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I didn't see the 'debate' in question, but my respect for him would have dropped if he actually called Gaffney names. I don't always agree with everything Gaffney says, but no sense in making it personal.

I saw the interview, and it left me with my mouth open. The best description I can think of is that it was a "Hussein Ibish" moment, in which a Muslim apologist (in this case, Norquist) totally ignores a specific question (about the danger of Islamic Wahhabi extremism) to personally attack his debate opponent (Frank Gaffney). Norquist actually ended with an exhortation for the audience to "pray for forgiveness" for Frank Gaffney's supposed intolerance. It was truly ugly and mean-spirited.

Norquist might be hated by the Dems, but I certainly don't want him representing Conservatives after that performance.

it seems to me that it would be a good idea to get some facts straight. I heard Gaffney's comments at CPAC and I thought it was awful. He claimed that some guy at the White House shouldn't be in the White House just because he is a moslem. That is not just a shot at the guy, its a shot at the President. The left is always going after Grover making up stories that he hangs out with bad moslems just because they can. Why are so many conservatives feeding that frenzy, I don't know. People need to realize that not all moslems are Islamic extremists, and shouldn't be treated as if they were.

As for Grover, whether I agree or disagree, I admire what he is trying to do. He is taking the position that we shouldn't have hatred or bias towards people because of their religion and because some evil people performed evil in its name. It is a hard, politically incorrect thing to do. It's easy for people like Gaffney to call everyone a wahabi without even thinking about it, its much harder to defend the unpopular, even in a country created for purposes of religious liberty.

And he does not date a moslem. He has been dating a person in the movement for many years whose name most of you would recognize.