I pledge allegiance ...

by: Adam L

Wed Jul 27, 2011 at 03:07:00 PM EDT

What would happen if a left leaning group forced all Democrats to sign a pledge to push for marriage equality, single payer healthcare like "Medicare for all", a tax rate of 60% on all income over $2,000,000 or free pre-school education for anyone anywhere?  And what would happen if that group ran primaries against every single Democrat whose agenda wasn't precisely in line with that pledge - regardless of what the political climate was, what their constituents wanted or more important, ran against the United States (or State) Constitution that they swore to support and defend?

Well, this is precisely what the Republican Party is doing with Grover Norquist and his "tax pledge".  Here in New Jersey, every single Republican member of Congress (and one Democrat) has signed this pledge - regardless of the fact that tax cuts for the wealthy don't create jobs and kill the economy.  At a time when faux "patriotism™" has taken over the right wing, it is simply amazing that all but seven Republican Representatives and all but seven Republican Senators have publically pledged allegiance and sworn their loyalty to a special interest group whose purpose has been proven time and time again to hurt America and stifle the economy.

Remind me who hates America?