Posted on 12/02/2012 2:06:29 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Among the Don’s and Capo’s of the K street syndicate operates a man of considerable yet waning influence, his name is Grover Glenn Norquist. Mr. Norquist’s controversial “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” has come under recent fire from both high ranking Democrats and so-call conservative Republican supporters. To many Americans, Norquist’s small government and tax reform agenda has made him a man worthy of praise. However, as it is with all lobbyists, the general public would do well to consider Mr. Norquist’s loyalties before rushing to anoint another false patriot.
For decades Grover Norquist has enriched himself with his legislative crusades to save American Taxpayers from the growing intrusiveness of our government. I like many Americans applauded his work on the 1994 “Contract with America” as well as his involvement with “Christian Coalition of America” and “Toward Tradition”. Yet many Americans are not aware of the troubling and extensive ties Mr. Norquist has with radical Islamist elements working within our government. I am not attempting to assassinate the character of a man that I do not know. I am simply raising questions about his loyalties.
In 1998, Norquist’s political ambitions gave birth to the idea of uniting Islamic leaders (who had established ties to the Clinton Administration and favored smaller government) with the Republican Party. In 1998 Norquist founded the Islamic Free Market Institute (IFMI) with financing from a Yemeni born Islamist named Abdurrahman Alamoudi a self-described “supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah” and founder of the “American Muslim Council”. Mr. Alamoudi is now serving a 23 year sentence for a guilty plea to financial and conspiracy charges relating to the Libyan plot to kill Saudi crown Prince Abdullah and illegal procurement of citizenship charges uncovered during a federal investigation.
During Mr. Norquist’s chairmanship, the IFMI has been given extensive access to our government as well as a raised level of legitimacy in Republican circles. No wonder none of our elected representatives will respond to my questions on topics like “Sharia compliant banking” trends in America.
The founding director of Norquist’s Islamic Institute, Khaled Saffuri, had a history of Muslim activism and operations in places like Bosnia and Saudi Arabia. It was also widely reported that Saffuri was a supporter of the families of suicide bombers, although he publicly denied these allegation. During the 2000 presidential campaign, the Palestinian born IFMI Director was instrumental in introducing Sami al-Arian; a popular Florida based Muslim activist and University of South Florida computer science professor to then presidential candidate George Bush. Apparently the Bush campaign was looking to gin up support from the Muslim community in Florida and cared nothing for the documented radical Islamist sympathies held by al-Arian. After all, politics makes strange bedfellows. Yet most politically expedient relationships never last.
Soon after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the U.S., Mr. Saffuri, a man widely known in fundamentalist Islamic circles, publicly denounced the Bush Administration’s decision to shut down the Holy Land Foundation, a Saudi Charity that was channeling American Muslim donations to terrorist operations overseas. Eventually, Mr. al-Arian, the Bush campaign’s Florid- based Muslim operative was arrested on 40 terrorism related counts for his 19 year direction of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; one of the most violent terrorist groups operating in the Middle East. Does this sound like the kind of men a conservative American activist would create alliances with?
Among the many U.S. foreign and domestic policy initiatives influenced by Norquist’s Islamic Free Market Institute was the establishment of standards for choosing Muslim chaplains for the U.S. military, the quandary of Palestinians under Israeli occupation and the effort to endorse Islamic causes and support Islamic candidates within the Republican Party. It’s also worth noting that it has been alleged that the IFMI has an alliance with the SAAR Network, a Saudi sponsored group with ties to global terrorist activities and financing.
Money’s influence in our government is becoming more frightening every day; especially foreign money influence. I myself am perplexed as to how a so-called conservative like Grover Norquist, a man once elevated to the throne of Republican leadership, a Christian man who claims to despise big government overreach could not only align himself with but found an organization like the Islamic Free market Institute. Perhaps this is just another example of the hypocrisy of Washington albeit a dangerous one. My guess is Islamic money and influence runs a whole lot deeper than is being reported and the American public better wake up soon.
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I wonder if "Bush campaign" in this context is longhand for "Karl Rove"?
If you want to talk about people making cold-blooded, instrumentalist political decisions, I should think Rove rather than Dubya is your man.
Two things.
First, anyone who needs a pledge to do the right thing is unworthy of office to begin with.
Second, Norquist’s reputation is beyond repair and the attempts to try are tiresome.
Liberals are tryng to split conservatives. A candidate for Congress signed Grover’s pledge in my office in 1992. He was running against an incumbent who had singed the pledge and then violated it when Bush 41 moved his lips.
If Grover is on the side of Islamists, shame on him. It doesn’t invalidate his pledge.
His “pledge” is a meaningless joke and its time to tell all the “pledge makers” to keep them to themselves.
I guess I really got sucked into the “isn’t Grover really great today crowd” after watching his appearance on MTP with DNC Dave.
This is not the first link today that I have read about this guy. Live and learn especially here.
Seems like it would be better to know the members of congress by the voting record than to rely on empty promises.
Their oath of office should be sufficient.
So, they can now forget their pledges and raise taxes?
Of course taxes are gonna go up. There is no question they will. And I never doubted that the Norquist pledge was a negotiating position.
Cause otherwise, we’re gonna have a redo of “read my lips” tax hikes — hikes, with the promises of cuts later.
Personally, I’d vote for any tax hike the Dems wanted, provided I got a balanced budget amendment in return. For starters, even the Dems know that tax hikes are not winners in the ballot boxes, and second, it would be interesting to watch them explain why it would be disaster to have a balanced budget.
The arrogant class has no lower limit.
THE UNITED WEST-SEMINAR JULY 24, 2012 - THE FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD SESSION
The American West, a group led by Tom Trento, held a seminar on the threat to the United States by Islamists, specifically, the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of sessions led by Tom Trento and John Guandolo, former Marine and FBI Agent of 12 years.
This is an excellent series. This video is approximately 2 hours long. There are two more videos to follow. COPY this video and distribute it to all your church members, friends and family.
The United West Tom Trento John Guandolo Islam Islamists Ikwahn Ikhwan Muslim Brotherhood Al Qaeda Obama Bush terrorism terror Taliban Iran Saudi Arabia Syria Egypt Libya Holy Land Israel
1st: http://youtu.be/qxP6dJL0G4A
2nd : http://youtu.be/fCa5zm8i0Ks
3rd: http://youtu.be/hNaqA_DmrM0
Andrew McCarthy on the Muslim Brotherhood and huma Abadin and hillary
1:30 minutes
http://youtu.be/AjY9xKd0EGU
The sister in-law of Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of England, Lauren Booth, is now a Muslim and here she is at a Mosque in California:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yNlOVQ4R2U
The Muslim Brotherhood in America, 10 part series, exposing Islamist influence in the United States, including such persons as Grover Norquist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2hpEOngyo&list=SPF834C7965BEA6BCC&feature=plcp
Steve Coughlin, on Islam and the West, the Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZe7eZK4dw&feature=bf_prev&list=SP4C29D87AA600650F
Bill Warner on Islam
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bill+Warner+Islam%2C+long&lclk=long
The Muslim Brotherhood in America, 10 part series, exposing Islamist influence in the United States, including such persons as Grover Norquist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2hpEOngyo&list=SPF834C7965BEA6BCC&feature=plcp
Norquist probably isn’t a Christian any more. He is married to a Muslim Palestinian.
This is so Clintonesque. Congressmen and Senators took a pledge and then stood for election. You wanna go back on your pledge, then take it back before you stand for re-election. Otherwise, you deserve the fate of George H.W. Bush. What is the point of attacking the person who devised the pledge? Congressmen and Senators pledged to the people who providing campaign contributions and more importantly pledged to the people that voted for them. Who care who devised the pledge? Someone has to have the job of calling a Congressmen and Senators who crawfish on such a basic and important policy choice.
The Iron Triangle of RINOs-Democrats-Media got rid of Breitbart. Now it is time to get rid of Norquist.
If The Iron Triangle is worried about Norquist, then he must be doing a Helluva job!
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