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Lindsey Graham, Still the Worst

By Quin Hillyer on 11.5.09 @ 11:29AM

Lindsey Graham is not content merely with being the single worst Republican senator. He wants to win the title by a HUGE margin. And he does. "To those people who are pursuing purity," says our Lickspittle-in-Chief, "you’ll become a club not a party." Well, sir, where, oh where, ANYwhere, did anybody prominent demand absolute ideological "purity"? There he goes again, parroting the unwarranted, unfair, and untrue descriptions of conservatives made by the lefty establishment media. What an insufferably pompous, shallow, suck-up.

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J. Kelley| 11.5.09 @ 11:47AM

Lindsey Graham knows how to get on the network talking heads shows. When you speak out against Republicans you are very popular with the Liberal Media. John McCain road this wagon until he got the Republican nomination for President. Then he was thrown off the Wagon. We can have a "Big Tent" and still hold to the principals of Conservative Republicans. It is time to rid the Party of RINO's.

J.A. Davis| 11.5.09 @ 11:50AM

Very true. There are, of course, voices on the right and left that will always argue for purity. Fine by me. Quin is quite right that you don't hear any prominent voices saying this, and in fact, they often make a point to say quite the opposite. Seems like a case of people saying "purity" enough times, and the media then making it another lazy assumption ...

BD57| 11.5.09 @ 11:51AM

The likes of Lindsey (and Frum and Moran, et al) are doing more to turn the Party into a "club" than anyone else on the scene.

SCPOret| 11.5.09 @ 12:19PM

I'd rater be in the club than go to his party

Oldefarte| 11.5.09 @ 12:40PM

The Republican Party has historically been left-of-center bent [aka Lincoln, Rockefeller,etc], until moderate Nixon and then conservative Reagon won. The sad and amazing thing about Graham is that he represents Southern/conservative South Carolina. I'll say again for the 1000th time----just as with the known losing cause of running Doug Hoffman in NY23, if the party stands on principle and looses, that is preferable to winning in a politically correct fashion. Conservatives should back and vote for any/all conservative candidates [Republican or Democrat] in 2010+ [and against any incumbent that has played political 'footsie' with Obama/Democrats] concerning their socialist agenda!!!!!

Margie| 11.6.09 @ 6:49PM

I have never seen a conservative Democrat. So, fat chance. That ain't happening.
Vote Republican unless you want a Socialist to get elected. Or re-elected.
It's just reality.

Oldefarte| 11.7.09 @ 1:02PM

Zell Miller of Georgia come to mind? There are plenty of conservatives Democrats [mainly from Southern states] and they're called Blue Dogs. Their problem is that liberals such as Pilosi, Reid, Schumer,etc control their naional party and these BD's are caught between a rock [their national leaders] and a hard place [their hometown conservative constituents]. The Republican Party is approaching the same delimina, with their leaders such as Graham, McCain, Steele etc all brainwashing them into becoming Democrat-lites. Conservatives have to ignore the party labels and vote strictly for any/all conservative candidates who swear to represent their hometwon constituents' wishes and not those of their national leadership-----REGARDLESS OF PARTY LABEL!!!!

Ken (Old Texican)| 11.5.09 @ 1:01PM

Quin
Amen!
I still think everyone here goes to the link here.
Let's use Alinskie's strategy right back in their faces.
http://www.nea.org/tools/17231.htm

BD57| 11.5.09 @ 1:02PM

NY-23 was the result of the "good old boys" nominating someone with name recognition & a history of getting elected to the State Assembly - "issues" could not possibly have been on the list b/c Dede's politics would put her smack dab in the middle of the House Democrat caucus.

Lindsey seems to think the Republican "Big Tent" has to be roomy enough that a standard, down-the-line Democrat is comfortable with the Party's stand on issues.

"Card Check? We take it or leave it."

"Liberal or Conservatives on the Courts? Who cares?"

"American or UN sovereignty? What difference does it make?"

"Raise taxes? Like it matters to me."

Adam Smith| 11.5.09 @ 1:32PM

The GOP "leadership" needs to come out publicly and denounce Graham for this. He works consistently against the interests of his own constituents, the citizenry as a whole and against what are supposed to be core GOP values and principles.

This preening, empty headed peacock and his race baiting of his own base absolutely have to go.

Lindsey 'Scuzzy" Graham is not a leader. He is a wannabe celebrity in the model of Newt Gingrich.

I would encourage Sen Graham to take a look at Climate Audit:

http://www.climateaudit.org/

The gov. funded study that the vast majority of Global Warming opinions have used this piece of fraud as primary support. Look at the Yamal studies & the Briffa response pieces.

To boil it down for the non technical types:

The data was cherry picked with a desired outcome predetermined, with samples so small (about 11 core samples) and so manicured, as to make the entire "scientific study" a complete joke.

If Graham was really interested in this topic he would have reshearched it before taking us down this road.

So, he is either willfully ignorant of the facts OR he is a corrupt politician in this soley for the sake of political deal making.

His actions and words clearly show he is in the latter catergory and he resorts to the same pathetic defenses as a liberal Democrat when questioned. His defense is no different than listening to Robert Gibbs's misdirection at every press briefing whenever a real question is asked that he does not want to answer.

It would not take too much imagination to see him leaving the GOP to become one of Obama's Czars. He would be perfect and already has the M.O. down pat.

If any fellow Republicans, real Republicans have any guts they will speak some truth to this silly man when they are all enjoying the big 24/7 party in DC.

On a related note:
Michelle Bachman seems to have a bigger set than all the rest of the GOP leadership combined. Maybe it's time for Boehner to step aside for the good of party and country.

She is also a lot easier on the eyes that the ever-tan Ken doll, and 10x the lucid, cogent speaker.

Pasadena Phil| 11.5.09 @ 1:44PM

Just to be clear, we are talking about the unctuously effeminate and obnoxious Lindsey Graham here, not to be confused with the eternally hot babe Lindsay Wagner.

Macedonia Tim| 11.5.09 @ 4:08PM

Phil, I love that-- "Unctuosly Effeminate and Obnoxious" ! You've just managed to describe most of our DC "Ruling Class" in 3 words. The men, anyway...