There are rumours that Norquist's fellow CR's, Ralph Reed and Jack Abramhoff, will also face anti-conservative charges in the near future. :-)Freerepublic yanks Grover Norquist's conservative credentials
INTERNET, March 1, 2006 - FReerepublic has announced that, following lengthy debate, Grover Norquist has had his Conservative Credentials suspended-for 60 days-following complaints that Norquist has sold out to anti-American undercurrents.
Norquist faces anti-Conservative charges that he is promoting the Wahhabi lobby, a Saudi-funded network designed to dominate and radicalize Islam in America.
Allegedly, a portion of the seed money for Norquist's Islamic Institute came from Abdurahman Alamoudi, a supporter of Hezbollah, the terrorist group that killed 241 US Marines in a 1983 suicide bomb attack.
Furthermore, Norquist faces the anti-conservative charge that he has facilitated the appointment -- to a high risk, high security clearance position in Homeland Security-- of a 32-year-old lawyer named Faisal Gill, an associate of Norquist's Islamic Institute.
Norquist's protege, Faisal Gill was a spokesman for the controversial American Muslim Council (AMC) prior to 9/11. The AMC was founded and controlled by a prominent Islamist activist, Abdurahman Alamoudi. Alamoudi has since been convicted of terrorism-related money laundering charges. Alamoudi was the individual who revealed the Libyan plot to murder the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
The committee reviewing Norquist's credentials will seek affidavits from individuals that either support or deny the supposition that the accused has joined the Dark Force.
"The eLottery money went first to Norquist's foundation, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), and then through a second group in Virginia Beach called the Faith and Family Alliance, before it reached Reed's company, Century Strategies. Norquist's group retained a share of the money as it passed through.Ralph Reed is the former head of the Christian Coalition and currently running for Lieutenant Governor in Georgia.
"'I have 3 checks from elot: (1) 2 checks for $80K payable to ATR and (2) 1 check to TVC for $25K,' Abramoff's assistant Susan Ralston e-mailed him on June 22, 2000. 'Let me know exactly what to do next. Send to Grover? Send to Rev. Lou?'
"Minutes later Abramoff responded, saying that the check for Sheldon's group should be sent directly to Sheldon, but that the checks for Norquist required special instructions: "Call Grover, tell him I am in Michigan and that I have two checks for him totaling 160 and need a check back for Faith and Family for $150K."
"According to the e-mails, Reed provided the name and address where Norquist was supposed to send the money: to Robin Vanderwall at a location in Virginia Beach.
"Vanderwall was director of the Faith and Family Alliance, a political advocacy group that was founded by two of Reed's colleagues and then turned over to Vanderwall, Vanderwall said and records show.
"Vanderwall, a former Regent University Law School student and Republican operative, was later convicted of soliciting sex with minors via the Internet and is serving a seven-year term in Virginia state prison.
"In a telephone interview, Vanderwall said that in July 2000 he was called by Reed's firm, Century Strategies, alerting him that he would be receiving a package. When it came, it contained a check payable to Vanderwall's group for $150,000 from Americans for Tax Reform, signed by Norquist. Vanderwall said he followed the instructions from Reed's firm -- depositing the money and then writing a check to Reed's firm for an identical amount.
"'I was operating as a shell,' Vanderwall said, adding that he was never told how the money was spent. He said: 'I regret having had anything to do with it.'"
How a Lobbyist Stacked the Deck, Washington Post, October 2005
The Rev. Louis P. Sheldon is the head of the Traditional Values Coalition.
It would appear that real conservatives are being played by a tight little group that hands out money the way deviants hand out candy.