Posted on 08/25/2015 4:46:19 PM PDT by markomalley
I get that he needs to show a little bravado about a state that’s elected him to the Senate three times but this is a weird boast to make when you realize that South Carolina is Trump’s strongest state so far among the early big three. He leads by single digits in Iowa and appears to be opening a wide lead in New Hampshire although two polls taken there over the last month still have him south of 25 percent. In SC, though, it’s all clear sailing so far: Not only did he hit 30 percent in today’s Monmouth poll, he topped 30 percent in the Gravis and Augusta Chronicle polls taken there over the past month. His closest competitor is Ben Carson, who’s pulling half of Trump’s total. That’s not supposed to happen in South Carolina. The early state that’s supposed to be open to quirky mavericks with a strong centrist stripe is New Hampshire. The early state where unpredictable things can happen because it’s a caucus and there are relatively few participants is Iowa. South Carolina’s supposed to be the winnower, where evangelicals and tea partiers trudge to the polls and select a staunch conservative to set on the path to the Republican nomination. As it is, Trump leads there by an average of nearly 20 points. And Lindsey Graham? In the last three polls there, he’s notched five, seven, and four points, respectively. Ted Cruz, the great conservative hope who’s supposedly going to be a force in the southern primaries, tallied three, four, and five points in those same polls. There is in fact some brain-beating happening in that state right now involving Lindsey Graham, but not the type he’s imagining.
And Trump knows it.
“He is shallow. He is ill prepared to be commander in chief,” Graham said. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about or how our laws work. He says the worst things possible about immigrants and women. And he’s a complete idiot when it comes to Mideast policy.”…
“I think over time, common sense will prevail,” Graham said on CNN. “[Trump’s] a showman. He’s really good at that.”
Maybe Graham’s hinting that he plans to play kingmaker in SC by endorsing one of his competitors at the last second to tip the race? Imagine if it ends up being neck and neck there between Trump and Ted “Wacko Bird” Cruz, one of his pal McCain’s enemies in the Senate, and Grahamnesty has to choose.
The most interesting thing about this clip, actually, is how willing Graham is to dismiss Trump fans in their entirety as Birther-style cranks. That’s a … curious talking point for establishment Republicans who are going to need most of Trump’s 30 percent to turn out next fall for whoever ends up being the GOP nominee. Maybe we’ve already reached the point with Trumpmania where both sides realize the party’s coalition is irretrievably broken and that there’s no point in hiding their contempt for the other side anymore. If Trump fans want to hold what Graham says here against the wider GOP, oh well. They’re Trump fans. They hate the party anyway, by definition.
Friggin girly man Grahmn couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.
Must have had McPain standing near by....Linda doesn’t have enough guts to stand up by him self...
Linda could take his shoe off and throw it and hope the heel spikes into the wall....LMAO....
Big question: why is Mr. Graham still running?
“...it’s fun to see the phoniness.”
Yes it is.
Beat his brains out, Ms. Lindsay? Really? Ladies don’t talk like that and neither do real men. But you say a lot of extraordinarily stupid stuff.
You still going to suspend the first amendment right in order to forbid Americans from insulting Muslims and making the radicals mad? After Benghazi that was your solution.
Good one...
Somebody please cue up the French Mystique faggie brawl from “Blazing Saddles”.
Ashamed to have Flimsey Tinkerbelle reelected to represent the Palmetto State.
LOL Lindsey Out Loud
HOORAY Trump
In a fight between grahamnesty and a 3 legged dachsund, I would bet on the dachsund.
Linda will go tell Lets make WAR McShame and then Trump will be in big trouble.
With what? His purse?
Can I have ten thousand marbles please?
snorkel...snorkel...
After all these years of cookie cutter focused political B.S. we earned this. Enjoy the ride everybody.
The transitional hormone treatment drugs must have some sort of “weird” side effects.
snorkel...snorkel..
That said: GO CRUZ!!! Keep it up Trump.
The People need one of these guys in the WH.
It’s not if he believes what he says, it’s the fact that he’s saying things that no one else has had both the guts and the national platform (and the financial independence) to say.
And Americans love a good showman.
If you had only the time to read an article about a speech/event by one candidate, and your options were Trump, Cruz (you know what he’s going to say), or Hillary which one is going to be entertaining and/or unpredictable.
I have multiple grave misgivings about the man’s words and actions since he’s been a public figure, but he is NOT boring, And if nothing else he’s forced everyone to come clean and clear on immigration. For that alone I’m grateful.
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