Take the “I promise to kick Grover Norquist in the balls” pledge
A New Tax Pledge (Involving Grover Norquist’s Balls):
Let us say, and why not, that the Rude Pundit created an organization, one of yer fancy 501c3’s or some such shit, the kind of organization that could get lots of free-flowin’ cash from his buddies and their corporations. And let us say, and, indeed, why not, since we are in the realm of theory, that our organization was called “Americans for Taxual Healing” or one of those idiotic names that obfuscates what we’re really about. Let’s say that we came up with a pledge, one that we wanted all members of Congress to sign, one that would liberate them, but one that demanded something from them.The pledge could go something like this:
“I, _____, pledge to the taxpayers of the ____ district of the state of ______ and to the American people that I will: ONE, kick Grover Norquist in the balls whenever he is within kicking range; and TWO, freely vote my conscience on tax raises and cuts, dependent on the reality of economic circumstance, unshackled from bullshit pledges (except this one).”
Then, in this fantasy world we’re concocting, whenever Grover Norquist walked up to a member of Congress to lobby them on his mad “never-ever, no-how, no-matter-what, you-better-not raise taxes” pledge, that member of Congress could say, “Sorry, Grover. Signed another pledge first,” and kick him in the balls. As Norquist rolled around on the ground, holding his groin, he might at first wonder “Why? Why?” but then he would have to admit, “A pledge is a pledge.” Yeah, that’s putting the “action” into a PAC.
Brilliant!
Hope he chokes.
I want to thank you
for the best laugh I have had all day. Of course as a Quaker, I may have some difficulty in keeping the first part of the pledge, I might have to take him over to ask a Texan who had signed.
I want to thank you for the best laugh I have had all day. Of course as a Quaker, I may have some difficulty in keeping the first part of the pledge, I might have to take him over to ask a Texan who had signed.
I suspect that Grover Norquist’s balls constitute too small a target to make the pledge achievable.
This pledge isn’t like some of those other pledges… If you make a serious effort to carry out the pledge, that is actually good enough in my book.
There is always room for compromise, just as long as you kick him somewhere.
I demand all Democratic candidates sign this pledge before I give them money.
Why do we as Americans put up with these traitors who put this pledge above their oath of office? And when are the rest of the elected officials going to live up to their oath we all know the part to defend the United States from all ENEMIES both Foreign and Domestic?
Brooks calls Norquist a self-promoting failure:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/opinion/19brooks.html
*sigh* if only we had some left-ward self-promoters who could fail as well as Norquist.
Having watched Norquist this morning and other interviews, I think you can understand him if you look at him as suffering from Asperger’s Disorder. It’s a mild form of autism. He tells the story of Reagan telling him to go out and run Americans for Tax Reform. It was probably to get him out of the way. His rigid adherence to rules and enforcement and complete lack of understanding or empathy for the consequences of what he is advocating make more sense if you view him as a person with an autism spectrum disorder. Unfortunately, the entire Republican party doesn’t understand that his quirkiness and rigid perspective is a manifestation of a mental disorder. Norquist’s lack of social insight and empathy for others, makes him willing to drive the economy off a cliff in order to achieve his sole preoccupation of not raising taxes. So much for my amateur psycho-babble, but I do seriously thing he may suffer from this disorder and nobody else understands it.
I can see it.