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Graham withdraws support for climate legislation
Washington Post ^ | April 25, 2010 | Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 04/24/2010 6:25:37 PM PDT by neverdem

The effort to enact climate and energy legislation this year suffered a critical blow Saturday when Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), the key Republican proponent of the bill, said he was unwilling to move ahead because of Democrats' push for immigration reform.

The move forced the other two authors of the bill, Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), to cancel a news conference planned for Monday that would have unveiled the climate and energy plan they negotiated with Graham, the only Republican who had been participating in the discussions.

In an interview Saturday, Graham said he did not see how the Senate could pass any climate and energy bill this year if Senate Democratic leaders and President Obama pushed for immigration reform, as they suggested they would last week.

"The political environment that we needed to have a chance [to pass the bill] has been completely destroyed" by the push for immigration, Graham said...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; agw; capandtax; capandtrade; capandtraitors; graham; lindseygraham; lindseyograham; southcarolina
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To: neverdem

BS BS BS


61 posted on 04/24/2010 7:45:13 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: neverdem

This seems to me to be a rather thin excuse for backpedaling on an unpopular proposal.


62 posted on 04/24/2010 7:49:00 PM PDT by B Knotts (Impeach Obama)
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To: ohioWfan; freekitty; Man50D; Tzimisce
Well, saints be praised. He backed off his moronic quest for the destruction of the U.S. economy as we know it. Who'd a figgered?

Don't celebrate too soon. Remember Stupak?


63 posted on 04/24/2010 7:51:44 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Pat Caddell: Democrats are drinking kool-aid in a political Jonestown)
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To: cripplecreek
So what’s he gonna do on immigration?

Maybe nothing now. He used to be fairly conservative, IIRC, even though I'm not from SC, then he became uber RINO in the Senate.

Intolerance of the American Left over 'Outing of Gay Republican'

If he was being blackmailed into being a RINO, then all bets are off.

64 posted on 04/24/2010 8:05:34 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: B Knotts

Check comment# 64.


65 posted on 04/24/2010 8:08:43 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Chet 99

You nailed it. Bump.


66 posted on 04/24/2010 8:09:08 PM PDT by upchuck (Get the Moslem rookie, and his Wookie, out of the White House!)
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To: chooseascreennamepat

Quite the opposite. You gotta have nads to stab someone in the back. You may not need a spine, but you do need nads.


67 posted on 04/24/2010 8:09:24 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: Chet 99

“Lindsay doesn’t want immigration “reform” to rear its ugly head this year because McLame is running for re-election. Once McLame is safely back in for another term, Lindsay will be back to support this turd AND amnesty.”

You hit that nail squarely on it’s head. Perfect. This is the ONLY reason he bailed and he & McInsane will be back on it once old Johnny is re elected.


68 posted on 04/24/2010 8:11:32 PM PDT by chichipow
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To: neverdem

He knows the outrage that would follow if he got Crap and Tax passed and peoples electric rates rise so he used immigration as an excuse to take the bail.


69 posted on 04/24/2010 8:13:06 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: donna

“Taking bets:

Month, day, year, Lindsey Graham announces that he DOES support climate legislation.”

The day after McLame is re elected. Haven’t you been reading? :)


70 posted on 04/24/2010 8:13:10 PM PDT by chichipow
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To: neverdem

Yes...I’ve been hearing William Gheen on the radio, and that could be part of it.


71 posted on 04/24/2010 8:13:20 PM PDT by B Knotts (Impeach Obama)
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To: neverdem
Fickle bitch.


72 posted on 04/24/2010 8:13:38 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: neverdem; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; Clintonfatigued; DesScorp; ...
I wuz gonna say Lindsey finally made a correct decision. But that's not what happened. This decision was made FOR him by his RAT buddies who screwed him but good. Couldn't happen to a nicer RINO. :)

Uber RINO Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."


From left: RAT, RINO, RAT

Want on or off this ping list?
Just FReepmail me.

You got what you so justly deserved Lindsey, a knife in the back.

2014 is gonna be a blast!

73 posted on 04/24/2010 8:14:43 PM PDT by upchuck (Get the Moslem rookie, and his Wookie, out of the White House!)
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To: neverdem

Maybe he got the negatives?


74 posted on 04/24/2010 8:17:01 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: neverdem

Okay I’m asking it again...

What’s up with this guy? Did McCain break up with him?


75 posted on 04/24/2010 8:18:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Be still & kneel before the know-nothing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr., may fleas be upon him.)
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To: Chet 99
"Lindsay doesn’t want immigration “reform” to rear its ugly head this year because McLame is running for re-election. Once McLame is safely back in for another term, Lindsay will be back to support this turd AND amnesty."

Spot.

On.

76 posted on 04/24/2010 8:21:40 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: neverdem

So what’s really going on with Lindsey Gramnesty?


77 posted on 04/24/2010 8:32:39 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: neverdem

Lindsey just doesn’t want to hurt his RINO buddy McCain’s chances of winning. Too late. Throw the RINOS out in the primaries and bury the Rats in NOvember.


78 posted on 04/24/2010 8:58:56 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Bahbah

“Drama queen, needy of attention, self-aggrandizing. There is something wrong with him beyond just the usual RHINO accusation.”

I just came across this....wondering if it has anything to do with it?

Intolerance of the American Left over ‘outing of gay Republican’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/7628367/Intolerance-of-the-American-Left-over-outing-of-gay-Republican.html


79 posted on 04/24/2010 9:07:05 PM PDT by Kimberly GG ("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
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To: neverdem

I take it Maverick told Lindsey he was endangering his chances in the primary?

This challenge by J.D. is yielding so many good results. LOL


80 posted on 04/24/2010 9:14:31 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (?)
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