He endorsed Paul in 2012, I think because he was upset coke wasn’t legal.
Senator Ravenel being arrested by Obama at the GOP low point in 2009 would have been a devastating scandal. I never watched his stupid reality show but it sounds like he’s White trash.
As for 2014, a ficus plant would have been a much stronger candidate than a Neo-Confederate State Senator with financial problems, Graham would have easily made the race about his opponent.
And if Scott had Ravenel and a Libertarian run against him he wouldn’t have cleared 60% either. Weak Republicans see rats overperform against then, Graham’s rat only slightly out performed Scott because of the extra ballot line, and actually underperformed her on the rat line.
Given the field in 2012 (or 2008, for that matter), I wouldn’t hold that against him. Willfully endorsing scum like Willard, however... That soured me on ex-Sen. DeMint and his bizarre fetish for trying to cozy up to him, and extraordinarily huge blind spot and lack of good judgment.
Of course, Ravenel didn’t even make it to the primary contest in 2008, and voters should’ve had the sense to toss Linda in favor of Buddy Witherspoon, who had no baggage. When he failed to place, I unapologetically endorsed Bob Conley, the DINO. Same with 2014, I would’ve endorsed anyone else that would’ve gotten Linda into the runoff. When he was nominated again, I endorsed Ravenel as an Independent.
Sometimes, some people are so odious and destructive as sitting members that they just have to be taken out by any means. If it means voting for the Democrat or endorsing 3rd party, so be it. People like Graham, Murkowski, McQueeg & the Flake, Kirk, McConnell, Collins, Cockroach, Sassy, Portman, Lamar!, Corker, just for starters, all have no business being in the Senate. Either they’ve stayed too long or are of more help to and are a part of the leftist anti-America swamp dwellers.
Sadly, we’ve seen some other SC pols go native or just plain strange. Mark Sanford, whom I thought was of Presidential timber, got ate up by termites. Bob Inglis, once well-regarded and who almost took Fritz Hollings out 6 years earlier, lost his mind and was thankfully dispatched by primary voters when he returned to the House. Linda should’ve been just as swiftly shown the door, and long ago. I’m not holding out for a perfect opponent, just someone that will remove him from power. How much better would we have been off, for example, if McQueeg had lost reelection in 1992 ? 6 years of his moronic uber-feminist opponent Clare “Tits, Not Boobs” Sargent, would’ve been better for AZ and replaced with an actual Conservative in 1998 than 25+ years more of Zero’s ringer.