Grover polished his own myth
By Norman Leahy | Sunday, November 27th, 2011 | Catch-AllAn interesting anecdote to ponder, from a Financial Times piece on Grover Norquist:
In [Norquist's] telling, some of the most powerful Republicans now bend to his will. In the midst of the deficit committee’s sensitive deliberations, Mr Norquist divulged an exchange with Jon Kyl, the Arizona senator. He is one of the Senate’s big barons who is not easily pushed around. But after he made a marginally ambiguous statement about taxes, Mr Norquist jumped on the phone. Recounting the conversation “in the tone of a teacher scolding a second-grader”, according to Politico, the Washington website, Mr Norquist pressed Mr Kyl on tax rates. “And then,” he said, “[Kyl] went down on the floor, and he gave a colloquy about how we’re against any tax increases of any sort. Boom!”
Pretty good self-promotion…even if there is a Zelig-like quality to it all.
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Norm Leahy has written about Virginia and national politics online since 2002, beginning with One Man's Trash (OMT), and continuing through Bacon's Rebellion (both the blog and the e-zine), Sic Semper Tyrannis, NBC12's Decision Virginia, Richmond.com and Tertium Quids. He is the chief blogger at "The Score" and a producer of "The Score" radio show as well as being a Washington Post contributor.
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5 Responses to "Grover polished his own myth"
I’m sure that’s a piece that Kyl’s office will be most gratified to read…
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think some Prince said that.
Show me a republican who signs the Grover pledge and I’ll show you a wimpy limp wristed worthless rino. I think some republicans need spines.
So James, are you really suggesting the the 98% of the republicans in the House that have signed the pledge are spineless? I certainly agree, but am surprised you would say so.
Mike, I am stating very concisely that all of the republicans in the house that signed the pledge lack the spine to stand without signing that screwball Grover’s pledge. This is a surprise? Those spineless gop are a problem but they still are no worse than the spineless democrats who lack the intestinal fortitude to take out the trash.
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