Why aren't the Democrats making Norquist into the intractable bully that he is....

[WCGreen]

I mean just make Norquist the villain and wrap every republican in the country around that pricks middle finger basically telling the poor, the needy, those who worry about infrastructure, the schools that nothing, I mean nothing else matters but fealty to the no tax increase idol constructed by demi god Norquist.....

[safeinOhio]

1. Except when it comes to poor people

making less than 20k a year. They want to tax them, raise taxes, on them and hardly a word or threat to not support those that advocate this NEW TAX.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Because, to them, he's a useful idiot

As he pulls the Republicans farther to the right, the Democrats can also move farther to the right co-opting more of the middle. At least according to Third-Way theory... reality may be different.

[drm604]

3. Bring up his infamous "drown it in a bathtub" statement.

Release lists of everyone who has pledged to support this man's ideals. Point out that anyone who's signed his "pledge" is supporting a man who has publicly declared that he wants to drown this country. Make signing that pledge a badge of dishonor and un-Americanism. Call it "the bathtub pledge".

Democratic opponents of anyone who has signed Norquist's pledge should highlight that fact and hang that pledge around the necks of their opponents like a lead weight.

He'll claim that we're misrepresenting what he said; that we're taking him out of context. Don't even respond. Just keep hammering on it.

[lunatica]

4. Hell, you can't even gain traction on telling the truth about known politicians

For example, most Americans don't have the foggiest idea who Dick Cheney is and with his connections any Democratic legislator trying to tell the American people about him would end up without a job, at the very least. Plus, the MSM would have to actually do its job, and with their bosses, they won't dare.

These people have done their work well over the last 30 years. Buying up the media, newspapers and building organizations fronting as uber patriotic we heart the American way with a veritable army of lobbyists assuring their agenda gets implemented. Plus making sure Congresspeople who tow their line are who gets elected. This has been a slow motion coup deliberately camouflaged as the Democratic way that's lasted for decades. They just stepped it up with Bush who was never elected because they did their job so well.

And most Americans don't have a clue. They've done their work well.

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. You assume that the Democrats are opposed to his goals.

Once you figure out the agendas, most of these questions are answered.
K&R

[drm604]

6. Yes, they're all equivalent.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. That's not what I said, but then you already knew that.

And I notice you never answered the question nor felt it worth any further comment, but posting a false premise based on what wasn't said disguised as a dig, that motivated your will to type...

indeed.

[drm604]

8. No, I didn't already know that.

Please don't pretend that you can read my mind.

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. Not your mind, the English language. A skill I assume you also possess. n/t

[hughee99]

10. Because people paying attention already know that,

and people not paying attention don't know who he is.

[liberalhistorian]

11. I know many republicans personally

who are pissed that he has such influence over congress critters and that they apparently listen to him before their own constituents. As some have said, "I don't recall electing Norquist, so why does he have such say and who the hell does he think he is? We didn't elect him."