[ml/nj]

Wow. You're deep.

Is that the best you can do?

What is it about Norquist that is so special to you guys that you cannot believe he would sell out to our enemies?

I once believed George Bush I wouldn't raise taxes. I'm older and wiser now.

ML/NJ

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..what is it about Norquist that is so special to you guys that you cannot believe he would sell out to our enemies?...

I've already given you one example- the way he blindsided the State Department, directly brought the Chissano regime to President Reagan's attention, and set the wheels in motion for UNITA's funding. Are you going to give him any credit for that? Just a simple yes or no- are you prepared to give Mr Norquist credit for his achievements, or are you too far gone even for that?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..I once believed George Bush I wouldn't raise taxes. I'm older and wiser now....

BTW, let's not even *mention* the Bushes in the same breath as Reagan/Norquist:

Without surveillance equipment from America and its ally, Israel, the Angolan army could probably not have tracked down and killed Mr Savimbi. … "The Americans ditched Mr Savimbi, and started coddling Mr dos Santos, chiefly because huge deposits of oil had been found off the Angolan coast. In the past ten years or so, America has put little or no pressure on the dos Santos regime to become less crooked or despotic. "George Bush met Mr Dos Santos this week and urged him to end the war. But he stopped short of demanding that he should declare a unilateral ceasefire, and Mr dos Santos said that the onus was on UNITA to make the first concessions." Source: The Economist, 3/2/02, pp. 14-15

[HardStarboard]

>>>What is it about Norquist that is so special to you guys that you cannot believe he would sell out to our enemies?<<<

Great point. Didn't we all, at one time, have trust in the chief arms inspector in Iraq, WazzizHizName Ritter? People change stripes for unknowable reasons. Saddam, or some little boys, got to Ritter.

Norquist has changed his stripes - I expect him to explain his stripes, or leave the scene. He actions pose huge potential harm to Bush.