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Lindsey Graham: Ted Cruz Has Done More To Help ISIS Than Any Senator Other Than Rand Paul
Real Clear Politics ^ | 12/2/15 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 12/02/2015 12:38:15 PM PST by ek_hornbeck

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks with Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon on RealClearRadio, RCP's weekly radio show on Sirius XM's POTUS channel. The Republican presidential candidate has just returned from Iraq, where he and John McCain recieved updates on US policy in Syria. Graham talks about his distaste for Senator Ted Cruz,who he refers to as an "opportunist" who "is a libertarian when it is hot" and "has done more to allow ISIL to gain a foothold in Syria than any Senator other than Rand Paul."

"He was one of the loudest voices objecting to going after Assad when he crossed the 'red line,' and he objected to helping the Free Syrian Army," Graham said. "So he has no credibility in my eyes."

"He has voted to gut data mining systems" and "introduced legislation saying you couldn't hold people as enemy combatants indefinitely."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; isis; lindseygraham; syria; tedcruz
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Linda Graham truly is an idiot. (S)he complains that Cruz opposed going after Assad when he crossed 'the red line," then blames Cruz for ISIS, even though ISIS is fighting Assad. Linda can't seem to keep her talking points straight.
1 posted on 12/02/2015 12:38:15 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

Bring back dueling.


2 posted on 12/02/2015 12:39:34 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ek_hornbeck

STFU Linda and get your lips back onto McCain’s backside. He feels a cold draft.


3 posted on 12/02/2015 12:39:42 PM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
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To: ek_hornbeck

Graham knows that Ted Cruz meant it when he said that he would direct his AG pick to investigate Benghazi and follow the trail “Where ever it goes”.


4 posted on 12/02/2015 12:39:56 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

This is why you are not going to be anywhere near the White House dumbell Lindsey-girl


5 posted on 12/02/2015 12:40:05 PM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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"He was one of the loudest voices objecting to going after Assad when he crossed the 'red line,' and he objected to helping the Free Syrian Army,"

A big plus for Cruz and Paul (and Trump)

6 posted on 12/02/2015 12:42:51 PM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied, Otto Von Bismarck)
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To: ek_hornbeck

It must be easy (speech-wise) to be a liberal; you’d never have to worry about whether your words make sense... all you have to do is start spouting! All this conservative “trying to be logical/coherent/sane” stuff is really pretty slow and strenuous, by comparison... :)


7 posted on 12/02/2015 12:42:51 PM PST by paladinan (Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

Nancy Graham should just “marry” McWeasel and be done with it..


8 posted on 12/02/2015 12:43:14 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: ek_hornbeck

Thats it. Linda is literally no better than Obama.


9 posted on 12/02/2015 12:45:43 PM PST by skeeter
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“”introduced legislation saying you couldn’t hold people as enemy combatants indefinitely.”

hmmm...


10 posted on 12/02/2015 12:46:10 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: cripplecreek
Ted Cruz on Libya :

Cruz linked Rubio to both Clinton-ite and outright neoconservative foreign policy, neither of which is popular on the grassroots right. “Senator Rubio emphatically supported Hillary Clinton in toppling [Muammar] Qaddafi in Libya. I think that made no sense,” Cruz said. “Qaddafi was a bad man, he had a horrible human rights record. And yet ... he had become a significant ally in fighting radical Islamic terrorism. The terrorist attack that occurred in Benghazi was a direct result of that massive foreign policy blunder. … If you look at President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and for that matter some of the more aggressive Washington neo-cons, they have consistently misperceived the threat of radical Islamic terrorism and have advocated military adventurism that has had the effect of benefiting radical Islamic terrorists.”

Someone ought to tell Linda Graham that this is what a rational foreign policy sounds like.

11 posted on 12/02/2015 12:46:30 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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has she fainted again yet?


12 posted on 12/02/2015 12:47:56 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: ek_hornbeck

L.G. sounds mentally deranged. Is he this delusional? Or is he this corrupt?


13 posted on 12/02/2015 12:48:04 PM PST by apocalypto
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Why do you think Graham and McCain are/were the MSM’s favorite Republicans (or at least McCain was until he ran against Obama)?


14 posted on 12/02/2015 12:48:16 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: apocalypto

It’s GOP establishment Duckspeak.


15 posted on 12/02/2015 12:49:31 PM PST by ek_hornbeck
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Donald Trump Breaks Lindsey Graham Like a Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3PQOP6eax8


16 posted on 12/02/2015 12:50:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: ek_hornbeck

History will not remember Mr Graham.


17 posted on 12/02/2015 12:51:51 PM PST by lurk
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To: massgopguy

Ted should b*tch slap him on the floor of the Senate.


18 posted on 12/02/2015 12:52:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: ek_hornbeck
Graham has it exactly wrong, as usual. It is the Obama/Clinton Middle East policy of the past four years that has further destabilized the region, making Libya and Syria fertile ground for ISIS. The same fate would have befallen Egypt after the ouster of Mubarak had not the military intervened there.
19 posted on 12/02/2015 12:52:37 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

YEAH GO.TRUMP.GO!!!


20 posted on 12/02/2015 12:52:52 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (TRUMP SUPPORTER 100% from day ONE!!!)
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