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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorquist in a nutshell.
Someday someone will write a dark history a farce, really of how he managed to bring nearly all of the Republican Party to heel, compelling legislator upon legislator to lash themselves to his no-new-taxes pledge. Until then well have to content ourselves with his misfortune over the last few days. No sooner had a nation digested its turkey than his goose began to be cooked. The spreading rebellion in the Republican ranks was manifest on the post-Thanksgiving Sunday talk shows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/opinion/bruni-is-grover-norquists-hold-on-congress-finally-over.html?hp&_r=0
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Norquist in a nutshell. (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2012
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mr norquist have never been elected to ANY office. never got one vote from one voter.
spanone
Nov 2012
#3
That, plus his work on behalf of raising money for Islamic Jihad and Jack Abramoff.
Octafish
Nov 2012
#4
Festivito
(13,452 posts)1. A simple picture of Norquist would suffice for that post title.
And, it's not Norquist who has great power, it's his donors who will pragmatically move away from him and his single issue still under their paradigm of money over people instead of people over money.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)2. So he rides Amtrak?
The very same Amtrak that he and his loony pals claim is a bottomless taxpayer money pit?
Too bad the writer didn't push him out in front of it.
spanone
(135,874 posts)3. mr norquist have never been elected to ANY office. never got one vote from one voter.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. That, plus his work on behalf of raising money for Islamic Jihad and Jack Abramoff.
Frank Gaffney, Jr., of all people details:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/frank-gaffney-grover-norquist-muslim-brotherhood_n_1699604.html
Then, there's his work with Jack Abramoff that somehow misses mention:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/162206/grover-norquists-culture-corruption