Grassley insists he's still looking to make a health care deal

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, dismissed Democratic criticism Wednesday that it increasingly appears he doesn't want any health care deal at all — a key point Democrats have been making to justify the possibility of going it alone, without GOP votes.

"I've said all year that something as big and important as health care legislation should have broad-based support," Grassley told CNN. "So far, no one has developed that kind of support, either in Congress or at the White House. That doesn't mean we should quit. It means we should keep working until we can put something together that gets that widespread support."

Top Democrats close to the White House have told CNN the Obama administration is looking hard at pushing through a health-care reform bill without Republican backing.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/19/grassley-insists-hes-still-looking-to-make-a-health-care-deal/

[Warpy]

1. His idea of a deal?

"I've got MINE. Fuck you!"

[JerseygirlCT]

3. LOL, exactly!

And yet, too often, we liberals tend to "play nice", and fall for that crap.

[movonne]

28. and another fuck you...

[JerseygirlCT]

2. I think he knows he stepped in it. Grassley doesn't appear to be

one of the sharper knives in the drawer.

[Iowa]

32. He's as dumb as a bag of hammers...

As an Iowan I'm ashamed he keeps getting re-elected, and on behalf of Iowa I apologize to all DUers. We do keep re-electing one of the nation's most liberal Senators, Tom Harkin. That's no excuse for Grassley though.

We need more progressives to move to Iowa!

[gateley]

4. Fuck him. We don't need him. nt

[wroberts189]

8. ditto and and a kick nt

[NYC_SKP]

5. Grassley: You had your fucking chance and you chose to be a lying sack of turd drippings. Fuck off.

[WI_DEM]

6. So that is why you are lying about killing seniors?

[county worker]

7. Forget about the repukes!

They will vote no. It doesn't matter what deal there is. It is a Trojan horse!


The repukes bipartisanship is a TROJAN HORSE! Don't fall for it!

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Then surprise everyone and introduce the Single Payer Act of 2009

and support HR676.

I'll be sitting and waiting with my thumbs twiddling.

Hawkeye-X

[Zenlitened]

10. Sit down and shut up, "Senator" Grassley. You've already shown...

... that you can't be trusted. That you can't or won't negotiate in good faith. That you and your party don't give a good goddam about the American people and our future as a nation.

It's too late for your cutesy-talk now.

We've got urgent, important work to do, and no more time to waste on Republicans.

Republicans don't matter.

Now go to your room, and don't come out until you understand why crybabies and backstabbers don't get to play with the rest of us.

[xultar]

11. The gig is up fucker. You showed your hand last week.

[kevsters]

12. The most immoral statement yet during the health care debate...

This is probably the most immoral statement I have heard during this entire health care debate. Sean Hannity would rather see 15 million people suffer and die than see health care reform pushed through.

You have to see this to believe it.

http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2608

[nolabear]

13. Let the Face Saving Begin!

"Well, we gave it our best shot; we stood up for our constituents. We reflected the concerns of the American people. We held aloft the banner of free speech, yaddayadda." After all, we won't know how this is going to turn out until after the next election cycle, and, like the hokey pokey, that's what it's all about.

[Yavin4]

14. Dems Could Propose Legislation Saying That Puppies Are Cute

and the Repigs would all vote against it.

Enough with this bi-partisan bullshit that big media worships so much. How can there ever be consensus on issues where there's so much economic polarization?

[Arkana]

21. Sean Hannity: "DEMS IN THE POCKET OF BIG PUPPY?"

[JDPriestly]

15. What does he propose?

He doesn't want to kill grandma. OK. We agree on that. Does he have any other proposals?

[Tsar_Bomba]

30. Tax cuts for the rich?

[Metta]

16. He's talking out of his ass. He's looking to sink as much as he can for his corporate masters.

Happy karma, shill. It won't be pretty.

[MidwestTransplant]

17. Who does this moron think he is fooling? He's payed to confuse, distort and delay. He has earned

his pay but the game is up now.

[crazylikafox]

18. Sure he is. He's just not planning on voting for it.

[Journeyman]

19. "Now, I'm looking to help, see, and I got me this shiny wrench -- let me toss it here. . ."

[Arkana]

20. No, you're not, Chuck. Don't lie, you flaccid sack of dogfucking ratshit.

[closeupready]

25. +1

n/t

[JaneQPublic]

22. He's on tape saying he's only pretending to deal so as to weaken the bill

He told a Town Hall group that his only reason for negotiating with the Dems is to water down the bill and gum up the works.

And then later he's on tape saying he won't even vote for a bill he helped craft if enough other Repukes don't vote for it.

The Dems should play those "YouTubes" to them and ask why he should be believed ever again.

[madmom]

24. That's the problem with these old white guys, they forget about instant news.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

27. I think he's hoping Americans will forget his words regarding his real reasons for being involved

The sad thing about is, many of them will.

[Ikonoklast]

23. Fuck You Chuck.

Go sit on a pineapple and rotate. You showed your true colors; you are now irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

[tomm2thumbs]

26. Here's the deal: Do everything I ask. Got it? Now, let's make that deal happen.

duh

[BlueIdaho]

29. He's dead Jim...

Assley got way out ahead of himself - thought he had singlehandedly defeated health care reform while congress was out of session - got crowing to his minions - now he's dead.

The time for negotiating with republicans is over. If a few of them want to be on the right side of history when this done, that's fine by me but...

Fuck them.

[RoccoR5955]

31. GrASSley making a deal on this is bovine fecal matter.

They want Obama to fail, and they don't want to negotiate. They may say they do in public, but in private, they want Obama's ass in a sling!

[DU GrovelBot]

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[Zorra]

34. It's true. In fact,

he's already made a deal with major health insurance companies.

But now that the stakes have gotten way higher, he wants a new deal.

He wants them to pay him even more to kill any public option.

[Hansel]

35. Lucy re-tees the football. nt

[Javaman]

36. You can tell grassley is full of shit everytime he opens his mouth. nt

[Doctor_J]

37. I wonder what would happen if

1,000 or so Iowa Dems showed up armed with assault rifles at Chuck's office, or at a constituent meeting. Just to exercise their Constitutional rights, I mean.