‘Am I a Bad Person…’ NYT’s Friedman Muses About Grover Norquist Dying in Column

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, he of high prose (that gets awful strange at times), has taken to musing about the death of conservative tax advocate Grover Norquist.

In a column that is actually titled “Who Are We?” that reflects on how most of the presidential candidates seem to be rejecting the values that make America great, Friedman writes this:

Ted Cruz speaks of our government in the same way as the anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist, who says we should shrink government “to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” (Am I a bad person if I hope that when Norquist slips in that bathtub and has to call 911, no one answers?)

I mean, is that a rhetorical question? Because some conservative sites have already answered that question.

Norquist responded on Twitter, and even retweeted his wife, who specifically joined Twitter just so she could tell off Friedman:

.@NYTimesFriedman, an advocate for higher taxes, writes that he wishes me dead. I take that as a high compliment.
I wish him a long life.

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) February 17, 2016

@Choostas @NYTimesFriedman That would work except for the hope that I could not call for help.

— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) February 17, 2016

.@NYTimesFriedman. As Grover Norquist's wife, my two daughters and I wish you and your family a long life. This is my first tweet ever.

— Samah Norquist (@SANorquist) February 17, 2016

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