Last Thursday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick sparked some commentary in the liberal blogosphere by penning a Washington Post op-ed in which he described attending his 25th college reunion back in 2003. The reunion also was attended by Grover Norquist, the GOP’s chief “no new taxes” enforcer and hatchetman, who apparently made some statements about how the Republicans intended to maintain a de facto permanent Republican majority in the federal government.
What surprised and saddened me is that Norquist’s statements 8 years ago would cause even the slightest stir today. Republicans have been pulling the scam Norquist described then for more than 30 years. What is more, they have been telling us that this is the scam they have been pulling. Have we just failed to pay attention?
