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Grover Norquist; We Will Crush Them Again.(Interview)
Byline: Michael Hastings
If you're still looking for someone to blame for the U.S. election results, look no further than Republican strategist Grover Norquist. As a key architect of the modern conservative movement, he's spent the last two decades in Washington pushing the Republican agenda, from welfare reform to drastic tax cuts. Currently serving as president of Americans for Tax Reform, Norquist remains an influential Republican insider, hosting weekly strategy meetings that are regularly attended by Bush administration officials. NEWSWEEK's Michael Hastings spoke to Norquist to get his thoughts on America's conservative streak. Excerpts:
NEWSWEEK: Europeans were shocked by George. W. Bush's re-election. What aren't they getting about America?
NORQUIST: They think the United States is Europe moved west. The United States is a distinct culture that decided to not be Europe. The Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, World War I and World War II were all wars to not be part of Europe. The cold war--not to be part of Europe. The whole country is filled with people who decided to not live in Europe. We had people who really wanted to live in Europe but didn't have the energy to go back. We call them Canadians.
Europe seems to fear America is moving back to 19th-century capitalism.
We moved toward a European Bismarck welfare state, but not as rapidly as Europe. When the rest of Europe was going fascist and communist, we went to an FDR welfare state. And we are now reforming that. Europe ought to be looking at the United States and saying, "That's where we want to be economically."
The win was attributed to issues like gay marriage, though, not the economy.
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