21 April 2005
Grover Norquist Wises Up
Because if Norquist wants his government "small enough to drown in the bathtub," this is certainly not the one. So it's fascinating to see the man who did everything he could to support(financially and otherwise) the war on Bill Clinton on stage next to George Soros at an ATR strategy meeting; you might recall Tom DeLay says George Soros is driving the vast left-wing conspiracy against poor, put-upon him.
Dear me. Things are realigning and all it took was for the religious right to show its fangs. Can we hope that Norquist will start a campaign to impeach Bush now? It's not like he is particularly forgiving when he feels betrayed; in 1992 Bush 41 lost partly because of Norquist's highly successful efforts to starve him of campaign funding, because of Bush 41 reneging on his tax pledge. And Bush 43 may have forgotten he made that pledge himself in the last campaign--after being careful to be noncommittal previously. Bush will definitely have to raise taxes soon to pay for the massive deficit. This may be Norquist putting him on notice.
I've said it many, many times: in the end, hubris always, always does Republicans in.
Because if Norquist wants his government "small enough to drown in the bathtub," this is certainly not the one. So it's fascinating to see the man who did everything he could to support(financially and otherwise) the war on Bill Clinton on stage next to George Soros at an ATR strategy meeting; you might recall Tom DeLay says George Soros is driving the vast left-wing conspiracy against poor, put-upon him.
Mr. Soros was the guest speaker at the regular Wednesday morning strategy meeting led by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, at ATR's offices on L Street.
Mr. Soros' appearance was a surprise. Those in attendance greeted him politely, with some offering to work with him on issues on which they could find common ground -- such as preserving civil and personal liberties.
"He, in turn, praised them for the "tremendous energy and enthusiasm" they showed for their various causes, most of which he had "fundamental disagreements" with, he said."
Dear me. Things are realigning and all it took was for the religious right to show its fangs. Can we hope that Norquist will start a campaign to impeach Bush now? It's not like he is particularly forgiving when he feels betrayed; in 1992 Bush 41 lost partly because of Norquist's highly successful efforts to starve him of campaign funding, because of Bush 41 reneging on his tax pledge. And Bush 43 may have forgotten he made that pledge himself in the last campaign--after being careful to be noncommittal previously. Bush will definitely have to raise taxes soon to pay for the massive deficit. This may be Norquist putting him on notice.
I've said it many, many times: in the end, hubris always, always does Republicans in.
Labels: politics
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