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George H.W. Bush: 'Who the hell is Grover Norquist anyway?'
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 14, 2012 07:54pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, July 15, 2012 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former President George H.W. Bush sharply criticized the anti-tax pledge administered by the well-known activist Grover Norquist, suggesting that those sorts of pacts can cause political gridlock.
Bush, who famously broke his “no new taxes” pledge during his one term in the White House, said he was against the “rigidity” of pledges like the one overseen by Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform.
“The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist,” Bush, president from 1989 until 1993, told Parade. “Who the hell is Grover Norquist anyway?”
Bush’s wife, Barbara, who also took part in the interview, also piped in with a reference to comments she made about Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, in 2010.
“I think he ought to go back to Alaska,” Barbara Bush said.
The comments from the former president mark just the latest incident in what has become a long back and forth between the Bush family and Norquist.
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