Senator Grassley - Please Resign

Tom Painter

[Iowa Granny]

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[Gipper08]

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[conservonator]

Of the two Senators we (Iowa) send to DC, I vote to keep Chuck and chuck the Dung Heap.

[Glenn]

I like this Tom Painter fellow. Who is he?

[conservonator]

BTW, I can't place Tom Painter, do you have a link?

[cotton1706]

Not to mention stop pulling money out of our pockets to fund rain forests in the middle of Iowa. He's one of few remaining worthless Republicans elected in the 60's and 70's. The go along to get along type.

[thelastvirgil]

P.S. Take the other ninety nine worthless bloviators with you.

[nonliberal]

How about tossing them both?

[Wuli]

You can find some ©TomPainter stuff here

http://www.oped.com/GuestEdit.html

and some here

http://www.suburbanstreet.com/editorial.html

[nonliberal]

Let's look at Chuckles record as of late:

Supported RINO Ganske over Salier in Senate Primary
Supported Specter for Judiciary Chair
Sponsored the prescription drug bill
Sold us out on the tax cuts
Backed off SS reform
Supports every huge spending increase that comes down the pike

This guy has really wandered off the reservation as of late and should have been put out to pasture in the last election. I voted Libertarian instead of voting for Grassley.

[newgeezer]

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[MikeA]

While I totally agree with your sentiments and I too am thoroughly disgusted with these stand-for-nothing, country club Republicans who go to D.C. just to hold power while not having the courage or will to do anything bold with that power, the governor of Iowa would get to appoint Grassley's replacement. That means we'd get a Democrat in Grassley's place. There would be no special election since the constitution doesn't call for that in the case of a senator not being able to serve out his term. That would leave us no better off than now, and in fact worse off.

Instead of Grassley resigning, what needs to happen is Bush needs to pour the pressure on this guy and get him to support private accounts. That means Bush needs to get to Iowa and talk to the people there and get them to phone BOTH of their senators and demand their support. It means Bush needs to go on national TV to sell this plan. It means Bush is going to have to swallow his pride and get John McCain out on the stump with him to build support for his SS plan. McCain has been a very outspoken supporter of this plan. Bush needs to put that to work for him. It also means Bush needs to threaten these do-nothings with the withholding of funds from the NRSCC for their re-election if necessary.

Fortunately I heard this morning Bush and his people are going to go on a 60 day, 60 stop tour to gin up grassroots support for this needed Social Security reform. As for these recalcitrant do-nothings like Grassley, I'm convinced if Bush builds it, they will come. I think if he can get Americans behind him on this, these Senators will follow.

[newgeezer]

I just wish they'd put his name on the soon-to-be-constructed indoor rain forest that he railroaded through the Senate in a typically pork-laden spending bill. (This was only after he tacked it onto and thus unintentionally helped to kill an otherwise decent Energy Bill.)

"Grassley's Folly - Your Taxes At Work" would be an appropriate billboard to give all the non-tourists a laugh as they drive past it on I-80.

[conservonator]

Chuck has proved to be a decent Senator in general, I believe that he can be swayed to see the light regarding the Social Security issue.

[conservonator]

I forgot about that monument to stupidity....

[newgeezer]

Unfortunately(?), this thread was moved to the Bloggers & Personal forum, possibly because it was unsourced.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. we can help President Bush by calling, emailing, FAXing our congress people and telling them to get with the program.

I'm composing several letters - some I will send by email, and other I will send snail mail .. because it's important to the repubs to grow a spine and take these disgusting dems on.

[MikeA]

I totally agree and am taking your words to heart. Unfortunately I live in Wackballfornia, so I'm not sure I'll get far with my Senators, though Feinstein can be reasonable at times. She even supported Bush's tax cuts. But I will try to put some pressure on her and maybe my harpy congresswoman, Jane Harman, too.

[CyberAnt]

What I did was select Republican congress people or senators - and I sent them snail mail.

What I said basically was - no, I'm not your constituent - but the last time I checked I AM STILL A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - AND A REPUBLICAN. So, I challenge them as a Repub and as a Californian.

While none of them responded - I know their staff read it. That's all I really wanted.