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Andrew Reinbach: GROVER NORQUIST and the Death of the GOP
He's forced, bullied, and otherwise persuaded most of Republicans in Congress to swear they'll never raise taxes, and he says he's ready to enforce it. If that pledge plunges the federal budget and world's economy into the ...
GROVER NORQUIST
Grover norquist. AKA Grover Glenn Norquist. Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader. Birthplace: Sharon, PA. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation ...
GOP Finds Leeway in GROVER NORQUIST’s Tax Pledge
Can Republicans agree to more tax revenue without violating Grover norquist s no-tax-hike pledge? The surprising answer: Maybe.
Who is GROVER NORQUIST and why is he so influential with Republicans?
This is a simple fact-finding question. I am not looking for political posturing or editorializing.
Points go to the first answer that is clear and unbiased.
Moe: That really wasnt necessary was it. BTW, I actually work for a living and probably make 3 times the amount of money you do. Reported.
Answer: Here is what he says about himself: http://www.atr.org/grover-norquist-a3016
Here is what others say about him: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Grover_Norquist
Basically, he's an ideologue with money who can get Republicans to do what he wants in exchange for campaign funds and not having him reject them as candidates because they refuse to sign his pledge.
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GROVER NORQUIST - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is president of a taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform. He has been described by Associated Press reporter ...
On Deficit Panel, a Push to Defer Details on Taxes
WASHINGTON -- With a little over a week left to reach a deal, members of the Congressional deficit reduction panel are looking for an escape hatch that would let them strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until next year tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes. Under this approach, the panel would decide on the amount of new revenue - Members of the Congressional deficit panel are hoping to strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until 2012 any tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes; this approach would put off painful political decisions but ensure that the debate over deficit reduction stretched into the election year. Chart (M)o - By ROBERT PEAR
GROVER NORQUIST Was The Super Committee's Lex Luthor, And Other ...
Grover norquist Was The Super Committee's Lex Luthor, And Other Stories. 21 Nov 2011. Posted by Stan Collender. . Stan Collender's picture. Two things if you're at all surprised that the anything-but-super committee is going to announce ...
GROVER NORQUIST Billboard Campaign Gaining Support
The "Hey Grover, Go Back to Sesame Street" billboard campaign will fund a large poster on a bus in Washington, DC. Currently $300 of the $1000 goal has been raised, When funding reaches $1000, the bus advertisement will move forward. After funding is ...
GROVER NORQUIST weighs in on the super committee deadlock
The so-called super committee appears ready to throw in the towel. Its members, charged with cutting $1.2 trillion dollars from the budget, have begun to privately admit defeat. Many Democrats are blaming the failure on one man, lobbyist Grover ...
Who elected GROVER NORQUIST and why is he sitting in on the super committee meetings?
I dont want to abolish Norquist. I simply want to reduce him to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub...,,
sarcasm.....
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GROVER NORQUIST | Meet the NRA Board
Lawrence O’Donnell, host of “The Last Word” on MSNBC, has described Grover norquist as, “the most powerful man in America who does not sleep in the White ...
How GROVER NORQUIST hypnotized the GOP
At our 25th college reunion in 2003, Grover norquist — the brain and able spokesman for the radical right — and I, along with other classmates who had been in ...
GROVER NORQUIST: The Billionaires Best Friend
Grover norquist has never held elected office. Hes not a political appointee or a congressional staffer, and few voters know his name. Yet this anti-
Deficit Panel Members Seeking to Avoid Blame
WASHINGTON -- Members of a Congressional panel on deficit reduction are no longer trying just to solve the nations fiscal problems. Some are desperately trying to avoid blame for the possible collapse of a process concocted by Senate leaders to break an impasse between those who want to raise taxes and those who would prefer to cut spending by - By ROBERT PEAR; Jennifer Steinhauer contributed reporting.
Why is it that Republicans who signed the pledge/contract with GROVER NORQUIST would do so even tho they?
take an oath to do the exact opposite of what the Norquist contract/pledge says they will do? Why do they put their pledge to one man above the pledge to the voters? It seems to me that they and Norquist himself are putting Norquist in a place higher than any elected position…feels kind of antiAmerican to me ---- like trying to circumvent the Constitution.
Answer: They have no loyalty to the US, only to the global uber wealthy.
1st Grover makes them kiss his ring, then he makes them kiss something else.
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GROVER NORQUIST - President of Americans for Tax Reform ...
Profile of Grover norquist from The Washington Post. If there is a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Norquist is not interested in keeping it secret. Brash, funny, a laser ...
Corbett says GROVER NORQUIST wrong on gas tax issue
HARRISBURG – Washington anti-tax guru Grover norquist and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett are parting company. At least for now. Corbett today rejected Norquist`s contention that a levy on Marcellus shale drillers in H.B. 1950, legislation based on the ...
Is GROVER NORQUIST a danger to American economic recovery?
A growing number of House lawmakers want out of an Americans For Tax Reform President Grover norquists pledge in which they vowed to never raise taxes.
Who is this Norquist dude and why are politicians following him?
Category: Politics
Patriotic Millionaires To GROVER NORQUIST: Move To Somalia
WASHINGTON -- Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength, millionaires who want the government to tax them more, met with foremost anti-tax guru Grover ...
EDITORIAL; Zealots Remorse
A welcome touch of resistance is in the air toward Grover norquist, the conservative lobbyist and Capitol Hill fixture who has been brilliant at wrenching a simplistic pledge from all but six House Republicans to never, ever increase taxes. Its time to put pledges in a bonfire, Representative Steven LaTourette of Ohio, a past pledger, declared - Editorial welcomes declaration by Republican Rep Steve LaTourette of Ohio against pledge never to increase taxes wrested from many members of Congress by Grover norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform; says it is good to see former pledge takers realize that their allegiance is to their constituents, not Norquist, who enjoys too much access to and influence over the Republican leadership. (M)
Norquist blamed for supercommittee impasse - FT.com
1 day ago ... Grover norquist has never been elected to Congress but holds a grip over the budget by virtue of a no-tax rise pledge he persuaded most ...
Norquist Says Super Committee Deadlock Isnt His Fault
Hes not on the Super Committee - hes not even a member of Congress - but Grover norquist wants you to know that its not his fault if the Super Committee fails. The deficit-reduction committee is likely to announce Monday that theyve failed ...
Why is GROVER NORQUIST now trying to distance himself from the pledge he got Republicans to sign?
In a CNN interview he did this morning, live, he tried to claim it was not his pledge but a pledge to voters.
Could it have something to do with the fact that both Democrats and Republicans are citing his pledge as the reason the Super Committee failed?
Answer: I saw that live segment too. I don't know what game he thinks he is playing but it sure did not convince me.
Category: Elections
Some state lawmakers reconsider anti-tax pledge
West Virginias two Republican members of Congress, Reps. Shelley Moore Capito and David McKinley, have signed the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" promulgated by anti-tax activist Grover norquist, head of the Washington, D.C.-based Americans for Tax Reform group.
In GROVER NORQUIST's World, Ronald Reagan Is a "Rat Head in a Coke ...
In Grover norquist's World, Ronald Reagan Is a "Rat Head in a Coke Bottle". — By Andy Kroll. | Mon Nov. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST. Tweet · Gage Skidmore/Flickr ...
After GROVER NORQUIST drowns government and its benefits to the poor in the bathtub?
what happens to the 45 million on Food Stamps?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist
Answer: embezzled
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GROVER NORQUIST: Don’t blame me
Anti-tax activist Grover norquist fired back at Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Monday, charging that it’s Democrats — not Republicans — who are standing in the way of a supercommittee deal. “[Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid, the leader of the ...
Harry Reid: GROVER NORQUIST Is Thwarting Super Committee
WASHINGTON -- A new wave of pessimism colored super committee talks on Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted anti-tax crusader Grover norquist for meddling with the panels progress and suggested that the American public ...
GROVER NORQUIST Gives Romney a Thumbs Up on Fiscal Outlook
The next Republican presidential nominee need not be a conservative purist with a completely consistent record on issues important to the right, says influential anti-tax activist Grover norquist. "Were not looking for a fearless leader ...
Readers Write: GROVER NORQUIST is an extremist; federal spending is the problem (not the answer)
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of November 21, 2011: Readers respond to the cover story "Tussle over taxes." One says American antitax advocate Grover norquists extemist views dont merit coverage. Another says federal spending isnt the ...
No, the problem is not GROVER NORQUIST.
CNN this morning is blaming Grover norquist for the "failure" of the Supercommittee. I disagree. Mr. Norquist is doing exactly what he should be doing. He has an issue and is pushing it with every means at his disposal. Hes a private citizen ...
Thank You, GROVER NORQUIST
Of course it would have been preferable if the two sides had come together now to cut spending, reform the tax code and remake Medicare. Preferable, but implausible. That would have required President Obama to have shown more respect for the ...
GROVER NORQUISTs Role in the Supercommittee Stalemate - NYTimes.com
If the supercommittee declares a stalemate, blame Grover norquist. ... Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Grover norquist addresses the Reuters Washington Summit ...
The Powerful Anti-Tax Lobbyist GROVER NORQUIST Isn't The Problem In ...
His tax-pledge is powerful, but it is totally transparent.
How is GROVER NORQUIST not a enemy of the United States of American?
Our fading generations are now the most dangerous problem we have in the US now. I think this guy is a enemy of the United States. If a company or group of people can cause problems in the economy government will try to save its people and spend so much that it will have to shrink itself aka cuts. "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub" _Grover norquist May 24th 2001.
Answer: = "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get
= it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub"
He does not call for drowning it in the bathtub -- nor for any other violence.
He calls for it becoming so small, that it would fit in the bathtub... And I agree.
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Wingnut Anti-Tax Hero GROVER NORQUIST Actually Muslim Extremist?
It was a long, long reign of terror. But slowly, and at long last, real conservatives are coming to understand the true identity of anti-tax Republican hero Grover H. Norquist: He’s a dangerous Muslim extremist! Important wingnut Internet Newspaper World ...
Americans for Tax Reform :: Who is GROVER NORQUIST?
Who is Grover norquist? Grover G . Norquist, a native of Massachusetts, has been one of most effective issues management strategists in Washington for three ...
Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes
WASHINGTON — With a little over a week left to reach a deal, members of the Congressional deficit reduction panel are looking for an escape hatch that would let them strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until next year tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes. Under this approach, the panel would decide on the amount of new - By ROBERT PEAR
In GROVER NORQUIST's World, Ronald Reagan Is a "Rat Head in a Coke ...
On Sunday night, 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft profiled the man who's done more than anyone to ensure that Congress' budget-slashing supercommittee goes down in flames: anti-tax zealot Grover norquist. Norquist, who runs the ...
Americans for Tax Reform :: Who is GROVER NORQUIST?
Grover G . Norquist, a native of Massachusetts, has been one of most effective issues management strategists in Washington for three decades. Mr. Norquist is ...
Is GROVER NORQUIST getting what he wanted years ago?
Norquist was cheering on Bush as he raced to increase the deficit years ago by cutting taxes and wildly increasing spending. Norquist called it "starving the beast". His hope was that Bush-like spending and tax cuts would create monstrous deficits that would, by necessity, lead to deep spending cuts.
Has Grovers evil nightmare played out for America?
Answer: I don't know why Reps are afraid of Norquist this man is a big fat nothing that has all the Reps on a string.
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Do Republican Congressmen answer more to their constituents & voter base, or to GROVER NORQUIST?
Who does the GOP want to appease more - their voters, or Grover norquist?
Mjonhir: Incorrect. 64% of Americans want taxes raised on the rich: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20114988-503544.html
That also includes Republicans.
Answer: Tax evaders and cheaters and monopolistic corporations...
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Steve Kroft To GROVER NORQUIST: 'You've Got Them By The Short Hairs ...
On the eve of what will be the failure of the Super Committee to reach an agreement (a good thing!), CBS' Steve Kroft interviewed Grover norquist as though he were King of the country, deserving of deference and awe for his ...
How do we get GROVER NORQUIST to take all of his anti-tax zealots to Somalia? Theres no income tax in?
Somalia so that should be the perfect country for them. Personally Id rather stay and live in a country where we have roads and sewers and running water but if the anti-tax people are really so fervent then they should move somewhere where there are no taxes.
Answer: Great idea!
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When conservatives made their pledge to unelected lobbyist GROVER NORQUIST?
Did they write it in blood or something? Why cant they just tell Grover to go pound sand?
"Sorry.. just kidding bro.. maybe go whine to big-bird or something dude"
Thats what they should tell this guy thats holding America hostage to his idea on how America should be run. How is that even democratic.. one man holding the nation hostage?
Answer: Well most likely because they are aware of Norquist's right to free speech. During Obama's first pres. campaign he loudly proclaimed "Lobbyists will find no place in MY administration" President now has more than 40 ( maybe as many as 200) on his payroll, including Eric Holder and tax cheat Tim Geithner.As usual, old Obie was talking out of both sides of his purple lips
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Has GROVER NORQUIST permanently changed the Pledge of Allegiance?
Grover norquist persuaded hundreds of U. S. Representatives and Senators to ignore those citizens who had elected them, and to sign a pledge of allegiance to him instead. The new pledge reads as follows:
"I pledge allegiance to the United States of Norquist and to the Plutocracy for which it stands, one ideology, underground, indivisible, with avidity and suffrage for millionaires all."
Does not the signing of the Norquist pledge, override the oath of office taken by the members of congress who signed it?
Category: Other - Social Science
GROVER NORQUIST: GOP leadership has promised him no Super Congress ...
Via Greg Sargent, the puppet master reveals all. Grover norquist, a leading anti-tax activist, says Republican leaders in both chambers have assured him ...
Norquist is not in the Constitution
Now, our deficit is about to destroy the American dream and our economy. Grover norquist says we still cannot raise taxes. He has made our congressmen and -women promise that no matter how expensive our wars get, we will not raise taxes to pay for them.
Is GROVER NORQUIST more of a threat to the United States than Marx or Lenin ever was?
The latter two couldnt create class warfare in this country. Do you think the Norquist demand of no new taxes will do what those arch enemies could not accomplish?
Answer: Norquist is without a doubt a class baiter. He follows the Ayan Rand philosophy that says the rich are victims of the poor.
Category: Politics
Arent you pleased that Harry Reid is becoming our Democratic GROVER NORQUIST?
And isnt Norquist getting scared and thats why hes coming on TV to do damage control?
@aeriol7...Sometimes fighting fire with water works...
Answer: Reid is using Norquist's tactics but it could backfire. Its a Republican Congress who have taken the pledge to not raise taxes but cut spending even for programs like medicare. Reid needs more seats and has finally realized this President is running on a do nothing Congress. Its still a crap shoot as to who will convince the voters who could best repair this economy. This game of cutting and spending just went broke with the so called super committee 's failure to do anything not partisan !
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GROVER NORQUIST and the Death of the GOP
It was Euripides who said "Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad." Grover norquist should be thinking about that quote from Euripides. Because hes obviously gone mad with power. Hes forced, bullied, and otherwise persuaded most of ...
GROVER NORQUIST
Former Republican golden boy Grover norquist is the genius who coerced George H.W. Bush into making the disastrous "Read My Lips: No New Taxes" pledge ...
GROVER NORQUIST proud of his influence - Politico Staff - POLITICO.com
Grover norquist has collected pledges from many Republicans that they will not vote for a hike of any kind. In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS's “60 Minutes,” the head of the Americans for Tax Reform makes it clear he's ...
NOW with Bill Moyers. Transcript. Bill Moyers Interviews Grover ...
BILL MOYERS: If states refuse to raise taxes to fix some of those problems weve just seen, that certainly wont bother my next guest. Hes a sworn opponent of all taxes.
280 Big Public Firms Paid Little U.S. Tax, Study Says
Warren E. Buffett, take note. It is not just a few wealthy individuals paying unusually low taxes to the federal government. Corporate America is not far behind. A comprehensive study released on Thursday found that 280 of the biggest publicly traded American companies faced federal income tax bills equal to 18.5 percent of their profits during the - By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
GROVER NORQUIST - SourceWatch
Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council. Norquist famously founded and heads the group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), ostensibly a group that pushes for ...
The Pledge: GROVER NORQUIST's hold on the GOP - CBS News
1 day ago ... 60 Minutes on CBS News: The Pledge: Grover norquist's hold on the GOP - Steve Kroft interviews the man many blame for holding up the ...
ECONOMIC MEMO; Tax Pledge May Scuttle Deal to Cut Deficit - Economic Memo
Three-quarters of Americans — including more than half of Republicans — say they believe that any deficit reduction plan should include tax increases, according to a recent New York Times/CBS poll . But Congressional Republicans are not so sure. Republicans on the deficit-reduction supercommittee have offered a deal with 24 cents of - By CATHERINE RAMPELL
GROVER NORQUIST - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is president of a taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform. He has been described by Associated ...
280 Big Public Firms Paid Little U.S. Tax, Study Says
Warren E. Buffett, take note. It is not just a few wealthy individuals paying unusually low taxes to the federal government. Corporate America is not far behind. A comprehensive study released on Thursday found that 280 of the biggest publicly traded American companies faced federal income tax bills equal to 18.5 percent of their profits during the - Study by Citizens for Tax Justice finds that 280 of the biggest public companies had federal income tax bills that were little more than half the official corporate rate of 35 percent in the last three years; study comes as corporations are pushing for cut in their official tax rate. Photo (M) - By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
Americans for Tax Reform
Moments ago, ATR president Grover norquist sent the following letter to all members of the Pennsylvania House: Dear Members of the Pennsylvania General A.. ...
Topic: GROVER NORQUIST - CSMonitor.com
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EDITORIAL; Zealots’ Remorse
A welcome touch of resistance is in the air toward Grover norquist, the conservative lobbyist and Capitol Hill fixture who has been brilliant at wrenching a simplistic pledge from all but six House Republicans to never, ever increase taxes. “It’s time to put pledges in a bonfire,” Representative Steven LaTourette of Ohio, a past
GROVER NORQUIST - Alan Simpson - Lawrence ODonnell | Mediaite
As far as political personalities who hold no public office or have a job at a media association go, none seems to have skyrocketed to newfound popularity the way ...
Super Committee Congress Fail | GROVER NORQUIST | Video | Mediaite
Who is Grover norquist? The anti-tax personality has seemingly blown up into a Republican superstar/Democratic bogeyman out of nowhere, as some members of the committee blame his organization, Americans for Tax ...
Schieffer Calls Anti-Tax Pledge a ‘Problem,’ Presses Republican and Democrat to Raise Taxes
Highlighting Grover norquist’s upcoming appearance on 60 Minutes, CBS’s Bob Schieffer, on Face the Nation, pointed to the anti-tax hike pledge Norquist asks politicians to sign as “one of the problems” undermining the failed “super-committee.”
GROVER NORQUIST is the ideological center of mass behind the republicans tax policies?
He has intimate ties to the fraudster Jack Abramoff. Does it surprise you then that our economy is being held hostage by the ideas of a person tied to scandal and fraud?
Answer: Sadly true dat, bro. Birds of a feather flock together, as my Guru once told me. His Medicinal Weed was outstanding...............peace out dude-ski
Category: Politics
What did GROVER NORQUIST mean when he spoke of drowning the government in the bathtub?
Or more specifically; that he wanted to make it small enough that it could be drowned in the bathtub?
What did he mean by that?
Answer: I would understand liberals being confused by this.
The American way of thinking is that government is an impediment to freedom and must be restrained and limited in size, scope and power.
The totalitarian way of thinking is that people are the enemy of government and that government must be preserved, trusted and enhanced for the good of everyone.
Liberals are just not honest about what they believe.
Category: Politics
OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Two Moons
In 1951, Samuel Lubell invented the concept of the political solar system. At any moment, he wrote, there is a Sun Party (the majority party, which drives the agenda) and a Moon Party (the minority party, which shines by reflecting the solar rays). During Franklin Roosevelt’s era, Democrats were the Sun Party. During Ronald Reagan’s, - By DAVID BROOKS
Rep. Eric Cantor Declines to Intervene in Deficit Panel Work
WASHINGTON — Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the powerful House majority leader, enjoys expressing his views. He travels frequently around the country selling the House Republican agenda, makes flattering YouTube videos, holds lengthy weekly news conferences and is a regular on the talk show circuit. But when it comes to weighing in - By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR
Americans for Tax Reform
Moments ago, ATR president Grover norquist sent the following letter to all members of the Pennsylvania House: Dear Members of the Pennsylvania General A...
Sen. Kerry: GROVER NORQUIST was 13th member of 'super committee ...
“But unfortunately, this thing about the Bush tax cuts and the pledge to Grover norquist keeps coming up,” Kerry continued. “Grover norquist has been the 13th member of this committee without being there. I can't tell you how ...
GROVER NORQUIST: Don't blame me - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com
17 hours ago ... The anti-tax activist says it's the Dems, not GOP, standing in the way of a supercommittee deal.