If Bobby Jindal can’t stand up to Grover Norquist, how can he face down Vladimir Putin?
“Louisiana is in dire straits …. As budget disasters go it’s well on its way to being the next Kansas …. For months now legislators have accused Jindal of kowtowing to Norquist’s ‘no tax pledge’ …. A group of … Republican state representatives took their complaints to Norquist himself, asking him to give them some wiggle room on raising taxes …. They know damn well that the Jindal-pushed budget would be an onerous, gimmick-laden train wreck … but they still consider their hands tied … unless they can somehow gain permission from the … man who runs the party.”
Does Governor Jindal feel he needs Norquist’s permission to take bathroom breaks, too? (Click here for story)
Photos: Master and servant
