Alan Grayson Concedes

Alan Grayson for all intents and purposes has lost JT Orlando (the blogger formerly known as Sinfonian) tweeted this concession speech quote from Alan Grayson.

"This district was gerrymandered for Republicans & we only won by 4 pts in 2008, so this result isn't a surprise."

Grayson was ahead in the polls. That changed after Grayson ran the horrible "Taliban Dan" ad. Some other progressives disagreed with my assessment of the ad. The fact is Grayson's poll numbers dipped after the "Taliban Dan" ad ran. The ad was anti-religious towards Christians and Muslims. Advocating a separation of church and state is a winnable argument. Attacking a person's faith is a sure way to lose a campaign.

Sinfonian Punks Tea Baggers

Florida blogger Sinfornian punked a tea party protest at Pensacola, Florida. Sinfonian correctly informed the crowd that there was a budget surplus during the Clinton administration. Sinfonian asks the small crowd how many make under $250,000. The vast majority of the crowd cheers. He informs the crowd they would get a tax cut under President Barack Obama's plan. The crowd becomes confused. The crowd turns on Sinfonian when he informed them the bad economic policies happened on Bush's and the Republican-controlled Congress' watch. The crowd can't handle hearing a fact-based message.

Fox News can say the tea parties were nonpartisan. The racist signs say otherwise.

Photo by Bernard J. Schober

Sinfonian was interiewed on the Richard Hunter Show. The interview starts at the 26 minute mark.