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Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed

vvaduva writes "Florida Rep. Alan Grayson wants to see one of his critics go directly to jail, all over her use of the word 'my' on her blog. In a four-page letter sent to [US Attorney General Eric] Holder, Grayson accuses blogger Angie Langley of lying to federal elections officials and requests that she be fined and imprisoned for five years. Her lie, according to Grayson, is that she claims to be one of his constituents. Langley, Grayson says, is misrepresenting herself by using the term 'my' in the Web site's name."

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  1. Oh, the irony by mariox19 · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the article, the blogger criticized the congressman for his "childish approach" towards governing.

    Well, he sure showed her!

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  2. Re:Let me be the first to toast the congressman... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think you've confused him with Barney Frank.

  3. Re:I call bullshit by berashith · · Score: 4, Funny

    When are you liberals going to learn ... the republican party is the political wing of Fox News.

  4. Quoting Fox News on slashdot by Stevious · · Score: 2, Funny

    priceless.

  5. Re:Her Constituent Status Is Only Part of It by ShadowRangerRIT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Democrat is to Republican as:

    C) Pot is to Kettle

    A clearly inaccurate analogy. Everyone knows there are no black Republicans.

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    Okay, Steele, but I'm not sure he's Republican so much as he is plain nuts. *dives out window to avoid getting served with libel papers*

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  6. I wonder... by hyades1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I called Rep. Grayson "My least favourite douchebag", would that get me in trouble? Or perhaps "My personal definition of an asshat"?

    I wonder what got into the people of Florida to elect such a pathetic waste of oxygen. Clearly this guy isn't qualified to run a fast food joint, much less make decisions affecting the lives of thousands of people. Maybe everybody will get lucky and he'll drown from looking up too long during a rainstorm.

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  7. Re:The question, really, is this: by Tangential · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we are going to treat lying as a crime (and IMHO breaking campaign promises is clearly lying) then there are going to be a whole lot of people going to jail. I foresee lots of openings in Washington. I won't name any names, but there would be 435 vacancies in the House of Representatives, 100 in the Senate and 2 in the Executive Branch.

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  8. Re:Her Constituent Status Is Only Part of It by ewenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    A clearly inaccurate analogy. Everyone knows there are no black Republicans.

    Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Star Parker, Allen West, etc.

  9. Add a slash to the URL by starglider29a · · Score: 2, Funny

    Add a slash to the URL, so that it's MyCongressmanIsNuts.com/Grayson. Repeat 434 times, once for each congressman.

    Fixed that for ya.

  10. Re:You wouldn't name it 'YourCongressmanIsNuts.com by SwashbucklingCowboy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah, Republicans hate it when a Dem starts giving back what they've been shoveling for years now...

  11. Oops by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone forgot to mention Grayson's party affiliation. "Democrat" for those still wondering. "Republican" would have been part of the headline had it been so.