting robot" [View all] Playinghardball May 2015 OP

Grayson has been tactless on more than one occassion. nt okaawhatever May 2015 #1

It's not tactless, it's welcomed. Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #15

How much money do you have in the Caymens? yeoman6987 May 2015 #31

Nothing was wrong. 840high May 2015 #78

Between 0 and Quadrillion. Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #86

You forget, its only tactless when the OTHER side does it! 7962 May 2015 #138

I love that you never miss an opportunity to shed a tear for the feelings of the far right Scootaloo May 2015 #151

We have many OPs where the subject is nothing but rude crude stuff from the right. 7962 May 2015 #162

Lol, I love Grayson! Can't say I blame him considering what passes for journalism these days. sabrina 1 May 2015 #2

Me too Sabrina! whatchamacallit May 2015 #5

Yet people are whining that Hillary isn't answering their questions wyldwolf May 2015 #38

But hey, he's "cool." MADem May 2015 #128

You have a way with words. Thank you. 7962 May 2015 #163

You are more than welcome. MADem May 2015 #164

Not so good at being a husband fadedrose May 2015 #172

Ghastly. Five kids, and he got that annulment he wanted (after 25 years). MADem May 2015 #173

We know nothing about his personal life. Maybe his wife wasn't so good at being a wife. But sabrina 1 May 2015 #190

I love Alan Grayson, too! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #115

His remark was destructively gross. In other words, he actually ladjf May 2015 #3

His 'remark' was in the form of a question, and completely appropriate. What is inappropriate sabrina 1 May 2015 #8

+1 L0oniX May 2015 #14

I'm K&Ring your post and I don't care ... Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #24

+1 daleanime May 2015 #28

Uh huh. NuclearDem May 2015 #29

maybe you and I are wrong. maybe it's cognitive dissonance cali May 2015 #44

So you're saying Hillary should just insult them instead of just not answering question wyldwolf May 2015 #40

Did this reporter ever ask Jaimie Dimon about his offshore accounts I wonder? Any of the sabrina 1 May 2015 #46

Did a local Tampa Bay reporter ask Jaime Dimon in New York about his finances? NuclearDem May 2015 #56

thAt has fuck all to do with it. total strawman cali May 2015 #62

It has fuck all everything to do with it. What is Grayson's voting record? sabrina 1 May 2015 #66

So says you naoya6161 May 2015 #70

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL Long Drive May 2015 #82

Not exactly a compelling argument naoya6161 May 2015 #84

I put exactly as much thought as was deserved Long Drive May 2015 #119

Still not compelling naoya6161 May 2015 #120

Keep trying to get me to call you names Long Drive May 2015 #122

Hahahahaha naoya6161 May 2015 #123

Oh it is with such sorrow I cast you into ignore Long Drive May 2015 #126

Thanks for not leaving, BTW naoya6161 May 2015 #129

Oh that is just delish. NuclearDem May 2015 #137

So says the record. Last time these smear campaigns against Grayson worked, and we got a vile sabrina 1 May 2015 #141

Nope naoya6161 May 2015 #143

Grayson is back in Congress. The Left sure did a great job of helping Webster gain a seat that WAS sabrina 1 May 2015 #147

Given Grayson's personal dramas, and now this intemperate display, I think Senator Sanders might MADem May 2015 #135

Yeah, he is one of the few who had the guts to slam the Republicans and their corporate buddies sabrina 1 May 2015 #139

He hasn't been "targeted." His BEHAVIOR invites the attention he's getting. MADem May 2015 #142

I don't know that he's not well. I think he's just an arrogant, narcissistic cali May 2015 #153

I've seen some recent pictures of him, and he doesn't look good. MADem May 2015 #165

You make really good points. You've made really good points throughout this thread cali May 2015 #169

I know, something is never right with outspoken Liberal Dems. Same old smear campaign. If he has not sabrina 1 May 2015 #179

If a rich, back bench GOP congressman did the exact same things, you'd be all over him like a cheap MADem May 2015 #180

Of course he's 'not well'. He's a Liberal who has gone after the bad guys. And he does an sabrina 1 May 2015 #184

Doesn't matter naoya6161 May 2015 #185

No, it's not his stated views that are problematic. You know this. You keep ignoring the obvious. MADem May 2015 #186

Alan would be a great... ReRe May 2015 #166

Anyone thinking Bernie would choose him, doesn't know Bernie at all cali May 2015 #168

Excuse me. cali... ReRe May 2015 #191

Yeah, he could bring his girlfriend to the Observatory in DC and leave his xwife in the house w/the MADem May 2015 #170

We need fighters like Grayson. Notice whenever one shows up, they are attacked, smeared and sabrina 1 May 2015 #187

sorry, he's just another phony; a hypocritical creep. He railed against people doing PRECISELY cali May 2015 #150

And I'll do everything I can to keep him working for the people. sabrina 1 May 2015 #174

He admitted it. I realize denial is a powerful force, but denying cali May 2015 #175

Who knew Jamie Dimon served in Congress representing a FL district and was making a move towards a MADem May 2015 #181

I hear Hillary has a committee to plan a plan for her committee to plan insults. n/t Scootaloo May 2015 #167

it was wrong when the press asked Romney about his off-shore accounts and it's just as wrong now LanternWaste May 2015 #146

I understand Romney demonstrated slightly more restraint when it came to his response.... MADem May 2015 #182

Not a good idea. leftofcool May 2015 #4

Truth can be ugly sometimes. backscatter712 May 2015 #6

The reporter asked him about his offshore finances in the sufrommich May 2015 #7

Interesting. I'm not an admirer of Grayson's cali May 2015 #10

It's not the first time we've had a representative who had sufrommich May 2015 #13

true, but what bothers me more than his being bombastic is his rank hypocrisy cali May 2015 #18

He says he has "voters who will crawl over glass" to vote sufrommich May 2015 #22

Here's a video of one of those voters... GReedDiamond May 2015 #116

Tip O'Neill never forgot the lesson that people like to be ASKED for their vote. MADem May 2015 #189

Unfortunately for Grayson, the tampabay.com was formerly called the Baitball Blogger May 2015 #23

I don't usually disagree with you TM99 May 2015 #104

Why we're mad at Grayson naoya6161 May 2015 #105

People have off days. TM99 May 2015 #107

Which is why I can do better naoya6161 May 2015 #108

Are you kidding me? TM99 May 2015 #109

Correcting your mistakes naoya6161 May 2015 #110

I was incorrect on the year. TM99 May 2015 #111

Remember, this is Florida naoya6161 May 2015 #112

I just don't agree with that strategy. TM99 May 2015 #113

Our strategy does have history behind it naoya6161 May 2015 #114

Wait a minute--Grayson is getting all this publicity not because of what he said so much as how MADem May 2015 #144

Agreed naoya6161 May 2015 #145

This ^^^ RecoveringJournalist May 2015 #134

Yep---knew you'd be along. trumad May 2015 #21

Did somebody hurt your feelings? NaturalHigh May 2015 #25

He's my congressman. . trumad May 2015 #36

All I know is he puts up with no shit from Republicans and he's a fighter. That's good enough sabrina 1 May 2015 #49

And the typicals hop in this thread and act like shitting robots. trumad May 2015 #50

Carlin said none of them can be trusted, he was right. If I have to choose between a pro NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #57

None of them are our friends, family members, or neighbors. All I care about is 'how do they vote'? sabrina 1 May 2015 #75

and the blind worshippers cali May 2015 #64

Oh yes, it's all about being a 'fangirl' or whatever. What is his voting record on major issues sabrina 1 May 2015 #83

We can use any other Democrat in place of Grayson naoya6161 May 2015 #85

Really? That's what I heard last time he offended certain people's sensibilities. Except they sabrina 1 May 2015 #88

Have you forgotten that many voters are naoya6161 May 2015 #90

Yeah, and thanks to the smelling salts crowd on 'our side' they turned a vile Republican sabrina 1 May 2015 #92

i think you're missing the point naoya6161 May 2015 #93

You didn't answer my question. How many other Dems have offshore accounts sabrina 1 May 2015 #95

Wrong again naoya6161 May 2015 #96

And without thinking of how they are helping Corporate America to replace him with sabrina 1 May 2015 #76

So iandhr May 2015 #73

"Plenty of so called experts here on DU"... NaturalHigh May 2015 #117

Yawn trumad May 2015 #118

hi trum. And I know that hypocrisy doesn't bother you at all cali May 2015 #26

He should have followed Hillary's example whatchamacallit May 2015 #11

...the short political career of Alan Grayson.... Hekate May 2015 #9

Do the press generally ask, say Jaimie Dimon about his offshore accounts? sabrina 1 May 2015 #32

Good for Grayson? tjl148 May 2015 #69

All I care about is his voting record. Last time he 'ran his mouth' about his sabrina 1 May 2015 #87

bullshit. his voting record is nothing special cali May 2015 #103

Maybe "quite a few" but far from most, none in Florida, and certainly better than TheKentuckian May 2015 #171

What district is Jamie Dimon running in? MADem May 2015 #133

There's the answer to why "the party is scared of Alan Grayson." Renew Deal May 2015 #12

+100 nt okaawhatever May 2015 #16

Funny, we always do that to our Dems who are willing to tell the truth sabrina 1 May 2015 #35

We have plenty of fighters that act professionally Renew Deal May 2015 #51

yep.and plenty more cali May 2015 #65

And, so who replaced Grayson the last time the smelling salts crowd on our side sabrina 1 May 2015 #94

His ann--- May 2015 #17

It doesn't appeal to Republicans either. Which is why they spent so much money sabrina 1 May 2015 #37

In all fairness, his hometown paper is the Orlando Sentinel. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #19

Have they ever asked any of our Wall St crooks about their Offshore Accounts I wonder? sabrina 1 May 2015 #41

The Orlando Sentinel is the kind of paper that would endorse candidates Baitball Blogger May 2015 #91

This is why the party leftynyc May 2015 #20

Good for him. CanonRay May 2015 #27

Yeah, how dare a reporter ask him about his hedge fund tax dodging scheme cali May 2015 #30

Maybe he has asked Debbie Wasserman Schultz about her offshore accounts also? sabrina 1 May 2015 #106

Exactly thank you. I'll worry when they ask Jaimie Dimon about HIS offshore accounts. But I doubt sabrina 1 May 2015 #43

You are blinded by yr adoration for a hypocrite tax dodger cali May 2015 #47

rec. MerryBlooms May 2015 #80

+1 n/t tammywammy May 2015 #102

Sounds like the reporter was playing "gotcha". Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #33

sounds like the reporter caught him red handed. Jaysus cali May 2015 #39

No, it sounds like Grayson was after those Wall St crooks as he has been for quite some time sabrina 1 May 2015 #45

Holy self-deception, batman. That's some industrial strength cali May 2015 #54

. NuclearDem May 2015 #58

perfect cali May 2015 #71

It wasn't a tax dodge. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #48

oh, ok. a way to limit tax liability cali May 2015 #60

I know too. Not EVERY account there is for crooks. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #63

I never said that. I said it's a sleazy way to cali May 2015 #68

Hedge funds aren't inherently "evil" either. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #74

the laundry list of what wrong with them cali May 2015 #79

No. He blasted Romney for being a con artist.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #89

What specifically leads you to that conclusion? LanternWaste May 2015 #127

It's not the first time Grayson has been cornered by one of these shills. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #132

and this, is how he loses support. i do not respect that. and not the first time i have seen this seabeyond May 2015 #34

do as I say, not as I do. PowerToThePeople May 2015 #42

Figures. Grayson tends to lash out when he gets cornered/busted. Hypocrite. nt kelly1mm May 2015 #52

That's too bad. In any event, I will not vote for Murphy. He is not, IMO, a Democrat. djean111 May 2015 #53

At least it's original. drm604 May 2015 #55

And this is why... naoya6161 May 2015 #59

Well, I guess he's done Android3.14 May 2015 #61

what a mean thing for him to say ..... olddots May 2015 #67

I love it! azureblue May 2015 #72

.so I take it his doing just what Romney did, cali May 2015 #77

The media are sickening and its easy to cheer his remark. Makes me sick when I see the AlinPA May 2015 #81

How mature of him rjsquirrel May 2015 #97

here's a visual... SummerSnow May 2015 #98

"shitting robots".. sendero May 2015 #99

That's TERRIBLE. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #100

I used to have a toy doll that peed and pooed. But she wasn't a robot. nt valerief May 2015 #155

And let me guess, you tried to give her milk even though the instructions specifically said Warren DeMontague May 2015 #156

I tried, but I was too young to lactate. valerief May 2015 #157

BAM! Warren DeMontague May 2015 #158

I'll be here all week. Please tip your server. valerief May 2015 #160

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc May 2015 #101

I always did want my very own shitting robot steve2470 May 2015 #121

Tee hee. lonestarnot May 2015 #124

Translation: "i'm really not ready for prime time" struggle4progress May 2015 #125

Say What YOU Want About Him... ChiciB1 May 2015 #130

Good. There are many who use their journalism degrees as cocktail Cleita May 2015 #131

And that would be worn-out batteries? Eleanors38 May 2015 #136

WORST. ROBOT IDEA. EVER. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #140

Is it a rightwing paper? n/t OneCrazyDiamond May 2015 #148

I would not call it left wing, centrist at best nt steve2470 May 2015 #149

+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 May 2015 #152

Ha! We know Congress is full of bullshitting robots. At least, being a shitting robot valerief May 2015 #154

ok, to be serious now... steve2470 May 2015 #159

He's a jerkoff Reter May 2015 #161

Awesome candor. nt bemildred May 2015 #176

Love me some Grayson!!! n/t Hepburn May 2015 #177

Me too. He puts up with no bull from vacuous empty heads in DC or anywhere. sabrina 1 May 2015 #188

Stating the truth is now a bad thing? Crude? Lint Head May 2015 #178

No. Flipping out over being asked a question about his hedge funds in the Cayman Islands cali May 2015 #183