Lindsey Ping"Republican by day, Democrat by night."
Posted on 08/07/2007 7:30:43 AM PDT by 4everontheRight
The Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee met Monday night to elect members of three standing committees. The meeting ran for 3 hours, including brief comments by one presidential candidate and representatives of three other candidates.
Following the election of members of the Finance, Rules and Candidate Recruitment and Liaison Committees, two hotly debated resolutions were passed by executive committeemen.
A resolution proposed by Chris Golden would have asked Sen. Lindsey Graham to resign as a member of the Republican Party, and not seek the Republican Party nomination for the United States Senate or any other office in the future.
After extended debate, the resolution passed with an amendment that was a compromise between the original strong resolution and a much weaker one.
The resolution that passed with a majority vote of representatives from 60 of Greenville’s 105 organized Republican precincts follows:
Whereas, the 2001 Greenville County Republican Convention passed a resolution opposing any legalization of illegal immigrants;
Whereas, the Greenville County Executive Committee in 2004 and 2006 passed resolutions opposing any legalization of illegal immigrants;
Whereas, thousands of grass-roots, self-described Republicans, here in Greenville County have sent e-mails, faxes, letters, made telephone calls, and showed up at events to express their strong opposition to any legalization of illegal immigrants;
Whereas, U. S. Senator Lindsey Graham continues to adamantly support legalization of illegal immigrants in spite of the evidence stated above;
Whereas, U. S. Senator Lindsey Graham expressed contempt for grassroots Republicans, conservatives, and anti-illegal immigration activists by calling them “bigots” who will be told to “shut up,” before the National La Raza Conference.
Therefore, let it be resolved: That the Greenville County Executive Committee respectfully requests, with sincere sadness, to censure Sen. Lindsey Graham for many of the positions which he has taken that do not represent the wishes of the people of South Carolina, such as:
Immigration, border security, McCain-Feingold, and participation in the “Gang of 14.”
A resolution introduced by Evert Headley called for a public reprimand for members of the South Carolina General Assembly who cast votes for Justice-elect Don Beatty to fill the vacancy in Seat Five of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
The resolution alleged that as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Judge Beatty cast numerous documented votes on taxes, gun control and the issue of protecting life, both born and unborn, contrary to basic Republican principles.
In part, the resolution that passed stated:
That the Republican members of the South Carolina General Assembly who cast votes for Judge Beatty should be publicly reprimanded for selecting a South Carolina Supreme Court Justice–Elect who has a measurable record of anti-conservative philosophy.
Be it further resolved that Republican members of the South Carolina General Assembly who cast votes for Justice-Elect Beatty and who previously took public positions favoring stances such as a right-to-life, Second Amendment rights, and tax reform, have a responsibility to communicate to their constituencies official explanations of rationale in voting for a judicial candidate who espoused views in the contrary to those supported by their district constituents.
Graham may just switch parties, since his sugar daddy’s campaign has imploded. I’d say good riddance, if I voted in SC. He can suck up to Hildebeast now.
Yeah, but some of them were too CS to pass the strongly worded one that told him not to run for office again, and did you notice the "deeply saddened statement? What crap, but you are right, it is a start. Maybe they are finally getting it.
This couldn’t have happened to a goofier Senator!
Hah, that’s good news!
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The headline will all reade Grahm Censured.
The fact is the super majority AGREED he did bad AND they put it in writing AND signed their names.
The former future VP may be the future former Senator.
Graham thought he would be the next VP, so he wasn’t concerned about sticking his finger in the eyes of his base support in his home state. With McCain’s demise, that appears very unlikely.
Graham is still on the team [Kyl, McCain, Specter, et al] trying to get legislation for illegals passed. He may be worried about having to return the deposit check.
No amount of groveling, or slick press releases heralding a "sudden change of heart" over the US domestic invasion issue, will budge me and I would imagine will not budge most conservative, pro-sovereignty, pro-law South Carolinians.
‘A resolution proposed by Chris Golden would have asked Sen. Lindsey Graham to resign as a member of the Republican Party, and not seek the Republican Party nomination for the United States Senate or any other office in the future. ‘
NEWSUPDATE
Senator Lindsay Graham responded to the recently passed resolution that he leave the Republican Party with the following comment;
“Yew Shut up!”
DEVELOPING....
This group should have censured Graham a long time ago for the "gang of 14" thing. Conspiring with Dems against your own party, to me, is more serious politically than the immigration issue. Had they censured him back then, the more strongly worded censure would certainly be called for today. And it would carry more weight.
BTTT
He's got $4M. He's got support of the Bush RNC and the Bush RNSC--any credible opponent will be punished.
Here's the spectacle of Republican leadership--Bush, Rove, Martinez-- opposing, insulting, undermining and defying Republican voters. IOW, the GOP is Bush's party and Mexico's party--not the party of American Citizen Republicans.
No credible primary candidate is emerging.
If Harpootlian wants a Democrat Senate seat for South Carolina; all he has to do is front one.
Talk about a step in the right direction...
Can you think of anyone else who needs the “Graham” treatment?
are they working on getting somebody to challenge him in the primary?
“It’s a start!!!”
And it could embolden strong challengers to run against him in the primary.
Time to toss the tart.
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