Posted on 09/23/2013 2:02:10 AM PDT by markomalley
Sen. Lindsey Graham is showing no signs of changing how he operates as he faces the biggest challenge of his political career.
Willing to buck the public tide in South Carolina, Graham has backed military action against Syria, an immigration overhaul that sets a path to citizenship for some in the U.S. illegally and President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominees.
"I'm conservative, but I do not mind one bit working with the other side to build my country up," he says in speeches to conservatives. "I'm a Ronald Reagan Republican."
His three Republican challengers are coming at him from the right, arguing that he's not conservative enough. They're also noting that the 58-year-old lawyer has been in some political office since 1993 and shows no sign of stepping down soon unless he gets voted out.
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Delusional. Hey, Lindsey, you've just proven, you have the judgment of a drunk who blows .37. The other side does NOT want to build the country up. They want to tear it down. And you are blind to this. So, you end up helping tear down the country. What do you think "immigration reform" is about. At best, Lindsey, you are a dupe. But it far more likely that you are a fraud, a liar and a creep.
Ms. Graham:
I’m conservative, but I do not mind one bit working with the other side to build my country up,” he says in speeches to conservatives. “I’m a Ronald Reagan Republican.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Buahahahahahahahaha!
If true, so is Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
Like HELL.
he is safe.
tough would mean he wins by 60%/30%
“Grahamnesty can be defeated.....as long as we don’t have the sissy PhonyCon Liberals try to Akin the conservative candidate. “
Actually its easier than that. Just nominate people who are not “loony right” in their thinking. Good solid conservatives who have a decent track record, have been adequately vetted, and know what they can and cannot say. Akin, Angle and O’Donnell actually outed themselves. They didn’t need any help from so-called Phony-Cons.
“Grahamnesty can be defeated.....as long as we don’t have the sissy PhonyCon Liberals try to Akin the conservative candidate. “
Not true!. And FWIW, my family has roots in Nevada and we have had very good connections that show to our satisfaction that Sharron Angle was, in point of fact, financed by people close to Harry Reid because they knew she would be the easiest to beat. Her record in the Nevada State Legislature shows that she was almost always a disruptive force that made progress more difficult. You simply can’t be known as someone who can’t work with anyone to get anything done. As for Akin and O’Donnell, you don’t have to be a Mensa to know that they were going to self-destruct. It isn’t so much about their core beliefs, it’s about some of the “fringe” ideas that each of them have, that turn the voters against them. Just what is a Northern South Carolinian? Is that the same as a Southern North Carolinian? Inquiring minds want to know. I just hope that you want Linda Graham gone as bad as I do.
That which you put in quotations is not my quote. Never posted it.
A Northern South Carolinian is someone who lives in the Northern or Upstate part of South Carolina. Term was used this one and only time to to indicate that I, as you mentioned on your FR About page, live in the Northern part of my State. Why did you mention Northern California as your home instead of just California. Nevermind; don’t really care.
I am convinced you are a liberal in conservative’s clothing, expecially after this attempt at insulting me with your superior knowledge of events and personalities. Whatever you are, conservative isn’t it.
Lindsey would be so much happier if he would just switch parties. Most of his imagined problems would then disappear. And SC just might keep him on anyway, as they did Ernest F. Hollings for many decades.
“I am convinced you are a liberal in conservative’s clothing, expecially after this attempt at insulting me with your superior knowledge of events and personalities. Whatever you are, conservative isn’t it.”
Just like you claim to be a “Northern South Carolinian, so to do I claim to be a Northern Californian. Most people here who live north of the mountains that keep the smog in the Los Angeles Basin don’t want to have anything to do with that part of the state that lies to the south. As far as your “determination” that I am not a conservative is concerned, I refer you to the John Wayne Quote; “Life is hard, and it’s harder if you are stupid” Fits you to a tee!
“To my friends in South Carolina:
PLEASE DUMP THAT LOOSER”
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We’d much rather dump that loser.
“Still, your idea of being a conservative is recognizably different from our idea of American conservatism here in the Palmetto State, where we actually are working to deny Senator Graham another term.”
Can’t argue with you on that mission. But I guess where we differ is that you seem to think that “whack jobs” like Akin make good legislators. Our Nevada family initially supported Angle, despite her somewhat poor legislative record in the Nevada Legislature. But then she started opening her mouth (a la Akin) with pronouncements that outed her as someone divorced from reality, and she did herself in with the voters. It just isn’t enough to “have the right conservative credentials” because in Nevada, you have to win Clark County and it doesn’t have the tolerance for people like Sharron. So we are putting up with Harry Reid for another SIX YEARS. Do you honestly believe that having Sharron make that happen is a “good thing” because she was “the right” candidate? Yeah, Lowden and Tarkanian were “not as conservative” as Angle, but either would have been manifestly better than Harry. so if that thought process “brands” me as something other than a conservative in you book, I plead guilty.
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