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Top Republican Senator ditches Norquist anti-tax pledge (Chambliss)
Fox News ^ | 11/23/2012 | Mike Emanuel

Posted on 11/23/2012 9:49:41 AM PST by paul544

A top Republican senator is casting aside an anti-tax pledge he signed, saying that solving the country’s looming fiscal crisis is more important than honoring the decades-old pact.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/23/top-republican-senator-distances-himself-from-norquist-anti-tax-pledge/#ixzz2D4Kn2EtO

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To: paul544

I think there will be a tax on earned income over $1 million.


21 posted on 11/23/2012 11:07:33 AM PST by Mike Darancette (I don't understand why the Boomers are so passive.)
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To: Gaffer

Who better can GA put up in 2014?


22 posted on 11/23/2012 11:17:51 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: SeminoleCounty

Indeed. As was Johnny Isackson (sp?). Chambliss is an embarrassment to the State of Georgia.


23 posted on 11/23/2012 11:19:39 AM PST by Student0165
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To: paul544
Chambliss acknowledged that distancing
himself from the pledge might hurt him in his
bid for re-election in 2014, but said he's
not concerned about it.
..& lying about it.
ahh, that's it..*finger in the air*..
if the TEA Party is active in GA, he'll be toast..
two strikes against him.

24 posted on 11/23/2012 11:21:13 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Anger a Conservative by telling a lie; Anger a Liberal by telling the truth....RWR 8-)
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To: paul544

Good for Chambliss. It’s more than OBVIOUS, even on this site, that Americans are not ready to make the sacrifices needed to get spending down to the level of present taxation.

Even here, older people will not EVEN CONSIDER reforming their welfare programs (i.e., Social Security and Medicare), if it might mean one less dime of goodies for them.

Well, I see my kids being hit with over a trillion dollars of new debt every year. I also know that my 401k’s and IRAs are about to get seized by the government to pay for these goodies. So if Saxby is willing to start having people (including conservatives here) start paying for the level of services that they DEMAND, then I wish him the best of luck.


25 posted on 11/23/2012 11:23:22 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: paul544

I say give the rats everything they want for now. It will either kill them or kill America (which is more probable) but at least we can rise like the Phoenix in 4 years with no opposition. I’m sure the Lord will keep an eye on us!


26 posted on 11/23/2012 12:18:14 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: paul544

We don’t need Grahamesty II, but Chambliss is well on his way there, started out Conservative, but has had the GOP lobotomy.


27 posted on 11/23/2012 12:20:29 PM PST by izzatzo
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To: BobL

Social security is the epitome of a Ponzi scheme and, as such, is immoral. Whether we want to or not, we will get rid of both it and MediCare (Obamacare). We are bankrupt! Do the math. Programs like them are unsustainable - and a key element of Socialism. They seem fantastic until we “run out of other people’s money,” to quote Margaret Thatcher.


28 posted on 11/23/2012 12:21:16 PM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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To: paul544

I’d like to see a primary challenger go up against Chambliss.


29 posted on 11/23/2012 12:23:38 PM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: paul544

The Norquist pledge defines any increase in the tax base ( for example, by closing loopholes) as a tax increase. We need another Reagan-era Grand Bargain, like the 1986 tax reform, that lowers tax rates in exchange for tax-code simplification that closes loopholes.


30 posted on 11/23/2012 12:30:06 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: 9YearLurker

The two Senator we have are WORTHLESS


31 posted on 11/23/2012 12:40:27 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: paul544

Mixed feelings. I believe in a tax pledge, but Grover Noquist is a Sharia-apologist and pro-amnesty douchebag, and I would be happy to see him blacklisted by the GOP and conservatives.


32 posted on 11/23/2012 12:58:03 PM PST by montag813
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To: everyone

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33 posted on 11/23/2012 1:07:02 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: onyx

No mention of Herman Cain here.


34 posted on 11/23/2012 1:20:49 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You just mentioned him!


35 posted on 11/23/2012 1:50:39 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: BobL

Your views are characterstic of a RINO, or maybe a CINO.

What is happening here? How could any conservative think that America has more to lose by going over the cliff than by having Republicans “reach across the aisle”?


36 posted on 11/23/2012 2:00:22 PM PST by impimp
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To: montag813

To: paul544

Mixed feelings. I believe in a tax pledge, but Grover Noquist is a Sharia-apologist and pro-amnesty douchebag, and I would be happy to see him blacklisted by the GOP and conservatives.

32 posted on 11/23/2012 12:58:03 PM PST by montag813
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Thank you! You get a gold star for saying what needed to be said about soft-jihad-sympathizer Grover Norquist (or, is that el-Guruuver Norqist).

If we cannot advocate lower taxes without invoking his name, we have no hope. We need the lower taxes, not the leadership of a man married to a Muslim Palestinian woman and ... well, he is human, after all.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/01/benedict-grover-norquist-fights-for-the-jihad-in-afghanistan.html

Which brings up another concern: Norquist and Newsmax are joined at the hip.

It is strange how folks — e.g., Pat Dollard, Gateway Pundit, and Rick Perry — who otherwise seem to get the Muslim threat from within to some extent — are somehow associated with either Norquist or Newsmax in some way.

Makes no sense.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/smearing_geller_on_perry.html


37 posted on 11/23/2012 2:10:08 PM PST by man_in_tx (Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Chambliss swerved to the left long before the DemocRATS’ held the last presidential “election”.”

The longer Republican politicians spend in Washington, the more opportunities to fall to temptation. Chambliss must have a juicy FBI file. Holder is a master at applying the squeeze.


38 posted on 11/23/2012 6:54:37 PM PST by Soul of the South
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Chambliss swerved to the left long before the DemocRATS’ held the last presidential “election”.”

The longer Republican politicians spend in Washington, the more opportunities to fall to temptation. Chambliss must have a juicy FBI file. Holder is a master at applying the squeeze.


39 posted on 11/23/2012 6:55:00 PM PST by Soul of the South
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To: montag813

It’s more what he represents than who he is. I don’t think %99.9 of those who sign that pledge no much about him.


40 posted on 11/24/2012 5:07:12 AM PST by paul544
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