Busted: Grassley’s ‘Booze or Women or Movies’ Comments Hit Close to Home | Sojourners

Busted: Grassley’s ‘Booze or Women or Movies’ Comments Hit Close to Home

Senator Chuck Grassley speaking at the Night of the Rising Stars in Des Moines, Iowa in 2011. Gage Skidmore / Flickr.com

When Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) accused the non-rich of squandering their money on “booze or women or movies,” my progressive friends quickly denounced him, as they should. Sen. Grassley is clearly suffering from the senility of a political dogma long past its freshness date. But me, I kept my mouth shut.

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