So another Iowa lawmaker opens mouth and inserts foot

[Bluzmann57]

By now I suppose we've all heard about Grassley's comments on the AIG bonus payout. I must say that I do agree with him that they should resign now, but suicide? C'mon Chuck, don't say stupid stuff. King does enough of that.

[rurallib]

1. I am hoping, hoping that this will really haunt him

[47of74]

2. When it comes to Iowa Republican lawmakers

That seems to be the default position, they go around everywhere with foot crammed in mouth.

Here's one of the links to the story: http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-grassley-aig-031709,0,68876.story

[progressoid]

3. Good grief.

It's past time for you to retire chuck.

[rurallib]

4. Just wrote Chuck and asked that he also call for some contrition

from those who abdicated their responsibility and did no oversight. And don't tell me it was Clinton.

[Condem]

5. Going to disagree a little bit.

These AIG bonuses. Those fuckers can die a thousand deaths. Sorry, people. Greed is not good. It's what killed us.

[progressoid]

6. The Daily Show just used Grassley's "sucking the tit of the taxpayer" quote to end tonight's show.

The Moment of Zen should be online tomorrow:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/index.jhtml

[Blue Gardener]

8. Doesn't Grassley-and his family-get a lot of farm subsidies?

And that isn't "sucking at the tit of the taxpayer'?

[Condem]

9. Tit or teat?

Always thought it was the latter when it came to farm animals.

[Blue Gardener]

10. Grassley said Tit

So that's what I'm going with.

[47of74]

13. I grew up on a farm and it was always teat

It wasn't tit, but teat growing up on the farm. The disinfectant we applied after finished milking the cows was called teat-dip, not tit-dip.

[progressoid]

11. Well, that's different...

because...ahem... **cough** **cough**...err...harrumph...gotta run.

More later. :hide:

[Rambis]

7. By rights the entire republican party

should be committing Harri kari on the lawn in Florida in front of the Katherine Harris compound.

[Hardrada]

12. Well....seppuku actually. I would rather they all had to rehabilitate

low income housing manually for the next fifty years. Or build levees in Louisiana.