Norquist Plans Conservative Agenda: Learn To Belly Dance, Golf, And ‘Say No, No, No, No For 2 Years

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/02/norquist-obstruction/

Norquist Plans Conservative Agenda: Learn To Belly Dance, Golf, And ‘Say No, No, No, No For 2 Years’ «

At the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, right-wing activist and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist urged conservatives not to work to accomplish anything in the current Congress.

“Get married, develop a hobby, learn to belly dance, learn to golf — you know, we got two years free, but we gotta spend time and effort playing defense here,” Norquist said. “Our job is to say ‘no, no, no, no’ for two years.”

Norquist predicted, “People are gonna go, ‘oh maybe this bill isn’t as bad as it looks.’” But he warned, ” Don’t eat it, don’t swallow it, don’t touch it. Nothing good passes this Congress.” Watch it:

Listen at link.

Transcript:

NORQUIST: Nothing good happens in the next two years out of this Congress. Nothing good.

If you read in the newspaper that there’s a bill with a nice sounding name, and it sounds in the first sentence like the bill is good, you haven’t read the whole bill.

Nothing good happens. They’re not going to cut taxes.

(APPLAUSE)

Look, get married, develop a hobby, learn to belly dance, learn to golf — you know, we got two years free, but we gotta spend some time and effort playing defense here.

Because the Democrats are going to be like young men on prom dates — they’re gonna keep asking the same question of us over and over and over again. And our job is to say “no, no, no, no” for two years.

It doesn’t do us any good to go “no, no, yes” okay? It has to be “no” for two years in a row. It’s going to be tiresome, it’s going to be boring. People are gonna go, “oh maybe this bill isn’t as bad as it looks.” Don’t eat it, don’t swallow it, don’t touch it. Nothing good passes this Congress.

Plan for the future and read novels.

[brentspeak]

1. Isn't this creep being investigated by numerous prosecutors?

He was up to his eyeballs in the Abramoff and Reed scamming activities.

[sofa king]

6. In a free society that followed the rule of law, he would be.

But here in America, he's still delivering speeches.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I wonder if grover wants the abortion doctors and prostitute customers

in the Mariannas to take the next two years off? the good christian enterprise that good republicans like abramoff promoted so we could call the products made in America. Of, I'm sure the slaves long for the day when tom delay was still pulling the strings in washington.

[underpants]

3. DO they not need volunteers? I have always found this strange

I don't know that I have ever heard them call on their supporters to volunteer or even to give money (not often anyway). Who ARE their "foot soldiers"? Is it really a mass number of church people? Pros ( I have heard about their huge training operations)???

:shrug:

[youngdem]

4. Disgusting to watch an American in a position of power so plainly choose politics over public good

These men disgust me.

I cannot fathom supporting such hateful, self destructive, idiotic politics.

Saying 'no' for two years as a platform? This should be a Moveon ad, but I doubt our corporate media would run it.

[LSparkle]

5. That piece of slime is the WORST excuse for a human being

He's as much as advocating staying in a COMA for two years, just to spite political opponents, while the PEOPLE'S WORK goes undone.

[babylonsister]

7. And his advocacy has worked so far. nt