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Lindsey Graham to Jump Into 2016 Presidential Race: ‘Ready to Be Commander-in-Chief on Day One’
ABC News ^ | 6-1-2015 | Erin Dooley

Posted on 06/01/2015 8:14:14 AM PDT by tcrlaf

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is “ready to be commander-in-chief on day one,” the Republican will say when he announces his presidential candidacy in South Carolina today, according to excerpts of his remarks as prepared for delivery.

“I intend to be president not of a single party, but of a nation,” he will say. “I want to do more than make big government smaller. I want to help make a great nation greater.”

Graham, a retired Air Force colonel, enters the race just as a fierce battle over national security rages in the Senate. The South Carolina senator – a noted defense hawk – stands in sharp contrast to Sen. Rand Paul, who spent Sunday night railing against anti-terrorism provisions in the PATRIOT act and just last month declared that GOP hawks have contributed to the rise of ISIS.

“I want to be president to defeat the enemies trying to kill us, not just penalize them or criticize them or contain them, but defeat them,” Graham, 59, will say today.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bully; candidate; election2016; fag; gay; graham; homosexualagenda; lindseygraham; republican; rino; southcarolina; tranny
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To: TexasFreeper2009

That’s an insult to the squirrel! lol


61 posted on 06/01/2015 9:34:07 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: tcrlaf

Miss Lindsey to the rescue. New commander of the Joint Chiefs will be McStain. Our nukes will get a real workout. :-)


62 posted on 06/01/2015 9:35:58 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: tcrlaf

Graham is just vote splitting SC so no conservative will dominate. His campaign is DOA and is only there for tactical reasons.


63 posted on 06/01/2015 9:37:07 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Huckabee is another one.

His role is to dilute evangelical votes from Cruz.

There are quid pro quo’s.

There is no reason for him to run other than to weaken Cruz. Afterward, he gets to return to an assured lucrative FOX gig as a two-time presidential candidate.


64 posted on 06/01/2015 9:39:56 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: tcrlaf

Idiots on parade

90% of these fools just want to charge more for speaking fees and their egos and greed outweigh any sense of patriotic purpose

And after listening to his announcement speech I offer as evidence prima facia that all NeoConservatives are not Jews

I mean good lord he sounded exactly like Kristol and Podhoretz on those hawkish nation building platitudes


65 posted on 06/01/2015 9:49:39 AM PDT by wardaddy (Game of Thrones rocked tonight.....the White Walkers know Snow stands in the way....)
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To: tcrlaf

Just when I thought the race couldn’t get any worse.


66 posted on 06/01/2015 9:54:56 AM PDT by OLDCU
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To: tcrlaf
No sweat. By his own admission, his only reason for getting in is to block Rand Paul. He doesn't stand a chance.
67 posted on 06/01/2015 10:00:00 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: Popman
My ideal ticket is Walker at the top and Cruz as the VEEP.
68 posted on 06/01/2015 10:01:27 AM PDT by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: fwdude
This flag will fly proudly over a Graham White House
69 posted on 06/01/2015 10:05:08 AM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)
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To: tcrlaf

John McCain and Harry Reid are probably excited.
His first Primary vote is going to be fun to watch.


70 posted on 06/01/2015 10:07:10 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: tcrlaf

There is no way I would vote for him.


71 posted on 06/01/2015 10:11:16 AM PDT by novemberslady
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Someone watching his announcement with me wondered why he seemed to be surrounded only by men.

I hadn't noticed it until then.
72 posted on 06/01/2015 10:18:11 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: tcrlaf

This whole thing is a goat rodeo. Seriously, this gang is the best we can do? Pathetic.


73 posted on 06/01/2015 10:26:47 AM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: Vaquero

To what black Corn Shaker might you be referring?


74 posted on 06/01/2015 10:30:42 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: tcrlaf

Just say NO!


75 posted on 06/01/2015 10:33:02 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: RipSawyer

The Kenyan kind. Shacks many a corn


76 posted on 06/01/2015 10:36:14 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Agree cork soaker polidiot RINO’s are bad news .....


77 posted on 06/01/2015 10:38:59 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: tcrlaf

Oh joy!! I’m so excited I could just sh*t!!!


78 posted on 06/01/2015 11:06:58 AM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: tcrlaf
Hopefully he siphons off support for Jeb Bush.
79 posted on 06/01/2015 11:06:59 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: tcrlaf

That’s it! I guess I won’t be voting for Cruz ;-)


80 posted on 06/01/2015 11:07:32 AM PDT by TNMOUTH
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