Spoiled Delinquents
by digby
It's almost impossible to believe that he would have the nerve to whine after saying what he said, but I guess no matter how old you are, if you are a Republican senator, you can't help being an obnoxious brat:
Grassley Resentful Of White House Treatment
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
by Anna Edney
President Obama got under Senate Finance ranking member Charles Grassley's skin over the August break by linking the Iowa Republican with fringe groups spreading death panel rumors to skewer a healthcare overhaul, Grassley said today.
"[Obama] associated me with other efforts to kill [the overhaul], and I was answering a question for a constituent at a town meeting in Iowa, stating a position that I stated here back in March, and I kind of resent that when I've been very candid with the president," Grassley said.
Grassley said he has not talked with the president since the beginning of August. The exchange started when Grassley commented at a town hall meeting that the health overhaul should not include provisions "that determine whether you're going to pull the plug on grandma."
A few days later, Obama called such arguments "simply dishonest."
White House senior adviser David Axelrod also accused GOP negotiators on the Finance Committee of being political and of not working seriously with Democrats, Grassley said.
"Being accused of being political during the month of August, when I didn't say anything different in Iowa than I've been saying in Washington, you know, that's not a very good environment to carry on a conversation," Grassley said. He added that the bipartisan "Group of Six" -- which has yet to agree on a bipartisan package -- held 31 meetings.
Oh boo fucking hoo. If the guy felt he had to kiss the asses of a bunch of circus clowns with Hitler signs, fine. But he did it and in doing so took a side. He really should spare us this petulance and suck it up now that the Democrats have finally realized that they might as well be negotiating with a piece of petrified dinosaur feces as negotiate with him.
Update: Grassley also whimpered about how the democrats shouldn't have deadlines and let them "continue their work." He'd be pathetic if he weren't so mean:
HOLD AND DELAY: Building on Luntz's plan, Senate Republicans made every attempt to delay the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee's reform measure by offering nonsensical amendments, eliminating affordability measures for middle class families, offering non-starter alternatives, arguing that the committee should terminate hearings, and fear-mongering over the measure that eventually passed. Former Bush chief of staff Andrew Card argued yesterday that health care reform needs to be slowed down, calling it "contrived haste." "Let's do it smart, not fast," Card said. Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne reported that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), one of the few GOP senators negotiating reform, is "under immense pressure from Republican colleagues not to deal at all." A memo written by veteran GOP consultant Alex Castellanos is being circulated among Republican leaders insisting that it is "crucial for Republicans to slow down what it calls 'the Obama experiment with our health.'" RNC Chairman Michael Steele delivered a speech yesterday that was "based, almost word for word," on the Castellanos memo
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