Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams gave attention to "incendiary" comments made by Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida, who charged that the Republican plan for health care is that people should "die quickly" if they get sick, prompting Republicans to demand an apology.
Williams seemed to signal his own disapproval of Grayson’s words as the NBC anchor introduced the item by remarking that "there’s something about this health care debate that makes some people say the most incendiary things." After playing a clip of Grayson’s comments, Williams informed viewers that the Democratic Congressman not only refused to apologize but "compared America’s health care situation to the Holocaust."
Below is a complete transcript of the relevant portion of the Wednesday, September 30, NBC Nightly News:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: There is more evidence tonight that there’s something about this health care debate that makes some people say the most incendiary things. Republicans are calling for an apology from a Democratic Congressman from Florida, Alan Grayson, who took to the House floor last night and summed up his view of the Republican approach to health care.
REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D-FL): Do you want the Democratic plan or do you want the Republican plan? Remember, the Republican plan: Don't get sick – and if you do get sick, die quickly.
WILLIAMS: Grayson said today the only people who deserve an apology are those who have no health insurance, and he compared America's health care situation to the Holocaust.
—Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.



















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Grayson is an Idiot, at best.
September 30, 2009 - 20:19 ET by Forest for the TreesThe voters will put the smirking Grayson in his place.
Boortz teed off on Grayson for a large chunk of his show today.
September 30, 2009 - 20:28 ET by R D HelmGrayson best be updating his resume.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
No harm done by Brian. His
September 30, 2009 - 20:40 ET by Clear thinkerNo harm done by Brian. His viewing audience of 12 people don't put up much of a fuss.
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I thought Brian Williams sided with the Dems on this
September 30, 2009 - 20:43 ET by ctyankeeMr. Williams played the video clip of the Democratic senator and his "die quickly" quote. He did not really present the opposing view. The senator played the Nazi card (Holocaust), which is below the belt.
You can say anything you want about Republicans. If you criticize the Democrat president, you are "racist".
waiting for lefties to condemn Grayson
September 30, 2009 - 20:57 ET by candance*looking at watch while waiting, starting now*
Stop: 7:00 CST
September 30, 2009 - 21:57 ET by 24enakOlbermann condemned what Grayson said as far as the tone and comparing it to the holocaust.
→ 24enak
September 30, 2009 - 22:07 ET by Cool ArrowI didn't see it, but you didn't mention if Olberman condemned the statement by Grayson that Republicans want you to die soon?
Only "holocaust" I see in America today is the black genocide liberals are engaging in. They've even given those little black babies a sub-human sounding name.
Try the veal! It's human.
It was in the opening teaser
September 30, 2009 - 22:29 ET by 24enakIt was in the opening teaser to the show. I didn't watch the segment about it because I wanted to see if Olbermann was hosting tonight and he was then I went back to watch the Tigers Twins game.
No idea what you are talking about "black genocide liberals are engaging in."
→ Yes, you do
September 30, 2009 - 22:35 ET by Cool ArrowYour penchant for ignoring the obvious is, well, obvious.
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September 30, 2009 - 22:46 ET by RESTLESS 1Where do you find the PP clinics where you live?
Cuz where I live, I don't see them in the Dominion, or Olmos Park, or Lincoln Heights, or Stone Oak...
Know where I see them? In the PROJECTS. In the ghettos and barrios.
Of course, the may just mean that liberals are for the quick extermination of poor people in general. Gotta pay for obamacare somehow.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
Grayson's speechwriters....
September 30, 2009 - 21:06 ET by HillbillyKingHave a bright future. I thought this was well done....
"Let's remember we should care about people even after they're born."
Hell, I'd say that was far better than the Holocaust rhetoric.
The sophistry in this country today is amazing.
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself.- Thomas Jefferson
I liked this comment
October 1, 2009 - 10:32 ET by Sonia H"And it is a fact that about 4500 Americans die every year as a result of our current health care system."
Do you think we could use Obama's tactics of saving or creating and apply it to healthcare? Let's just say, yes, maybe 4500 people die every year, but how many are saved?
Confuse a liberal. Just use facts.
Sonia in Las Vegas
I is confused.
September 30, 2009 - 22:56 ET by JWFI thought under the Republican plan, something like this would happen -
1. Don't get sick. Stay away from dirty filthy hippie democrats that never bath or wash their hands and spread disease.
2. If you do get sick. See you doctor and file a claim under your existing health insurance that 95% of Americans have.
3. Once you get well, cover your boot in plastic. Use duct tape to insure your plastic covered boot is leakproof.
4. Kick a dirty filthy hippie democrat until they bleed. Make sure the plastic covering does not break.
5. Incinerate the plastic/duct tape covering at a temperature of 2700 degrees to insure all potential germ spreading is eliminated.
6. Call your insurance company and get a hippie kicking discount of 10%.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
go away, Brian
October 1, 2009 - 01:56 ET by LindamaeSick, sicker, sickest. The congressman, Brian, and those who believe them.
Rep Grayson really showed
October 1, 2009 - 03:45 ET by ConservativeRexRep Grayson really showed us the moronic side of the free speech spectra. He is allowed to do that. Now, because we have free speech, I expect, no, demand that a Republican take that very same dais and blast Rep Grayson out of the water by presenting the actual facts of this worthless bill.
I would have liked a Republican to have been shouting at him from the floor of the house as Joe Wilson did, but there might not have been any present at that time on the floor of the house.
There is no law that says the Republicans have to sit back and take this crap. Don't sit there and whine "ain't it awful", fight back, to hell with decorum. We must have fighters, not whiners.
Nancy?
October 1, 2009 - 05:41 ET by FuzzlenutterIs this the "civility" you keep babbling about?
All about money.
October 1, 2009 - 08:17 ET by MaxwellThis nut job done this stunt to get more money for his campain. He looking for $$$$$$$$$$.He should get a new printer for his signs, they were not ever straight.
Williams
October 1, 2009 - 09:47 ET by jaywlWilliams must have have a momentary loss of coherence and became confused. I'm sure after the show (what used to be a newscast) he had a strange look on his face, shook a little, and said to himself "What have I done?" Tonight he will be back on track, perhaps claiming that Grayson was "Right, after all!"
This clown, Grayson, actually ...
October 1, 2009 - 10:05 ET by SentryDanThis clown, Grayson, actually didn't have the correct party listed on his cards. It should have been the democrats. For who is it that wants to cut Medicare? The democrats. Who is it that wants to place an additional 30 million people on government run healthcare without increasing the number of healthcare workers? The democrats. Who is it that wants illegals to be able to access healthcare (they also say that the illegals will have to purchase insurance which the illegals will never do. they will continue to use the ERs, thereby creating additional burdens on the system.)? The democrats. And it goes on and on. The democrats want total control of "We the People's" lives.
We need a method for recalling these slugs before their terms end.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
Why does this remind me?
October 1, 2009 - 12:54 ET by DragonsbreathOf something another senator did in the 50's but used communists as his target?
If I recall correctly they proved what he read from was either a blank piece of paper or a laundry list.
So who saw this paper besides him? Why doesn't some Republican who was there say what was supposed to be on that paper? If it was their health plan?
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