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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:19 AM

Star Member NeoConsSuck (2,305 posts)

Chambliss fires off on Norquist's anti-tax pledge

Source: CNN

(CNN) – A top Republican U.S. senator brushed off the anti-tax pledge pushed by activist Grover Norquist and embraced widely for years by GOP lawmakers.

"I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Georgia television station WMAZ, a CNN affiliate, on Wednesday. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt and I just have a disagreement with him about that."

Norquist, who heads the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform, has been successful over the years in lobbying a strong majority of congressional Republicans to sign his pledge to not raise taxes.

Many GOP candidates who ran for office also signed the promise, but earlier this year, a small number of freshman lawmakers rejected the idea that they were bound to the document.




Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/22/chambliss-fires-off-on-norquists-anti-tax-pledge/


A republican that puts their country ahead of their party? I didn't know they existed anymore.

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Reply Chambliss fires off on Norquist's anti-tax pledge (Original post)
 NeoConsSuck Nov 2012 OP
LineReply "Whine." - Grovel Norquisling, Inc. (R - Chickenhawk, of course)
 Berlum Nov 2012 #1
LineLineReply Is that Grover Norquist drowning in a bathtub?
 tclambert Nov 2012 #2
LineLineLineReply Youbetcha
 Berlum Nov 2012 #5
LineReply NOT SO FAST!!!
 SkyDaddy7 Nov 2012 #3
LineReply Chambliss, caring more for his country....
 jerseyjack Nov 2012 #4
LineLineReply Exactly what I'm thinking.
 Ineeda Nov 2012 #9
LineReply You ain't gotta be no rocket surgeon...
 Mopar151 Nov 2012 #6
LineReply "A republican that puts their country ahead of their party?" Not necessarily.
 Bibliovore Nov 2012 #7
LineReply I think some are emboldened.
 JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #8
LineLineReply And Rush Limbaugh after Norquist.
 randome Nov 2012 #16
LineReply 2014 re-election campaign looms near, eh, Saxby??? nt
 msanthrope Nov 2012 #10
LineReply ChamblISS didn't have a conscience when he beat Max Cleland
 DainBramaged Nov 2012 #11
LineLineReply My thoughts exactly!
 AnnieK401 Nov 2012 #17
LineLineNew Reply Oh yeah. He's the chickenhawk Republican who trashed an honorable US Veteran
 Berlum Nov 2012 #19
LineLineNew Reply I was thinking the same thing. Max Cleland is a real hero.
 w8liftinglady Nov 2012 #23
LineReply DEEDS, not words!
 chuckstevens Nov 2012 #12
LineReply Posturing is a wonderful thing, eh Saxby?
 TheCowsCameHome Nov 2012 #13
LineReply If this evil pos said the sun rose in the east, I would face west.
 retread Nov 2012 #14
LineReply Chambliss, caring more about his country
 Skittles Nov 2012 #15
LineNew Reply Will he apologize to Max Cleland now?
 AllyCat Nov 2012 #18
LineNew Reply Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)
 Dubster Nov 2012 #20
LineLineNew Reply Good article. This happened to Bill Sizemore, in Oregon, in the last decade.
 stubtoe Nov 2012 #25
LineNew Reply Hmm. At the same time that a primary challenger indicates she may run.
 Hosnon Nov 2012 #21
LineNew Reply Does Chambliss
 John2 Nov 2012 #22
LineNew Reply I bet twenty bucks that the GOP allows the tax holiday for the wealtkiest 5% or so elapse ...
 marble falls Nov 2012 #24
LineNew Reply Question for Vladimir Putin:
 Turbineguy Nov 2012 #26
LineNew Reply Kick!
 sarcasmo Nov 2012 #27

Response to NeoConsSuck (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:37 AM

Star Member Berlum (3,726 posts)

1. "Whine." - Grovel Norquisling, Inc. (R - Chickenhawk, of course)

Last edited Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:41 AM USA/ET - Edit history (4)

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:55 AM

tclambert (5,536 posts)

2. Is that Grover Norquist drowning in a bathtub?

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:36 AM

Star Member Berlum (3,726 posts)

5. Youbetcha

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:24 AM

Star Member SkyDaddy7 (4,573 posts)

3. NOT SO FAST!!!

Saxby Chambliss is a FOOL! All he is doing is setting up the ole "I was willing to compromise on taxes but the Obama administration refused to compromise."

He is a snake so don't trust what he says wait & see what he DOES before giving him credit for putting his country first. After all this man has lied to congress to defend corporations that have killed people!!

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:32 AM

Star Member jerseyjack (1,361 posts)

4. Chambliss, caring more for his country....

 

Last edited Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:34 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

That may be a first. Can we assume that up to now, he was putting Grover before his country?

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:51 AM

Star Member Ineeda (2,932 posts)

9. Exactly what I'm thinking.

Now that the Rethugs are on the ropes, he's putting country first? Asshole, like all the rest.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:47 AM

Mopar151 (6,056 posts)

6. You ain't gotta be no rocket surgeon...

To figure out Grover's shit is pretty weak just now. Chambliss is just lining up with the other rats to jump the bad ship Norquist.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:50 AM

Bibliovore (87 posts)

7. "A republican that puts their country ahead of their party?" Not necessarily.

That could be, but another possibility is that he's decided the only hope for the Republican party, or for his own chances in his next election, is to give in on this particular issue. Or at least to appear to give in, at least for now. (Or maybe I'm just cynical.)

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:51 AM

Star Member JNelson6563 (24,774 posts)

8. I think some are emboldened.

A major bully from the GOP side has fallen pretty far, namely Karl Rove.

Norquist is next I think. This isn't the first GOPer who has decided to tell Norquist to stick it and I suspect there are more to come.

I don't necessarily buy into the "country before party" thing. I think this is a survival thing.

Julie

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 09:08 AM

Star Member randome (12,766 posts)

16. And Rush Limbaugh after Norquist.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:56 AM

Star Member msanthrope (16,506 posts)

10. 2014 re-election campaign looms near, eh, Saxby??? nt

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:16 AM

Star Member DainBramaged (37,870 posts)

11. ChamblISS didn't have a conscience when he beat Max Cleland

scumbag

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 09:35 AM

AnnieK401 (476 posts)

17. My thoughts exactly!

What he did to Max Cleland should have been criminal. Now he's suddenly "come to Jesus" since he is facing reelection.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:29 AM

Star Member Berlum (3,726 posts)

19. Oh yeah. He's the chickenhawk Republican who trashed an honorable US Veteran

Last edited Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:33 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

That is such standard chickenhawk Republican shit. I'd forgotten about this Republican assclown draft dodger.

The vast phalanx of Chickenhawk Repubbie 'Leaders' luv to give LIP SERVICE to our vets,
but invariably wind up crapping all over them. Again and again.

Chickenhawk Chambliss has defined himself as a dangerous veteran-abusing 1% RepubliWanker.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:07 PM

Star Member w8liftinglady (23,014 posts)

23. I was thinking the same thing. Max Cleland is a real hero.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:17 AM

chuckstevens (335 posts)

12. DEEDS, not words!

All well and good, but I don't believe anything a Republican says until I start see the end of obstructionist tactics and actually votes that help the middle and lower classes. George W. Bush often said things that sounded reasonable. yet his actions were the exact opposite.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:21 AM

TheCowsCameHome (27,714 posts)

13. Posturing is a wonderful thing, eh Saxby?

Who does he think he's fooling?

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 08:58 AM

retread (2,787 posts)

14. If this evil pos said the sun rose in the east, I would face west.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 09:06 AM

Star Member Skittles (86,344 posts)

15. Chambliss, caring more about his country



more likely he is worried about his political future

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:02 AM

Star Member AllyCat (7,523 posts)

18. Will he apologize to Max Cleland now?

If he wants to do more than make a statement, I'll consider him on the road to recovery.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 11:32 AM

Dubster (427 posts)

20. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

 

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:19 AM

stubtoe (1,854 posts)

25. Good article. This happened to Bill Sizemore, in Oregon, in the last decade.

Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:19 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Only Bill didn't get that he was persona non grata for the longest time, not even after his prison stint.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:42 PM

Hosnon (7,424 posts)

21. Hmm. At the same time that a primary challenger indicates she may run.

Coincidence?

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 07:47 PM

John2 (1,748 posts)

22. Does Chambliss

have any military bases in his District? He better dump that little Napoleon.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 10:34 PM

marble falls (1,910 posts)

24. I bet twenty bucks that the GOP allows the tax holiday for the wealtkiest 5% or so elapse ...

with a vote that is one vote more than the President needs to let it go. I think the GOP has learned some taxes are now due. They'll turn on the Koches, you betcha, to hold onto their $250k a year. Now the war profiteers give back. A little.

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:30 AM

Star Member Turbineguy (16,550 posts)

26. Question for Vladimir Putin:

Who was Grover Norquist's Case Officer?

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:17 PM

Star Member sarcasmo (13,550 posts)

27. Kick!

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