Graham steps from McCain’s shadow right into his shoes [giddy Democrats laud "the new McCain"]

The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2009-10-16 | Alexander Bolton

[rabscuttle385]

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime friend and ally of Sen. John McCain, is now going a step further, Democrats say, and actually becoming the new McCain.

Senior members of the majority party say the South Carolina Republican has displaced his Arizona mentor as the dealmaker on two big agenda items of the Obama administration: climate change and immigration.

As McCain, on the heels of his presidential election defeat, has distanced himself from Democrats, Graham has moved in to fill the vacuum.

[rabscuttle385]

I'm going to be sick.

[rabscuttle385]

Nasty.

[Perdogg]

Does he have a daughter with big boobs? ;)

[gwilhelm56]

Nothing new here... move along.

move along and PRIMARY this new moonbat.

[silverleaf]

The nation’s first homosexual vice president?
What a democrat bipartisan wet dream.
Imagine what Axelrod and Rahm have been whispering into Linsey’s ear.

[Dixie Yooper]

Graham steps from McCain’s shadow right into his shoes

[SERKIT]

Attention Mikey!
GET THE HOOK and get these two RINO-CLOWNS OFF THE STAGE!
They may be a lot of things, but Republicans they are not.

[kempster]

Please tell me that this asshat doesn’t have Presidential ambitions.

[rabscuttle385]

The RINO cancer is malignant and metastasizing rapidly!

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[rabscuttle385]

Wanna bet? LOL. If not him, we all know that Crist has them.

[Joe Boucher]

Tie a rope around his legs and drag his ass up I-95.

[Dixie Yooper]

Wanna bet? LOL. If not him, we all know that Crist has them.

With a Graham/Crist ticket, Don't Ask, Don't Tell could turn into Please Ask, Please Tell...

[kempster]

If enough of us get involved in local Republican politics and get into the conventions we can change this silliness but it will take a real concentrated effort.

[Billg64]

if the GOP is dumb enough to do the unthinkable again; would everyone be in favor of supporting a third party candidate?

[xcamel]

"Graham steps from McCain’s shadow right into Smelly Liberal Cow Chips"

[50mm]

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Time to launch a Retire Graham campaign.

[Grunthor]

How pathetic is the GOP voter of South Carolina?

IS THIS THE BEST THEY GOT??!!

[Grunthor]

“Does he have a daughter with big boobs?”

That would require an act that Lizzy is incapable of.

[Gay State Conservative]

Geeze...it's one thing to have a clown like this from Maoist state like Maine,but from South Carolina it's inexcusable.The voters of SC can easily place this pile of trash on the kerb and have the garbage truck take it away.

[Grunthor]

“They may be a lot of things, but Republicans they are not.”

Oh they are Repub-likkins alight, they just aren’t conservatives.

[Grunthor]

“With a Graham/Crist ticket, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell could turn into....”

‘’’’me love you lon time soldja boy!

[Dixie Yooper]

if the GOP is dumb enough to do the unthinkable again; would everyone be in favor of supporting a third party candidate?

We might stand a better chance of taking over the Democratic Party...

[elcid1970]

Of course that fifty-five year old bachelor doesn’t have a daughter, or any other progeny for that matter.

After all, to produce offspring in the normal way first requires intercourse with a woman.

I am so @#%!! burned up that Little Lord Flimsey Tinkerbelle for whom I did not vote, is becoming the face of conservative gun-friendly Bible-believing South Carolina.

Learn more about our other senator, Jim DeMint. What a great contrast to Light Loafers Lindsey.

[Anima Mundi]

If the “Graham as new McCain” meme sticks, then defeating McCain can be also a vote against Graham who is not up for election for a number of years. He might think twice if McCain loses.

[jersey117]

If Graham wants to align himself with the “wrong” side, so be it. As events continue to unfold, we will proven right.

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[SERKIT]

I was hoping against hope that by using examples like McCain, Graham (and throw in Snowe) it is not an indication of what the party has become. Mikey needs to welcome conservatives and conservative values back to the party with open arms - and start by a redux of a national/local contest plan like “Contract With America” - and DUMP the RINOs.

[DangerZone]

That’s what I’ve been saying on and offline for months now. Sadly, far too many conservatives simply won’t do it. If they don’t start pulling their weight by next year’s primaries, we be stuck voting for the same old RINOs in next year’s general election. It’s do or die time now, people. Let’s get it done.

[Billg64]

If they nominate an idiot like either of those two, we may as well try

[Will88]

How pathetic is the GOP voter of South Carolina?

I think they're suffering from some mental disorder. They send one of the best to Congress: Jim Demint, and need I say more.

[MBB1984]

Don't worry, Lindsey will always be McCain's cabana boy.

[DangerZone]

Why support a third party? Regain control over the GOP and support conservative candidates. We have six months until the 2010 primaries and two and a half years til the Republican presidential primaries. It’s time to get busy.

[Billg64]

I agree!
We are trying to do that in our area. It is an incredible uphill battle.

[Frantzie]

LOL! Friend of Dorothy.

[Frantzie]

McShame wants to act like a conservative now because the election is coming. Peopl need to vote that POS out.

[DangerZone]

Just curious, how much success have you had with getting conservatives actually involved in the party?

[don-o]

Goober ping

[Billg64]

Some, the entrenched GOP in my state is not interested in winning elections or advancing conservatism. They are more interested in staying entrenched. The keys are the RTC’s and the regional committees.

[gubamyster]

ping

[dalereed]

“Time to launch a Retire Graham campaign.”

The queer pile of crap has 5 years to go!!!!

[Mamzelle]

One thing you do not have to worry about is Lindsey as presidential mat’l.

[Mamzelle]

Lindsey Graham detests the voters of South Carolina. He was just recently at Furman University snippily calling the angry people at a townhall "white people"--and white people in South Carolina shouldn't expect representation from McCain's arrogant little prick.

He's got an enormous war chest from out-of-state lobbyists who want open borders and fuel taxes. His other big source of funds are trial lawyers. He's a thieving ambulance chaser, himself. He's everything the left could love.

He's untouchable for five years.

If you want to annoy Lindsey, do everything you can to knock McVain out of the primaries.

[Will88]

He's untouchable for five years.

I know, but I was really amazed that there was no serious challenger in 2008 after all his amnesty supporting and general RINO behavior. IIRC, the Sec. of State was expected to be a strong challenger, but ended up with some ethical problems and no good challenger ever emerged.

But a big war chest shouldn't keep a flaming RINO in office in SC. Something odd about that

[Mamzelle]

Well, it’s not like the SCGOP was any kind of help. But a no-name, non-funded opponent got 30% of the primary vote. Think about that—someone unknown and broke got a third of the republicans who voted in the primaries.

[VRWC For Truth]

McLoser’s Senate term is up so he’s faking right. He has his mini-me ‘Rat, Lindshay, as his Liberal surrogate so he can claim he’s Conservative. McDemocrat must be defeated at all costs.

[rabscuttle385]

McLoser’s Senate term is up so he’s faking right. He has his mini-me ‘Rat, Lindshay, as his Liberal surrogate so he can claim he’s Conservative. McDemocrat must be defeated at all costs.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!

If McCain is re-elected next November, we are truly screwed.

He will return to his liberal ways, and then we will have McCain+Graham+Democrats+Obama for a MINIMUM of two years. And believe me, the ol' bastard has a tendency to hold grudges.