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Graham, Snowe Are New GOP Mavericks (Mega-Hurl Alert)
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| October 14, 2009
| STEVE PENDLEBURY
Posted on 10/14/2009 12:05:44 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
(Oct. 14) -- As Republicans search their ranks for a new leader, there's also a bit of competition developing for the title of party maverick.
The AP is hailing Olympia Snowe as the GOP's new female maverick -- supplanting Sarah Palin -- because the senator from Maine is the only Republican who voted for the Finance Committee's health care reform bill Tuesday. But when it comes to going rogue, Snowe's Senate colleague from South Carolina appears to have the edge. Lindsey Graham teamed up with Democratic Sen. John Kerry for a New York Times op-ed pushing climate change legislation a few days ago. Graham's stand is winning him friends on the other side of the aisle in the Senate, as well as in the White House, according to the Times.
Graham was a frequent campaign-trail sidekick to original maverick John McCain, another Republican renegade on global warming. Like McCain, Graham also favors immigration reform -- which detractors have taken to calling "Grahamnesty."
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: graham; rinos; snowe
To: rightwingintelligentsia
So, now, a “maverick” is somebody who runs with the pack?
Amazing.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:07:31 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: rightwingintelligentsia
McCain, Graham and Snowe all need to be sent packing NOW to the democrat party. Let them see how welcome they are there with their ideas.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:07:59 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
("if my thought-dreams could be seen. They'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Dylan)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
No Linsey, you are the old (and soon to be thrown out of office) RINO’s.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:08:08 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
To: stockpirate
MCCain at least votes pro-military. I have yet to see those dumb RINO expletives vote for something that represents at least one GOP tenet.
To: PhiloBedo
Please G-d, let these two traitors be thrown out of office the next time they are up for re-election.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:10:41 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Oh, I see. The AP is using “maverick” in the same sense as, “Benedict Arnold was a maverick among the American Continental army brass”, and “Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian maverick or rogue supporting the ‘progressive community organization’ and outreach efforts of the Third Reich.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:11:53 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Final stop for thieves and "Mavericks".
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:14:21 PM PDT
by
roses of sharon
(THE ONION FOLDS in light of the Obama Peace Prize... "We officially cannot top that.")
To: PhiloBedo
Linsey = Lindsey (you knew that)
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:16:38 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
So who are the democrat mavericks? Or doesn’t it matter to the press?
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: roses of sharon
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:18:12 PM PDT
by
HoosierHawk
(www.firstsundaymusic.com)
To: SJSAMPLE
So, now, a maverick is somebody who runs with the pack?
A GOP “maverick” is just a Republican that's too stupid to realize they should be a Democrat.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:18:55 PM PDT
by
skully
(Sorry I didn't know Marxism was a race!!)
To: stockpirate
McCain, Graham and Snowe all need to be sent packing NOW to the democrat party. Let them see how welcome they are there with their ideas.Uh, what's your opinion about Senators Grassly, Voinovich, Hatch, Collins, Gregg, Cornyn, and Lugar...haven't they also been rather RINO? In fact, you might say that about ALL of the Republicans in the Senate. (You see, when we get rid of all the RINOs, there won't be ANY Republican Party left...)
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:22:45 PM PDT
by
meandog
(GWB IS the reason for BHO!)
To: stockpirate
"McCain, Graham and Snowe all need to be sent packing NOW to the democrat party. Let them see how welcome they are there with their ideas. "
Time to send them all a few thousand "pink slips", and maybe a pair of kneepads too.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:33:16 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(To Congress: You cram it down our throats in '09, We'll shove it up your ass in '10!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The RNC better start reining these "individuals" in or the party is going to become a party of "Maybe." Not something I would want to contribute to or be a part of, let alone vote for. We got shellacked in the last election by pandering to "moderation" ... if we lose this next one making the same mistake the risk is higher ... we'll lose the Republic. We've already got Jackasses running this government and taking Liberty and Freedom from the people. Now I'm supposed to contribute to some more of them by "donating" to the RNC. Nope! At least not me, how about you?
RE: Snowe's Slippery Slope"
What's the difference between a Jackass and a Rino?
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:33:34 PM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(http://www.thepatriotsflag.com/- The Patriot's Flag - Snowe's Slippery Slope)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“New”?
Snowe has been a reliable lefty for a long time.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
To: BenLurkin
who cares, Palin has already dropped the maverick tag. Its now Going Rogue
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:53:19 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: rightwingintelligentsia
All I can think of is “Yellow Snowe”.
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posted on
10/14/2009 12:55:55 PM PDT
by
SpinyNorman
(The ACLU empowers terrorists and criminals, weakens America, and degrades our society.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Look! ..it's a Mini-Maverick!
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