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Can Lindsey Graham survive the Tea Party's wrath?
theweek.com ^ | 8/26/13 | Keith Wagstaff

Posted on 08/26/2013 12:37:41 PM PDT by cotton1706

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1 posted on 08/26/2013 12:37:41 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Orrin Hatch voted in lockstep with Mike Lee to save himself. Graham is going for broke, being Richard Lugar, being as liberal as possible to thumb his nose at his constituents.


2 posted on 08/26/2013 12:39:10 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Can Lindsey survive? I sure as hell hope not.


3 posted on 08/26/2013 12:42:33 PM PDT by House Atreides ( D)
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To: cotton1706

Hope he is out of there!


4 posted on 08/26/2013 12:43:23 PM PDT by bizdoc (Oh yeah?)
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To: cotton1706

If enough can be examples of what happens when they defy their constituents, then there is a slim possibility that the remnants left of this once great nation can be saved.


5 posted on 08/26/2013 12:44:45 PM PDT by Parmy
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Does anybody know South Carolina election law? I wouldn't put it past Graham if he loses in the Republican primary to pull a Murkowski and run as an independent....
6 posted on 08/26/2013 12:45:53 PM PDT by apillar
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To: cotton1706

I tell you the way the midterms are shaping up,

I will be donating more to oust people, than to keep people in.


7 posted on 08/26/2013 12:46:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cotton1706
Some conservatives are also concerned that the three challengers might end up splitting the anti-Graham vote, allowing the incumbent to cruise to victory. "It's got to boil down to one.

Idiots.

The more the merrier at the beginning of the primary. As long as Graham doesn't get 50%+, he'll wind up in a run-off with ONE challenger. Just like Cruz beat Dewhurst.

I smell establishment GOP fear in the form of a concern troll.

/johnny

8 posted on 08/26/2013 12:47:18 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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I believe Lindsey will come out and say he’s gay. If it looks like he’s in real danger. He’ll tie it into his military service and try to get donations from gays, liberals who like how he votes, and moderates who are liberal but not libtard-nutterbutter liberal.


9 posted on 08/26/2013 12:47:47 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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SC has a 'sore-loser' law. He can't run as independent.

/johnny

10 posted on 08/26/2013 12:50:50 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: cotton1706

It’s over RINO’S. Got that? Mark Levin And his paul and paulette reveres are awake.


11 posted on 08/26/2013 12:54:36 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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“I smell establishment GOP fear in the form of a concern troll.”

Right, that’s why I post any stories I can find on this stuff, so we can make sense of the rumblings, and of course to keep his treachery in mind, to fan the flames for his ouster.


12 posted on 08/26/2013 12:55:41 PM PDT by cotton1706
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I appreciate you posting those stories. I read almost everything you post. We've got to keep the liberal(R) crowd on the run.

/johnny

13 posted on 08/26/2013 12:59:57 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Johnny is absolutely right!

It’s also an opportunity for AS MANY AS POSSIBLE to beat down on Graham without him being able to single out ONE to focus on in return. I’d be fine with 5 or 10 more... lol


14 posted on 08/26/2013 1:01:40 PM PDT by bfh333 ("Hope"... "Change"... You better HOPE you have some CHANGE after the next 4 years!)
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To: cotton1706

According to:
www.heritageactionscorecard.com/members

Lindsey Grahamnesty got a 48% conservative voting score.


15 posted on 08/26/2013 1:04:58 PM PDT by Tucker39
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Can Lindsey Graham survive the Tea Party's wrath?

I pray not, but even if he loses he'll take the $millions he has skimmed while in DC, and probably add to it by opening an influence peddling organization.

16 posted on 08/26/2013 1:15:28 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (For congress, it's not the principle of the thing, it's the money.)
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Fearless prediction..before it’s all over, Bill Clinton will endorse Graham..


17 posted on 08/26/2013 1:16:53 PM PDT by ken5050 (2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
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I’ve compiled every republican senator’s voting score. Here is Graham’s average and the scoring agency’s numbers. Club for Growth and ACU try to shore up Graham so he ends up with a higher average. His real average is probably around the low 60’s or upper 50’s, which is far too low for a “conservative” senator. Even 70% is far too low. But his proponents will always use his ACU figure to make him look conservative.

Graham (SC) 2014 70% (Average) 50% (Heritage) 86% (CFG) 92% (ACU) 50% (FreedomWorks)


18 posted on 08/26/2013 1:22:23 PM PDT by cotton1706
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Hopefully Lindsay is going bye bye.


19 posted on 08/26/2013 1:25:23 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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TAKE NOTE!
20 posted on 08/26/2013 1:32:23 PM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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