http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/norquist/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:47:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415047/posts Grover Norquist and Jane Hamsher are not often on the same side of anything, beyond both usually being in the Western Hemisphere. Norquist is a leading voice of fiscal conservatism as head of the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform; Hamsher is a leading voice of the digital left, whose blog Firedoglake has taken on influence in speaking up for progressives during the health care debate and in pressuring lawmakers through its activist arm, FDL Action. But the two have united to level serious allegations at White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and demand his resignation. The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415047/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414750/posts Dear Attorney General Holder: We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his activities while on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the cover up of potential malfeasance until the 10-year statute of limitations has run out. The purpose of this letter is to connect the dots to establish both the conduct of Mr. Emanuel and those working with him to thwart inquiry, and to... Naked Capitalism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414750/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:22:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477780/posts Decision Brief No. 05-D 44 2005-08-31 On eve of U.N. push for global government, advocates urge Senate to approve a building block: The Law of the Sea Treaty (Washington, D.C.): As concern grows that the United Nations is intent on replacing what the National Security Guidance calls "an orderly arrangement of sovereign states" with a proto-world government - complete with the ability to impose international taxes, a new push is being made for a treaty that would advance that purpose: the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). This sovereignty-sapping agenda is at the heart of a dispute now playing... The Center For Security Policy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477780/posts#comment Mon, 5 Sep 2005 15:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389881/posts In a men’s room in Minneapolis, former Senator Larry Craig indignantly asked an undercover police officer: “Do you know who I am?” The cop didn’t know who Craig was, and many beltway bigshots should learn a lesson from that: time to lose the ego and take a hard look at how little you matter to the American voter. I thought of Craig when reading how Grover Norquist has issued orders to potential Republican presidential candidates. Mike Huckabee is supposed to make sure that Republicans defeat Senator Blanche Lincoln or Arkansas, and Rudy Giuliani needs to run for governor of New... PAjamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389881/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:38:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390011/posts The FBI is worried a group linked to al-Qaeda is training up a new generation of terrorists. They're thought to be targeting young Somali immigrants, radicalising them to carry out attacks on their home country and possibly the US in the future. The grey high rise flats in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis, are clustered together and are home to hundreds of Somali immigrants. It's not clear why teenagers like these are giving up their comfortable lives in America and returning to their war torn homeland. But over the past three years, authorities believe 20 young Somali men have gone back to fight... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390011/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387897/posts “After 2010 you can have a polite conversation about who should be president in 2012,” Norquist continued. “But until then the only thing you’re doing is sucking oxygen out of the room. And you’re not being helpful. If you’re the governor of Indiana and you want to be presidential, don’t send me a press release about how you didn’t raise taxes. Beat [Sen.] Evan Bayh [D-Ind.]. Then I’d say, ‘Hey, there’s a guy to talk to.’” But Norquist also had an equally strong message for conservative activists — warning that they should not look to enforce ideological purity tests on... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387897/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:36:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339430/posts POLITICO’s Arena features Grover Norquist’s thoughts on the 9/12 rallies: This past week I travelled to the center-right coalition meetings in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and North Carolina and then this morning back to DC. I took my daughter out with stroller and walked for two hours against the flow of the 9/12 march to the taxpayer rally along Pennsylvania Ave. How many? Dunno. But two solid hours of marchers going past. Lots of great signs. One group of Obama fans standing off to one side. They were huddled around their sign "billionaires for tax cuts" and dressed in tuxes.... Americans for Tax Reform http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339430/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317300/posts Filming just wrapped on "Casino Jack," in which Kevin Spacey plays jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Having gotten a peek at Norman Snider's deft script, we can tell you that some of its real-life characters have cause for concern. The screenplay paints George W. Bush and Karl Rove as much chummier with Abramoff than they've acknowledged. ("How you doing there, buff guy?" Bush asks the black-hatted con artist in one Oval Office scene.) Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay comes off worse. Cigar-smoking DeLay, played by Spencer Garrett, is seen golfing with Abramoff on that infamous junket to Scotland. He also... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317300/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:02:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305795/posts Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has called Grover Norquist’s anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform “lying sacks of scum” for lumping him in with other moderate Democrats who support the House health reform bill. “Americans for Tax Reform are lying sacks of scum, and anyone who knowingly repeats this false information is also a liar,” Taylor said in an unusually blistering statement for a member of Congress. The incident has so incensed Taylor, he’s pointing out Americans for Tax Reforms past ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Americans for Tax Reform release said Taylor had agreed to a “backroom deal”... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305795/posts#comment Sat, 1 Aug 2009 05:49:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295027/posts The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295027/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:02:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255360/posts California voters Tuesday put the truth to the lie that the tax rebellion has come to an end. Almost two-thirds of the electorate (65.4 percent) cast ballots against Proposition 1A, a measure which would have increased taxes in the cash-strapped "Golden State" by $16 billion. Voters in the state that, in 1978, gave birth to the modern tax revolt proved once again that the political pundits who the Republicans need to give up their anti-tax stance in favor of a platform that acknowledges the need for expanded government services that appeal to constituencies like those that shop at "big box"... U.S. News and World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255360/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 11:55:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244144/posts What George Will missed: The decrepit state of the California GOP By Michelle Malkin  ?  May 4, 2009 02:21 PM George Will?s latest column on the sagging economy of California and the upcoming slate of massive tax-hike initiatives on the ballot only scratches the surface of what?s rotten in the formerly Golden State. The state GOP is a basket case. The party establishment epitomizes everything that is wrong with the Republican Party nationally: Cronyism, arrogance, waste, and leadership out of touch with its base. I reported on how grass-roots conservatives greeted California GOP chairman Ron Nehring with boos and heckles of ?Go... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244144/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 23:28:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229387/posts More than 2,000 so-called tea parties are scheduled to take place around tax day this week, representing the biggest taxpayer protests ever, Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, tells Newsmax. Income tax rates have not been raised since Bill Clinton was president, and President Obama’s tax increases take effect in two years. “But interestingly, the reaction is to the spending,” Norquist says. “People realize more spending will lead to tax increases. It’s a very sophisticated response from Americans. There are 2,000 of these tea party demonstrations scheduled around the country to take place around April 15. That is... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229387/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229024/posts More than a decade after he stepped down as speaker of the House into what seemed like almost certain political oblivion, Newt Gingrich is back and seemingly more relevant than ever. Gingrich seems to be everywhere these days, headlining an endless circuit of GOP dinners, popping up on TV news shows, authoring yet another best-selling book and acting as a policy guru to out-of-power congressional Republicans on how to do battle with the Democratic White House. As beleaguered Republicans look for a standard bearer after last year's disastrous election, they've been tossing around the names of flashy new stars like... Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229024/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203762/posts At CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which is being held in D.C. this week, former Rep. Tom Tancredo joined the fireworks brigade by brushing off party leader Rush Limbaugh and blasting GOP leading light Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Later, at a meeting of the Young Americans for Western Civilization, Tancredo told The Washington Independent’s David Weigel that “Gang of Five” neocon and anti-tax champion Grover Norquist should be jailed for advancing the cause of Muslim terrorism at the highest levels of U.S. government. Think Progress has the super close-up video of firebrand Tancredo on Jindal: Colorado Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203762/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189835/posts At the request of President Reagan, Grover Norquist founded Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) in 1985. ATR believes in a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. ATR believes that power should be minimized. ATR 's projects include the Taxpayer Protection Pledge that politicians sign pledging no new taxes. You can view the pledge on the website along with other tax reform news and information. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189835/posts#comment Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158723/posts RNC chair race: 'Everyone is basically p-ssed' By: Alexander Burns January 4, 2009 05:50 PM EST As Republicans struggle to determine the future of their party after a tough election, intraparty tensions have flared over three forums next week that may prove crucial to determining the winner of the six-way race for the chair of the Republican National Committee — a post that will hold considerable sway over the direction of the GOP. “Some people are p-ssed off at [Americans for Tax Reform President] Grover [Norquist]. Some people are p-ssed off at the Conservative Steering Committee. Some people are pissed... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158723/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097840/posts Hank Paulson’s bail-out of the financial industry will cost taxpayers $700bn. Some believe that the bail-out signals an abandonment of the Reagan Republican goal of limited government. That debate is under way. Those who think Republicans have ditched their limited-government aspirations point to the Bush administration’s reflexive “throw money at it” response to every crisis. In 2001 the first response to September 11 was not to attack al-Qaeda, but to pass a $20bn domestic spending programme. The response to Hurricane Katrina was $85bn in public spending. The collapse of AIG, the insurance giant, cost $85bn; Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097840/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 06:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094321/posts Dear Mr. President: Now that the financial services package is back to the negotiation stage, I wanted to suggest several unilateral steps that could be taken by you to address the root causes of the financial panic. In order to make this bailout the last one, there are several necessary steps that should be taken by the Executive Branch: 1. Repeal the Clinton-era regulations encouraging reckless lending practices under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). In the 1990s, the Clinton Administration used the CRA as a club to pressure lenders into giving loans to marginally-qualified borrowers. The government should not be... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094321/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:05:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054789/posts Grover Norquist: “Spencer Hates Muslims”   By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, August 01, 2008 A week or so ago Ed Morrissey put up a post at Hot Air lauding Grover Norquist for his work for tax reform. I added this comment:Grover Norquist has been responsible, more than any other individual, for the infiltration of Islamic supremacists into the highest levels of the U.S. government. See here the seminal expose by Frank Gaffney of the immense damage Norquist has done.The continuing general ignorance among conservatives of the political aspects of Islam, and of the efforts by Islamic jihadists to impose... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054789/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:16:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054706/posts Sen. John McCain's growing popularity among women is fueling speculation that he will selecta female running mate, ripening talk about conservative favorite Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, and former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina, one of his top economic advisers. Political pundits, election strategists and even some Democrats say putting a dynamic woman on the Republican ballot would tip independents, especially the "security moms" who helped President Bush win re-election in 2004. "If McCain picked a woman, it would certainly get the attention and perhaps votes of some Democrats and a number of independents who supported Hillary Clinton," said... washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054706/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:34:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049935/posts Muslim spokesmen in the U.S. are outraged over remarks made last Friday by Bud Day, a key supporter of John McCain. Day, a much-decorated Air Force Colonel and Medal of Honor recipient who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam with McCain, said during a conference call organized by the Florida Republican Party that “the Muslims have said either we kneel, or they’re going to kill us.” Day added: “I don’t intend to kneel, and I don’t advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn’t advocate to anybody that we kneel.” The reaction was swift. Saif Ishoof, president of... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049935/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046401/posts Cost of Government Day By Grover Norquist This year Americans have worked until today, July 16, to pay for the total costs of federal, state and local government. This is 197 days of the year consuming 53.9 percent of national income. Over the past 22 years, in only four years (1982, 1983, 1991 and 1992) did Cost of Government Day fall later in the year. Federal spending will consume 83.7 days. State and local spending will consume 50.5 days effort. Federal regulations cost 4l.7 days and State regulations cost 20.9 days. The spending data is precise, the regulatory burdens are... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046401/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:22:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025577/posts Norquist's Muslim Protégés By Paul Sperry FrontPageMagazine.com | 6/3/2008 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the strategy of GOP powerbroker Grover Norquist in his wicked project to dress Islamists up as patriotic Republicans so they can infiltrate the government. While he's managed to get some of his Muslim proteges jobs in the Bush administration, getting them elected to public office has been another story. Voters aren't buying their makeover. Last November, his crony Faisal M. Gill lost a bid for a seat in the Virginia state legislature. Now another protege, Kamal M. Nawash,... FrontPageMagazine.com | 6/3/2008 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025577/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:30:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025331/posts If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the strategy of GOP powerbroker Grover Norquist in his wicked project to dress Islamists up as patriotic Republicans so they can infiltrate the government. While he’s managed to get some of his Muslim proteges jobs in the Bush administration, getting them elected to public office has been another story. Voters aren’t buying their makeover. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025331/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:57:45 GMT