Bathtub Norquist tosses Poppy Bush under the bus

[marmar]

Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist dismissed recent criticism of his tax pledge from former President George H.W. Bush, saying the 41st president had “lied” to the American people by raising taxes while in office.

“When George Herbert Walker Bush ran for president, he promised the American people he wouldn’t raise their taxes,” Norquist said this morning on “This Week.” “He lied to them. He broke his commitment to them and they threw him out of office four years later.”

Bush famously said “Read my lips: no new taxes” during his 1988 campaign, before going on to raise taxes during his only term as president.

Norquist, the man famous for convincing a huge swath of congressional Republicans to pledge to not raise taxes, was responding to a jab from the former President Bush last month in an interview with PARADE magazine. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/grover-norquist-george-h-w-bush-lied-to-the-american-people/

[spanone]

1. this man has never once been elected to ANY office....

he's a lobbyist, nothing more

[justabob]

2. 1988? Really?

He had to dredge that shit up from 1988? What is the effing point? Does he not have anything more recent to talk about? I have no love for anyone in that family, but really, shouldn't Norquist have lodged his complaint back then?

[aquart]

3. Tubby Norquist is a self-important bag of wind.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Keep it up, Grover. I remember when Poppy looked sideways at Bill Clinton and shut him up.

Poppy could disappear a dweeb like Grover and no one would ask a question.

[lastlib]

5. While it's hard to think of a better use for Poppy than a chock-block for a Greyhound.....

...I'd enjoy it more if they used Tubby Grover N. under the opposite wheel.