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Lindsey Graham to Voter Suggesting Banning Islam: ‘I Don’t Want Your Vote’
Mediaite ^ | July 3, 2015 | Ken Meyer

Posted on 07/05/2015 9:33:53 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Senator Lindsey Graham has made his position clear in the past that he would lead America to a more direct form of engagement with ISIS should he become president in 2016. During an election event in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, he promised his attendees that he would say “exactly what I believe” on the issues, which was soon followed by an opportunity to prove it.

While Graham said at the event that he’s not shy when it comes to voicing his disagreement, he has not yet suggested that the way to deal with Islamic terror extremists is by prohibiting the religion’s observance across America. The Des Moines Register reported that when a potential voter suggested outlawing Islam, Graham shut him down hard, saying, “You know what, I’m not your candidate.”

“I don’t want you to vote for me,” Graham said, cutting him off. “I couldn’t disagree with you more.”

Graham went on to say that he was not looking to please those looking to create a prohibition, instead suggesting that strengthening the military and deploying more troops to Iraq would be a stronger approach.

“He’s got a right to say whatever he wants to say,” Graham said, “but I have an obligation to the Republican Party, to the people of Iowa and the country as a whole to be firm on this. I’m not buying into that construct. That’s not the America that I want to lead.”


TOPICS: South Carolina; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; iowa; islam; lindseygraham; southcarolina
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lincoln was a captain of Illinois militia in 1832. Short service & no combat, but he did serve.


61 posted on 07/05/2015 11:44:21 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Probably a plant...

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Yep.


62 posted on 07/05/2015 11:45:26 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Norm Lenhart
It’s a lesser evil. Half of FR will now probably take another look at him and consider supporting him because of it.

Snort...

63 posted on 07/05/2015 11:48:54 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: COBOL2Java

The important thing is to get him into the presidency. Then we can hold his feet to the fire. Until then, we gotta keep out powder dry you know...


64 posted on 07/05/2015 11:52:04 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: elcid1970

So Dan Rather is a veteran?


65 posted on 07/05/2015 11:53:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Teacher317
I’m not for Lindsey Graham, but he is 100 percent correct here. If we start asking for a government that can outlaw certain faiths, it will only get abused within a generation or two and used to either create a one-religion state or to outlaw all faith. The suggestion to outlaw Islam is moronic. However, we do have a lot of work to do in taking on Islam in many other ways.

I'm with you, brother -

A much more efficient approach is to gather them all up in a field and set them afire.

66 posted on 07/05/2015 11:53:56 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: entropy12
Beginning with a few nomads in Saudi Arabia, Islam is now the major religion in these countries: [47 listed]
Islam should be mocked continually and publicly every day as a matter of principle in every Western nation. Moslem immigration should be banned. All professed moslems who are not citizens should be expelled. All citizen moslems who refuse to disavow sharia law should be expelled as well. Islam is not a religion. It is a geopolitical cult of conformance or death.
67 posted on 07/05/2015 12:12:48 PM PDT by elengr (Benghazi betrayal: rescue denied - our guys DIED - treason's the reason obama s/b tried then fried!)
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To: Norm Lenhart
The important thing is to get him into the presidency. Then we can hold his feet to the fire. Until then, we gotta keep out powder dry you know...


68 posted on 07/05/2015 12:18:58 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, no. He enlisted in the Marine Corps but was medically disqualified. I assume he didn’t make it to boot camp.

How about Gary Hart, who as a 44 year old senator was appointed Lt. Cdr. USNR by Jimmah Carter, and with no prior service at all? IIRC the year was 1979 & Carter was desperate for votes in the Senate.


69 posted on 07/05/2015 12:20:16 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL

This degenerate queer needs all the votes he can get.


70 posted on 07/05/2015 12:22:54 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS)
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To: elcid1970

No, he flunked out of boot camp by wetting his bed, actually.


71 posted on 07/05/2015 12:27:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And they say Trump is hurting the GOP image. There’s a joke.


72 posted on 07/05/2015 12:33:22 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t worry, pansy. You’ll never get my vote!


73 posted on 07/05/2015 12:53:15 PM PDT by HomerBohn (When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

74 posted on 07/05/2015 12:54:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well that was easy, he wasn’t getting mine anyway..


75 posted on 07/05/2015 1:57:21 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe and Microaggressor..)
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To: Norm Lenhart
“He’s got a right to say whatever he wants to say,” Graham said, “but I have an obligation to the Republican Party, to the people of Iowa and the country as a whole to be firm on this. I’m not buying into that construct. That’s not the America that I want to lead.”

That's funny, he never cared about those obligations before..

76 posted on 07/05/2015 2:00:06 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe and Microaggressor..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No Hay Problema...


77 posted on 07/05/2015 3:37:02 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to worry, then.


78 posted on 07/05/2015 4:46:12 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My thought, too... this was a setup by the Graham campaign.


79 posted on 07/05/2015 4:48:39 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Teacher317
The suggestion to outlaw Islam is moronic. However, we do have a lot of work to do in taking on Islam in many other ways.

Since Islam is NOT a religion, but a socio-political system masquerading as one, it should not be afforded first amendment protections. Otherwise you'll have to give equal protection to Baal's child sacrifices.

80 posted on 07/06/2015 3:52:41 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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