Here's the latest on what we might call "@ChuckGrassley Tweet Watch:"
"If PresO wants ppl to pay their"fair share"he shld start w WhiteHouse staff 2.3percent of staff is delinquent by $830 000."
Earlier this month, Iowa’s senior senator and prolific Tweeter Republican Chuck Grassley got into some hot water earlier this month after he picked a Twitter fight with a dispatch calling President Obama “stupid.”
The tweet was part of Grassley's reaction after Obama it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to overturn the health-care law.
The message -- in Grassley's shorthand style with typos -- caused a stir online.
Here’s the gist of it:
On April 7, Grassley set off a 139-character blowup with this:
“Constituents askd why i am not outraged at PresO attack on supreme court independence. Bcause Am ppl r not stupid as this x prof of con law”
Was Grassley out of bounds or is this just part of the normal rough-and-tumble game of Washington politics? Vote in our Patch poll and share comments below.
This said, I adore Grassley's Twitter and hope he never stops.
Try working with the president Mr Grassley. He is trying to work with you. You may have to vote for legislation you don't don't find 100% satisfactor to you.. But we have a country that needs men of action. the only way to keep moving forward is compromise.
Or: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU2MTA1NDMwNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjQzNDM5MQ@@._V1._SY317_CR2,0,214,317_.jpg Or even more so: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ4NjEwNDA2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDUyNDQzNw@@._V1._SY317_.jpg But I will amend my statement. A senator calling a sitting president stupid is: divisive and unwise. But that's politics on both sides these days.
And the world Obama wants? Dial back the paranoia and you'll have my attention. Obama may have his share of flaws but here's why he has my vote: he's intelligent---a leader who looks at the big picture. He has earned back respect for the U.S. from the rest of the world and he's shown himself to be a moderate. This doesn't please all of the Democrats but in this current world of political extremes, he's holding fast to being fair and balanced.
Arguing and calling names like 3rd graders on a playground hardly seems honorable. I don't think Grassley needs to quit twitter... Bu I think he needs to remember the honor of his position.
Try to see beyond the pundant BS and realize. That you can't always get exactly what you want. There is a lot of common ground that we all have. Everyone wants the debt down, Everyone wants healthy living conditions, fair wages, and national safety. When the government branches can't get any work done, It doesn't help any of us. Let's stop being so reactionary, and get some work done!
@ChuckGrassley 'stupid...x prof of con law' got 100k more votes in ur state than u did last time