Sunday, July 09, 2006

Unplugging The Power Behind The Throne

I may bitch about the Crazy Fundamentalists, but w/o the amoral libertarianesque Grover Norquist their movement would be half of it's size and power. Unfortunately, he stands for little that they stand for. But he's funded them and gotten them some tax cuts too.

Shockingly, Grover's proving to be a problem.... since Jack Abramhoff was a one of his main legmen.

I Love The Sound of Broken Glass.

From the Washington Post:

But beneath the outward signs of normalcy, the infighting is taking a toll on Norquist's standing. Some social conservatives who have jousted with him over his more libertarian views on the regulation of television and its depictions of violence and depravity are exploiting his weakness to press their positions on Capitol Hill. Security-minded defense hawks who for years have questioned his ties to Muslim activists are resurrecting charges that Norquist has turned a blind eye to terrorist sympathizers.

Republican lawmakers who have chafed at his dogmatic position on taxes are also ready to shrug off his heavy hand. In recent interviews, a half-dozen conservative GOP lawmakers said they are consciously avoiding Norquist's meetings, and they have begun questioning the purity of an activist who has always portrayed himself as motivated by ideals, not money.



Read it all Here.

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