Dear Orlando Sentinel: Like Harry Truman, Alan Grayson isn't giving the Republicans hell - he's just

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telling the truth and they think it's hell.

Clearly the Sentinel is out of touch with their readers who overwhelmingly agree with Alan in the Sentinel online poll. Let them know just how out of touch they really are:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edpquickhits01100109oct01,0,2183574.story

Our take on: Grayson's bombast
Grayson's bombast

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, the first-term Democrat from Orlando, already has a well-deserved reputation for overheated rhetoric. But he outdid himself Tuesday night when he declared — on the floor of the House — that the "Republican plan" for health care was for Americans to not get sick, or to "die quickly" if they do.

There is no place in a congressional debate for this kind of hyperbolic, hyperpartisan attack. It's toxic. Mr. Grayson owes the House a sincere apology.

But is it any surprise that pugnacious Democrats like Mr. Grayson are fighting back in the escalating war of words of health-care reform? Some Republicans, after all, have been hurling their own over-the-top charges at Democrats for weeks, like accusing them of favoring "death panels" to deny care to the elderly and disabled. Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite of Brooksville said on the House floor that the Democrats' health bill "essentially said to America's seniors: Drop dead."

A pox on both their houses.

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1. "...pugnacious Democrats like Mr. Grayson..."

I like the sound of that. August was August but now the tide is turning.

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2. 76% say "no apology is due"

Does Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson owe the U.S. House an apology for saying that Republicans want sick Americans to die quickly?

Yes. His comments were outrageous and over the top. (1954 responses)

20.3%

No. He deserves credit for having the courage to tell the truth. (6545 responses)

67.9%

Yes. If Grayson really wants health-care reform, this isn't the way to get it. (326 responses)

3.4%

No. Republicans have already shown they aren't interested in doing anything but blocking health care reform. (813 responses)

8.4%

9638 total responses

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3. The editorial continues to pretend, though, that the GOP is interested in "bipartisanship."

They're not. To keep pretending that Democrats should "play nice," with GOP bullies gives more ammunition to that side of the aisle.