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MRC's Gainor offers $100 to the "first Rep. who punches smary [sic] idiot Alan Grayson in the nose"

July 20, 2010 10:45 am ET by Media Matters staff

From Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor's Twitter feed, accessed July 20:

National Review's Jim Geraghty replied, saying that Gainor shouldn't "offer to finance violence":

Gainor responded, saying it was a "humorous offer," though he'd "love to see the video":

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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (July 20, 2010 10:55 am ET)
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      Has anyone noticed that all right-wing humor seems to involve violence against people they don't like?...
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      • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 10:56 am ET)
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        Well, when that's all they can think about, obviously it's gonna find its way into their "humor" too.
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      • Author by pete592 (July 20, 2010 11:24 am ET)
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        And based on this particular offer, violence comes pretty cheap.

        In addition, have you noticed how when they're not trying to be funny, they're portraying themselves as the potential victims of allegedly violent or despotic left-wingers?
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    • Author by pete592 (July 20, 2010 11:20 am ET)
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      Being a congressman and outspoken? IOKIYAR
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    • Author by double_eagle201402 (July 20, 2010 11:26 am ET)
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      Smary??
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    • Author by dmhack (July 20, 2010 11:34 am ET)
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      God. Stupid and cheap.
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    • Author by TurboKitty (July 20, 2010 2:50 pm ET)
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      When men are afraid they get angry ... when women are angry they cry ... when men run out of arguments they resort to violence ... when women run out of arguments they resort to walking away ...
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    • Author by paul8616 (July 20, 2010 2:55 pm ET)
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      Grayson FTW!

      Seriously. The ONLY WAY Republicans can take away the narrative from Grayson is to threaten him with physical violence.

      THEY LOSE. GRAYSON WINS.
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      • Author by sliderossian (July 21, 2010 3:11 pm ET)
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        A very wise old Quaker lady told me when I was young, "He who strikes the first blow has run out of ideas".

        40 years of experience later, I can attest to its veracity and wisdom.
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    • Author by paul8616 (July 20, 2010 2:57 pm ET)
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      Also: "The mission of the Media Research Center, "America's Media Watchdog," is to bring balance to the news media."

      For Gainor, balance equals violence.
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    • Author by the7sticks3363 (July 21, 2010 1:22 am ET)
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      Can you imagine how much the Republicans would be screaming "bloody murder" if some liberal media critic had proposed the same thing with, say, Michelle Bachmann? We wouldn't hear the end of it. So why should Republicans get a free pass when they do it? I hope Thom Hartmann grills him good on his radio show tomorrow (he's scheduled as one of his guests.)
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    • Author by ProgLib (July 21, 2010 3:50 am ET)
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      I've tweeted with this clown before... it would have basically been a waste of time if it wasn't so much fun getting under his skin and having his henchmen try and gang up on me.
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