Because it worked so brilliantly the first time

[BurtWorm]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/grover-norquist-this-time-govt-shut-down-will-help-the-gop-video.php?ref=fpi

Grover Norquist wants to party like it's 1995. The Americans for Tax Reform chief and noted Ronald Reagan fan says that Republicans would really do themselves a favor by forcing another government shutdown like they did the last time they took over the House when a Democratic president was in office.

Speaking to Politico, Norquist said that if the Republicans shut down the government over spending concerns this time around, it'll be a lot different than when they did it in 1995. The shutdowns that year are generally seen as a victory for then-President Clinton, who used the images of shuttered Social Security offices and other government agencies to paint the GOP as fanatical.

If the government were to be shut down thanks to a budget dispute between the White House and the Republicans in Congress next year, however, Norquist says the only person who'd suffer politically would be President Obama.

"He will be less popular if in service of overspending and wasting people's money, he closes the government down," he said.

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[gratuitous]

1. It's not like Norquist was voted out of office

Instead, he was able to collect all kinds of contributions so he can continue his yammering. Anytime somebody makes a "mistake" or a political "miscalculation" that puts more money into his pocket, you can bet he'll keep making that same "mistake" over and over again.

[demgrrrll]

2. He is just trying to re frame I don't think he has any idea what

the average person would think of a government shutdown.

[Bandit]

3. What has he ever been correct about?

Why do people quote him or even listen to anything the man says? He hasn't been correct about anything at all to my knowledge. In fact I don't know a single Republican that has any real credibility...It always amazes me why anyone pays them any mind at all.

[MrScorpio]

4. Did the Government piss on his cookies and run over his puppy as a child?

His hatred for it seems pathological.

[DCKit]

5. The Teahadists are dense, but these continued stunts are going to educate 'em....

whether they want it or not.

Talk about cramming shit down people's throats.