Posted on 07/21/2011 7:56:07 AM PDT by RummyChick
At a closed door meeting of U.S. Senators and limited government advocates in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, there was an unlikely attendee and an unlikely champion for the adoption of an uncompromising position on the ongoing debt ceiling debate.
His name? Lindsey Graham.
He was the most aggressive voice in the room, one of the meetings attendees told FITS.
Wait Lindsey Graham? The most liberal Republican in Washington, D.C.? The third Senator from New York?
Thats right for the time being, Graham isnt focused on his prior collaboration with U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) on energy tax hikes. Nor is he spending much time working on amnesty legislation with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York).
Instead, Graham is meeting regularly with Tea Party leaders like U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) urging them to stand their ground against raising the debt ceiling from $14.3 to $16.7 trillion without concessions.
While our sources declined to elaborate on the specific debt ceiling strategy that Graham advocated at this meeting, they said that he gave an impassioned speech that in no uncertain terms recommended calling U.S. President Barack Obamas bluff.
Jaws were on the floor, one of the meetings attendees told FITS.
(Excerpt) Read more at fitsnews.com ...
scrnnews SC Radio News Team Congress GOP holds press conference today asking Senate to follow House in passing Cut, Cap, Balance. Includes Lindsey Graham, Jim DeMint.
Linsey is ready for his close-up, Mr DeMille
Are the cameras running?
I’d say that Lizzy can KMA, but she just might!
No, you're in the universe where the Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey.
Okay..what’s happened???
“While our sources declined to elaborate on the specific debt ceiling strategy that Graham advocated at this meeting, they said that he gave an impassioned speech that in no uncertain terms recommended calling U.S. President Barack Obamas bluff.”
“Grahams South Carolina consultant, Richard Quinn, says that Graham is firmly committed to the cut cap and balance proposal that cleared the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. That plan calls for the adoption of a balanced budget amendment and a cap on the growth of government in future years as well as modest immediate cuts.”
Will he convert because of this:
“Locally, it impacts what is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated electoral battles in South Carolina history. In 2014, Graham is likely to be challenged by S.C. Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort), the leading fiscal conservative in the S.C. General Assembly.”
Or does someone on our side have better blackmail evidence than the Dem side??
It’s just too weird.
Maybe the spell was broken when Kennedy died.
This is a sham. Lindsay is the appointed democrat in the room like Specter used to be so the democrats know what the republican plan is.
“I can be anything the mathter wanth me to be . . .” whispered the oiled catamite from the bath house shadows.
“No, you’re in the universe where the Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey.”
Really. We must have caught him with a live AND dead boy.
“Its just too weird.”
Yeah and I don’t trust Graham any farther than I could throw him...
She's more than ready...
Obviously he heard I was moving to SC and is afraid.
He is going to be on Hannity tonight to discuss it.
Although I never watch Hannity anyway, I never watch any show with Lindsay Graham on it. Not a single word out of his mouth should be listened to by anybody. He’s an opportunistic democratic schill.
Every now and again ‘lil Lyndsey gets it right, and when he does, he usually does a great job. The other 99% of the time, he is a complete embarrassment and disaster.
http://lgraham.enews.senate.gov/common/mailings/index.cfm?sniv=2100075268.221052.1.1
“Its time we bring discipline to the way Congress spends. Now is the time to insist on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before our country becomes Greece.
Simply stated, no more borrowing until we agree to balance.”
Had to be a prayer or a promise, perhaps, or a bribe?
He’s just posing for sound-bite pics for re-election . . . no to worry!
yep
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