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LAS14

(13,783 posts) Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:55 AM Mar 2017

Did any of you catch that Grassley finds it "very irritating"...

... that the legislature has been disrespected (can't remember exact words) in its role of oversight of the executive by not getting a response from Trump or the DOJ?

I've been waiting and waiting for the legislative and judicial branches to rise up and say, "Hey!!! This isn't a dictatorship!!!! We're 3 EQUAL branches of government."

I hope he gets more and more irritated.

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Did any of you catch that Grassley finds it "very irritating"... (Original Post) LAS14 Mar 2017 OP

I'm sure that Obama found it "very irritating" Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #1

And your point? Aren't you glad at the prospect that the Repub legislature... LAS14 Mar 2017 #3

I'm not being critical of your or your post Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #7

I'm sure he did. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #10

I get what you're saying Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #14

Mushroom treatment gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #2

Grassley (unfortunately) is one of my senators rsdsharp Mar 2017 #4

Ah... Good but depressing info. nt LAS14 Mar 2017 #5

Well, y' know FakeNoose Mar 2017 #8

That's funny. Grassley could have carnal knowledge of rsdsharp Mar 2017 #9

I remember that being a movie, did you see it? nolabels Mar 2017 #12

Mine too. progressoid Mar 2017 #11

That's my point. rsdsharp Mar 2017 #15

Perhaps he ran out of Lamisil or Lotrimin. TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #6

In Oct. I thought Comey was a traitor; now I'm not so sure wordpix Mar 2017 #13

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)

1. I'm sure that Obama found it "very irritating"

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:58 AM

Mar 2017

that his Presidency was so massively disrespected, especially by Grassley right there towards the end of his last term and SCOTUS appointment.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

3. And your point? Aren't you glad at the prospect that the Repub legislature...

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:05 AM

Mar 2017

... may turn on Trump? How does this translate to me defending Grassley's prior behavior?

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)

7. I'm not being critical of your or your post

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:29 AM

Mar 2017

Just frustrated with Grassley acting all sanctimonious and appalled at how Trump is acting towards Congress when he was IMHO abusing his power to block President Obama from filling Scalia's seat on SCOTUS.

As for him turning on Trump, I'll believe it when I see it..............

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

10. I'm sure he did.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:38 PM

Mar 2017

But I think you're failing to see the forest through the trees here.

Republican senator picking a fight with the Democratic president is dog bites man.

Republican senator picking a fight with the Republican president is man bites dog.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)

14. I get what you're saying

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:47 PM

Mar 2017

but he hasn't really DONE anything yet either. Like with Lindsey Graham and John McCain, they talk a good game sometimes but the follow through is usually less than desirable (if anything at all)

gibraltar72

(7,511 posts)

2. Mushroom treatment

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:59 AM

Mar 2017

rsdsharp

(9,197 posts)

4. Grassley (unfortunately) is one of my senators

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:09 AM

Mar 2017

and has had the same MO for years. Make headlines with a statement that seems at odds with his party's position, and then fall in line when it's time to vote.

He may be "irritated" now, but he won't do anything to rock the Republican boat.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

5. Ah... Good but depressing info. nt

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:12 AM

Mar 2017

FakeNoose

(32,745 posts)

8. Well, y' know

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 01:50 PM

Mar 2017

... the voters can still fire him.

rsdsharp

(9,197 posts)

9. That's funny. Grassley could have carnal knowledge of

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 02:36 PM

Mar 2017

a duck on the steps of the Capital on national TV and he'd win Iowa in landslide. And the next time he runs he'll be 89.

Thirty years ago he was somewhat of a moderate with a reputation (not wholly unearned) as an even handed fiscal watchdog. That reputation remains, despite the fact that he has long been a partisan hack.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)

12. I remember that being a movie, did you see it?

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:39 PM

Mar 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnal_Knowledge
Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer. It stars Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, ...

progressoid

(49,998 posts)

11. Mine too.

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:35 PM

Mar 2017

Frankly, I'm surprised he's doing this.

Unfortunately he didn't buck his party last year regarding Obama's SCOTUS nominee.

rsdsharp

(9,197 posts)

15. That's my point.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:54 PM

Mar 2017

He makes noises like he's going to buck the party. Then, after he's gotten favorable press coverage back home, he falls right into line like the hack he is.

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)

6. Perhaps he ran out of Lamisil or Lotrimin.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:25 AM

Mar 2017

wordpix

(18,652 posts)

13. In Oct. I thought Comey was a traitor; now I'm not so sure

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:45 PM

Mar 2017

Obviously, when an investigator is investigating anything, he must be close-mouthed. For all we know, Comey could be investigating Grassley along with other Rs in Congress. Best not to let the cat out of the bag until the right moment arrives.

Give Comey a break. He may end up being a hero in the whole thing

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