Q: What’s worse than a politician that’s got his head in the sand?
A: One that can’t even give an opinion when asked.
So, Chuck Grassley can’t say anything critical about President Bush? WTF is his head?
If it’s not blatantly obvious what’s been going down over the past 8 years, then Grassley needs to join Bush in being put out to pasture. This gets back to one of the central issues we’ve discussed over and over and over and over…we don’t just need age limits in government, we need proof of balls.
Someone has to go out on a limb every once in a while. And it doesn’t mean that you keep up with the current trends, like having a Twitter account or some whack craft like that. It means, when the occasion presents itself, you wander off the reservation and speak a little mind.
bag on grassley all you want. but i don’t see how you can knock twitter. between the two of us we have 3 twitter accounts.
I’m just saying that the tools aren’t enough. Government is notorious for this. Actually, government is notoriously horrible at not utilizing up-to-date tools to spread the message. Maybe they have something to hide. Maybe Obama will change that. All I’m saying is that Grassley should use his megaphone to push more than the status quo.
Hey, if Twitter and YouTube are good enough for the Israeli consulate, it’s good enough for our government!
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/31/israel.youtube/?iref=hpmostpop
(Sorry to contribute to the hi-jacking of your comment thread, Duke. Relevant comment to follow.)
You’re right about being disappointed in Grassley. Some of the shit Bush, Condi Rice, Karl Rove, etc. are coming out with to polish Bush’s legacy is scary. Grassley’s done it before, spoken out against something that just defies all common sense. In fact, when I think of Grassley and I think of why he’s one of the few Republican politicians I’ve claimed to respect in the past it’s because I associate him with no-nonsense Midwestern thinking.