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When Americans elect a President, they expect their new leader to have the ability to be independent, think for him or herself, and stand up for what the American people want. Conservatives believe the opposite. They want a leader who doesnt think at all and agrees to do whatever they want him to do, including rubber stamping any and all legislation created by conservatives in Congress. At least thats what Grover Norquist admitted at CPAC two weeks ago.
During his speech at CPAC, Norquist said that conservatives need a President who will let Congressional Republicans run the show and that all the President needs to do is sign each and every bill without a thought.
Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become President of the United States. This is a change for Republicans: the House and Senate doing the work with the president signing bills. His job is to be captain of the team, to sign the legislation that has already been prepared.
In other words, conservatives like Grover Norquist want a mindless drone that they can control to sit in the Oval Office. They want a puppet who will just sign anything they put in front of him. Lets just list some of what would be passed if conservatives get their wish.
Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/24/grover-norquist-says-conservatives-should-vote-for-a-candidate-they-can-use-as-a-puppet/
snot
(10,538 posts)That's why they wouldn't give McCain the candidacy until he'd shown he could be one.
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Grover and the GOP cannot walk over Obama, this makes the right wing establishment angry like you wouldn't believe.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)Grover Norquist should know -- he pretty much invented the concept.
rocktivity
amerikat
(4,909 posts)He isn't an elected official. But his minions are. Trying to get to him by Occupying
my local congressman Chris Gibson. NY 20th. Still working on how to do this.
We need to make at least one of them retract the pledge. We can give them a way out.
Caretha
(2,737 posts)malaise
(269,187 posts)Mopar151
(9,999 posts)Of an American citizen by a Non-Human Entity, to wit: Marmota Momax, aka a woodchuck.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)and representation for all...
SalviaBlue
(2,918 posts)Norquist was responsible for the "shrink government so small we can drown it in a bathtub" statement, we should all take note of this. This is what the republicans will do. Because Norquist told them to.
newspeak
(4,847 posts)shoveling money out to his friends and starting a bogus war that helped destabilize the region, while cutting funding for our infrastructure; plus a bonus of increasing the deficit by about 89%. Yep, got to bring the plebes to their knees, so the really deserving plutocrats can run the country.
Any american plebe who believes in the bullshite norquist and his ilk spout, I think are masochists.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)elect when they win. The real rulers are behind the scenes.