Posted on 09/24/2015 3:24:04 AM PDT by cotton1706
Lindsey Graham has told colleagues he launched his implausible presidential campaign, in part, for two reasons: Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
The straight-talking South Carolina senator hasn't been able to rebut his two conservative Senate colleagues on a debate stage yet. But hell get a chance on the Senate floor later this week when he slugs it out over their hardball legislative tactics to defund Planned Parenthood that have Congress hurtling toward a government shutdown.
Graham said in an interview he's prepared to confront Cruz directly as the chamber braces for a rhetorical assault from the Texas senator, with Graham arguing that a shutdown would be futile and politically damaging. Its an opportunity, Graham says, to tell my side of the story here. And, the senator with the syrupy Southern drawl admits, it wont be because he thinks its going to give him a bounce in the polls.
Im running to be the president of the United States. And a certain amount of honesty comes with that, Graham said in an interview. Shutting down the government, I think it hurts our overall cause and I don't mind telling people that. If Im going to be a good nominee and a good president, Ive got to tell you what I believe.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The question for Senator Graham is, "If killing little babies and selling their organs, breaking the law and enticing illegals to invade and destroying our healthcare system and our economy is not bad enough for you to stand your ground, what would be enough??"
The establishment's reverting to arguing electability is revealing because it betokens their cynicism on every issue beyond immigration. We dare not shut the government down, the people will blame Republicans and nothing, not Obama care, not bankrupting the country with runaway debt, is worth an election.
No principle is worth losing an election, fidelity to no promise is worth losing an election, adherence to oath and Constitution is not worth losing an election. It is not worth losing an election to repeal Obamacare. It is not worth losing an election to save the country from bankruptcy, it is not worth losing an election for any cause by shutting the government down or even appearing to be associated with a shutdown done by Obama. It is not worth it to defend the people against the bureaucrats, to defend the people against executive tyranny done by executive order. It is not worth it to oppose leftist judges, leftist attorneys general, leftist IRS agents, leftist schemers in every dark bureaucratic corner of the Obama administration. Nothing dear to conservatives is worth it.
It is however worth risking an election by offending the conservative base; it is worth risking an election to keep faith with crony capitalists; it is worth risking an election to keep the border open whether in the Oval Office or out; it is worth losing an election by serving K St. at the expense of Main Street; it is worth risking an election to presume on the faithfulness of the conservative base while betraying it to billionaire campaign contributors. Is worth risking an election by cutting secret deals with Obama to betray conservative constituents.
It is even worth risking the security of the nation to abandon the constitutional mandate to advise and consent to Obama's secret dealings enabling Iran getting the bomb. Soon every establishment Republicans will argue that winning the election is everything. Implied: principle is expendable.
Principled informed conservatives reply, winning with cynics and opportunists is worth nothing. Winning with establishment Republicans is the equivalent of losing.
Leslie Graham is the only politician dumb enough to want to debate Ted Cruz. If it were a boxing match, Cruz would KO Leslie halfway through the first round.
Say what?
Okay, that got a real-life laugh!
Watch your back guys, Linda will scratch your eyes out!
A debate between Cruz & Flimsey will personify the war between true blue conservatism and the GOP establishment, once and for all.
Oh yes, Ted Cruz will emerge victorious.
> LOL Yes, lets have a debate between Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham.
Graham will slither away with his tail tucked. Debate is one of Cruz’s fortes
“straight-talking?” Somehow, the word “straight” just doesn’t equate with Graham in many ways...
0% Lindsey is still in this?
ROFL!
Oh please...politico should go into the fortune telling business.
He’s still in the closet? Does anyone know?
Graham nasty may win the war because he has sided with the other two-bit looser RINOs of the GOPe, but he will never win an argument with Cruz.
Donald Trump Breaks Lindsey Graham Like a Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3PQOP6eax8
The SOB POS is below 1% He should not be covered. He should not have access to a microphone. BUT he does because the media likes his treachery and sabotage of other R candidates.
....RULE BY CONTINUING RESOLUTION game...
Why does Linda want to continue with a CR extending a seven year old Budget.
The Soviet Union never went past five year plans.
That old Budget is full of slush funds to combat the 2008 crash and bursting of the Housing Bubble
Guess Linda isn’t itching to confront Trump again. He’s not as stupid as he looks.
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