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Syria resolution in danger of failing, says Sen. Lindsey Graham
The Hill ^ | September 5, 2013 | Rebecca Shabad

Posted on 09/05/2013 2:13:29 PM PDT by jazusamo

The resolution authorizing military action in Syria is in danger of failing in Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday.

Speaking in his home state of South Carolina, the Republican senator said he has serious doubts that Congress will back President Obama’s call for strikes.

“I think if the vote were taken right now, it would be too close to call in the Senate, [and] would surely lose in the House,” he told reporters after speaking to constituents, according to .

Graham said Obama is "well short" of the votes he needs in the House because has failed to make the case to the American people.

“Mr. President, you’ve been uncertain, you’ve been unclear, you’ve changed your mind,” he said. “You have to now come out with a certain plan and a resolve that I have not seen.”

Graham, who is up for reelection in 2014, supports a limited military strike on Syria. He told reporters he plans to host a dinner on Sunday with Vice President Biden and more than a dozen Republican senators to discuss the matter.

Obama is scrambling to round up support in Congress for his Syria plan. With opposition building on Thursday, he canceled a planned trip to Los Angeles so he could remain in Washington to round up votes.

Graham said a strike against Syria would only be successful if it accomplishes three things: changes the balance of power in Syria, helps the opposition and gets other countries in the region involved.

“Saudi Arabia should be paying for this,” he said.

Graham was also critical of Obama's statement that a strike will be effective even if it doesn't come soon.

“When I hear from our military leadership that we can be just as effective 30 days after chemical weapons were used as if it were quick, I’m just baffled,” he said.

“Don’t you believe that [Syrian President Bashar] Assad is moving all of his equipment around? Don’t you believe that he’s preparing for a strike?” he said.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; graham; obama; syria
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Seems Linda is going after Repub votes for Obummer.
1 posted on 09/05/2013 2:13:29 PM PDT by jazusamo
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Sorry Lindsay Lohan, you’re drunk and crashed the car.


2 posted on 09/05/2013 2:15:00 PM PDT by struggle
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Sorry Lindsay Lohan, you’re drunk and crashed the car.


3 posted on 09/05/2013 2:15:00 PM PDT by struggle
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Lindsey needs to go. Why is Biden invited to his dinner?

What a skanky traitor


4 posted on 09/05/2013 2:15:25 PM PDT by austinaero
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Aaaawww, Baby Winsey is going to cwy.


5 posted on 09/05/2013 2:15:57 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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If anyone knows failure, it’s Linseed Graham.


6 posted on 09/05/2013 2:16:20 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
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To: jazusamo

Linda needs to fly over there and offer up his own ass to the rebels.


7 posted on 09/05/2013 2:17:26 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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1. ) You can never believe anything Linda says.
2. ) If Linda is saying that it's probably his way of drumming up support.
8 posted on 09/05/2013 2:18:04 PM PDT by South40
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Hysterical. The guy is hysterical. All the symptoms. (Didn’t just girls used to get this?)


9 posted on 09/05/2013 2:18:36 PM PDT by madprof98
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This freak realllllly needs to go come 2014.


10 posted on 09/05/2013 2:19:23 PM PDT by mowowie
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“Saudi Arabia should be paying for this,” he said.

I'm sure they greased your palms, didn't they Linda?

11 posted on 09/05/2013 2:21:16 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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So, he pokes all sorts of holes in Obama's plan, basically calling it stupid and dumb- and then says he's gonna vote for it.

I hope the folks in South Carolina are paying attention.

12 posted on 09/05/2013 2:21:32 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment (Is this field required?)
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the sad fact is the sucker of his state (and McCain) will just vote him in again because 1. he has a bunch of institutional bundlers and 2. opposition in the primary is not united and will be split (sometimes by design) 3. open primary zombie voters.


13 posted on 09/05/2013 2:23:00 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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and he thinks that is a bad thing?

lol


14 posted on 09/05/2013 2:23:44 PM PDT by GeronL
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Good news.


15 posted on 09/05/2013 2:24:37 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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Americans are slamming at least 22 members of Congress with thousands of phone calls and emails, urging lawmakers not to approve a military strike on Syria – by a margin of as much as 499 to 1. A national debate is raging on Twitter. Tweets and statements from members of Congress – both Democrat and Republican – show tremendously strong opposition to President Obama’s call for an air strike on Syria:

499 to 1 against is too close to call for these treasonous congresspersons???

16 posted on 09/05/2013 2:24:40 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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I hope the folks in South Carolina are paying attention.

Amen...This one has got to go and the voters just may do it.

17 posted on 09/05/2013 2:25:52 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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A large object called the American Voter is about to fall on Linda.
“Not even your mighty McLame can save you”
Paraphrase from “The Last Starfighter”


18 posted on 09/05/2013 2:26:39 PM PDT by Zathras
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i don’t trust anything out of senator fufu hello kitty’s mouth, but if it’s even partly true, that’s good news.


19 posted on 09/05/2013 2:26:50 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Graham is dangerously delusional. His plan is no different from Obama’s, a non-starter because we don’t know who the real enemy is.

Obama got himself into this position and he will have to get himself out of it, if he can.


20 posted on 09/05/2013 2:27:20 PM PDT by Eva
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