He must have taken it to mean, that the committee should deliver a plan right this very minute. He believed he was being called on the carpet for not "delivering" a healthcare proposal fast enough. It's the only thing that makes any sense, it seems to me.

More proof that most people who tweet are twits.

When you are a 'hammer' u think evrything is NAIL I'm no NAIL."

No one accused him of being that sharp.

imagine if Obama had said "git r done." Grassley's head would've exploded. "He's bossing me around, but using the catchphrase of my constituent's favorite comedian-philosopher! How can I reject his message without disparaging our 2wst century sage? Does not compute! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!! PHOOM!!!!" And there goes his head over D.C. with enough psi to launch a football into outer space.

Grassley's tweets should be used in a PSA to explain why we can't expect bipartisan solutions on healthcare (not to mention political ads on whoever will oppose him next election cycle). Anyone who thinks that's an effective way for a politician to communicate has no business making decisions that will affect the health & lives of millions of citizens.

It's the only thing that makes any sense, it seems to me.

You left out the part about Grassley apparently having an emotional age of 16.

"evenworkingWKEND"? "u think evrything is NAIL I'm no NAIL"? Really?

Twitter is way more revealing than at least half of the people tweeting realize it is.

You left out the part about Grassley apparently having an emotional age of 16.

You got me there. I guess I thought it could go without saying. Although 16 might generous.

I agree with shortstop. Grassley's tweets make him sound more like Tweety Pie than a US Senator.
"I tot I taw a pubwik pwan."

I"M no NAIL
Posted by: Chuckles the Clown Grassley

On this, I have to agree; Grassley is not "a nail." His intelligence predates the technological development of a nail, therefore rendering upon this writer the profound belief that Grassley is a wooden peg....

Steve - seriously, I know Republican staffer who work with Grassley who admit he's just plain not very smart with an enormous ego to match. It is a wonder how any good gov. makes it through the Senate.

Is Grassley demonstrating that he is a Man Of The People by not bothering to spell-check his tweets?

And is "...you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris..." typical Twitter-abbreviation, or faux-Black-English?

It would be a joke. Except its not funny. To the narcissist all things are about the self so, naturally, a generic observation by a popular leader in a regularly scheduled weekly address is aimed solely and directly at Chuck Grassley.

But even funnier, of course, is the hysterical "worked the weekend!" Is he mad that on Monday he's going to have to wear a "My president went to Paris and all I got was this lousy t shirt?" t shirt?

Not only does this, as spanky and shortstop say, sound like a sixteen year old it sounds like a sixteen year old with some sort of freudian issues with father figures and homework.

aimai

I admit I assumed it was an intern also. Maybe he was drunk?

Pres Obama you got nerve while u sightseeing in Paris to tell us 'time to deliver' on health care. We still on skedul/even workinWKEND."

Senator LOLCat? Is that you?

Invisible mandate.

IM IN UR SENATE, BLOKKKING UR BILZ

Has anything good come out of Twitter? Ever?

Grassley may not be a NAIL, but he sure as hell is a TOOL.

I think the ascendancy of the Religious Right to take control of the Iowa Republican Party has driven Grassley right over the edge. After all, they wouldn't even let him be a delegate to the GOP convention last year. Given many of his statements during the past couple years, he seems to becoming increasingly unhinged.

That said, a bipartisan health care bill is not gonna happen in any event; it's not in what the GOP sees as their own best interests since the wingnut wing of the party has BECOME the party and they don't want GOP votes in Congress to be cast for anything that Obama wants. It's a colossal waste of time trying for bipartisanship these days except as window dressing further convincing independents that the GOP is crazily partisan.

You mean after Obama's week, spending Sunday with his family before returning to the US, it was running around sightseeing, Grassley is an idiot to say the least, he must have forgotten Bush brush clearing weekends on his farm (with no animals & no crops) but a farm that was window dressing to make him seem folksey. At least with Obama, we have a working, articulate, smart president.
Anyway - lets get on with healthcare reform Grassley.

Geez, Senator, if you had only spent more time in Paree, you might have made it off the farm. And, not joining Harold Hill's band - Yeah, keep on Twitterin' in the pool hall and sniffing all of that Ethanol.

As someone who spends WAY too much time watching the Senate on C-SPAN (Love those quorum calls; I can catch up on my nap time), Grassley is an Angry Old Man. (Ranking Senior Republican, since Ted Stevens left. . .)

Grassley is obviously losing it, tho I'm not sure he was ever there at all. Looks like his opponent will be Bob Krause, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Veterans' Caucus. For the sake of Iowa, the country, and the cause of rational thought, he can use your support. http://www.krauseforiowa.com/

just plain not very smart with an enormous ego to match

This could describe pretty much anybody in the Senate, including all the Replicants and, sadly, a hefty percentage of the Democrats.

That said, I think Grassley's outburst is a response to the pressure he's under to complete the Health Care Obstruction Initiative before health care reform starts getting serious consideration.

IM TWEETERNG DRUNK!

That said, a bipartisan health care bill is not gonna happen in any event; it's not in what the GOP sees as their own best interests since the wingnut wing of the party has BECOME the party and they don't want GOP votes in Congress to be cast for anything that Obama wants. It's a colossal waste of time trying for bipartisanship these days except as window dressing further convincing independents that the GOP is crazily partisan.

Especially on health care, where a reasonable universal healthcare program will stick a stake in the heart of the Republican party for good. Other countries have shown it: there's no going back after that, and "American-style health care" becomes an insult.

I dearly hope all this bipartisan talk is just intended for Obama to use as ammo when the conservatives try to co-opt and kill the plan, because the insurance industry and the right will fight to the death on this.

Mr Grassley, our fine President spent Saturday in front of many, many crosses. How did you spend yours?

Mr Grassley, our fine President spent Saturday in front of many, many crosses. How did you spend yours?

Being Iowa's cross to bear.

Grassley worked the weekend? Good grief, how noble. The only one in the world working the weekend no doubt. Did it occur to him that President Obama was on a business trip and took some time for some sightseeing? What a totally weird attitude.

When will what is left of Republicans in office grow up and grow a pair? Grassley's tweets are more proof that they are learning to use 21st century technology but don't realize the implications of it. The wheels have come off the GOP wagon, and there seems to be no conservative anywhere with the intelligence, temperment, or the courage to represent his constituents in a dignified, responsible, honorable way. Continual Republican tirades of anger and frustration, ugly personal attacks, or predictable criticisms and obstruction are backfiring like a toddler's endless temper tantrum. It's not working, yet conservatives continue to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result! Is there not a single Republican out there who can behave like an adult? Until and unless Republicans get over their anger, accept their minority status, assume mature leadership and work with the new administration, Republicans will continue to make fools of themselves.

Were there little frowny emoticons in Grassley's tweets?

Grassley is an LOL cat?

As noted elsewhere, I don't recall any peeps or tweets from El Chucko during the eight years that HIS noble leader was spending one of every three days clearing brush or riding his dirt bike at Crawford and Camp David.

TUI.

Isn't that funny that Grassley uses the 'hammer' analogy when wasn't it Tom Delay that was so proud of being "The Hammer" rounding up R's in the House!

Could Grassley's be upset because the president, although an avowed (socialist, fascist, musselman, terrorist-loving, apologist, anti-American (choose any or all)) has refused to consider single payer as a solution. Think that's it?

Nah, me either.

Reading this fool's "tweets" makes it all too clear why Twitter has caught on like wildfire among the Villagers. The 140 character limit is about all most of their mental faculties will let them handle. Is Grassley a U.S. senator or a ten-year-old girl? Reading that gibberish it's hard to tell.

The heart of his complaint seems to be that he's WORKING on the weekend and ... Obama ISN'T.

*gasp*

The heart of his complaint seems to be that he's WORKING on the weekend and ... Obama ISN'T.

*gasp*

I think you're right. This is about trying to score political points. We can't have our president sight-seeing while he's on a business trip -- not in this time of economic peril. He MUST work every single second he is not sleeping, otherwise he will be wasting the taxpayers' money.

These tweets sound like text messages a drunk high schooler would send at 2am to the girl who just dumped him.

Just goes to prove once again that congressional staffers should never let their bosses have access to Twitter. Too many of them are just suits with good hair and as Senator Chuckles has once again shown, they're really not all that bright. If they really want to get re-elected they shouldn't display their childish ignorance quite so publicly.

The question of whether these chowderheads can actually solve the problems that beset us all is another matter entirely, but we'll get to it sooner or later.

Oh honest to Pete, Grassley stole that quote off a commercial advertising the new season of The Closer on USA...it's been showing a teaser for about a WEEK solid...What a wuss he is. Trying the show Rush that you are a MAN standing up to that big bad Obama??? And while he is working his WKND what DID he think Obama was doing??? He can't take a couple of hours to look around Paree...what a dick.

Really depressing when you consider there are probably 15-20 Republican Senators dumber than Grassley.

Time for mandatory drug testing for Senators. Sigh ... what an idiot.

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.

Yes, I would.

If I only could.

I surely would.