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Lindsey Graham Steps Up (Am I in a parallel debt ceiling universe???)
http://www.fitsnews.com/2011/07/21/lindsey-graham-steps-up/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitte ^ | 7/21 | fitnews

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 meeting’s attendees told FITS.

Wait … Lindsey Graham? The most liberal Republican in Washington, D.C.? The “third Senator from New York?”

That’s right … for the time being, Graham isn’t 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 Obama’s bluff.

“Jaws were on the floor,” one of the meeting’s attendees told FITS.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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and this came out on Twitter

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.

1 posted on 07/21/2011 7:56:16 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Linsey is ready for his close-up, Mr DeMille

Are the cameras running?


2 posted on 07/21/2011 7:57:51 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: RummyChick

I’d say that Lizzy can KMA, but she just might!


3 posted on 07/21/2011 7:58:14 AM PDT by Grunthor (Faster than the speed of smell.)
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To: RummyChick
(Am I in a parallel debt ceiling universe???)

No, you're in the universe where the Republicans now have their own compromising photos of Lindsey.

4 posted on 07/21/2011 7:58:24 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: RummyChick

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 Obama’s bluff.”

“Graham’s 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.


5 posted on 07/21/2011 7:58:32 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Maybe the spell was broken when Kennedy died.


6 posted on 07/21/2011 7:59:54 AM PDT by DManA
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To: RummyChick

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.


7 posted on 07/21/2011 8:01:21 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: RummyChick

“I can be anything the mathter wanth me to be . . .” whispered the oiled catamite from the bath house shadows.


8 posted on 07/21/2011 8:01:32 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: vbmoneyspender
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That picture looks like a drunk Graham hitting on someone in a gay bar.
9 posted on 07/21/2011 8:01:49 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: vbmoneyspender

“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.


10 posted on 07/21/2011 8:01:57 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: RummyChick

“It’s just too weird.”

Yeah and I don’t trust Graham any farther than I could throw him...


11 posted on 07/21/2011 8:02:00 AM PDT by el_texicano (Palin 2012 - Viva la Palainistas - Viva la Barracuda!!!)
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To: silverleaf
"Linsey is ready for his close-up, Mr DeMille

Are the cameras running?"

She's more than ready...



12 posted on 07/21/2011 8:02:22 AM PDT by avacado
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To: RummyChick

Obviously he heard I was moving to SC and is afraid.


13 posted on 07/21/2011 8:02:59 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. -- G.K. Chesterton)
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To: cotton1706

He is going to be on Hannity tonight to discuss it.


14 posted on 07/21/2011 8:02:59 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

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.


15 posted on 07/21/2011 8:07:46 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

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.


16 posted on 07/21/2011 8:09:37 AM PDT by ilgipper (political rhetoric is no substitute for competence (Thomas Sowell))
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To: cotton1706

http://lgraham.enews.senate.gov/common/mailings/index.cfm?sniv=2100075268.221052.1.1

“It’s 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.”


17 posted on 07/21/2011 8:09:55 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
Okay..what’s happened???

Had to be a prayer or a promise, perhaps, or a bribe?

18 posted on 07/21/2011 8:11:14 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: RummyChick

He’s just posing for sound-bite pics for re-election . . . no to worry!


19 posted on 07/21/2011 8:12:40 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: RummyChick

yep


20 posted on 07/21/2011 8:14:11 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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