Posted on 03/28/2014 5:16:07 AM PDT by cotton1706
South Carolina's Lindsey Graham has become the neoconservative Republican targeted by Tea Party and liberty movement organizations nationally, and the South Carolina U.S. Senate primary on June 10 may be the most important race of the 2014 campaign.
Labeled a “RINO” by his detractors, Graham gave his five primary opponents some unintentional assistance March 13 by telling Obama's Secretary of State John Kerry that he would help stop the Republican agenda in the U.S. House of Representatives under Speaker John Boehner. “Hey John, good job,” Graham said over a live microphone he almost certainly thought was turned off. “Let me know what I can do to help you with Boehner.” Already polling dangerously low (a February Winthrop University poll put him at 45 percent in the GOP primary), the faux-pas may mean Graham will be unable to muster the 50 percent in the Republican primary needed in order to avoid a June 24 runoff election.
Despite Graham's on-mic foibles, it's the two-term senator's voting record that earns him true “RINO” status. Graham — who has been in Congress since first being elected to the House in 1992 — has earned a 63-percent cumulative score with The New American's “Freedom Index.” Graham is one of the worst crony capitalists in the Congress, voting for the the airline bailout in 2001 and the TARP bailout in 2008. He voted in 2012 to keep federal subsidies flowing from the taxpayer to huge corporations through the Export-Import Bank.
In recent years Graham has been a reliable vote for debt limit increases and for bipartisan all-inclusive spending bills that have increased federal spending. He has championed foreign aid giveaways, even voting against Rand Paul's amendment that would have stopped sending foreign (including military) aid to Egypt and other countries that claim to hate America.
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“The average voter here is SC doesn’t even know he has an opponent.”
You’re wrong. Don’t underestimate our ground game in SC., my right.
I dont think Graham is completely hated by the primary voters. The worst things he has done has been amnesty and judges. The amnesty and the confirming of Obama’s judges is an issue but he might argue he wasn’t the 60th vote on those issues.
His amnesty bill looks dead until November. He is not really helpful in advancing Hispandering. A 58 year old bachelor from SC talking about the GOP winning over family values Hispanic voters.
Some of the war mongering, beating up Hagel and droning Muzzies would have some support.
I’m wondering how much difference amongst primary voters it will be if his opponent is a woman. I don’t think the primary candidates have done much wrong except for calling him gay. The more they are worried about who will top the field the higher the turnout hopefully.
I trust you're doing all you can to change that?!?!
The average voter here is SC doesn’t even know he has an opponent.
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And that’s a good thing, because those folks will NOT turn out to vote!!!
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