Posted on 03/12/2010 10:45:08 AM PST by neverdem
Last week Pamela Geller wrote this at [1] The American Thinker:
The Freedom Defense Initiative, a new organization I started with author and scholar Robert Spencer, hosted its inaugural event to an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 19. But this event was at CPAC, not of CPAC. Could this be because of the influence of conservative kingmaker and power-broker Grover Norquist, who is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC? The only event concerning the war on America at CPAC was worse than nothing at all: It was an Islamic propaganda (taqiyya) presentation entitled "You've Been Lied To: Why Real Conservatives are Against the War on Terror." Its message was that "real conservatives" don't support the war on terror because it is a creation of the "Israeli lobby."
She went on to detail Norquist's many ties to Islamic supremacists and jihadists. And now [2] Frank Gaffney has followed up on Geller's piece, writing in his latest column:
Then, there was the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in which, apart from several noteworthy addresses, the official agenda was largely bereft of any discussion of the threats to our nation, constitution and society arising from today's totalitarian ideology - what authoritative Islam calls "Shariah." [...]
Another explanation for the low-balling, or outright ignoring, of national security is the influence of some of the more libertarian members of the conservative movement. Their sentiments are exemplified and aggressively advanced, mostly behind the scenes, by Grover Norquist. Norquist is best known for his anti-tax activism as president of Americans for Tax Reform but, over the past 12 years, he has become increasingly associated with policies and initiatives that are strikingly at odds with the national security convictions and practices of the man he - and virtually all other conservatives - so admire: Ronald Reagan.
For example, Norquist recently wrote an open letter that charged with "scaremongering" those who opposed the Obama administration's efforts to close Guantanamo Bay, move terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators to trial in New York City and open a new Gitmo North in Illinois. He has inveighed for years against the Patriot Act, promoted "open borders" and sponsored a neo-isolationist organization called the American Conservative Defense Alliance. One of the Alliance's fellows, a disgruntled ex-CIA officer named Philip Giraldi, presented a paper at a 2010 CPAC panel entitled "Why Real Conservatives are Against the War on Terror." Giraldi told the audience that, "Fear has been the key to the door for expansion of government and government powers and the people in charge in Washington have seized the opportunity. It has also eroded the liberties that have defined us as a nation."
As...Pamela Geller, among others, have noted, Norquist has also been a sponsor of efforts to promote in the name of GOP "inclusion" individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He seems indifferent to the Brotherhood's self-declared mission to "destroy Western civilization from within" or the close alignment between many of his policy recommendations and the interests of the Brothers and other Shariah adherents who seek such an outcome....
Indifferent at best. Anyway, Gaffney goes on to explain that Norquist has been involved in organizing some debates of late, so he sent him this challenge:
8 March 2010
Mr. Grover Norquist
President
Americans for Tax Reform
722 12th Street, NW Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
Dear Grover:
For some time, you have been promoting a number of national security-related policy positions and initiatives as the appropriate ones for conservatives and Republicans to adopt. These have included:
· Your strenuous opposition to the enactment and subsequent reenactment of the Patriot Act;
· Your support for President Obama's decision to close Guantanamo Bay;
· Your support for his administration's bid to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court in New York City;
· Your support for transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in Thomson, Illinois.
· Your advocacy of what amount to open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens;
· And your outreach to individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood in the name of GOP "inclusiveness."
You have claimed that those who disagreed with you on these recommendations were "scaremongering," "racists" and "bigots."
It has been troubling to me that your policy preferences and efforts to advance them may have contributed to a serious diminution of the amount and quality of attention given to these and related subjects in the Conservative Action Project's Mount Vernon Statement, the Conservative Political Action Conference's program and the choices available to respondents as part of the development of the Contract From America.
It was, therefore, heartening to me to learn of the enthusiasm you have expressed together with The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel for the idea of debate as a means whereby arguments can be "tested and honed." Rarely has it been more necessary than now, in the run-up to a potentially pivotal national election, to have a rigorous evaluation of the sorts of ideas you espouse and promote with respect to our national security and their suitability for American conservatives and Republicans.
Accordingly, I formally challenge you to a public debate about those arguments in a mutually agreeable forum. I believe this should take place at the earliest possible moment, given the importance of sorting out whether your policy recommendations should be adopted or rejected by the Republican Party and/or the conservative movement.
Knowing of your commitment to public debate, I hope you will promptly accept this invitation.
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
President & CEO
Center for Security Policy
While Grover is setting up that debate with Gaffney, he can also finally answer the challenge to debate that I sent him back in July 2008, and wrote about [3] here. But somehow I suspect that neither Gaffney nor I will hear from him.
Nonetheless, it is good to see Gaffney picking up and furthering Geller's calling-out of Norquist. Pamela has even more on Norquist [4] here.
Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/03/calling-out-grover-norquist.html
URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/grover_norquists_jihad.html
[2] http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankGaffney/2010/03/09/gops_job_1
[3] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/07/grover-norquist-spencer-hates-muslims.html
[4] http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/03/grover-norquist-hiss.html
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Thanks! I’ll take a look. :<)
‘BOUT TIME!
Exposing Grover Norquist for the traitor he is to conservatism would be the best thing the GOP could do. But it’s doubtful...Lindsey Graham, McCain and a few other wolves in sheeps clothing seem to line up with him. And they need to go down with him!
MORE than you ever wanted to know about Grover Norquist, AUTHOR of the Bush amnesty.
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=gover+norquist+immigration
BTW...Karl Rove is another one.
Karl Rove now says he is sorry that immigration reform was not President Bush’s top priority at the beginning of his second term rather than social security reform.
Speaking to The New York Times Rove said
“ As I said in the book, (Courage and Consequences) I wish we had led the second term with immigration reform.
If we had led with immigration reform at the beginning of the second term we could have had bipartisan cooperation with a Republican majority in the House and the Senate and done something important for the country that was tilted more toward what the Republicans wanted but couldn’t have passed without Democratic votes instead of Social Security which Democrats wouldn’t participate in until they had a taste of victory.
Immigration reform would have given everybody a bipartisan victory and would have cleared the ground for entitlement reform.”
Its all a bit late though and when Bush got an immigration bill put together by Senator Ted Kennedy and John McCain he seemed strangely disengaged from it and did little hard lobbying.
Perhaps the Republican right wing backlash warned him off, but there was no certainty that if Bush had embraced immigration reform at the beginning of his second term he would have achieved it
Red rover, red rover .... Grover definitely DO NOT come over!
Norquist is married to a muslim woman. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. How can anyone hold CPAC up as a conservative organization with this man involved with it.
I never trusted Grover Norquist!
My favorite Norquist quote:
“I started out as a right-winger, and when I retire I want to be a squishy middle-of-the-roader,” he jokes, chortling at the thought. Grover Norquist
Opposition to immigration reform went across the political spectrum.
77% Oppose Drivers’ Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans oppose giving drivers’ licenses to undocumented immigrants. So do 68% of Democrats and 75% of those not affiliated with either major political party. There is little difference along gender, age, or income levels.
Sad story...
“Opposition to immigration reform went across the political spectrum.”
Sure did. More polls, keyword immigrationpolls
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/immigrationpoll/index?tab=articles
Not the 1st time Gaffney has called Norquest out.
Grover Norquist is also working with Obama to pass amnesty for illegal aliens.
Norquist isn’t going to change, so the question is why do others continue to let his treachery influence both conservatism and the country? It’s time to hold the groups responsible that have him on their boards.
“BTW...Karl Rove is another one.”
Absolutely on the mark.
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“Not the 1st time Gaffney has called Norquest out.”
No, it sure isn’t. But before Norquist had the cover of power and WH protection and didn’t get very far. Republicans ignored it...flat refused to confront the Norquist problem, called anyone who tried a ‘liberal’.
We best wake up. Fast.
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INSANE.
Frank Gaffney has been all over this since 03, as well as Michelle M and Robert Spencer.
I have repetedly warned conservatives about Norquists history and remarkably, so many ignore me.
Some listen and react appropriately.
I’ve met the man and my visceral reaction to him caused me to begin to do research. My instincts caused me to feel like throwing up when I met him.
It was very very strange.
I wrote to Mr. Spencer and he validated my good instincts. It was kind of him to respond as quickly and honestly as he did.
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