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Senator Lindsey Graham: "Overall, Obama did a really good job."
Posted on 05/19/2011 9:48:33 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
Shortly after Obama's speech, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters that he is prepared to go out on a limb for the president to support his plan for investing billions of dollars to spur democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
I am willing to take the bruises and stand by Obama to engage countries like Egypt and Tunisia and stay involved in Libya and finish the job in Iraq, Graham said. I am willing to take American dollars at a time when were flat broke, go back home and suffer the consequences of sending aid to Egypt at a time when South Carolina has 10 percent unemployment because I believe the Egyptian revolution is about a new way of doing business thats better for us.
Graham, who has traveled extensively in the Middle East, said he thought Obama made two mistakes in his speech, however. The first was talking about Israeli settlements, and the second was focusing on border issues without addressing the overall complexity of Israel-Palestine negotiations.
Our friends in Israel are very upset that he only focused on borders, said the South Carolina Republican. There are many other aspects of this deal that are being overshadowed.
But overall, he added, Obama "did a really good job."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: graham; graham4holocaust; graham4ikhwan; israel; obama; rino4ikhwan; rinoantisemitism
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To: Minus_The_Bear
Is he campaigning to replace Biden in 2012?
To: Minus_The_Bear
Lindsey should just do himself and ALL of us a favor and switch parties already. The Dems would welcome that a-hole into their flock with open arms
To: Minus_The_Bear
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:52:52 PM PDT
by
Barnacle
(Is treason a high crime or misdemeanor?)
To: Minus_The_Bear
What a worthless waste of oxygen who brings
shame, criminals, and now curse, to a great state.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:54:05 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
To: Minus_The_Bear
I am willing to take American dollars at a time when were flat broke, go back home and suffer the consequences of sending aid to Egypt at a time when South Carolina has 10 percent unemployment because I believe the Egyptian revolution is about a new way of doing business thats better for us. Precisely the problem
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:54:05 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Overall, Graham is one stupid goober.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:54:14 PM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: Minus_The_Bear
What a worthless waste of oxygen who brings
shame, criminals, and now curse, to a great state.
8
posted on
05/19/2011 9:54:14 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
To: Sarah Barracuda
Lindsey should just do himself and ALL of us a favor and switch parties already. And come out of the closet.
The Dems would welcome that a-hole into their flock with open arms
Especially if he comes out of the closet.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:56:17 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Lindsay....go to hell rino.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:56:52 PM PDT
by
blasater1960
(Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Lindsey Grahamnesty is such an idiot RINO, he isn’t worth taking up JimRob’s bandwidth.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:57:00 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
To: Minus_The_Bear
You know what... I don’t think he is alone in the Republican party. This is one of the BIG problems in the GOP.
They can’t see the forest through the trees.
To: Minus_The_Bear
Are the people of South Carolina even vaguely aware of what they sent to Washington?
To: Minus_The_Bear
Overall, Lindsey, you’re an ass.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:58:20 PM PDT
by
TheWriterTX
(Buy Ammo Often)
To: Minus_The_Bear
To the extent Obama extended his call for democracy to Syria and Iran, it was one of the few bright spots in his speech.
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posted on
05/19/2011 9:58:23 PM PDT
by
Williams
(It's the policies, stupid.)
To: paul51
How insane is it that that quote is real?
It seems like something from The Onion.
To: Minus_The_Bear
I am willing to take American dollars at a time when were flat broke, go back home and suffer the consequences of sending aid to Egypt at a time when South Carolina has 10 percent unemployment because I believe the Egyptian revolution is about a new way of doing business thats better for us. know that my political career is done anyway, and that the town drunk in Charleston would beat me like a rented mule in a Republican primary, so I might as well kiss ass now, so I can be the John McCain of the South the toast of the Washington lecture circuit
To: Sarah Barracuda
IMO, Lindsay Graham would have been an asset on Hitler’s staff.
To: Sarah Barracuda
No, his damage is much more effective where he is. Demoralizes us.
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posted on
05/19/2011 10:00:41 PM PDT
by
TwoSwords
(The Lord is a man of war, Exodus 15:3)
To: Minus_The_Bear
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posted on
05/19/2011 10:00:51 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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