The Ideology that Fails the American People

I've stolen this line from so many people, I can no longer remember who originally said it, but Hurricane Katrina has made crystal clear that conservatism fails the American people. One of the fathers of today's neoconservative craze is Grover Norquist, a God-like figure in Republican circles who walks around Washington like he's the Don Corleone of the Beltway. Check out this rather prophetic quote he made on why he wants neoconservatives to control the government:

"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub."

Way to go, Grover. Look at New Orleans...I think you've fulfilled your mission.

Thankfully, there's a group that's calling attention to this comment, and why people like Grover Norquist are not prepared to govern. Check out Working Assets, which is going to pay for this billboard to go up right outside Norquist's DC office - reminding him of his kind words to the American people.

Just more evidence that an ideology rooted in the politics of individualism - like that which Bush, Norquist and company proffer - is not based in any sense of reality, and is clearly not capable of running this country.