Jargon watch: the press discovers Grover Norquist, again.2005 --July 25, 2005, "The Ringleader ring·lead·er n. A person who leads others, especially in illicit or informal activities. ringleader Noun a person who leads others in illegal or mischievous actions Noun 1. ," The New Yorker "Norquist loves to declaim de·claim v. de·claimed, de·claim·ing, de·claims v.intr. 1. To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution. 2. To speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh. . He refers to Democrtas as 'the enemy'; he has described bipartisanship as 'date rape'; and he likes to talk about reducing the federal government so much that he could 'drown it in a bathtub.'" --January/February 2004, "The Soul of the New Machine," Mother Jones --January 12, 2004, "Sowing the Seeds of GOP Domination," The Washington Post "In the past, Norquist has said he wants to shrink government down to the size where you could drown it in a bathtub.'" 2003 2002 --June 1, 2001 , "Norquist's power high, profile low," USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. --May 14, 2001, "Graver Norquist: 'Field Marshal' of the Bush Plan" The Nation "'My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years,' he says, 'to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.'" 2001 --August 2000, Gang of Five, by Nina Easton Nina Easton (born 1958) is Washington Bureau Chief for Fortune Magazine and a commentator on the Fox News Channel, appearing regularly on Special Report with Brit Hume and Fox News Sunday. (book) 2000 1999 1998 --June 9, 1997, "What I Sold at the Revolution," The New Republic --May 1997, Whatever it Takes, Elizabeth Drew Elizabeth Drew (born November 16, 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American political journalist and author. A graduate of Wellesley College, she was Washington correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly (1967-73) and The New Yorker (1973-92). (book) --February 1997, "Happy Warrior," Reason 1997 |
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