Grassley says senators dodging Soc. Sec.

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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/12008646.htm

Grassley says senators dodging Soc. Sec.

GLEN JOHNSON

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of the Senate committee charged with producing a Social Security bill said Tuesday his colleagues "all want it to go away," but he will not drop the issue even though his own committee is in a logjam.

"Nobody really talks too much about Social Security," Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said of President Bush's top domestic priority. "They all want it to go away. I'm not going to let it go away."

While two groups of House and Senate Republican tried to re-ignite the debate last week by outlining proposals to create private investment accounts with surplus Social Security taxes, a fellow Republican on Grassley's Senate Finance Committee was similarly bleak in his assessment of the issue's prospects.

"Little more than just talk," said Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., when asked about the status of Social Security legislation. "I think that people are talking, but nothing's moving."

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[xray s]

1. Everyones talking about the stinking turd in the toilet bowl...

...but no one wants to flush the thing down the drain.

[Mountainman]

2. Grassley is the chosen whore for social security change

Bush is his pimp.

The whole country wants the repukes to leave social security alone except the greedy fuckers on Wall Street who can wait to make their millions off of churning people's retirement accounts.

[mikehiggins]

3. Bush spent more time talking about private accounts than on

Iraq. The more he talked, the worse it got.

This dog won't hunt.

Grassley should've been smart enough to know that when the Bush train jumps the tracks there won't be anyone around to support him.

Oh, look! Is that a rickety old bridge ahead?

Buh bye bushies

[Iowa]

4. Grassley is following orders from his führer...

He's nothing but a water-boy for Bush.

Years ago Iowa had two repub senators - Grassley and Roger Jepsen. Jepsen was so damn dumb he used a personal credit card to pay for services at a whore-house. It came out, of course, and he claimed that he thought it was a health spa. True story! The Des Moines Register had a cartoon showing the dumb-ass asking a sleazy looking gal (with a grit hanging out of her mouth) if she'd please tell him where to find the exercise machines. He was tossed out of office. Anyway, back in those days Jepsen and Grassley were referred to as "tweedle-dumb" and "tweedle-dumber" by their peers in the Senate. And Grassley was "tweedle-dumber". He'll keep flapping his gums until Bush tells him it's OK to stop.