Comments on: ‘Plan B’ Proves Grover Norquist’s Pledge Is A Sham

By: Hogshooter

Hogshooter — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:57:00 +0000

Nice read, but in the end the question for me remains and has always been from the first time I heard this asshole’s name…who the fuck gives two shits what Grover Norquist thinks about anything and why does he hold this power over our policy-makers anyway? It’s infuriating in a way that I can’t find the words to express. Can anyone, even the republicans who answer to him, give me a solid reason? Just one?

By: William

William — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:43:00 +0000

The President needs to remember the people who voted for him before he agrees to cuts to programs they depend on.

By: William

William — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:36:00 +0000

I doubt Reagan hurt the rich much his tax increases, remember his trickle down. Grover and the GOP don’t seem to have the same opinion on taxes when they effect the middle class and the poor, yet they still have support there, go figure!

By: William

William — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:26:00 +0000

And people continue to vote for the GOP, go figure.

By: I Zheet M'Drawz

I Zheet M'Drawz — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:30:00 +0000

Isn’t this prick on the board of Directors for the NRA?

By: howa4x

howa4x — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:23:00 +0000

Norquist was sitting there when the republican icon Reagan raised taxes, 6 times so who is he kidding. Reagan worked with Tip O’Neil for the good of the country not the good of the party.
Grover’s dogmatic pledge that he made everyone sign, didn’t anticipate changes, or deficits. So here we are with every major economist saying we just can’t cut our way out of this and we need revenue, and Grover disagreeing. Even Simpson/Bowles came to the same conclusion. The best is that it was the republicans under GWB that created the deficits to begin with starting 2 unfunded was, the medicare drug benefit and the tax for the rich cut. Grover just wants to CYA so he went along with the millionairs threshold.

So now all Grover is really saying is I know we created the problem, but you can only fix it my way. Republicans have a choice, work for the benefit of the American people or work for Grover

By: RobertCHastings

RobertCHastings — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:57:00 +0000

Obama has no intention of raising any taxes. He and the Democrats merely wish to return the tax rates to what they were 12 years ago. That is, as George H. W. Bush would say,no new taxes. However, Bush was in error, for his requested increase in FICA WAS a new tax, at least taking an existing tax and raising its rate to a new level. Obama would take the highest rate, now at 35%, and raise it to where it was 12 years ago, 39.6% That is not a new tax! Obama has offered concessions and compromises, none of which have been acceptable.
What MUST be remembered, however, is that the negotiating over spending cuts does not take into account the nearly $800B in reductions Obama has ALREADY instituted, by streamlining and cleaning up Medicare, and the additional savings of $200B annually by getting us out of Iraq. What have the Republicans offered that is concrete and sustainable?

By: johninPCFL

johninPCFL — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:33:00 +0000

In case you missed the other shoe that dropped yesterday, any bill coming from the Senate can’t change tax policies. There’s that tricky phrase in the Constitution that says “revenue bills shall originate in the House”.

By: nobsartist

nobsartist — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:44:00 +0000

grover is a sham, a scam and an overpaid loser. The perfect face for republiCON dogma.

By: Dominick Vila

Dominick Vila — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:17:00 +0000

Who cares what Norquist, a former lobbyist, has to say on anything? If Republicans in Congress put their pledge to Norquist ahead of their Oath of Office, they should be impeached and removed from Congress immediately.
Boehner is playing a game, hoping the President will blink first and offer concessions the GOP can then use to score points in 2014. The Social Security COLA issue is a case in point. Don’t forget what happened to Clinton when he agreed to sign the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act presented to him by Republicans, in exchange for staying in office after an impeachment that should have never taken place. Don’t truth the GOP, they speak with forked tongues.