and speaking of grover norquist and the taliban, you never can tell who you're going to crawl into bed with if you don't give a damn where the money is coming from as long as it's money: read this. (tx observer again ):

  Norquist has not responded to inquiries about using the White House as a fundraiser.   It is, however, a regular ATR practice to invite state legislators and tribal   leaders who have supported ATR anti-tax initiatives to the White House for a personal thank-you from the President. A source at ATR said no money is ever accepted from participants in these events. The $25,000 check from the Coushattas suggests that, at least in this instance, Norquist’s organization made an exception. The $75,000 collected from the Mississippi Choctaws and two corporate sponsors mentioned in Abramoff’s e-mail suggests there were other exceptions. Norquist recently wrote to the tribes who paid to attend White House meetings. His story regarding that event is also evolving. The contributions, he told tribal leaders in letters that went out in May, were in no way related to any White House event. That doesn’t square with the paper trail Abramoff and Norquist left behind, which makes it evident that they were selling access to the President.