This Is The Kind Of Shit That Happens When You Listen To An America-Hating Idiot

Via Steve Benen:

As regular readers may recall, [Grover] Norquist is an anti-tax crusader who's convinced all kinds of GOP policymakers to sign something known as "the pledge" - in order to get ahead in their party, Republicans agree in writing never to support raising any tax on anyone by any amount for any reason.

But occasionally, far-right policymakers discover that the mindless, knee-jerk commitment stands in the way of actual governance in the real world. Louisiana's Republican-dominated state government, for example, is facing an enormous budget crisis, caused in part by Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) tax breaks. Now the state can't get its fiscal house in order, and as TPM reported, it's asking Norquist to give Louisiana a break.

I can't help but laugh when I read stuff like this.  Of course, Norquist told the Louisiana Republicans to go fuck themselves, and some pretty hilarious blow-back has ensued.  As Benen notes, The Times-Picayune -- in slamming Jindal -- called Norquist "Louisiana's unelected governor," and one observer quipped:  “With all due respect to Grover Norquist, this is like begging your dealer for permission to go clean.”

Louisiana isn't the only state suffering from the effects of Republican fiscal malfeasance.  Radical right winger Sam Brownback is currently running Kansas into the ground with all his gubmint-hating fuckery.

But cheer up, Louisiana and Kansas -- I know things are tough now, but your suffering will help show the rest of the country once and for all that Republicans and their policies are bad for America.