Senator Grassley, why are you lying to my mother?

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Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 4:22 PM PDT

2009/08/12 · 16:22

So, being a citizen of the great state of Iowa (yay Obama & yay gay marriage), but with the good, we get the bad: Chuck Grassley.

Today, after this townhall craziness, I get mad. If you didn't see.

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." - from Huff Post

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 11:06 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 11:06

While some of the voices in my head are telling me to tie my 25 years in this world into politics, I will fight that feeling. Or at least try not to make it all about politics.

25 years ago, Ronald Reagan (R) was President. Terry E. Branstad (R) had just been elected to be Iowa's 39th Governor. Roger W. Jepsen (R) and Chuck Grassley (R) were the Senators from Iowa.

Now, 25 years later, while George W. Bush (R) is president, we have a African-American, Barack Obama (D), set to become the 44th President of the United States. Chet Culver (D) is the 41st Governor of Iowa. Tom Harkin (D) and Chuck Grassley (R) are the Senators from Iowa.

This is a great example of how much has changed in 25 years. Even if Grassley did have to be the one guy against change. (Ha! I kid; I deeply respect Grassley for many things.)

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 9:14 AM PDT

2008/10/21 · 09:14

For all the good John McCain has done over his many years, I don't think I can ever forgive him for putting the national spotlight on Sarah Palin.

Now looking back at 2004, after Kerry lost some looked to Edwards to run. He was, for a short time, the party's front runner. Now he didn't keep that status very long; once everyone was reminded of that junior senator from New York, Mrs. Clinton. But even then, Edwards finished ahead of Hillary in the Iowa caucus back in January, so while being the party's former VP candidate doesn't make you the front runner, it does give you a soapbox to speak from.

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