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Lindsey Graham warns GOP against going too far right [defends Fiorina, attacks DeMint, Hoffman]
Politico ^
| 2009-11-04
| Manu Raju
Posted on 11/04/2009 5:02:37 PM PST by rabscuttle385
The morning after Republicans lost an upstate New York House seat, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country.
To those people who are pursuing purity, youll become a club not a party, Graham told POLITICO in the Capitol Wednesday. Those people who are trying to embrace conservatism in a thoughtful way that fits the region and the state and the district are going to do well. Conservativism is an asset. Blind ideology is not.
Graham, who has sparred with his partys right wing on issues ranging from climate change to Guantanamo Bay to Sonia Sotomayors Supreme Court nomination, warned that those concerned about the state of the GOP should help find candidates who are electable not ones who adhere to a particular type of ideology. And he said that both the GOP nominee, Dede Scozzafava and the conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman were both out of the mainstream of the upstate New York district which lead to the victory of Democrat Bill Owens Tuesday night.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: ca2010; demint; devore; diablo; fiorina; graham4obama; grahamantipalin; hoffman; lindseygraham; mccainmutiny; mclamesrevenge; ny23; recallhisass; rino; rinoparty; scozzafava; sonofabitch; teapartyrebellion; time2partyagain
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To: rabscuttle385
Lindsey Grahamnesty, you are in the wrong party. Get out now!
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:10:30 PM PST
by
caver
(Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
To: wolfcreek
If I am not mistaken he has four more years before he comes up for election again!
To: rabscuttle385
"And he said that both the GOP nominee, Dede Scozzafava and the conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman were
both out of the mainstream of the upstate New York district which lead to the victory of Democrat Bill Owens Tuesday night."
Way to CYA there, Lindsay.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:11:23 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: rabscuttle385
He’s just throwing a hissy since gay marriage failed in Maine.
24
posted on
11/04/2009 5:11:30 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: omega4179
You might as well. I would.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:11:49 PM PST
by
libbylu
( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
To: rabscuttle385
Faggo is unable to analyze things, I see.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:12:20 PM PST
by
Glenn
(Free Venezuela!)
To: rabscuttle385
The Republican Party would be stupid to ignore what’s going on in the country. The public doesn’t seem to want, or need, half a Democratic program in place of a whole Democratic program. They want a government that’s under control. They don’t want a government that’s chosen on the basis of how much money it’s willing to give away.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:12:30 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
To: rabscuttle385
they drive out moderate candidates across the countryIf we could just drive him out, I'd settle for that
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:13:30 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:14:16 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: rabscuttle385
My goodness, for a man who doesn’t like “Angry White Men” showing up at his town halls ... he sure is going to see a lot more of them.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:15:07 PM PST
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(http://www.thepatriotsflag.com/- The Patriot's Flag-Fox vs the Watchdogs)
To: Dawgreg
"Thtop that, you nathty perthon."
(picture Percy Dovetonsils)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:15:32 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Doohickey
This clown is the Republican Al Franken. Lindsay Graham is RINO deluxe. He should just switch parties NOW and be done with it.
To: rabscuttle385
All the RINOs have is straw-man rhetoric, pretending we are insisting on perfect purity, as opposed to solid conservative principles, and some backbone.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:15:58 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Why not "interpret" your tax returns like the Supreme Court "interprets" the Constitution?)
To: rabscuttle385
3 times daily, guys with names like Achmed and Habib kneel facing east and praise Allah for Americans like Graham, McCain and Dedebitch.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:15:59 PM PST
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: rabscuttle385
Conservativism is an asset. In other words, a prop to use in order to re-elect oneself.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:17:05 PM PST
by
montag813
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
To: rabscuttle385
I think McLame should be our #1 GOP RINO targetted for removal- that is an EXCELLENT analysis
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:17:05 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Deathly afraid one of my typos becomes a freeper catchphrase...I'm series!)
To: Jemian
To: rabscuttle385
Graham never misses a beat.
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posted on
11/04/2009 5:19:55 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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