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 ...
Here, here and I like your tagline.
how about the party of “cavers?” That’s what they do best.
Goober so needs to be voted out of office.
Did they, or did the news media just switch the names when they reported the voting?
“I’m not going to leave the Republican Party,” Graham said..
He will on our terms not on his own... And I can’t wait!
and onnery ole folks!
you have demeaned the kittahs.
These kittehs can SCRATCH!
I see we are hearing from Miss Pansy Graham again.
LMAO...That picture is just plain WRONG!!!! Yikes!!
No, Graham. You’re the party of ‘political pantywaists’ at the mo. I hope your ‘hips’ get voted out, soon. I’ve never trusted a man with hips and a lisp.
He needs to go.
Lindsey Graham!...You’re such a *girl*!
“GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys’”
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Considering what is happening to our country, “angry” is the sanest of emotions.....
Thanks
We can’t put away our old landmarks any longer. We’ve lost our way.
My goodness I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
What's the little fairy trying to do to us now?
Talk about fanning the flames of racism.
GTH...Lindsey.
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We’d LOVE to vote his candy-*ss out, but he just recently (2008) got re-elected.
At least we’ve got Jim DeMint to balance him out.
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