Grover Norquist: Obama "John Kerry With A Tan"

LA Times:

John McCain has been trying hard of late to link Barack Obama with Jimmy Carter in the public consciousness, hoping that the "ineffectual" label that many voters affix to the former president will prove transferable.

Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist touts Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota as prime vice presidential prospects for presumptive Republican presdiential nominee John McCainBut Grover Norquist -- the conservative activist who specializes in promoting an anti-tax agenda and, more generally, revels in the role of agent provocateur -- is offering a different comparison.

Norquist dropped by The Times' Washington bureau today and, as part of his negative critique of Obama's liberal stances on economic issues and other matters, he termed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee "John Kerry with a tan."

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Comments

[takeamericanback08]

Grover Norquist is David Duke with a beard.

[CallMeDeaconBlues]

Yup!

[SouthpawSass]

Grover Norquist: ""My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA [Individual Retirement Account]-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for anything," he said describing members of the "Leave-Us-Alone Coalition"."

[Viper]

Norquiest is best known for wanting to make government smaller by bankrupting it.

After 8 years of George Bush he is a very happy camper.

He was not happy when Clinton had 350 Billion surplus.

Regards

[Quaoar]

Norquist is just a reptile without scales.

[Seven7s]

So lets go down the list:

First he's Osama Bin Laden because their names sound simular and he's black so of course he must be "one of them MOOZ-LUMS"

Second he's just another "Jesse Jackson." (Bill Clinton)

Then he's just another "Farrakhan" (Hillary Clinton)

Then he's just another Rev. Wright (FAKE NEWS/ HIllary Clinton)

and when he continued to win dispite the labels and they ran out of black people they tried to label him as whites...

He's just another terrorist, William Ayers (Internet Bloggers)

He's just another Jimmy Carter (McCain)

He just got a 15 point bump in the polls so now people are saying he's "just another Dukakus"

Now he's just another John Kerry...

I cant wait until Obama can only be branded one thing: PRESIDENT.

[beboy]

How about "Dukakis with a colder heart" or "Mondale without the personality"?

[prof92506]

Grover Norquist is just a horse's a$$ with a beard.

[hillaryj]

This guy is a joke.................why not just work really hard to defeat him in November??? Let's put our energy where it will work the best!

[Nevervotesrepublican]

It's the likes of Norquist, Rove , Cheney, Rumsfeld, W and the rest of the neocons that are going to make the republican party so small that you could drowned it in a bathtub.

Good Riddens!!!

[trthskr]

Grover is a sleaze...

From The Associated Press in 2006:

"In Jack Abramoff's world, prominent Washington tax-cut advocate Grover Norquist was a godsend."

"Moving money from a casino-operating Indian tribe to Ralph Reed, the Christian Coalition founder and professed gambling opponent, was a problem. Lobbyist Abramoff turned to his longtime friend Norquist, apparently to provide a buffer for Reed."

"The result, according to evidence gathered by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, was that Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform became a conduit for more than a million dollars from the Mississippi Choctaw to Reed's operation, while Norquist, a close White House ally, took a cut."
Is this money laundering? They can and do prosecute Madam's for less.

Daily Kos had the story in 2005.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/3/131814/609

[takeamericanback08]

Grover Norquist is Louis Farrakhan without a tan.

[larmarch5]

Regular folks don't give a squat about noname puppetmasters like Norquist. Pity he gets a platform from the media. He's kind of like mold, grow nasty as long as he stays in the dark corners and lives off dirt.

[Triangle1]

Regular folks were turned off by John Kerry's air of intellectual snobbery. Al Gore had the same problem. Know-it-alls. Nobody wants a know-it-all telling them what to do. That's why Hillary was picking up all those "regular folk" votes. Obama will have the same problem for sure. And when he decides to "move to the center" (you have to appeal to the entire country, not just his 18 million liberal Democratic votes), the Obamaniacs are going to see a lot less polish on Saint Obama.

[dollars2donuts]

I disagree with KO and others that this is racist. I just think it was a dumb-a$$ thing to say, which is what you would expect from a deranged fascist loser like Norquist. Can anyone think of anything intelligent that has ever come out of his mouth?

[crickets]

Exactly. The Rethugs are struggling to come up with a coherent line of attack on BO, they are all over the map and just flailing and whining. By the time they come up with something, the election will be over and lost for them. Just let them keep lashing out incoherently like Rove and Norquist....they are just making themselves look like friggin idiots and as far as I can see, not hurting BO whatsover.

[bygollymissmolly]

They are basically throwing poo at the wall to see what sticks. If it sticks, they will go down that road. If it doesn't stick, then they will simply throw more poo. Pretty disgusting, but what you expect from the Republicans.

[PaulC37943]

I agree with you mostly. But I wonder, if Norquist's only purpose was to paint Obama as a liberal like Kerry, then why did he need to use the "tan" comment at all? The only way it makes sense is as a very unsubtle racial slur. On the other hand, I agree with John Ridley , who says Rove' comments about Obama being "arrogant" is code for "uppity." More subtle perhaps, but just as offensive.

[ejay579]

Norquist is the Grand Dragon without a sheet.