Grassley: Obama too inexperienced to understand how Congress works

[babylonsister]

Can he be any more condescending? :puke: I guess respect and manners go out the window when a Dem is in charge.


http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/08/05/grassley-obama-too-inexperienced-to-understand-how-congress-works/

Grassley: Obama too inexperienced to understand how Congress works
@ 11:12 am by Michael O'Brien


President Obama is too inexperienced in national politics to really understand the legislative process, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wednesday.

Grassley, who as a lead negotiator of the bipartisan healthcare reform deal the president supports has dealt often with Obama, said that while he likes the president personally, Obama effectively only had two years of experience in national politics.

"I think that he is a good person, and good-intentioned," Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a radio interview. "But I believe he didn't serve in government long enough to understand really how things work."

"Remember, he was in the Senate four years, but effectively only two years because he spent two years where he was hardly ever here at all — he was campaigning for president," Grassley said. "He really does not have an understanding of how Congress operates."

Grassley said that while the president's numerous advisers may help him understand the process, Obama still has a "tough time."

Still, Grassley did save some praise for Obama's personal skills, though.

"You can't help but like the guy," the Iowa Republican said. "As he's talking to you, he looks you right in the eye, and you're the most important person in the world. He's not like a lot of politicians."

"He's very idealistic, and so when you're idealistic you want to put all those things into practice," Grassley added. "So I think he's maybe trying to do too much at one time."

[Xipe Totec]

1. Big words from a very little man

Go home, Congressman.

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Let's see if Grassley knows how it works when the train leaves the station without him.

[kirby]

3. Translation: Obama not owned by corporate money yet n/t

[Laelth]

18. That was my take. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[BadgerKid]

4. Sen. Grassley's pouting is deafening. n/t

[4lbs]

5. Yeah, other than co-sponsoring dozens of bills, and adding his name to hundreds of pieces of

legislation, he has very little knowledge of how Congress works.

:sarcasm:


Meanwhile, Grassley was too busy getting his lunches paid for by lobbyists, to actually do much of anything.

[DrToast]

16. Not to mention being a state legislator for many years before that

[Jakes Progress]

6. He doesn't mean how congress works.

He means how congress works for congressmen. Grassley is self-serving sleaze who doesn't want congress to work; that would mean more for the country and less for him.

[dalaigh lllama]

7. And criticism from a guy who uses fractured fairy tales in his presentations

is that how it works, Grassley? Really?

[old guy]

8. Grassley doesn't realize that Obama does know how it works

and he is working to change it!! Some of these people are just too stupid to be loose in public.

[PretzelWarrior]

9. what about Rahm, you old fucking turd?

think he knows something? How about Biden? You think he knows something about the years in legislative process?

Last I checked, you and your inbred fucked up old white guy brigade are in the extreme minority. Know your role. YOu whine and bitch, the Dems and Obama get shit done.

"You just got schooled, Biden style."

[Cha]

10. Let's remember grassley's little take on Pres Obama when

Obama is successful with all the help he's getting in Congress!

[HopeOverFear]

11. You know what, though? Grassley is right.

Obama IS inexperienced. That's why he hasn't lost his integrity like the rest of them motherfuckers in Congress.

[CakeGrrl]

19. But that "inexperienced" argument is code

for 'this uppity little you-know-what doesn't belong with the people who have EARNED their way here'.

That's what I believe lies at the heart of all these current claims of "inexperience".

He clearly led a masterful primary and general election campaign, defeating what were considered establishment, household-name candidates.

He may not have been in the Senate long, but it was long enough to get the lay of the land, and he was primed by his state senate stint.

Anyone making the "inexperience" claims is bitterly jealous that he got to POTUS on his first try out of the U.S. Senate. Some of those in Congress just wouldn't ever make it if they tried. It's a combination of talent, timing, skill, luck, and smarts.

[mattvermont]

12. I first met Charles

when he was my state rep in central iowa circa 1976. I was 10 years old and he came to my 5th grade class. Although a repub, I have respected his stance on Pentagon waste, and his stance on the gulf wars. When he is positioned to be a mouthpiece for the party, he always comes off as the biggest ass. I think he needs a letter from one of his long-lost constituents.
I will sadly say that he and Harkin should be put out to pasture. I live in VT now and am proud of my representation here.

[alsame]

13. And I'm sure Biden has no clue either.

:rofl:

[and-justice-for-all]

14. Yeah right dipshit, grassley is a moron.

shrub is an example of how NOT to understand how legislation works.

[Hippo_Tron]

15. Jon Stewart ripped Grassley a new one last nigh

Sir Lancelot didn't slay any dragons you dumbass

[jwirr]

17. Don't worry grassass that is why he has Rahm.

[hedgehog]

20. Maybe Obama can come to Iowa and hold a joint town hall

with Grassley so Grassley can explain how things work to all of us.

[LiberalFighter]

21. All because Grassley knows he could never be elected President.

[zbdent]

22. "but effectively only two years because" ... um ... not even that, if you want

to get technical ...

since the Repuke majority made Congress work the least amount of time in modern history in 2005-2006 ...

[DailyGrind51]

23. Grassley acted like a dick on McNeil Report this evening.

[Binka]

24. He Was Not Acting

He is a DICK. A fucking useless DICK.

[DailyGrind51]

33. Did you notice the look of incredulity on Judy Woodruff's face?

Especially when Grassley implied that the "grassroots" thuggery was in the minds of Democrats?

[Politicalboi]

25. What a crock of shit

Like Bush knew how congress and the Presidency works.

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well".

Or

"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure".

Or

"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country".


Yup Bush was a genius.

[moondust]

26. delete

[Raineyb]

27. GrASSley needs a new job.

It's clearly been too long since he's done an honest day's work. (Assuming he ever did an honest day's work.)

[rufus dog]

28. You go Chuck!

Paint the target on your chest you stupid shit. Pool on Chuck getting embarrassed by Obama is now open. I have prior to the 15th of August for $1000.

[Superfly007]

29. The man is a tool!

[CitizenPatriot]

30. Oh, yes, Grass Ass

but Bush sure knew how the senate worked. All of his years of experience...er....well, that's why he hired Rove, who knew nothing of the Congress at all and in fact enraged congresspeople on both sides of the aisle with his arrogant thuggery and lack of manners and decency. It's too bad Bush couldn't get any of his promised legislation through, due to his incompetence, inexperience, and general challenges in the diplomacy department. Just think how y'all coulda fucked things up if he had had any sense at all!

Synthetic cowboys have never been known for their ability to pass legislation, though, so we weren't holding our breath.

It's really too bad for you, Grass Ass, because just think if your party had an ounce of ability to actually govern. We know you hate it -- and that's why y'all are so fucking bad at it -- but sometimes it helps to believe in government when you work in it. Just sayin'.

From my vantage point, all I can do is praise your god that you all are so god damned incompetent. I can't imagine the myriad of ways you guys could have fucked up the place, leaving it as you did -- littered with executive orders and illegally appointed DOJ lawyers and unanswered subpoenae. Oh, but why must I prattle on about the law, when we all know you aren't lawmakers! You're entertainers, just there for the healthcare and the pension.

Don't place any bets, Grass Ass, on how much legislation Obama gets passed, 'cuz it looks like you're going to be on the wrong side of that one.

That One, I mean.

[saltpoint]

31. Charles Grassley. My god.

[depakid]

32. This sort of deal is why some of us get pissed off when Obama goes out of his way to praise

and enable these sorts of jerks.

Grassley is- among other things, a serious embarrassment to Iowa. Has been for years.

The other guy he praised at his news conference- Mike Enzi tried to federally preempt every single state mandate with respect to health insurance coverage- and leave everyone with junk insurance.

About the only victory the Democrats ever had during Harry Reid's tenure was to block his legislation- and just barely. Most folks didn't realize just how close they came to thoroughly being fucked. All the work people have done for various causes for 20-30 years - diabetes, womens health, mental health, autism, psoriasis- you name it- would have, in one fell swoop been tossed right out the window.

But take my word for it- check out what these folks had to say:

http://www.familiesusa.org/issues/private-insurance/enzi/

[zulchzulu]

34. "I believe he didn't serve in government long enough to understand really how things work."

Grassley is right. He's been a corporate whore for many years as well as a stooge for the American Taliban.

From where he stands on the corner looking to serve lobbyists' pleasures, all you need to be is a whore. And whores think that that's all you need to be.