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Lindsey Graham: I 'Embrace' Being a 'Chamber of Commerce Republican'
breitbart.com ^ | 1/24/14 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 01/24/2014 12:08:50 PM PST by cotton1706

As the battle between the grassroots and the establishment sides of the Republican Party rages on, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is taking a very public stance on the side of the establishment.

“I’m going to embrace being a Chamber of Commerce Republican,” Graham said in an interview with The Greenville News in Greenville, SC this week.

The Chamber of Commerce represents the biggest group fighting on behalf of the GOP establishment in its ongoing battle with the Tea Party movement, becoming deeply involved in Republican primary elections and pushing comprehensive immigration reform on Capitol Hill.

“There’s a fight in our party about the sort of isolationism on foreign policy, libertarianism on domestic policy,” Graham said. “I’m a traditional conservative Chamber of Commerce Republican."

"I like the Chamber of Commerce. I like the idea that people compete against each other," he explained. "During the day, you come together for the common good. You’ll have insurance companies that compete against each other, you’ll have lawyers and bankers who basically fight for market share at the end of the day. But through the Chamber they try to come together and build up the community."

"That’s the way I think," Graham claimed. "When it comes to problem solving, Washington is broken and I think the solution is not more people yelling but somebody willing to roll up their sleeves and willing to fix problems like you have to do at the Chamber level and you have to do in the private sector.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: capitalistcronies; chamberofcommerce; elections; gopcivilwar; graham; poofter
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1 posted on 01/24/2014 12:08:50 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Linda is broken.


2 posted on 01/24/2014 12:10:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706

FU Chamber of Crony Capitalist Republicrat Elitists.


3 posted on 01/24/2014 12:12:36 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: cotton1706

Perfect ad material


4 posted on 01/24/2014 12:12:39 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Paladin2

I guess she wants to be their Chamber maid.


5 posted on 01/24/2014 12:12:54 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: cotton1706

When I ran for state rep in CT in ‘96, I rejected them then. The CBIA/CoC SUPPORTED Weicker’s state income tax.

They have only gotten worse since then.


6 posted on 01/24/2014 12:14:49 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone.--Moshe Yaalon)
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To: cotton1706

FULG!! And the McDaddy you rode in on.


7 posted on 01/24/2014 12:15:31 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: cotton1706
Hitler once asked "how many divisions does he Pope have?"

Graham should be asking "how many voters does the Chamber of Commerce have?"

8 posted on 01/24/2014 12:17:53 PM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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To: cotton1706

Probably also embraces being a gun grabber Republican.


9 posted on 01/24/2014 12:17:54 PM PST by thorvaldr
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To: thorvaldr

And a La Raza Republican and a Log Cabin Republican (oops, did I type that?).


10 posted on 01/24/2014 12:18:40 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Rodamala

You’re right…the Chamber has become a den of cronies…..all of them are big companies in bed with government….there’s no competition there.


11 posted on 01/24/2014 12:18:53 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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12 posted on 01/24/2014 12:21:10 PM PST by Oliviaforever
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13 posted on 01/24/2014 12:21:24 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cotton1706

I thought he embraced McCain. This amounts to adultery.


14 posted on 01/24/2014 12:22:48 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: cotton1706

you go with that girl!


15 posted on 01/24/2014 12:23:02 PM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: cotton1706

Doubling down on stupidity.

No Chamber of Commerce Amnesty for illegals.


16 posted on 01/24/2014 12:23:11 PM PST by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“La Raza Republican” - BINGO!!!


17 posted on 01/24/2014 12:23:56 PM PST by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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Ya gotta figure that he’s getting a huge majority of his campaign funds with CoC connected donors.

What else is he going to say?

At least now the primary voters are voting on honest information.


18 posted on 01/24/2014 12:24:37 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: cotton1706

I hope this p*****r just sunk himself.


19 posted on 01/24/2014 12:24:39 PM PST by OKSooner ("As the riders went on by him, he heard one call his name...")
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To: cotton1706

The last time the Federal fixed anything was Hitler’s clock.


20 posted on 01/24/2014 12:25:10 PM PST by DManA
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