Posted on 12/23/2015 6:41:23 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Franklin Graham has resigned from the Republican Party and become an independent, declaring that "I have no hope in the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, or tea party to do what is best for America.
"Unless more godly men and women get in this process and change this wicked system, our country is in for trouble," Graham, 63, wrote on Facebook.
Graham called on "Christians, even pastors, across the country to pray about running for office where they can have an impact.
"We need mayors, country commissioners, city council members, school board members who will uphold biblical values."
The budget deal was widely slammed by Republicans and conservatives last week, who charged congressional leaders — including new House Speaker Paul Ryan — with "betrayal" for putting through a spending plan that financed many of President Barack Obama's programs.
Besides Planned Parenthood, other Obama efforts that were fully financed under the deal were Obamacare, sanctuary cities, climate change, refugee resettlement programs — and well as an increase in foreign worker visas.
"It is as though Nancy Pelosi is still running the House and Harry Reid is still running the Senate," radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh charged on Friday. He was referring to the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate.
"'Betrayed' is not even the word here," he said.
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I left when GWB said ‘see you at the signing’ re: amnesty.
Told me everything I needed to know about the party. Never looked back.
After Trump’s elected we should consider forming a new party.
I agree where do I join
Elected and in the White House... then we start talking...
This is why I'm still officially a Republican too. Florida is a closed primary state. I feel very little loyalty to the Republican Party, even though I have never voted for a Democrat in my life.
Will move to AZ in six months and if they have open primaries, I’m outta the GOP. Ready for a Constitutional Liberty Party.
Who are you calling a jerk? The poster or Rev. Graham and why?
I just had a flash of ex-Republicans appearing at Stupid Party rallies with megaphones, chanting FU, FU, FU, FU, (but not abbreviating) as a statement that the Republicans no longer have anything to say.
Then, instead of cooperating, forcing the police to billy-club them into submission.
Once some blood is shed, something might get started.
You’re not far off. Change of this sort rarely occurs peacefully. Look at the Democrats and their 1968 convention. The radicals lost in the short run, but won in the long run, but paid for it in cracked skulls and blood.
I see what Graham is doing comparable to a General resigning because of what Obama is doing to the military, which unfortunately I don’t see happening, but should. He doesn’t want to be associated with evil.
More high profile people need to leave.
Yes.
I am a Republican so I can vote out Pat Roberts. Now I’m a Republican so I can vote for Ted Cruz.
Yeah, that was a jerk move.
The final straw for me was Mississippi where they tarred good, decent people as racists.
Now I vote in the primaries then go 3rd party or write-in in the general if I have to.
I was born and raised in NC, only a couple years older than Franklin Graham. I grew up on hearing Billy Graham preach and have went to many of his revivals. Franklin has always been a conservative republican as far as I know. Not so with the old man. Billy Graham has been a member of the democrat party as long as he’s been voting. He is very good friends with the Clintons and has said that Hilly Clinton would make a good president. I don’t think Franklin and the old man talk too much politics.
You’d think Billy would have taken warning about where things were going. Hillary a good president after Obama huh, I guess like strychnine would be an improvement after cyanide.
But this is people for us. They’re imperfect. Why would a liberal Democrat be the best gospel preacher in modern day. Maybe because God wanted to tweak the conservative Christians a little. They don’t have it all nice and neatly boxed up with a bow either. The fear of man brings a snare.
I didn’t say Billy Graham was a LIBERAL democrat. He would be what used to be called a “blue dog democrat”. But it does seem like he would have switched parties when the dems went to far to the left years ago. I know many 80 to 90 year olds that are still church going democrats and don’t really keep up on what’s going on in the party. They just voted democrat since JFK.
I’ll take “What is High Treason” for $500 Alex.
For the last my prayer has been that the Lord will bring this nation back to him, no matter what it costs. I fear the cost will be very dear.
We need a Republican Conservative party. We’re Republicans. The Elites are not! If we named ourselves this we could drive the elites off the ballot!
This is the reason I can’t associate with a church that celebrates sin and perversion and even murder.
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