Posted on 06/01/2015 11:44:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Monday that he is seeking the GOP nomination for president.
Graham, who told CNN last month he's been "more right than wrong on foreign policy," announced his presidential bid in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, on Monday. He hopes that his track record on foreign affairs will give him the advantage in a wide-open primary fight.
"I want to be President to defeat the enemies trying to kill us, not just penalize them or criticize them or contain them, but defeat them," he said at his kickoff event.
The timing could not be better for Graham, a national security hawk announcing his candidacy on the day a key provision of the Patriot Act expired in large part because of Sen. Rand Paul, another Republican running for president. He becomes the 9th Republican to enter the field.
Paul and Graham are foils in their party and represent an internal struggle for the soul of the GOP.
But Graham still barely registers in the polls. A Quinnipiac University survey out last week gave him 1%, and he did just 1% better than that in an April CNN/ORC nationwide poll.
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I see Lindsey as more of a stalking horse(’s ass) for Jeb...
Yay!
The Clown Car Brigade is complete!
No only no, but H*** no!
So the RATS now have 4candidates?
Okay. A second opinion is that I still would not support him. I listened to his announcement speech, and it wasn't bad. However, the only use I see for him is to siphon votes from other Amnesty supporters.
But wait! there is more! There is always room in that clown car for Rick Perry!
I don’t care what he has to say. He doesn’t have a chance, and besides, I would never vote for him.
Bruce Jenner is more of a woman, than Lindsey is a Republican.
Thanks Pollster1. I was not questioning your first post, with which I agree. And the second post also. I was pinging another FReeper who is right about these elections in SC more often than I...to get his opinion.
Thanks again!
You win the Internet for the day!
The RINO’s want to water down the primary vote. Why else would this loser and Pataki jump in along with that LOSER Kasich?
He is competing with George Pataki for the “none of the above” vote.
Thank you, I guess.
“and the hope is that this will make sure someone like Cruz doesn’t come out of SC with momentum - heading into Florida.’
You’re opinion is on target.
Thousands of liberal rats from the SC Low Country will crawl out from under the rocks and vote for Lindsey in order to deny a primary win to a conservative.
Lindsey is in the senate because filthy, fascist rats pour out by the thousands to vote for him, completely ignoring the democrat candidate.
he does have that cross over appeal (in SOOOOO many ways....:)
Obie was the first black President, Hitlery says we need a female President, maybe Lindseed will openly declare himself to be a homosexual (whether he is or not, most people would believe him). The LoFos seem to want to vote for a first anything.
Obie was the first black President, Hitlery says we need a female President, maybe Lindseed will openly declare himself to be a homosexual (whether he is or not, most people would believe him). The LoFos seem to want to vote for a first anything.
Which is the worse candidate, Lindsey Graham or Jeb Bush? I damned sure wouldn’t vote for either in a primary.
Realistically, it’d have to be Graham, if that was the choice. Proven RINO at every turn.
But it’s not the choice... so let’s do everything possible to ENSURE it’s not.
If it comes down to it, I’m writing-in Ted Cruz. Will not bend over and the grab the ankles for the establishment RINO du jour.
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