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In reply to the discussion: President Barack Obama hits it out of the park. [View all]calimary
(81,238 posts)37. grover norquist quote-of-the damned - featured in one of babylonsister's threads
Here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002738067#post5
This is one of the main spear-headers of the present-day mean-spirited, hate-mongering, racist, selfish, greedy, Dark-Side mentality. grover norquist - who would love to see government shrunk so small you could drown it in a bathtub (OR, I suppose, force it up inside every vagina in the country). But note the first one - about the main goal being to inflict pain.
Nice, 'eh? And our country is suffocating under the toxic smog of that mentality. And chances are, they all loudly call themselves Christian, too.
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I never went to war and have always objected to them. I went there in the mid-80's
calimary
May 2012
#9
well said. Another thing that happens is the quiet that falls upon us as we walk the length of it
Beaverhausen
May 2012
#28
That hurts. It's a slap in the face to the Obama and Biden families who've made veterans and
calimary
May 2012
#10
Someone else raised the point that the demographics in that group tend to be older white men,
NYC Liberal
May 2012
#21
He was pretty blunt about how badly the returning vets were treated after the war. I recall
AlinPA
May 2012
#6
grover norquist quote-of-the damned - featured in one of babylonsister's threads
calimary
May 2012
#37