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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:17 AM
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Our New BFF Grover Norquist Backs The New Debt Deal
So that's good.


Grover Norquist Backs The New Debt Deal
Thomas Lane | August 1, 2011, 6:00AM

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has at least one powerful ally in his latest effort to sell the GOP on a debt deal: tax hater extraordinaire, Grover Norquist.

Shortly after President Obama took to the air and urged both houses of congress to pass the newly thrashed-out debt deal, Norquist tweeted: "Real spending cuts. No tax hike. Gang of Six said it could not be done. 1982, 1990 are now bad memories we learned from. Onward."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/grover-norquist-backs-the-new-debt-deal.php
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:19 AM
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1. thank god, the man who has never been elected for anything has spoken..fuck him
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:22 AM
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2. +1
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:24 AM
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3. yes and David Plouffe too
wonder what that means..http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/david-plouffe-debt-ceiling-deal-deal_n_914717.html
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:04 AM
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18. "And he said
the White House was not worried by lawmakers' criticisms of the pact."

Yep, just unworried enough not to invoke the 14th.
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:13 AM
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19. lol
sure..was a win/win for republicans and tea party. We got a stay for now on the governments responsiblity to our Seniors/disabled and vets, but it's in the works..
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:34 AM
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4. "Onward!" What can the future of 'govt by revolving debt-ceiling crisis' withhold from him now?
The ugly little troll is singing "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" with good reason today. He'll sing it tomorrow, too. And the next day.

The hostage, America, will never be free.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 02:35 PM
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22. Let's see..
I got..nothing.
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:36 AM
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5. Grover is trying to get the Tea Party to come along, nothing more.
The WSJ is doing the same.

The GOP is trying to get its Frankenstein monster under control.
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DocMac Donating Member (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:53 AM
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15. I can't wrap my head around
the thought process of people like Grover. I mean, what happened to this guy that would cause such motivation towards suffering?

It must be draining!
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:39 AM
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6. Did you forget the sarcasm thingy?
Edited on Mon Aug-01-11 09:39 AM by Big Blue Marble
'So that's good."? His endorsement is coverage for any teabaggers who choose to vote for the deal.

Grover Norquist is a tool of the money interests behind this sham crisis. He is signaling House Republicans,
we won; vote yes already. How is that good?
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:42 AM
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7. Yes-- was hoping that would go without saying.
:hi:
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:44 AM
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9. Whew, I was hoping that was the case.
Glad to know we are on the same page.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:50 AM
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14. LOL
:hug:
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Blecht Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:44 AM
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8. If anything makes me confident that my opposition to the "plan" is correct,
this is it.
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:46 AM
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10. Amen
This man is nothing but trouble for all of us.
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:49 AM
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13. We don't even get a week to consider this giant steaming shit sandwich!!
Edited on Mon Aug-01-11 09:50 AM by Major Hogwash
That they are going to ram down our throats!!

Open wide!!
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:47 AM
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11. Well, of course, no tax increases.
We won't be able to pay for a 4th of July parade next year without his approval.
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 09:48 AM
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12. Clearly Obama has outsmarted Norquist and made him look like a fool, forcing him to back the plan
right?
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:02 AM
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16. Grover is trying to get the Tea Party to come along, nothing more.
The GOP created the Tea Party to increase the turn out of their crazy base. Grover helped create the tea party, and now, he's trying to help train the Tea Party to be good little corporatists.

The WSJ is doing the same thing.
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_ed_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:03 AM
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17. Obama's constituency:
stuffed shirt DC beltway talking heads
Grover Norquist
Wall Street
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kelly1mm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:37 AM
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20. My rule = WWSD (Watch what Sanders does). nt
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-11 10:39 AM
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21. I don't need to read anything else to now know it was a bad deal. n/t
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