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Grover Norquist says he'll go after pledge breakers, it is time to go after Grover. (Original Post) Thinkingabout Nov 2012 OP
If he goes after him, it will be time to go after legislators rurallib Nov 2012 #1
Another poster who doesn't know what "treason" means. former9thward Nov 2012 #5
Everyone wants everyone else thrown in jail these days... Bicoastal Nov 2012 #7
LOL .....no, but those things should at least hurt a little bit. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2012 #8
how painful is being punked on an anonymous message board? snooper2 Nov 2012 #10
Oh thank you but I do know. rurallib Nov 2012 #25
I;ve been thinking about Grover drthais Nov 2012 #27
What a monstrous ego on this turd! MANative Nov 2012 #2
Good - let them keep eating their own and CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #3
grover acts like a terrorist Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #4
Woah... I just checked... Xyzse Nov 2012 #18
Predictable rantings from a man that is Still Sensible Nov 2012 #6
Who elected him to any office? sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #9
"Unclean! Unclean!" shouts Grover the Fuzzy. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #11
Deport him to Haiti or Somalia leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #12
Who died and left him in charge? meow2u3 Nov 2012 #13
I think that what he does is fund primary challengers. djean111 Nov 2012 #17
Oink. ellisonz Nov 2012 #14
Norquist has never been elected to any office yet he thinks he has the right to kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #15
Consider this... 2naSalit Nov 2012 #16
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Dubster Nov 2012 #19
For any one citizen to have this much control is dangerous liberal N proud Nov 2012 #20
It well past time for the GOP to take out their trash BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #21
Infiltrated by capitalists! MyshkinCommaPrince Nov 2012 #22
Let Norquist take down a few Republican senators Report1212 Nov 2012 #23
Hey Grover... FrodosPet Nov 2012 #24
Here's a petition to recognize Norquist's pet, the Tea Party, as a treasonous hate group patrice Nov 2012 #26
I believe that any GOPer who stands up to Norquist and backs out of the pledge will be helped in the kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #28
The only pledge a member of Congress should honor Liberalynn Nov 2012 #29

rurallib

(62,482 posts)
1. If he goes after him, it will be time to go after legislators
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:19 PM
Nov 2012

who make pledges they think have more power than that of their oath of office.
And it will be time to see if Groves can't be brought up on some kind of charge of treason.

Bicoastal

(12,645 posts)
7. Everyone wants everyone else thrown in jail these days...
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:31 PM
Nov 2012

...which may explain our country seems to have an addiction to imprisoning people.

It is not against the law or constitution to be stupid, annoying, arrogant, or profoundly wrong.

rurallib

(62,482 posts)
25. Oh thank you but I do know.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:46 PM
Nov 2012

Sometimes I don't express myself quite as well as I would like.
Thanks for pointing that out.

drthais

(870 posts)
27. I;ve been thinking about Grover
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:22 PM
Nov 2012

and wondering...exactly who does he work for?
why does he have such power?
who is behind this inane 'pledge'?
what's it all about>?

MANative

(4,113 posts)
2. What a monstrous ego on this turd!
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:21 PM
Nov 2012

The unmitigated gall of this ass, that he really thinks it's up to him in any way, shape, or form. Last I knew, he hasn't been elected to anything in the last twenty years, so his "say" in government is necessarily limited to his individual vote, and not to some arbitrary pledge which he seeks to use to usurp the rightful, constitutional powers of Congress to tax and spend.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
4. grover acts like a terrorist
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:22 PM
Nov 2012

grover promotes Sharia Law because he is a Muslim and is married to a Muslim
something that many republicans do not know

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
18. Woah... I just checked...
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:13 PM
Nov 2012

I didn't know he was Muslim.

Not that it matters, but, that is still very interesting to me.
As for backing Sharia law, I don't see that in particular.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
9. Who elected him to any office?
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:37 PM
Nov 2012

He is part of a group that included Ralph Reed, Abramoff and Rove. Those four have done an enormous amount of harm to this country.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,213 posts)
11. "Unclean! Unclean!" shouts Grover the Fuzzy.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:42 PM
Nov 2012
Ultimately, Norquist downplayed the talk from Graham and King on breaking the pledge as just that – talk.

"No pledge taker has voted for a tax increase. You've had some people discussing impure thoughts on national television," he said.


The man is losing it.
 

leftlibdem420

(256 posts)
12. Deport him to Haiti or Somalia
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:44 PM
Nov 2012

Let him leave the "dream" of a society with an absence of a functioning state apparatus.

meow2u3

(24,776 posts)
13. Who died and left him in charge?
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:48 PM
Nov 2012

Nobody elected Grover Norquist, so no one has to obey his edicts.

What's he going to do? Send his terrorist buddies from the Middle East to whack Congress?

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
17. I think that what he does is fund primary challengers.
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:03 PM
Nov 2012

As far as I can tell, the chief aim of most politicians who are elected to office is to stay in that office, to keep getting elected.
So Norquist is taking aim at their desire to stay in office; evidently he can mobilize big money to fund primary opponents. He can deny money to people who step out of line.
He will whack Congress in their most precious part - getting reelected.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
15. Norquist has never been elected to any office yet he thinks he has the right to
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:52 PM
Nov 2012

THREATEN our elected representatives????

He needs to be prosecuted for making terrorist threats for this. And his followers need to be prosecuted for treason for giving more allegiance to this freak than to their own oaths of office and the US Constitution.

liberal N proud

(60,352 posts)
20. For any one citizen to have this much control is dangerous
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:18 PM
Nov 2012

This monster needs to be stopped, he is in a sense a pseudo fascist ruler as he is controlling the members of Congress.

MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
22. Infiltrated by capitalists!
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:31 PM
Nov 2012

Our government has been infiltrated by members of an organization to which they are more loyal than they are to the people or to government itself. Reminds me of the old Red Scare talk, slightly inverted. Instead of Dirty Commies, we've been infiltrated by Dirty Cappies.

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
28. I believe that any GOPer who stands up to Norquist and backs out of the pledge will be helped in the
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:25 PM
Nov 2012

next election by others.

 

Liberalynn

(7,549 posts)
29. The only pledge a member of Congress should honor
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:28 PM
Nov 2012

is the one they make to the American people as a whole.

But the PUKES no nothing about real honor.

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