Posted on 02/28/2010 12:57:37 PM PST by rabscuttle385
It is early evening on Capitol Hill, and I am sitting with Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, who, along with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, is trying to craft a new energy bill — one that could actually win 60 votes. What is interesting about Graham is that he has been willing — courageously in my view — to depart from the prevailing G.O.P. consensus that the only energy policy we need is “drill, baby, drill.”
What brought you around, I ask? Graham’s short answer: politics, jobs and legacy. We start with politics. The Republican Party today has a major outreach problem with two important constituencies, “Hispanics and young people,” Graham explains:
“I have been to enough college campuses to know if you are 30 or younger this climate issue is not a debate. It’s a value. These young people grew up with recycling and a sensitivity to the environment — and the world will be better off for it. They are not brainwashed. ... From a Republican point of view, we should buy into it and embrace it and not belittle them. You can have a genuine debate about the science of climate change, but when you say that those who believe it are buying a hoax and are wacky people you are putting at risk your party’s future with younger people. You can have a legitimate dispute about how to solve immigration, but when you start focusing on the last names of people the demographics will pass you by.”
So Graham’s approach to bringing around his conservative state has been simple: avoid talking about “climate change,” which many on the right don’t believe.
(snip)
He proposes “putting a price on carbon,” starting with a very focused carbon tax...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I’m getting tired of @$$holes like Graham telling us that, if America turns to communism, it will create jobs. Screw you slick!
Lindsey Graham calls anti-immigration activists "bigots"
Lindsay Graham to La Raza: “We’re gonna tell the bigots to shut up.”
SC Senator Lindsey Graham's insane comments at Racist Event!
We should have taken this scumbag out in 2008.
“Lindsey Graham calls anti-immigration activists “bigots”
Lindsay Graham to La Raza: “We’re gonna tell the bigots to shut up.”
SC Senator Lindsey Graham’s insane comments at Racist Event! “
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Lindsay and McCain claiming to be republican is nothing but a hoax! Arizona, stop falling for it!
Biden endorses a fusion ticket: Kerry-McCain
Mar. 2004
Biden made his comments on MSNBC TV’s “Hardball” when moderator Chris Matthews asked him: “Do you think McCain is seriously — and I mean this professionally — flirting with the idea of accepting a second place on the ticket with John Kerry, and creating a fusion ticket to run against the president?”
Replied Biden: “I think that this is time for unity in this country, and maybe it is time to have a guy like John McCain — a Republican — on the ticket with a guy he does like. They do get along. And they don’t have fundamental disagreements on major policies.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066491/posts
How did South Carolina end up voting for a Rat like Graham?
I think the best comment about Lindsey Graham is that “He should change his name to ‘Ron Weasely’.”
“You mean like the Harry Potter character Ron Weasley?”
“Is there a Harry Potter character named Ron Weasley?”
“How did South Carolina end up voting for a Rat like Graham?”
Because he has an R beside his name. The best thing we could do for voting is to remove any party affiliation beside the candidates name.
McCain and Graham have always loved this ‘one party’ unity.
File this under the ‘how soon we forget’ category:
McCain defends Kerry on defense Arizona senator says GOP rhetoric ‘not helpful’
March. 18, 2004
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Thursday he did not believe Democratic candidate John Kerry, a friend and Senate colleague, was weak on defense or would compromise national security if elected president.
“This kind of rhetoric, I think, is not helpful in educating and helping the American people make a choice,” McCain said on “The Early Show” on CBS. “You know, it’s the most bitter and partisan campaign that I’ve ever observed. I think it’s because both parties are going to their bases rather than going to the middle. I regret it.”[snip]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4555261/
Biden endorses a fusion ticket: Kerry-McCain Mar. 2004
Biden made his comments on MSNBC TV’s “Hardball” when moderator Chris Matthews asked him: “Do you think McCain is seriously — and I mean this professionally — flirting with the idea of accepting a second place on the ticket with John Kerry, and creating a fusion ticket to run against the president?”
Replied Biden: “I think that this is time for unity in this country, and maybe it is time to have a guy like John McCain — a Republican — on the ticket with a guy he does like. They do get along. And they don’t have fundamental disagreements on major policies.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066491/posts
To all you South Carolinians...can somebody rid us of this meddlesome RINO (politically,that is)?
I am planning to donate to the guy running against McCain in the promary. I hope there is also one going against Lindsay because I’ll send some there too!
He could be Karl F-ing Marx but if he shows up a Republican convention and pretends to be one the idiots vote for him
promary=primary
GOP = Communism Lite.
I have been to enough college campuses to know if you are 30 or younger this climate issue is not a debate. It’s a value. These young people grew up with recycling and a sensitivity to the environment — and the world will be better off for it.
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Hmmm…. 30 years or younger?
What about Woodsy Owl- Give a Hoot don’t pollute.?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECq4cq8rFlg&feature=related
Keep America Beautiful-— Crying Indian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw
Smokey Bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLdaj8n_zto
70’s, glass recycling largely grew due to the energy shortage.
http://www.rigolleau.com.ar/reciclado_vidrio.php?l=3&;
Save the trees, paper bags are bad, schools hold paper drives.
The Lorax
http://www.seussville.com/lorax/
The Giving Tree
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/books.asp
Earth Day
http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html
I also suspect he must have jumped on the carbon gamble and invested heavily.
Many have and I hope they lose their azz!
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