Chambliss fires off on Norquist's anti-tax pledge

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – A top Republican U.S. senator brushed off the anti-tax pledge pushed by activist Grover Norquist and embraced widely for years by GOP lawmakers.

"I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Georgia television station WMAZ, a CNN affiliate, on Wednesday. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt and I just have a disagreement with him about that."

Norquist, who heads the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform, has been successful over the years in lobbying a strong majority of congressional Republicans to sign his pledge to not raise taxes.

Many GOP candidates who ran for office also signed the promise, but earlier this year, a small number of freshman lawmakers rejected the idea that they were bound to the document.




Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/22/chambliss-fires-off-on-norquists-anti-tax-pledge/

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A republican that puts their country ahead of their party? I didn't know they existed anymore.

[Berlum]

1. "Whine." - Grovel Norquisling, Inc. (R - Chickenhawk, of course)

[tclambert]

2. Is that Grover Norquist drowning in a bathtub?

[Berlum]

5. Youbetcha

[SkyDaddy7]

3. NOT SO FAST!!!

Saxby Chambliss is a FOOL! All he is doing is setting up the ole "I was willing to compromise on taxes but the Obama administration refused to compromise."

He is a snake so don't trust what he says wait & see what he DOES before giving him credit for putting his country first. After all this man has lied to congress to defend corporations that have killed people!!

[jerseyjack]

4. Chambliss, caring more for his country....

That may be a first. Can we assume that up to now, he was putting Grover before his country?

[Ineeda]

9. Exactly what I'm thinking.

Now that the Rethugs are on the ropes, he's putting country first? Asshole, like all the rest.

[Mopar151]

6. You ain't gotta be no rocket surgeon...

To figure out Grover's shit is pretty weak just now. Chambliss is just lining up with the other rats to jump the bad ship Norquist.

[Bibliovore]

7. "A republican that puts their country ahead of their party?" Not necessarily.

That could be, but another possibility is that he's decided the only hope for the Republican party, or for his own chances in his next election, is to give in on this particular issue. Or at least to appear to give in, at least for now. (Or maybe I'm just cynical.)

[JNelson6563]

8. I think some are emboldened.

A major bully from the GOP side has fallen pretty far, namely Karl Rove.

Norquist is next I think. This isn't the first GOPer who has decided to tell Norquist to stick it and I suspect there are more to come.

I don't necessarily buy into the "country before party" thing. I think this is a survival thing.

Julie

[randome]

16. And Rush Limbaugh after Norquist.

[msanthrope]

10. 2014 re-election campaign looms near, eh, Saxby??? nt

[DainBramaged]

11. ChamblISS didn't have a conscience when he beat Max Cleland

scumbag

[AnnieK401]

17. My thoughts exactly!

What he did to Max Cleland should have been criminal. Now he's suddenly "come to Jesus" since he is facing reelection.

[Berlum]

19. Oh yeah. He's the chickenhawk Republican who trashed an honorable US Veteran

That is such standard chickenhawk Republican shit. I'd forgotten about this Republican assclown draft dodger.

The vast phalanx of Chickenhawk Repubbie 'Leaders' luv to give LIP SERVICE to our vets,
but invariably wind up crapping all over them. Again and again.

Chickenhawk Chambliss has defined himself as a dangerous veteran-abusing 1% RepubliWanker.

[w8liftinglady]

23. I was thinking the same thing. Max Cleland is a real hero.

[chuckstevens]

12. DEEDS, not words!

All well and good, but I don't believe anything a Republican says until I start see the end of obstructionist tactics and actually votes that help the middle and lower classes. George W. Bush often said things that sounded reasonable. yet his actions were the exact opposite.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Posturing is a wonderful thing, eh Saxby?

Who does he think he's fooling?

[retread]

14. If this evil pos said the sun rose in the east, I would face west.

[Skittles]

15. Chambliss, caring more about his country

more likely he is worried about his political future

[AllyCat]

18. Will he apologize to Max Cleland now?

If he wants to do more than make a statement, I'll consider him on the road to recovery.

[Dubster]

20. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[stubtoe]

25. Good article. This happened to Bill Sizemore, in Oregon, in the last decade.

Only Bill didn't get that he was persona non grata for the longest time, not even after his prison stint.

[Hosnon]

21. Hmm. At the same time that a primary challenger indicates she may run.

Coincidence?

[John2]

22. Does Chambliss

have any military bases in his District? He better dump that little Napoleon.

[marble falls]

24. I bet twenty bucks that the GOP allows the tax holiday for the wealtkiest 5% or so elapse ...

with a vote that is one vote more than the President needs to let it go. I think the GOP has learned some taxes are now due. They'll turn on the Koches, you betcha, to hold onto their $250k a year. Now the war profiteers give back. A little.

[Turbineguy]

26. Question for Vladimir Putin:

Who was Grover Norquist's Case Officer?

[sarcasmo]

27. Kick!