'Americans for Tax Reform' Part of a Pro-War Movement

Printer-friendly versionSend by emailThe New York Times notes that "spurred by local antiwar sentiment, dozens of cities and counties around the country have passed resolutions imploring President Bush to slow down his confrontation with Iraq. ... City and county councils in 20 states have passed such measures, from small towns like Woodstock, N.Y., to cities as large as Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit." Well-funded right wing supporters of the march to war "stand ready to try to mobilize a countermovement. Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, said his organization had sent every state legislature a proposed measure for adoption the day fighting starts that supports Mr. Bush's actions." (Ironically, Norquist has also been working to broker a "strange alliance" between the Republican Party and radical Islam.)