How Long?
Some liberal bloggers have picked up a quote from conservative 'leader' Grover Norquist in a speech he gave at the College Republican National Convention last week. As reported by the Dallas Morning News on Friday night:
"[P]arty strategist Grover Norquist lambasted three Republicans who broke party ranks over the issue of judicial filibusters. He referred to them as 'the two girls from Maine and the nut-job from Arizona' – Sens. Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and John McCain."
"Two girls from Maine and the nut-job from Arizona." This from a top party strategist, to a group of young Republicans. What a shining example of exactly the kind of thing that absolutely sickens me about the Republican Party today. Big tent? Sure, if you agree 100% with their demands. Otherwise, it's the woodshed for you.
Ridiculous. I don't feel like this can possibly last much longer.
[Update: McCain's response to this is classic, as quoted in Roll Call: "I assume he wants to provoke us, but it’s hard to work up much interest for someone who in his continued warm embrace of Jack Abramoff is doing a more than adequate job of marginalizing himself. Most Reagan revolutionaries came to Washington to do something more patriotic than rip off Indian tribes." Love it. -- 8:29 a.m.]
[Update: More on this from today's Washington Post: Norquist backed off the "girls from Maine" comment, saying "It was not meant that way. We were talking to a bunch of college kids." Because college kids think of two female senators, both in their fifties, as girls. Riiiight.
And of McCain? Norquist said he "misspoke ... I meant to say gun-grabbing, tax-increasing Bolshevik."
The excellent responses to this gutter-talk from McCain's staff continue: adviser Mark Salter issued a statement saying "John McCain hasn't spent five seconds in his entire life thinking about Grover Norquist. He's not going to start now."
Thank goodness for that. -- 9:33 a.m.]
[Update: A good reminder from a couple of readers: maybe a few minutes thinking about making Norquist testify in the Abramoff hearings would be acceptable ... -- 9:48 a.m.]
posted by JBD @ 12:05 AM
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6 Comments:
Sad- but for what it's worth, the GOP still has an active & participating moderate wing. Can the same be said of the Democrats?
Sure... Biden, Lieberman, Landrieu, Ben Nelson and Salazar to name a few.
The GOP moderates are almost always cowed into submission when it comes time to actually vote. Just look at Chuck Hagel.
Yep, they do. Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, Salazar from Colorado and a few others. They're regularly bashed by the far left crowd as being DINO's.
As for Norquist...he's a putz.
cakreiz;
absofrigginlutely. not that you'd know it by rush limbaugh. that's why you shouldn't trust rush limbaugh.
a centrist progressive
I'll concede Biden, Lieberman, Nelson, Landrieu and Salazar as Dem moderates. Just when you think you've made a nifty point, there's someone tapping you on the shoulder pointing out your logical flaws. No wonder politicians use so many qualifiers.
You've got Norquist saying, wait here's a copy/paste... 'And of McCain? Norquist said he "misspoke ... I meant to say gun-grabbing, tax-increasing Bolshevik."'
ARE YOU SERIOUS? NORQUIST SAID THIS??? If he said that Norquist has got to explain why he has a picture of Lenin in his living room.
This is example #497,834 of how national political debate has devolved into flat-out insults. Where are the slander and libel laws anymore...?
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