Posted on 07/11/2010 11:43:45 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is in hot water again with tea party activists for his comments that their movement cannot endure "because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country."
It's an opinion Graham has expressed before, but it drew national attention recently in a profile published in The New York Times as he was leaving for the Middle East during the Senate's Fourth of July recess.
Ralph Billeter, 76, said he heard it on Fox News and it reinforced to him that Graham, a Republican from Seneca, is out of touch with the people of South Carolina.
Billeter, a member of the Carolina Patriots, said Graham might say he's a conservative Republican, yet he worked with Democratic Sen. John Kerry and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats, on an energy bill that included capping greenhouse gas emissions.
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Billeter said he is speaking for himself and not his tea party group. Like most tea party activists, he believes in less spending and more government control at the state level to give people greater input and reduce the size of federal government.
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In a story published Saturday, Bob Inglis, a six-term U.S. representative who was soundly defeated in a primary runoff against Spartanburg prosecutor Trey Gowdy, spoke out against what he said is a conservative movement that preys on people's fears.
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Inglis, too, said it's a movement that can't last.
(Excerpt) Read more at islandpacket.com ...
I’m in it forever. NO MORE RINO’S!
fyi
...guess Gramnesty hasn’t seen McWuss’s hard tact to the right in recent weeks...........or the bulging door on his secret closet is starting to open
Mercy, Graham has been out of touch with the people he represents for years! I just keep wondering when they will vote him out...
Even a RINO will chew its foot off when caught in a trap.
(what a great new tag line.)
What punk a** little nothing wannabe. I used to admire the man when he had conservative values. Now I despise him that he wants to be the new cross-over McPain. Just retire you worthless punk.
And yet, Graham keeps getting re-elected.
Oh you’re pissed now? Let’s see how you feel in 2014 when the man comes up for election again....
He will have to be “helped out” of the Senate. He thinks he’s so slick and really McLame’s game does not work so well for his metrosexual girlfriend.
Therein lies the problem with most politicians. They can't see beyond their marbled halls and solid wood offices and Congressional powers/perks what the Constitution is really about.
They raise their hand and give an Oath to something they know nothing about. I doubt many have ever read the Constitution or the Federalist Papers or the numerous publications or the diaries or the inter-personal correspondence between the Founding Fathers. ALL that explain the intent of the Constitution. I would love to ask anyone of them exactly what year the Constitution was ratified, and what was the governing body. Hint: Confederation.
Who were proponents of Federalism and who were proponents of anti-Federalism? Yes, we can all Google. But bet your own representative doesn't know the difference unless his/her staff tells them so. Talk about taxation without representation. With just a few exceptions, most have NO clue on how to represent you within Constitutional law.
Time is growing short. See my tagline.
Don’t give Lindsley the distinction of being from the big thriving metropolis of Seneca (prononced “Senacur”). He’s from a “hole in the wall” four (4) miles down the road from Clemson called “Central” SC.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a slobbering RINO feeding at the Soros money trough, pure and simple.
Off with his head (politically speaking, of course)!
So My question is simply this:
Is it possible to unseat Graham with a Conservative Republican who can win a General Election in November 2014?
If the answer is yes, then it will make me very happy never to hear him call me or any other American who believes in no amnesty for illegal aliens as
'one of the loud people'
it’s looking to me that the RINO movement can’t sustain itself.
Arizona should read every word and hear every word that comes from Lindsey Graham’s mouth.
I think his words are the unspoken ones from John McCain’s heart.
What does McCain think about these comments?
Tie them into a question. Do you think public anger will subside in the future so you (John McCain) will support some sort of “reform” of immigration that will contain amnesty in any way shape or form, real or perceived by the public?
[Graham] ... "because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country." ... [Ralph Billeter] ...said Graham might say he's a conservative Republican, yet he worked with Democratic Sen. John Kerry and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman... on an energy bill that included capping greenhouse gas emissions. ...Bob Inglis, a six-term U.S. representative who was soundly defeated in a primary runoff against Spartanburg prosecutor Trey Gowdy, spoke out against what he said is a conservative movement that preys on people's fears.
Grahamnesty would be singing a different tune if he would have had a primary this year. POS.
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