this man is a united states senator...GRASSLEY REPEATS 'DEATH PANEL' CLAIM

[spanone]

One of the three Republican senators working on a bipartisan health care bill perpetuated a particularly outrageous untruth about the legislation on Wednesday.

Appearing at a town hall in his home state of Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley told a crowd of more than 300 that they were correct to fear that the government would "pull the plug on grandma."

"There is some fear because in the House bill, there is counseling for end-of-life," Grassley said. "And from that standpoint, you have every right to fear. You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life. You ought to have counseling 20 years before you're going to die. You ought to plan these things out. And I don't have any problem with things like living wills. But they ought to be done within the family. We should not have a government program that determines if you're going to pull the plug on grandma."

edit: VIDEO AT LINK

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/12/grassley-endorses-death-p_n_257677.html

[malaise]

1. It's great spanone

I'm lovin' it. Let him lie.

[Canuckistanian]

7. But he's never going to be called on it

Except in obscure discussion sites like DU.

It won't be on the news, or discussed on the Sunday morning shows or even on CNN.

Unless KO or Rachel or Ed Schultz mention it, it'll go unchallenged.

[progressoid]

18. Exactly right.

And as much as I hate to admit it, a lot of people here in IA will fall for that bull shit.

[spanone]

22. they SHOULD be able to trust their senator for THE TRUTH...this is unacceptable...

[spanone]

11. are they not supposed to be fairly educated people? i'm just appalled at the open lying

[daninthemoon]

2. Worse than that. Obama went out of his way to complement grasley

yesterday for his bipartisan work on health care. this was a clear stab in the back. Or else, graslety is a complet fool, or a completely bought and paid for stooge who got corrected overnight.

[AlinPA]

4. This is totally frustrating. Obama praised that rotten snake. nt

[spanone]

13. were i the President, i would request his presence immediately

and rip the lying motherfucker a new asshole...then tell the entire nation what blatant lying pigs the fucking republiks are

[marmar]

And wasn't Snake-in-the-Grassley considered one of the more reasonable Repugs?

That Party is a collection of mold spores.

[progressoid]

19. While I've heard Democrats here actually speak well of him in the past

That ain't so anymore. He's falling into the McCain trap of pandering to the loons on the right.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. And what's worse?

He's one of the 'Big Six' in the lock down meetings if I'm correct.

[City Lights]

5. It's time to pull the plug on Chuckles!

How does this idiot keep getting re-elected? I've never seen him speak intelligently about anything. He always comes across as a complete fool.

[G_j]

6. Arriana Huffington just stated he has recieved 2 million from insurance companies, nt

[ecstatic]

8. This is serious. I think he should be censured.

There is no excuse for such irresponsible comments.

[JimWis]

9. One would think being a US Senator should be an honorable

position. But in cases like asshat Grassley, politics and getting re-elected come first, constituents come second, and truth is probably down there around third. At least Ed Schultz called him on it tonight.

[CakeGrrl]

10. Perfect. Perfect excuse for this to be passed without "bipartisan" support

How can you work with Republicans who are stabbing you in the back? Obama and the Dems can say they tried, and tried, and tried.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. Obama seems to be starting to "warn" them

if his comments at the townhall meeting and in recent days are any indication. Let's hope he's not bluffing (though I doubt that he is)

[usregimechange]

12. Impeach him for lying or being that stupid

[cui bono]

14. He needs to be censured. We need to call our senators. n/t

[KittyWampus]

15. The entire Democratic Party should demand an apology.

[spanone]

16. reconcilliation....fuck the lying bastards

[roody]

17. Grassley exposed on Democracy Now today

www.democracynow.org

the C Street Story

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/sharlet

[annm4peace]

26. DU'ers have to see the Democracy Now snippets. and so does Des Moines Register

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Yeah, dictator of Somalia. It’s, to me, one of the scariest stories that I found in their archives. I was able to recreate this, because they dumped 600 boxes of papers in the Billy Graham archives. Siad Barre was a—not a likely candidate for Christian right recruitment, called himself a Koranic Marxist. But in the early ’80s, the Soviets had abandoned him. There had been a power shift between Somalia and Ethiopia. He was in the market for a new patron. And working through Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, of course still in office—

Indeed. And Grassley has been involved with the organization for quite some time, since the ’80s, when he traveled to Somalia to join Barre, Siad Barre, in prayer to Jesus. And he brought with him a defense contractor named Bill Brehm.

And Barre was a kind of a cynical character, as you might expect for a dictator. He was very clear. He says, “I’m willing to pray to Jesus, and here’s what I want in return.” He says, “I want my defense budget doubled.” He says, “I want meetings for my officials with the Reagan White House. And I want a sort of a hands-off policy while I crack down on some rebels.” Doug Coe, the leader of the group, wrote back, in essence, “Done, done and done.”

And when we look at history, so it was. And Barre used those weapons, supplied to him in part by the US, to wage a war of almost biblical proportion on his own people, from which Somalia has not recovered to this day. The Family doesn’t consider that a failure; they consider that God’s will for Somalia.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. Anybody have a link to Grassley's "Greatest Hits" on Twitter?

From what I remember they were laugh out loud hysterical! :rofl:

The whole teabagger/birther/snuffer mentality must be starting to wind its way into some of our congresscritters- or at least they must be feeling compelled to pander to it for some mysterious reason..................:shrug:

[C_U_L8R]

23. What a Grasshole.

a real turd

[madrchsod]

24. the majority of rural Iowans do not have healthcare insurance

if they do it`s very expensive. chuckle nuts thinks he`ll be relected if he votes against affordable single payer health care...think again chuckles

[spanone]

25. if he lies so boldly about something we can easily verify, imagine how he's fucking over his voters

[Shallah Kali]

27. Grassley is a member of The Family

http://books.google.com/books?id=NVmcx-8zdGEC&q=Grassley

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/12/sharlet

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cid=N00001758&cycle=2010

[Kablooie]

28. He's being paid well to inflame irrational passions.

[dorkulon]

29. ..