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Graham: GOP 'not going to be the party of angry white guys'
CNN ^
| October 13, 2009
Posted on 10/13/2009 2:44:49 PM PDT by GoldStandard
(CNN) – South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has always enjoyed a little back-and-forth with belligerent audiences.
He was at it again on Monday night as he faced down an angry town hall crowd in Greenville packed with libertarians and Tea Party activists who accused at the Republican senator of ditching conservative principles by working with Democrats on issues like climate change and voting to send Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
But Graham stressed a mantra he's repeated many times since his friend John McCain lost the presidential election last November — that the GOP must reach out to different constituencies, or face extinction.
"I'm not going to leave the Republican Party," Graham said when one questioned asked him why he hasn't yet joined the Democrats. "I'm going to grow it. We're not going to be the party of angry white guys."
His comments were met with a salvo of boos and shouts of "Ron Paul!"
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; angrymob; graham; lapdog; lindseygraham; lindseygrahamantigop; linseedgrahamnesty; malevote; mclameslapdog; rino; rinos; ronpaul
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To: PhilDragoo
161
posted on
10/14/2009 2:29:55 AM PDT
by
elizabethgrace
(I pray for our military, our Republic, Bibi and Israel.)
To: JerryP
Ha! Banned before I had a chance to reply to your drivel.
To: JerryP
His constituents just reelected him in a landslide. So was Ron Paul; who got 100% of the vote in his district in 2008.
To: JerryP
His constituents just reelected him in a landslide. So was Ron Paul; who got 100% of the vote in his district in 2008.
To: JerryP
Republicans don’t need the old South anymore Yes they do. You looked at the 2008 electoral map? The republicans weren't very popular in many places aside from the deep south.
To: GoldStandard
Lindseed, you are a racist and you are living a lie. You are a pansy and everyone knows it.
166
posted on
10/14/2009 4:05:26 AM PDT
by
dforest
(Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
To: GoldStandard
“We're not going to be the party of angry white guys.” “
Idiot one one side.
“His comments were met with a salvo of boos and shouts of “Ron Paul!”
Idiots on the other side.
Must have been quite a meeting.
To: JerryP
He loves it... it is just that he loves the rockefeller wing of the gop. There are NO friends of Conservatives in any leadership positions within the gop.
LLS
168
posted on
10/14/2009 4:35:39 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
To: JerryP
You have the new gop... how do you like the mccain party? All that lightfoot is really saying is that the party is not yet as far to the left as he wishes for it to be. NEVER again will I vote for a liberal... and the gop will never have another victory without US... they are broke and without much support these days. Moderates never donate... Indies do not care... blacks and hispanics will never cross over from the gimme promises evilcrat party... and these moderates never make up their mind until the herd has already changed directions.
LLS
169
posted on
10/14/2009 4:41:48 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
To: All
LOL, the zotted one was that Murphy guy ...
Honestly, I look for alot of RINO trolls to invade this place between now and the 2012 election. Conservatives are the enemy of the entrenched GOP establishment liberals.
170
posted on
10/14/2009 4:56:31 AM PDT
by
rbmillerjr
(It's us against them...the Establishment RINOs vs rank and file...Sarah Palin or bust)
To: JerryP; darkwing104; Old Sarge; 230FMJ; 50mm; A.Hun; abigailsmybaby; AFPhys; Aircop_2006; ...
JerryP/Steve Scmidt/Snowejob/Graham/McLame wing of the GOP gets the ZOT.
If you want to be added or removed from the VK ping list, FReepmail me with "add VK" or "remove VK" in the subject line.
171
posted on
10/14/2009 5:35:58 AM PDT
by
50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: 50mm
Drat. I missed the TROLL. He’s been zotted
172
posted on
10/14/2009 5:39:20 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
To: 50mm; JerryP
To: JerryP
we don’t need your type What "type" is that? "The polls" also showed John McCain making a respectable showing. He didn't. His tepid accommodationist blandness is what lost us the White House, and people like him and Olympia Snowe and Jim Jeffords and Lindsay Graham are losing us everything else.
Your "moderate" GOP is a laughingstock, and will continue to fail until it no longer exists.
174
posted on
10/14/2009 5:45:08 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: 50mm
I believe in Righteous Indignation.
175
posted on
10/14/2009 5:53:33 AM PDT
by
paulycy
(Why pay HIGHER TAXES for WORSE healthcare?)
To: JerryP
Another decade of Hispanic and Northern immigration as well as the replacement of the
old bigot guard with the more enlightened reconstructed younger generation will take care of that.
ZOT
176
posted on
10/14/2009 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO [the LIAR] has #1 spot in his sights.)
To: JerryP
Let me guess, “JerryP”,
the “P” is for “PUTZ”.
177
posted on
10/14/2009 5:54:54 AM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: JerryP
“Conservatives have nothing without the GOP. Either play ball or become disenfranchised entirely. The GOP will survive without you by moderation. Conservatives will never come to power on their own. Power will either reside in the hands of moderates or liberals but never conservatives.”
Oh I get it now. You’re a psychopath.
178
posted on
10/14/2009 5:57:03 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
To: rabscuttle385
Yeah, I saw it earlier in the thread. Our “Lil Friend” is off to FReeper ZOTdom ;-)
179
posted on
10/14/2009 6:00:23 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
To: PhilDragoo
I just KNEW you would pop in here ;-)
180
posted on
10/14/2009 6:01:45 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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