Lindsey Ping
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Posted on 10/11/2009 4:26:21 AM PDT by upchuck
I hate to say “I told you so.”
But, well, I told you so.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham has signed on to the Democrats’ massive green redistribution scheme masquerading as a planet-saving, national security-enhancing “energy independence” scheme.
Can John McCain and the rest of the Climate Change Republicans be far behind?
Now, the announcement of Graham’s alliance with Big Government Democrats. In the NYTimes, natch.
Kerry and Graham go on to argue that we must buy into their plan because the EPA regulatory power grab will be worse. It’s greenmail: Sign on or else the out-of-control bureaucrats (and the unaccountable energy czar Carol Browner, they fail to mention) will make life even more hellish for businesses and taxpayers.
But who’s to say the EPA and Browner wouldn’t go further anyway even if the Senate bill passes?! Evidence and dissent haven’t stopped their job-destroying eco-crusade before.
Sen. Graham was too busy basking in the glow of bipartisanship to comment.
God save us from bipartisanship.
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Lindsey Ping
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.....Lindsey Graham is a weak Southerner....reminds me of Jimmy Carter....a while back he was dating Laura Ingraham...you’d think he would have gotten some moral courage from hanging around with her.
Why can’t they grow spines?
Further confirmation of what I’ve been saying in many comments on FR and elsewhere in recent years: not ONE RED CENT to the republican party until they get rid of some t***s which are stinking up the joint. Support candidates, not the useless gop.
The real outrage of this story is that it has now become an accepted norm to regard the “EPA” as a sovereign government entity. The very concept that the United States Senate would shape its legislative agenda in order to bow before a non-elected administrative body should be repugnant and frightening to all Americans.
Need their be any other proof that the EPA has become a rogue agency and needs to be disbanded.
Agreed.
What? Laura dated this loser? There’s one I didn’t know.
The other frightening part of it is that its a load of rubbish, because the EPA would be tied up in court for years before it could impose any such regulation (if ever). In fact, this would be the best thing that could possibly happen because it would force the truth out into the public arena - in court.
In other words, this is nothing but an excuse, a hypocritical fig leaf.
Because, at least in Pandsey's case, they are spineless POS.
An admission by these politicians that they don't and won't do their oversight duties to reign in out of control bureaucracies. I'm a firm supporter of replacing ALL of these compromising Constitutional violating traitors. They are ALL selling this country out and need to go! This just torques my jaws to see something like this to happen!!!!!! I can't really say what I would normally say or I'd be banned for month's on end.
Traitor
I am surprised too. When did that happen.
LOL
If the only alternatives are Cap&Trade and EPA doing the same thing. Then it doesn’t matter, The economy of the old Western World is finished. And we will not produce sufficient revenue to maintain the most powerful military on the planet or to do the R&D to keep us ahead scientifically. I wonder which empire USA will be a client state of in 10 years or 20.
I'm not sure that is correct. Bush fought the EPA over classifying CO2 as a "pollutant", and finally lost in court last year.
The EPA can do anything it wants to control CO2.
Since EPA was given the mandate to regulate CO2 as a pollutant EPA can regulate it down to zero emissions. That would make all human beings in the country criminals subject to arrest and imprisonment.
It is to this citizen. The EPA is however a straw man for the politicians that allows them to abscond on their responsibilities. Just like the concept of mandatory government spending. Jefferson warned us of this.
When is he up for reelection?
“a while back he was dating Laura Ingraham”?
Really?
And I thought Lindsey Graham was in to doing young boys.
“JOker lite”!!!
DO NOT support the RNC because they support Grahamnesty, Snowe, Collins, et al. Refuse their phone, mail and email calls for you cash and EXPLAIN to them why you won't donate.
Donate directly to the candidates whose views most closely parallel yours.
Best way I know to rid ourselves of frigging RINOS.
i thought cross dressing aisle jumper?
You good people of South Carolina - please address Lindsey Graham.
Good One!!
We re-elected him last year....he’s safe for five years.
Wish we could have a recall election and get this traitor kicked out of office. He makes me sick!
He had no credible opposition. His main Republican challenger was Ravenel that was caught the year before using and selling coke.
The Democrat was an independent Ron Paul wannabee.
Lindsey won by default.
[a while back he was dating Laura Ingraham]
You have to look really close to see her beard.
There is nothing more pathetic than a legislator who actually BELIEVES in the “climate change” scam.
RINO HERD. A very endagered species. Out with em. Hopefully South Carolinians will dump that chump ASAP.
Correctamundo! Further, who's responsible for creating these monsters? Congress! They're the ones who were too clever by half in allowing these executive agencies to grow in power so the agencies could do Congress's bidding:
Now, though, they've figured out that the executive agencies are controlled by the executive who has also figured out that he controls them. Being who he is, the current executive has taken to directing the agencies to to use all that power given to them by Congress the way he wants not the way Congress wants. Suddenly, all the power they gave away isn't such a great thing and they're really worried. However, that worry is only to the extent that they're not calling the shots. It's not like they care that we're getting screwed by the agencies because they're surely going to screw us in place of the agencies. After all, cap and tax, whether implemented by Congress or the EPA, is still going to be a disaster.
Not a surprise. Graham is a sorry excuse for a Republican Senator.
SC has the wonderful Senator DeMint...thank you, SC.
But Graham is a traitor sychophant who loves to hear himself talk on TV.
I don’t care if it means nothing, I will be flooding his office with calls of complaints and outrage!
Remember, this is a state that had Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings as our Senators for about fifty years.
For us, Lindsey is a whole lot better than Fritz was.
Politics in SC is nothing short of wild.
Good point about EXPLAINING why I’m not donating. I’ve hung up on numerous phone calls in recent months from the RNC or the gop senatorial or house campaign committees, but it would probably would be more effective at getting the message across if I explained my unwillingness to contribute. While the caller will no doubt be some college student in a call center, I assume they keep some checklist of reasons people provide for not giving, which eventually winds it way up to folks who might be able to do something about it.
” The EPA can do anything it wants to control CO2”
Under which enumerated power of the Congress may they do so?
I’m depressed!
LLS
“Since EPA was given the mandate to regulate CO2 as a pollutant EPA can regulate it down to zero emission”
1) Which branch of the Federal Government has the authority to give the EPA such a mandate?
2) Which section of the Constitution authorizes the EPA to regulate anything?
If so, her "dating" lindsey was a double beard situation.
I don’t think they have the right to regulate any d*mn thing, but THEY ARE DOING IT, and they just got the OK to do it to CO2.
It matters not... I am voting for Palin.
LLS
SC...please flush this turd.....thanks in advance.
Ditto. I’ve donated to Sarah’s PAC, and have been posting at her Facebook page now and again urging her or her staff to start up a “Sarah’s List” of like-minded conservative candidates, of either party, with links to their campaign sites. Couldn’t hurt.
That’s exactly what I tell them when they call. As long as Collins, Snowe, McCain and Graham are part of the mix I will NEVER give a single penny to the Republican Party.
>>> ..he’s safe for five years. <<<
At the current rate of dismantlement , we do not have 5 years..
Unless we can reverse this trend, The Sorry Sob will be In for Life..
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