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deminks

(11,018 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:02 AM Nov 2012

"I pledge allegiance to Grover Norquist..."

Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist faces erosion of power

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/26/anti-tax-crusader-grover-norquists-pledge-becoming-irrelevant/

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He founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985, and the group’s website says that in the current legislature there are 238 House members and 41 senators who have taken the pledge, as well as 13 governors and 1,244 state legislators.

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One cannot be held to “a pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago,” the New York lawmaker said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program.

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My point is, why did this pledge hold for 20 years, and why are any lawmakers making a pledge outside the one they make to the country??? I am glad it is breaking, and Grover can go slink away...but why did this happen in the first place???

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"I pledge allegiance to Grover Norquist..." (Original Post) deminks Nov 2012 OP

He threatened to primary their asses. aquart Nov 2012 #1

bingo... and did!! oldhippydude Nov 2012 #6

AND can we use it to get rid of the 238 House and 41 Senate members who signed it? Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #2

I pledge allegiance every day that Grover Norquist will disappear from the face of the earth. Lint Head Nov 2012 #3

Here is the oath they all take Andy823 Nov 2012 #4

what happened 18 years ago? oldhippydude Nov 2012 #5

Can we drown Grover in the bathtub? /eom dballance Nov 2012 #7

aquart

(69,014 posts)

1. He threatened to primary their asses.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:04 AM

Nov 2012

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

6. bingo... and did!!

Reply to aquart (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:05 AM

Nov 2012

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)

2. AND can we use it to get rid of the 238 House and 41 Senate members who signed it?

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:05 AM

Nov 2012

IF they owe their allegiance to Grover, then can't we bust them for failing in their primary duties DUE to this ongoing conflict of interest?

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

3. I pledge allegiance every day that Grover Norquist will disappear from the face of the earth.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:08 AM

Nov 2012

Andy823

(11,495 posts)

4. Here is the oath they all take

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:22 AM

Nov 2012

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

There should be no other "pledge or oath" than this one, and anyone that takes the pledge to Grover over this oath should be removed from office!

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

5. what happened 18 years ago?

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:05 AM

Nov 2012

94 remember the Gingrich Revelution... the contract on America, that document with a little bit of everything for the conservative base, has come to haunt the GOP...in election after election it has hamstrung the candidates.. blind obedience to the polices, have paralyzed the party..

the Days of Newt, Grover, are rapidly passing as the polices have proven ineffective.. of greater consequence however may be rise of a new demographic.. women, people of color, and young people hold the key and the GOP has done little to earn their trust..

dballance

(5,756 posts)

7. Can we drown Grover in the bathtub? /eom

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:35 AM

Nov 2012

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