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Norquist: Defunders Owe Conservatives an Apology
National Review Online ^ | October 16, 2013 3:32 PM | Betsy Woodruff

Posted on 10/16/2013 1:14:33 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

Grover Norquist isn’t happy with the Defunders. The Americans for Tax Reform president told reporters today that they have a lot of apologies to make and bridges to re-build.

“It’d be a good idea if they stopped referring to other Republicans as Hitler appeasers because they opposed the strategy they put forward which failed,” Norquist says. “I think if you make a mistake as big as what they did, you owe your fellow senators and congressmen a big apology — and your constituents, as well, because nothing they did advanced the cause of repealing or dismantling Obamacare.”

Norquist refrained from naming the specific people who he thinks owe apologies to the rest of the conservative movement, but his reference is transparent — during his lengthy floor speech, Senator Ted Cruz said Republicans who supported a CR that would fund Obamacare were comparable to Neville Chamberlain.

Norquist adds that the defund effort has hurt its proponents’ goals.

“They hurt the conservative movement, they hurt people’s health care, they hurt the country’s economic situation and they hurt the Republican party,” he says. “And a lot of congressmen and senators are not going to win because we spent three months chasing our own tail — or at least, parts of the conservative movement spent three months chasing their own tail.”

He also compared the Defunders’ strategy to that of the Iraq invasion.

“These are the people who said, ‘Plan: Step One, Invade Iraq. Step Two, It turns into Kansas,’” Norquist says. “Could I ask if there’s anything in between Step One and Step Two? ‘Oh ye of little faith.’”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: caliphate; cruz; debtceiling; gopcaves; imamgrover; imamnorquist; islamofascist; jihad; norquist; religionofpeace; rop
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To: SoConPubbie
My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. -- Grover Norquist

Jump in, Grover, the water's fine.

41 posted on 10/16/2013 1:42:08 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: TexasCajun

In this case I think you spelled PEAS wrong.
It should read PEES.


42 posted on 10/16/2013 1:43:33 PM PDT by certrtwngnut (')
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To: SoConPubbie

Everyone is wussying in front of the One. Pathetic. The message against the cultivation of disease and handicaps by Obamacare should be easy to shape, and that is all.

What is it with people who cannot stay on language?


43 posted on 10/16/2013 1:43:44 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: SoConPubbie

Grover has it backwards. Besides, Conservatives DID WANT to defund Democratcare! The others are not conservative.


44 posted on 10/16/2013 1:44:29 PM PDT by jch10 ("Normandy was closed when we got there too!")
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To: GeronL

Man, it is so obvious that Barry has pics of Grover doing farm animals. Guy is a loon!


45 posted on 10/16/2013 1:46:27 PM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: tet68

Mine, too, Grover!


46 posted on 10/16/2013 1:51:19 PM PDT by lu shissler (ecause)
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To: SoConPubbie

Norquist just wants “his” immigration bill.


47 posted on 10/16/2013 2:00:02 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (ZeroCare: Make them pay; do not delay.)
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To: tet68

I couldn’t have said it better!


48 posted on 10/16/2013 2:01:20 PM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: steerpike100

Sent an email earlier telling the GOP pretty much the same thing. Done holding my nose and voting for dem-lite(GOPe). From here on out, I will only vote for conservatives. The republicans have lost my vote.


49 posted on 10/16/2013 2:03:17 PM PDT by mikefive (RLTW)
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To: SoConPubbie

Did Cruz ruin our health care, or did the Senators who did not join him in voting against cloture?

How is health care improved if full Obamacare funding was passed with no protest?


50 posted on 10/16/2013 2:04:35 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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RINOs and Big Money are the reasons the coalition fell apart.

Big Capitalism has sealed its fate — it has proven itself to be a participant of fascism indifferent to the liberty defined in the Constitution.

The elections of 2014 must answer to this betrayal of our liberty.


51 posted on 10/16/2013 2:05:37 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Norquist is an idiot, his reasoning equally idiotic.


52 posted on 10/16/2013 2:06:45 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SoConPubbie

Pound sand Muzzie lover.


53 posted on 10/16/2013 2:09:58 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: SoConPubbie; FReepers; Patriots; FRiends; everyone; All


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54 posted on 10/16/2013 2:17:42 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: SoConPubbie

Grover, Go screw yourself.


55 posted on 10/16/2013 2:26:53 PM PDT by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: SoConPubbie

The defunders ARE the conservatives.


56 posted on 10/16/2013 2:28:41 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: GeronL

Norquist once was a “real” conservative but he’s changed over the years for the following possible reasons:

1. He’s become less influential and wants to regain some power
2. His Palestinian? wife has influenced him to change to something “lesser” than he was in the past.
3. He’s just plain wrong in his assessments of the conservative movement and is wrong to attack those within the GOP with whom he disagrees.
4. He’s a William Jennings Bryan at the wrong time in history.
5. He’s just lost it.

Whatever he has become, it is not good for the average American who is trying to fight the new marxist tyranny in
the White House.


57 posted on 10/16/2013 2:38:01 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Venturer

Grover Al Norquist: The last of the Whig party bundlers.


58 posted on 10/16/2013 2:39:05 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SoConPubbie

Stay out the Norquist.

Here’s the scoop about Grover Norquist............. http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/04/is-grover-norquist-an-islamist . .

59 posted on 10/16/2013 2:41:26 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

It’s the way of DC, stick around long enough and you get infected


60 posted on 10/16/2013 2:41:50 PM PDT by GeronL
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