Alan Grayson Labels Opponent as "Taliban Dan Webster"

YouTube - AD: "Taliban Dan Webster"

I was reading the post that Jared Law wrote concerning Congressman Alan Grayson's (D-FL) ad equating Republican candidate Daniel Webster as "Taliban Dan.  This was a low for Alan Grayson.  Alan Grayson is a despicable human being.  He'll go to the lowest level to smear his opposition.  He tried to make the "Restoring Honor" rally in which Glenn Beck headed up as some type of racist rally.  During the House floor debates over the healthcare bill that was passed in March, Grayson was trying to depict Republicans as wanting people to die in trying to explain the Republican opposition towards the healthcare bill several months ago.  Alan Grayson is being opposed in Florida's 12th district by former Florida legislator Daniel Webster.  Grayson aired an ad that totally twisted the comments that Webster made about wives being submissive to their husbands. 

Grayson aired an ad which equates Daniel Webster to the Taliban.  He depicted Webster as a radical fundamentalist who wants to shove his views on Florida residents.  Grayson shows where Webster cited the passage about wives being submissive to their own husbands.  Webster says that was in the Bible.  Four times you would see Webster making the statement "Submit to me."  The ad made allegations that Webster wants to deny healthcare coverage to battered women and to force raped women to bear the rapist's child.  The allegations that Grayson made about Webster were totally out of context.  The statements that were written on the screen had nothing to do with those "submit to me" comments.

Here's the full context of Daniel Webster's comments:

"So, write a journal.  Second, find a verse.  I have a verse for my wife.  Don't pick the ones that say, 'She should submit to me.' That's in the Bible, but pick the ones that you're supposed to do.  So instead, 'love your wife, even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it' as opposed to 'wives submit to your own husbands.'  She can pray that, if she wants to, but don't pray it." 

The full statement that Webster made concerning wives submitting to their own husbands rips apart the twisted lies Grayson made about Webster in that attack ad.  Grayson depicted Webster as a husband with a bullwhip making that kind of statement.  He tried to depict husbands as being abusive in misquoting the statement Webster made.  He never mentioned the part where Webster stated that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church.  That changes the equation entirely. 

Voters who live in the 12th Congressional District in Florida need to vote out Grayson on November 2nd.  Radio talk show host Jim Sumpter labels people like Grayson as  "punks".  That's my opinion of Grayson.  He's a punk.  He devotes his time doing nothing but smearing those he's opposed to.  As far as I'm concerned he's the worst member of Congress when it comes to smear tactics.  If Floridians in the 12th District don't vote out Grayson, then they'll "get the government they deserve".  We always complain about how our government isn't responsive to the needs of the voter.  However, if we continue voting in these crooked incumbents, then we deserve the government we get.  We're not going to be able to change government if we continue re-electing the same old incumbents.  My message to voters on November 2nd is "Vote out the incumbents in droves."