Florida Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) on Tuesday apologized for calling a former Enron lobbyist-turned-Federal Reserve Board adviser a "K Street whore."First, I think Grayson would have used that for a male too, the term "whore" applied to politicians and lobbyists has become as unsexed as an intrinsically sexist comment can become.
“This characterization of Ms. Robertson, made during a radio interview last month in the context of the debate over whether the Federal Reserve should be independently audited, was inappropriate, and I apologize," he added.
Grayson is hardly a stranger to intense media and political scrutiny, but his remark about Robertson in particular had earned him the criticism of the National Organization for Women, which demanded on Tuesday the congressman issue an apology.
"Would he have singled out a male lobbyist and said the same thing?" Erin Matson, a vice president at NOW, told the AP.
Second, Grayson is an interesting figure. He is a larval Democrat, he is making waves now by saying and doing 'outlandish' things, which really means that he is saying things that most of the clowns in Washington know that it does not do to say. Maybe he will learn in time not to say those things the hard way, maybe a senior democrat will pull him aside and talk 'sense' to him, or maybe he will go away after a frustrating term or two. If he does stick around, he won't survive in his present form, he will have to evolve into the cynic power player who trades on a long gone personal reputation for truth telling and combat... or perish.
Think John Kerry, perhaps.
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