A Grayson Gaffe From The New York Times

If "The Old Gray Lady" is going to attack Congressman Alan Grayson, at least the paper should do is get its information straight (here), right?

Mr. Grayson joins colleagues like Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota; Pete Stark, Democrat of California; and Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, in what the decorum-minded see as a bipartisan playpen reserved for political problem children. So for party leaders, the behavior often forces a question: Do you cheer, or wince, or both?

“If you are on our side, you assume that the problem member is mostly likely to be invited on all the Sunday talk shows,” said Representative Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, who recently served as the No. 2 House Republican and is firmly in the grown-up camp.

Oh yes, this was such a "grown up" moment for Blunt, wasn't it ("Play the ball where 'the monkey' throws it" in Washington, huh? Real big yuks, you idiot)...



Times writer David Herszenhorn continues...

As for figuring out if and when the leadership needs to intercede, Mr. Blunt said: “That’s when the leaders decide which leader is more likely to deal successfully with the problem.” House Republican leaders, for instance, quickly made clear that Mr. Wilson would have to apologize after he shouted “You lie!” during President Obama’s health care speech before Congress.

Gee, if Herszenhorn had bothered to perform a minimum of research, he would have discovered that Wilson never apologized to Congress for his outburst (as noted here), though he did apologize to the President, so Herszenhorn is partly correct here anyway. However, an apology on the House floor was certainly called for by Wilson for his unprecedented act (though, as we all know, IOKIYAR).