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Sen. Graham Responds To Bailout Vote
WSPA CBS 7 Spartanburg-Greenville-Anderson, SC & Asheville, NC ^ | 2008-09-29

Posted on 09/29/2008 10:05:29 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement after the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives against the financial rescue plan. He said:

“I have never been more disappointed in the Congress than I am today. I hope every member of the House of Representatives—Republican and Democrat—who voted against this legislation will work in the next twenty-four hours to improve the bill. Now is the time to put the national interest above the self interest.

“Speaker Pelosi’s partisan comments before the vote obviously did not help matters. Now is not the time for extreme partisanship but time for our nation to pull together for the common good.

“If we do not address this issue, our nation may be headed toward a major financial collapse. For the common good, we must find a solution to this problem. Without the ability to borrow money to build a business, buy a home, or go to school, our country will be brought to its financial knees.

“Today’s actions will ripple throughout our economy. More people will lose their homes. Businesses may be forced to shut their doors. Life savings and retirement accounts will take a severe hit. I fear those who voted against this legislation have put our nation’s economy at risk.

“Democratic and Republican leaders must find a way to bring more votes on board to this bipartisan bill. I will continue to do my part in this effort as I realize the cost of congressional inaction will be steep.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 110th; bailout; bankfailure; banking; banks; failure; financialcrisis; govwatch; graham; gramnesty; lindsey; lindseygraham; mccainlist; mccainsbuttboy; mccaintruthfile; rino; traitor; ussenate
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Now is not the time for extreme partisanship but time for our nation to pull together for the common good.

Recall the Hillary Clinton quote:

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

1 posted on 09/29/2008 10:05:29 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: upchuck

Lindsey ping


2 posted on 09/29/2008 10:05:57 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (No to bailouts, no to amnesty, no to carbon credits, no to Big Government!)
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3 posted on 09/29/2008 10:06:11 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (No to bailouts, no to amnesty, no to carbon credits, no to Big Government!)
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McCain’s advisor referring to “the common good” ping.


4 posted on 09/29/2008 10:06:39 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (No to bailouts, no to amnesty, no to carbon credits, no to Big Government!)
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To: rabscuttle385

To quote Hawk Harrelson, “He Gone!”.


5 posted on 09/29/2008 10:06:42 PM PDT by uptoolate (I will be voting for a real conservative, and she just arrived)
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To: rabscuttle385

Now is not the time for extreme partisanship...
UM YES..


6 posted on 09/29/2008 10:07:33 PM PDT by ChetNavVet (Build It, and they won't come!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Sen. Clinton’s misuse of the term doesn’t mean the “common good” is a bad concept. It is a central concept in Catholic social teaching.


7 posted on 09/29/2008 10:08:48 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: rabscuttle385
That's exactly what I'm against! Hey, Grahamnesty, keep your frakkin' nose out of MY business - and out of our economy's! There's nothing wrong with it that it can't correct itself.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

8 posted on 09/29/2008 10:09:28 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rabscuttle385

John McCains butt boy at again.


9 posted on 09/29/2008 10:09:47 PM PDT by GeeMoney (Hey Obama, it's God BLESS America!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Sorry, Goober! Y’all predicted that the end would come last Friday if this wasn’t passed...then the end would come on Saturday if this didn’t pass...then the end would come on Sunday night when the Asian markets opened if this didn’t pass...tonite if this didn’t pass...call me skeptical!

Yeah, things are gonna get a little hairy for awhile, but that’s the nature of the market! Enough with all the ‘we’re gonna die!!!’ stuff! Technically, yes, we will, but it’s not as drastic as y’all are trying to make it out to be! Sheesh!


10 posted on 09/29/2008 10:10:13 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative leaning toward the McCain/Palin ticket now!!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Are our federal prisons too full to accept about 20 more Democrats?


11 posted on 09/29/2008 10:10:52 PM PDT by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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And clueless RINOs!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

12 posted on 09/29/2008 10:12:38 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Now is not the time for extreme partisanship

It's long OVERDUE IMHO. I think we found the GOP's silky pony.

13 posted on 09/29/2008 10:12:45 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: rabscuttle385

SC needs to dump this moron.


14 posted on 09/29/2008 10:12:52 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Exactly.

Grahamesty is giving his advice on another bill..

First there was Global Warming.. Pass it or it’s the end of the world.

Next there was immigration. Pass it or it’s the end of the world.

Now it’s the bail out. Pass it or it’s the end of the world.


15 posted on 09/29/2008 10:14:07 PM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: rabscuttle385
Does McDonalds or Starbucks or Walmart or Target or ... really need to borrow money?

Don't they collect enough cash each day, that if managed properly (i.e.not tied up in risky speculative options) could be used to pay wages and purchase the wholesale goods and services they need to stock up their stores?

The whole Just-In-Time bunk which required all loose change to be gobbled up and reinvested in speculative stocks to "maximize profits" and borrow, borrow, borrow is a major culprit in this whole fiasco.

16 posted on 09/29/2008 10:14:23 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (The cosmos is about the smallest hole a man can stick his head in. - Chesterton)
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To: VRWC For Truth
Grahamnesty - I don't to be reamed by your swallowing a crap sandwich and telling me its good for me! NO I DON'T WANT IT! But you people don't listen!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

17 posted on 09/29/2008 10:15:06 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Unam Sanctam
Well noted. However, in politics-speak, the ''common good'' is and always has been a code phrase for the extortion of the citizenry to feed the maw of the political class.

Goobermint, I assume you would agree, operates on QUITE a different level than 'Catholic social teaching'.

18 posted on 09/29/2008 10:15:06 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: rabscuttle385

Republicans need to make sure that ACORN receives no additional funds in this bill. In fact, they should insist on cutting ALL Thederal Thucking Thunds to ACORN. Make the Dems fight for it, putting the ACORN issue on the front pages of the papers. Make the Sheeple say, “honey, have you ever heard of this ACORN business?” over their morning coffee. Wake the Sheeple UP!


19 posted on 09/29/2008 10:15:19 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("Capitalism still works. The free marketplace and competition still work." -Gov. Sarah Palin)
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To: rabscuttle385
Stop spending us into oblivion, Lindsey.
20 posted on 09/29/2008 10:15:27 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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