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G.O.P. Senator Resisting Bush Over Detainees - RINO MEGA-HURL ALERT
The New York Times ^
| July 18, 2006
| KATE ZERNIKE
Posted on 07/18/2006 2:09:29 PM PDT by eartotheground
Senator Lindsey Graham often plays the contrarian, the conservative Republican willing to poke a stick in the eye of the White House.
Mr. Graham advocates using the existing court-martial system as the basis for trying suspects, a position that has drawn fire from many other Republicans.
Last year, against the wishes of the Bush administration, he was one of the key forces in helping pass a ban on torture. While some other Republicans argue that terrorists do not deserve legal or human rights, Mr. Graham has insisted that only a system grounded in the fundamental rights of the military code and the Geneva conventions will affirm the reputation of the United States abroad and protect American troops when they are captured by enemies.
Im a big fan of the Geneva Conventions, he declared.
At a hearing last week, Mr. Graham backed up Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, as she prodded military lawyers to refute the claim of some Republicans that providing legal rights to terror suspects was tantamount to setting them free.
Isnt it correct, Mr. Graham asked the panel, after making a polite interruption, that you could be acquitted in a military commission and still be held as an enemy combatant even if youre acquitted?
Nodding at Mrs. Clinton, he explained: It goes to your point. Youre absolutely right.
In an interview later, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Grahams position a perfect example of when someones experience can be used to inform an issue.
He comes to it from his own experience and deeply held convictions about the importance of our military code of justice, she said. Mrs. Clinton said, There isnt anyone else in the Congress who can speak with such experience and authority.
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Graham was also key in killing medical liability reform. How does one go about kicking someone out of the Republican Party?
To: eartotheground
To: everyone
Pompous ass. Let's hope we can defeat this pathetic mug in the primary when the time comes.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:11:11 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: eartotheground
...hoping that South Carolina voters retire this turd.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:12:24 PM PDT
by
lormand
(What do you call a "Conservative" who hates Rush Limbaugh...a liberal.)
To: eartotheground
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:12:38 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: eartotheground
You can't kick anyone out of the Republican Party. However, the Republican Party can refuse to support anyone who desires to run as a Republican and choose to support someone else.
I suppose Flimsy Sham thinks we are not really in a war or it is just an international crime spree that requires police action.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:12:48 PM PDT
by
TSchmereL
("Rust but terrify.")
To: holdonnow
GOOBER ALERT!
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:12:56 PM PDT
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: eartotheground; upchuck; Peach
Lynds and Hill getting all cuddly - ping! Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Grahams position a perfect example of when someones experience can be used to inform an issue.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:15:18 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
(NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
To: Just A Nobody
I want that poodle EXTRACTED like cancer from the Senate.
To: samadams2000
Sadly, he is not up for re-election until 2008.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:17:59 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
(NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
To: eartotheground
I seem to recall many liking him around here some tmie ago. What happened? When did this guy go all Hillary-struck on us? Seems he's been that way since we invaded Iraq, but maybe not.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:18:00 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(http://www.savethesoldiers.com/)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: eartotheground
He comes to it from his own experience and deeply held convictions about the importance of our military code of justice, she said. Mrs. Clinton said, There isnt anyone else in the Congress who can speak with such experience and authority.If Graham were a woman I'd suggest these two get a room.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:19:47 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(http://www.savethesoldiers.com/)
To: Just A Nobody
What exactly is his "experience"? I missed something.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:20:25 PM PDT
by
W04Man
(Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign We Did It! NOW.... PLEASE STAY THE COURSE!)
To: Darkwolf377
If Graham were a woman ...
You mean he isn't? I am stuned.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:23:06 PM PDT
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: W04Man
He was an attorney in the military. Whoop-de-doo. If you go to the original article, (if you haven't eaten recently)they make it like he was practically born in a log cabin; sob-story about supporting his 13 year old sister. When the NYT likes someone, watch out.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:23:24 PM PDT
by
eartotheground
(king-jones-farkas RINO axis of evil)
To: eartotheground
Lindsay Graham is such a spineless douche-bag.
He lied to the voters of South Carolina in order to get elected.
He is a media whore who constantly undermines Republicans and Conservatives.
He runs in 2008.
He needs to be defeated.
If he wants to be a whore, go to Hunt's Point stay out of the Senate as a Fake Conservative.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:24:48 PM PDT
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: W04Man
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:25:32 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
(NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
To: eartotheground
Senator Lindsey Graham Senator Sissy Pants!
What a jerk!
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:26:00 PM PDT
by
BerlinStrausbaugh
(If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.)
To: W04Man
He was/is a JAG. Big freeking deal. JAG Officers like any other legal profession specialize in certain areas. What evidence is there that he has any significant experience in this particular area of the law.
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posted on
07/18/2006 2:33:23 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(There are only a few absolute truths in life, everything else is just an opinion.)
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