Comments on: Grassley: Iowa is ‘fortunate’ to be getting stimulus funds that I voted against http://iowaindependent.com/13711/grassley-iowa-is-fortunate-to-be-getting-stimulus-funds-that-i-voted-against Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: NathanPralle http://iowaindependent.com/13711/grassley-iowa-is-fortunate-to-be-getting-stimulus-funds-that-i-voted-against/comment-page-1#comment-20280 NathanPralle Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:15:36 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=13711#comment-20280 This is the biggest problem I have with dissenting Republicans and others who oppose the stimulus bill. Why argue and vote against it, then embrace the funds when they are assigned to your state?<br><br>I have no issue if you want to oppose it -- that's your right, and if you have good reason and can argue it, go for it. But don't go all two-faced on me afterwards; if you oppose, keep opposing after the case. After all, many of you argued that the monies are bad for Iowa and bad for the economy, so why not keep preaching that line?<br><br>It's almost like saying, "Sex before marriage is bad!" and then once you find out that your daughter's been intimate with her boyfriend for the past three months, giving them the Kama Sutra as a gift. Hypocritical? This is the biggest problem I have with dissenting Republicans and others who oppose the stimulus bill. Why argue and vote against it, then embrace the funds when they are assigned to your state?

I have no issue if you want to oppose it — that's your right, and if you have good reason and can argue it, go for it. But don't go all two-faced on me afterwards; if you oppose, keep opposing after the case. After all, many of you argued that the monies are bad for Iowa and bad for the economy, so why not keep preaching that line?

It's almost like saying, “Sex before marriage is bad!” and then once you find out that your daughter's been intimate with her boyfriend for the past three months, giving them the Kama Sutra as a gift. Hypocritical?

]]> By: NathanPralle http://iowaindependent.com/13711/grassley-iowa-is-fortunate-to-be-getting-stimulus-funds-that-i-voted-against/comment-page-1#comment-16258 NathanPralle Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:15:36 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=13711#comment-16258 This is the biggest problem I have with dissenting Republicans and others who oppose the stimulus bill. Why argue and vote against it, then embrace the funds when they are assigned to your state?<br><br>I have no issue if you want to oppose it -- that's your right, and if you have good reason and can argue it, go for it. But don't go all two-faced on me afterwards; if you oppose, keep opposing after the case. After all, many of you argued that the monies are bad for Iowa and bad for the economy, so why not keep preaching that line?<br><br>It's almost like saying, "Sex before marriage is bad!" and then once you find out that your daughter's been intimate with her boyfriend for the past three months, giving them the Kama Sutra as a gift. Hypocritical? This is the biggest problem I have with dissenting Republicans and others who oppose the stimulus bill. Why argue and vote against it, then embrace the funds when they are assigned to your state?

I have no issue if you want to oppose it — that's your right, and if you have good reason and can argue it, go for it. But don't go all two-faced on me afterwards; if you oppose, keep opposing after the case. After all, many of you argued that the monies are bad for Iowa and bad for the economy, so why not keep preaching that line?

It's almost like saying, “Sex before marriage is bad!” and then once you find out that your daughter's been intimate with her boyfriend for the past three months, giving them the Kama Sutra as a gift. Hypocritical?

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