You have to laugh at left-wing lunatic Alan Grayson (democratic congressman from Florida). I don't think I've bothered to dignify any of this goof's insane rhetoric previously in this space because (1) it's so utterly mindless, (2) he's a publicity hound, and (3) he's even very small potatoes at that. But his latest escapade is pretty amusing. He calls a Federal Reserve official a "K Street Whore" and tries to defend the statement by dispatching a spokesperson to talk to the media. The spokesperson comes armed with a dictionary, basically saying (and yes, I'm paraphrasing and taking a certain poetic license):"See it's right here in the American Heritage Dictionary, right there under 'whore.' See, under 'whore,' Definition # 2? It says, 'a person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.' There you have it! The good congressman didn't mean to call Robertson a street-walker. He didn't mean to impugn her character. This wasn't meant as a personal attack. He merely meant that she's a whore in the sense that she has no dignity, principles or conviction whatsoever after she flushed all of that away for her own personal benefit and success. There's nothing more to it than that. Alan should now be exonerated. Just a big misunderstanding. You folks have a good one!"
So. Let me get this straight: As long as you didn't intend to literally refer to someone as a lady of the night, it's perfectly OK to call her a "whore" if what you really meant is that she's an unprincipled fink? A distinction without much of any real difference, perhaps?
And, BTW, what's next out of Grayson? A homophobic F-bomb explained away with the British slang for cigarette? A "jackass" blast backed only with the intention of calling someone "a large eared mammal known for its stubbornness"? A "brown shirt" characterization grounded in the aim of complimenting someone on their attire? Keep that dictionary handy, I guess!
Finally, and just to clarify for the record, when I call Grayson a loon, I don't mean that he's a water fowl native to certain parts of the Northern Hemisphere. And when I call him a goof, I don't mean that he's a computer game error. Nope. Only Definition #1's are good enough for this guy.
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