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Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2018, 10:09 AM Sep 2018

What is it that makes Sen Grassley "tick"? Is he compromised? In someone's pocket? Is he power mad?

Old, ornery, and stubborn?
Something besides a misguided interpretation of regular order has to be driving his stonewalling of the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee.

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What is it that makes Sen Grassley "tick"? Is he compromised? In someone's pocket? Is he power mad? (Original Post) Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 OP

Arrogance rusty fender Sep 2018 #1

this is how Autocracy works maxsolomon Sep 2018 #2

All of the above. nt jrthin Sep 2018 #3

Old, ornery and stubborn is correct. Frustratedlady Sep 2018 #4

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)

1. Arrogance

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 10:12 AM

Sep 2018

He’s always been like this.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)

2. this is how Autocracy works

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 10:15 AM

Sep 2018

McCain is gone; Comity is revealed as a sham.

jrthin

(4,837 posts)

3. All of the above. nt

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 10:18 AM

Sep 2018

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

4. Old, ornery and stubborn is correct.

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 10:28 AM

Sep 2018

If he has a smidgen of some ruling being on his side, he will stubbornly hold onto it. He has heard 15 nominees for SCOTUS (Leahy just passed him with 19) and feels he is an authority. He will generally follow procedure, but when he's being ornery, he'll dance around a point just for the fun of it.

I wish he'd quit saying Democrat rather than Democratic. He used to be more considerate than that, but is now old and cranky...AND too damned ornery for his own good.

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