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Lindsey Graham shines at undercard debate
CNN Politics ^ | September 16, 2015 | Manu Raju

Posted on 09/16/2015 6:09:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The Lindsey Graham show turned up in Simi Valley, California, during tonight's CNN Republican presidential debate.

After a flat performance in August at the first GOP debate, the South Carolina senator lit up the crowd at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library during CNN's undercard debate, lashing his opponents with sharp barbs and dropping zingers that brought roars of approval.

"That's the first thing I'm going to do as president: We're going to drink more," he said.

Graham also trashed Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton in eyebrow-raising terms.

"Where the hell were you" during the Benghazi, Libya, attacks, Graham fumed when he was asked about his past praise for Clinton.

The performance quickly earned Graham praise on social media, in much the same way Carly Fiorina impressed the audience during last month's debate.

He was no more charitable with some of his Republican rivals, saying he was "sick of hearing" fellow Sen. Ted Cruz calling for defunding Obamacare while President Barack Obama was in office and certain to veto such legislation.

He ridiculed Donald Trump as "a cartoon character" who gets his foreign policy from the Cartoon Network....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: South Carolina; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016electionbias; boycotttimewarner; cruz; debates; dnctalkingpoints; election2016; lindseygraham; southcarolina; tedcruz; timelies
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To: scooby321
Jindal won easy attacking GOP Congress as Losers

I agree Jindal won the 'early debate' and did a decent job distinguishing himself from the rest of the under-card pack.

At the end of the day though, Jindal's not going to get a significant bump to the "big stage" and that's unfortunate because I kinda like him when sticks to conservative principles and I think he's a bright guy. IMO he deserves a "better" hearing than he's getting now. But again, that's just my own opinion.

41 posted on 09/16/2015 8:31:10 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Gamecock
I watched for about 5 minutes. He came across as a whiny little girl.

Agree! He came off as a whining little girl trying to rationalize why he can't do anything in Congress such as de-fund Planned Parenthood.

I'm glad I was able to watch on CNN's website and that I didn't actually have to pay a cable tv bill to watch the crap-filled debates that both were.

42 posted on 09/16/2015 8:33:03 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lindsey Graham is a moron.


43 posted on 09/16/2015 10:08:04 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: cripplecreek
Meanwhile Jeb is being fitted for a chair at the kid’s table

Unfortunately that would never be allowed to happen. Even if ¡Yeb's! numbers were to fall that low, they would nix the "kiddie table" format before they would force ¡Yeb! to endure such a humiliation.

44 posted on 09/16/2015 10:34:59 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Memo to Graham.

Don’t try to play “Axe Cop” when you haven’t got an Axe. And the rest of the world already knows you are really “Flute Cop”!!!


45 posted on 09/16/2015 10:55:31 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s unhinged. He’d be the most likely to do Martial law against Americans out of all the GOP candidates.


46 posted on 09/17/2015 11:31:07 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee. “Manu Raju” likes Linda.

I’m shocked.

RLTW


47 posted on 09/17/2015 3:17:57 PM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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