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Graham: Tea party will 'die out' (Lindsey)
Politico ^ | 7/1/10 2:11 PM EDT | ANDY BARR

Posted on 07/01/2010 1:30:50 PM PDT by Bratch

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says in a forthcoming article that the tea party movement is “unsustainable” and will “die out” because it lacks vision.

Graham made the comments to The New York Times as part of a profile in Sunday’s magazine written by Robert Draper.

Graham argues throughout the story that the Republican Party will eventually move away from the fringe and join him closer to the political middle but that, for now, it has shifted too far to the right.

“Everything I’m doing now in terms of talking about climate, talking about immigration, talking about Gitmo is completely opposite of where the tea party movement’s at,” Graham says. “The problem with the tea party, I think, is it’s just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: amnesty; gomerpyle; graham; grahmnesty; rino; teaparty
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61 posted on 07/01/2010 7:06:40 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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My pleasure friend. The more we can spread the truth about RINOs like Graham, the better.


62 posted on 07/01/2010 7:35:52 PM PDT by Cobra64
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The White House logs do not record visits paid by U.S. senators. According to his office’s records, however, Lindsey Graham has been to the West Wing 19 times since Barack Obama became president. When I asked the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, if any other Republican senator was so frequent a guest, he thought for a moment before responding, rather doubtfully, “Maybe Susan Collins.” Emanuel went on to say: “He’s willing to work on more things than the others. Lindsey, to his credit, has a small-government vision that’s out of fashion with his party, which stands for no government. . . . He’s one of the last big voices to give that vision intellectual energy.” http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDY2YzUwOTE5ZDczYWYyZWU2YmE1MGU4NGU4MDkzNWU=
63 posted on 07/01/2010 9:32:51 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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Graham is just one reason why I will not become a registered Republican although I have voted for GOP candidates for POTUS since 1976.


64 posted on 07/05/2010 6:54:54 PM PDT by wmileo
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