Saxby Chambliss: ‘I care more about the country than a 20-year-old anti-tax pledge’
As the nation began to shut down for Thanksgiving Day, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss tackled that anti-tax increase pledge he once signed – the one pushed by Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform. From 13WMAZ in Macon:
From the TV station’s website:
“I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge,” Chambliss says. “If we do it his way then we’ll continue in debt, and I just have a disagreement with him about that.”
….Does Chambliss think Norquist will hold the anti-tax pledge against him during his next re-election bid in 2014? Yes.
“But I don’t worry about that because I care too much about my country. I care a lot more about it than I do Grover Norquist,” Chambliss says.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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red herring
November 23rd, 2012
3:18 pm
it will be no loss to see saxby the democrat get defeated. he has been a tax and spend politician from way back in time. he is definitely not a republican nor a libertarian. he wasn’t elected to represent grover norquist—but he WAS elected to represent republicans and to keep taxes low and try to balance the budget. he has milked the system long enough— we need someone who will represent a balanced budget/fair tax rates/smaller government. bye bye saxby—i’ll simply not vet at all before i cast another vote for you.