Posted on 05/14/2014 9:30:40 AM PDT by cotton1706
These are tough times for the Republican maverick.Where once this was a celebrated archetype among the conservative tribe (as long as it included a devotion to low taxes and global military dominance) today there is just no room for deviation from the party line in even the smallest of ways. Take, for example, the plight of Sen. Lindsey Graham — who just suffered an epic humiliation at the hands of his own party in Charleston County, South Carolina, for being a RINO turncoat:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was censured Monday night by Republicans in Charleston County who don’t believe he’s conservative enough.
According to The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, the vote to censure Graham was 39-32, “done by secret ballot and with limited discussion.”
“I want my politicians to be more conservative,” said Tom Sheridan, one of the supporters of the resolution.
The censure document covered about 30 points, including disapproval of Graham’s support for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees and of his cooperation with Democrats.
The Graham campaign issued a feisty rebuttal insisting that they were going to take their campaign to all 20,000 Republicans in Charleston County and then see who comes out on top. The problem for Lindsey Graham is that the most liberal Republicans in the whole state live in Charleston County. The rest of the state is much more conservative.
The latest polling isn’t great news for him: 40 percent approve and 38 percent disapprove. And that’s actually an improvement over previous polls. Still, he is being challenged by six other Republicans for the GOP nomination and there is little reason to believe that he won’t be the nominee. All the political wags thinks he’ll make it over the 50 percent threshold.
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Ah go back to the original concept of how congress should work.
The founders never intended congress to be a full time (or life time) job.
Bless your heart.... apparently you think Bravo and the trash they show is fine watching. If you think that letting you know who the felonious one really is and what he supports makes me a jack ass, so be it.
Your understanding of Southerners is very distorted. You should be happy I didn’t call you out for a duel
I agree with you. Others have proposed this, and perhaps it was how it all started. I don’t know that. The reasons why it should be that way are abundant IMO
I see your posting.
I’m guessing young “dude”....no girlfriend...plays videos
Lives in Queens......maybe Astoria...or some other progressive land.....feels isolated
Has a lot of computer time
But since jackasses here never say anything about themselves..who knows
You could even be a split tail
A duel?
You would lose.
Which is why they were outlawed for good reason.
To protect impolite losers with big mouths from dying young....and so full of miss and vinegar
I am so much older than you that you are impertinent
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