GOP Civil War: Glenn Beck Declares War on Grover Norquist

This is just too delicious. The GOP civil war over the shutdown fiasco is still ramping up. Right after the government opened back up, it felt like it was only the "establishment" Republicans that were declaring war on the TEA party and those other young rapscallions like Ted Cruz(Note: in GOP terms, he is pretty young).

The Tea Party has now fired back with their biggest Cannon: Glenn Beck. And he has taken aim at the most established of all established Republicans: Grover Norquist.


Grover Norquist, who often keeps a low profile, spoke to the Washington Post about how Ted Cruz and the Tea Party messed everything up. Here's some choice quotes:


Ted Cruz, from left field, said we have to defund Obamacare permanently in this CR. If they offered the Keystone pipeline and the privatization of Fannie and Freddie you couldn’t take that. We only want this, and we only want it on Tuesday -- Wednesday is no good. The debt ceiling is no good. So that got locked in as a principle. And people went out on talk radio and said if you’re not for this you’re a coward, you’re a RINO.
[snip]
Unlike some other institutions in this town, I work to give some reasonable advice to members of Congress and shape public opinion.

Glenn Beck has taken issue with this. He responded on "TheBlaze (not-on-tv) TV".
Beck began by playing recent clips of Norquist calling out Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his efforts to derail Obamacare, noting that while he used to joke about the left’s portrayal of Norquist as a “big power player,” he’s since revised his dismissive opinion in light of the warnings that you “don’t ever take this guy on unless you’re prepared.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/23/1249991/-GOP-Civil-War-Glenn-Beck-Declares-War-on-Grover-Norquist?detail=email