“Pick a Republican with enough working digits to hold a pen” — Grover Norquist

[kpete]

Paul Krugman said Romney would be wedded to Ryan’s economic policy prescriptions which have become too entrenched on the right: Above all, massive tax cuts for the rich and draconian spending cuts on programs for the less fortunate, which Krugman argues will amount to an “upward distribution of income plan.”

“You’re never going to get people in the Republican Party accepting the idea that unemployment and food stamps insurance are expansionary,” he said. “That they are actually policies that are good for employment. They’re too wedded to the notion that the undeserving poor … are the cause of unemployment. So I think they’re basically incapable of doing what needs to be done to support this economy.”

[...] Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, arguably the most influential outside figure among modern Republicans, says Romney’s role would be to rubber-stamp Ryan’s agenda.

“We don’t need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget,” he told New York magazine. “Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States.” Of course, the GOP would still have to deal with rebelling Democrats, but a president on board with the broader approach would open up a major opportunity to advance at least parts of Ryan’s vision.

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. Or, pick a republican whose IQ digits equals the number of digits to hold a pen?

[tabatha]

2. Because Grover Norquist thinks he is the President

but could never win the presidency. So all he needs is a stooge.

[progressivebydesign]

3. Bringing this back up to remind everyone WHY people still support Romney the Disaster. nt