Grassley Endorses "Death Panel" Rumor: "You Have Every Right To Fear"

[jefferson_dem]

Grassley Endorses "Death Panel" Rumor: "You Have Every Right To Fear"

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."

Listen (at the 1:30 minute mark):

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[TxRider]

1. What a tool

Repubs are going to get burned on this lie... It's way too transparent.

[orwell]

2. He's part of the "Gang of Six"...

...I think Baucus needs to pull the plug on Grassley.

What a moron.

[shraby]

3. The absolute depths of Republican stupidity never ceases

to amaze me, whether watching them on the house/senate floor making speeches or addressing the media. The dumbest stuff comes out of their mouths.

[Botany]

4. Grassley want to keep the money flowing in

http://iowaindependent.com/17655/grassley-raises-money-from-health-care-insurance-industries

[global1]

5. I Also Heard That Sen. Isakson Denied Putting This In The Bill In The........

first place. I was flipping channels and heard a Faux News Reporter say something to this effect. Is this true? I believe that President Obama cited him as the author of the clause in one of the committee bills that the 'death panels' was pulled out and interpreted by the RWer's.

[City Lights]

6. He's nuts.

Time for Iowans to elect a new Senator.

[polichick]

7. What a pathetic excuse for a human being. nt

[EC]

8. So he purposely misleads

people to think it's a government run program, not between the patient, family and doctor and PAID for by the government...

[Thrill]

9. Yet Obama for some strange reason continues to mention

him as someone serious about working on healthcare. I don't get it

[quantass]

10. "Untruth" is a silly term -- call it like it is: a "LIE" -- Thank you.

"untruth" usage makes it sound like it is some kind of acceptable misquote or an error by the sayer...i find it appauling when the MSM uses it consistently to backpeddle republican remarks when everyone knows it is a consistent tactic by republicans to reframe things...in other words, they make up a lie and when it is exposed it isn't being called out for it.