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GOP Candidate Filing Ethics Complaint Against Grayson
Eric Kleefeld | October 22, 2009, 10:54AM
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Patricia Sullivan, a Tea Party organizer seeking the Republican nomination against Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), is filing a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics over Grayson's use of the House floor to promote his "Names of the Dead" Web site:
As a Mom, Patricia has learned to apply swift correction to bad behavior. She will be filing a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics later today. It is her hope and desire that the OCE will forward the complaint to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
If the committee sees fit to censure the violations of Representative Grayson, perhaps the residents of the 8th Congressional District will no longer be subject to the constant embarrassment they have endured over the last few months.
Grayson's office did not have any comment on Sullivan's press release. A source in the office said that they've reached out to the Ethics Committee and the House Administration Committee for their opinion, and are also speaking to their FEC attorney.
Check out the full Sullivan statement after the jump.
Patricia Sullivan, a resident of the 8th Congressional District of Florida, a mom, and a candidate for Alan Grayson's seat, will be filing a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Representative Alan Grayson.
According to the House Ethics Manual, Grayson's activities on the House floor yesterday were in direct violation of rules of conduct and ethics found on pages 38, 123, 127, 131, and 176.
As a Mom, Patricia has learned to apply swift correction to bad behavior. She will be filing a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics later today. It is her hope and desire that the OCE will forward the complaint to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
If the committee sees fit to censure the violations of Representative Grayson, perhaps the residents of the 8th Congressional District will no longer be subject to the constant embarrassment they have endured over the last few months.
It is time for Representative Grayson to be held accountable for his wreckless (sic) behavior.
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justadood
October 22, 2009 11:03 AM
Ah, the irony...... makes me want a martini, and it's only 8am....
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Dave Bowman
October 22, 2009 11:21 AM
Perhaps she can hire Orly Taitz as her lawyer.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 11:25 AM in reply to Dave Bowman
She IS Oily Tits!
And the ethics violation is? Grayson told the truth -- which Republicans abhore on principle -- about Republicans.
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GregorZap
October 22, 2009 11:30 AM
Names of the Dead
Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance.
I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story of that loved one with us. Help us ensure that their legacy is a more just America, where every life that can be saved will be saved.
Did she take this as a swipte aganst theGOP, beause they are not mentioned here at all. Oris she advocating the right of free speech of the people who havelost the lives of friends and family should be repressed? I'm confused. Maybe they can explain how it is unethical.
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commie atheist
October 22, 2009 1:50 PM in reply to GregorZap
As a Republican, she feels partly responsible for all those deaths.
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commie atheist
October 22, 2009 1:55 PM in reply to GregorZap
It is time for Representative Grayson to be held accountable for his wreckless (sic) behavior.
Did someone say wreckless?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUFL8WSxTgY
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FlownOver
October 22, 2009 3:14 PM in reply to commie atheist
We've been Wreckrolled!
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FlownOver
October 22, 2009 3:17 PM in reply to commie atheist
We've been Wreckrolled!
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FlownOver
October 22, 2009 3:18 PM in reply to commie atheist
We've been Wreckrolled!
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commie atheist
October 22, 2009 3:38 PM in reply to FlownOver
Again and again and again.
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dswx
October 22, 2009 11:42 AM
Leave it to a cowardly and ignorant teabagger to insult the memory of those who died. Guess it shows that she is not pro-life. ;-)
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dswx
October 22, 2009 11:44 AM in reply to dswx
Oops, that came out wrong. I meant that it shows she is "pro-life" but not if it means health insurance will help sustain it.
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Matt Jones
October 22, 2009 12:20 PM in reply to dswx
You're forgetting: pro-life for Republicans only counts if you're a fetus or a vegetable. Otherwise you can just go die.
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Schmed- ley
October 22, 2009 1:06 PM in reply to Matt Jones
Or rich. Don't forget rich.
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Bass Ace
October 22, 2009 12:22 PM in reply to dswx
I'm still waiting for the massive head explosions if the Teabaggers ever figure out what Thomas Payne and Ayn Rand actually wrote.
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Will work for shoes
October 22, 2009 11:47 AM
What does being a mom have to do with any of this? Is that her sole qualification for office (and filing the complaint)? Jesus, do we have another Palin running for an office she isn't qualified for?
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jeffgee
October 22, 2009 11:59 AM in reply to Will work for shoes
Dogwhistle alert!
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Rich in NJ
October 22, 2009 11:53 AM
I guess if you have nothing to run on...
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Morbo
October 22, 2009 12:20 PM in reply to Rich in NJ
Here, I'll help here with some campaign slogans:
"Patricia Sullivan, as a mom, she can tuck the voices in your head into bed. Now with 33% more nagging!"
"Patricia Sullivan, as a mom who swiftly corrects what needs to be corrected, will correct you. You dirty, dirty boy. Starbursts!"
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Schmed- ley
October 22, 2009 1:08 PM in reply to Morbo
Mama, did it need to be so high?
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Dizzy Izzy
October 22, 2009 12:09 PM
I just read all the pages referenced and these charges are completely bogus. No funds were being solicited nor does this website have to do with re-election. Ridiculous. You can look at the House Ethics Manual here for yourself: http://ethics.house.gov/Media/PDF/2008_House_Ethics_Manual.pdf
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Lok52
October 22, 2009 12:12 PM in reply to Dizzy Izzy
Sure, but when the OCE denies her complaint, she can use that in her campaign. "The Democrat Party won't police themselves. We need to get rid of them!"
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AJM
October 22, 2009 1:36 PM in reply to Dizzy Izzy
"It's not fair. He did something good on the floor of the House that made people like him. That's campaigning! That's got to stop!
Mom."
So much for the idea of the voice of the people.
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rgembry
October 22, 2009 9:30 PM in reply to Dizzy Izzy
Those pages of the Manual have nothing to do with Grayson's speech on the House floor.
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Cal Gal
October 22, 2009 12:17 PM
You mean just ANYONE can file an ethics complaint? I thought you had to be a member of Congress to file one. Where does one send such a complaint? There are a few I could file against health insurance company flacks posing as the people's representatives.
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KY Yellow Dog
October 22, 2009 1:24 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Ditto! Why didn't we know about this before? I can't believe nobody thought of this.
Eric, we need a link to this ethics complaint form immediately.
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flvorful
October 22, 2009 2:15 PM in reply to KY Yellow Dog
you can submit info to the OCE here:
http://oce.house.gov/how_to_submit_info.shtml
i have no idea how long it takes from there.
--jake
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KY Yellow Dog
October 22, 2009 3:21 PM in reply to flvorful
Ooooooh! Who first? Mitchie poo? No, Blue Dog Bennie Boy Chandler! No, Florida resident illegally representing Kentucky Ed Whitfield! Decisions, decisions ....
Thanks!
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ray reynolds
October 22, 2009 12:20 PM
Why can't people just die quietly?
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ray reynolds
October 22, 2009 12:25 PM
"...perhaps the residents of the 8th Congressional District will no longer be subject to the constant embarrassment they have endured over the last few months."
How dare someone tell the truth. Bassturd!!!
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Corambis
October 22, 2009 1:11 PM
Embarrassment in Florida?
Now that's an accomplishment......
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KY Yellow Dog
October 22, 2009 1:22 PM
Bets! Get your bets in!
I say Grayson wins by at least 10 points, regardless of his opponent.
If "concerned mom" is the repug nominee, he wins by 20.
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DownriverDem
October 22, 2009 1:45 PM
The GOP is very sad. With nut jobs like her they will be in the minority a long time.
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commie atheist
October 22, 2009 1:57 PM
It is time for Representative Grayson to be held accountable for his wreckless (sic) behavior.
Did someone say wreckless, Eric?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUFL8WSxTgY
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MyMy
October 22, 2009 2:48 PM
Go, Grayson! He's smart, committed and he really knows how to hurt a guy...
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bill
October 22, 2009 3:03 PM
I hope some 'responsible news agency' (the only one I can think of is Jon Stewart) will gather a collage of Republicon crackpot exclamations from the House and Senate floor, use this occasion to raise a mirror to the Republiconz and remind the country how fortunate it is to have marginalized the likes of Patricia Sullivan and placed her party in the majority.
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hologram5
October 22, 2009 6:34 PM
This woman is an idiot with nothing to bring to the table so in typical RepubliCON style, she'll attack his credibility. However, in attacking his, she has destroyed her own. Good riddance to bad rubbish. With the things that he is spearheading, does she really think she has a chance? Do any of them? Man they are living in a dream land.
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Texas Aggie
October 22, 2009 7:46 PM
There is such a thing as frivolous lawsuits and people who file them are sometimes penalized (see Orly Taitz). I wonder if the same thing can be applied to this individual. If none of the charges are even close to valid, I would think that she is guilty.
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rgembry
October 22, 2009 9:19 PM
What rules of ethics and conduct is she talking about? As far as I can tell, there are 14 House Rules in the Code of Conduct, which comprises House Rule XXIII, as documented here. I can't see any of them that are facially violated by Grayson running a web site to honor those who have died because of lack of access to health care.
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