Posted on 11/11/2009 2:52:36 PM PST by MaxCUA
Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican with a maverick streak, has been censured by local Republican Party officials in his home state of South Carolina. The executive committee of the Charleston County Republican Party voted unanimously on Monday to rebuke Mr. Graham “for many of the positions he has taken that do not represent the wishes of the people of South Carolina, such as: passing a ‘cap and trade’ energy bill, bailing out banks and granting amnesty for illegal aliens.” Lin Bennett, the chairwoman of the local party, told the Charleston Post and Courier that party leaders were “fed up.”
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Lindsey pulled the ultimate bait-and-switch, passing himself off as a conservative Republican long enough to get elected to the Senate twice. Now that he’s come out of the closet as a DIABLO, he’ll count on Democrat votes in South Carolina to keep him there. It’s too bad Sanford apparently self-destructed. It will take a Republican candidate of that visibility and stature to even have a slight chance of crowbarring Lindsey out of this seat.
Here’s praying . . . .
Worthless. We had a chance to support the Ron Paul Democrat who opposed him in November but passed it up. He has five more years and people have short memories.
Get out of the Left’s pup tent, Graham! He’s a gonner.
Hate to tell ya, but there were 4 Maverick brothers.
Don’t see where this was bumped to the SC list.
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