Grassley calls Obama, Pelosi "intellectually dishonest"

[Enrique]

on Fox News, no less!

http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/grassley-calls-obama-pelosi-intellectually-dishonest/

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, called President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi “intellectually dishonest” on Tuesday, saying that Democrats were using the flap over end-of-life consultations to divert attention away from health care legislation currently being considered in the House.

The Iowa Republican, while not explicitly mentioning euthanasia or rationing of care, also said that he did not want government policy to “treat life at age 85 different than we do life at 35.” (At a town hall meeting last week in Adel, Iowa, the senator said, “We should not have a government plan that will pull the plug on grandma.”)

Mr. Grassley — a member of the Gang of Six, the group of Senate Finance Committee members most responsible for that panel’s health care bill — told Fox News, “I have had very strong views for about four months during this debate that I’m not going to do anything with the health care bill that puts a government bureaucrat or any government policy making a determination on whether or not we are going to value life at the end of life any more than at age 30 or 20.”

Later in the interview, Mr. Grassley told the network’s Megyn Kelly that Mr. Obama and Mrs. Pelosi were trying to distract attention from what he called the “Pelosi bill, which is a government takeover of health care, exploding the deficit because it’s not paid for and it’s got high taxes in it.”

“So what they tried to do is divert attention, and they’ve done a very good job of diverting attention, and they’re intellectually dishonest when they say it because all of their proposals dealing with end of life are connected — with ways of saving money and takeover of national health care,” said Mr. Grassley. “And you see what goes on in other countries. And I don’t want that to happen in the United States, that we treat life at age 85 different than we do life at 35.”

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[eleny]

1. Hey Grassley, PROJECT MUCH?!

[unpossibles]

2. holy shit

So, let me get this straight: the misinformation which Grassley repeats is being used by Obama/Pelosi to divert attention away from the legislation they want to pass. How the hell does that even make sense?

[Parker CA]

3. It sounds like Grassley is in the midst of a mental breakdown. Perhaps the stress has broken him.

[zulchzulu]

4. New name for Grassley.... Grrrrr...ASSley n/t

[depakid]

5. Grassley's in the early stages of dementia

[Thrill]

6. And for some odd reason Obama continues to say Grassley is serious about

working together.

When will he get it through his head??

[phleshdef]

11. Thats just Obama's style. He talks kindly about many people that never return the favor.

He campaigned this way and thats the way he conducts himself in a governing situation as well. He is a "turn the other cheek" kinda guy most of the time.

[Thrill]

12. I was hoping for a stronger President than that.

He has to get over that, I don't want offend anyone crap. Wanting everyone to like you isn't the way to get your agenda through.

[phleshdef]

14. How many times have people accused Obama of not being able to seal the deal and he SEALED THE DEAL?

He is a President that aims to get things done while remaining truly professional at the same time. If that isn't change, then there must be no suuch thing.

[Laelth]

7. Vomit. n/t

:puke:

:dem:

-Laelth

[QC]

8. We just need to reach out to Grassley! n/t

[dgibby]

9. I don't want to say old Chuckles is slow,

but does anybody know when he's projected to finish the 5th grade?

[JBoris]

10. That is the intellectual equivalent of a M.C. Escher sketch

To visualize such a system of "logic", one imagines a snake attempting to fuck itself .

[SeattleGirl]

13. GAH!!!!!!

These idiots drive me bat shit crazy!!!