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Subscribe to RSSRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on Tuesday voted in favor of the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, making him the only GOP member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to back Obama’s pick for the high court.
The panel, made up of 12 Democrats and seven Republicans, approved Kagan’s nomination by a vote of 13-6. Every Democrat on the panel supported her, while every Republican other than Graham opposed her. The nomination will go to a full Senate vote within the next few weeks.
"At the end of the day, after the hearing, it was not a hard decision for me to make," Graham said in announcing his decision. "I thought she did a very good job and she will serve this nation honorably. And it would not have been someone I would have chosen, but the person who did choose, President Obama, I think chose wisely."
Graham repeatedly noted areas of ideological disagreement between himself and the nominee, emphasizing that she is "a liberal."
But, he said Kagan had met the Constitutional requirements to warrant his support. "Is the person qualified? Is it a person of good character? Are they someone that understands the difference between being a judge and a politician?" he said. "Quite frankly, I think she's passed all those tests."
Graham also addressed one of the main GOP arguments against her nomination: Kagan's decision as Harvard Law School dean to prohibit military recruiters from using a campus career center on the basis that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy barring openly gay men and women from serving in the military violated the school's anti-discrimination rules.
"If I believed that she had animosity in her heart about those who wear the uniform, I could easily vote no," Graham said. "I don't believe that."
He was the only Republican member of the committee to support nominee Sonia Sotomayor in 2009.
Minutes before Graham’s statement of support, his office released a letter from Kagan to the South Carolina lawmaker praising her friend and former law school classmate Miguel Estrada. Estrada’s nomination to the federal bench by President George W. Bush was blocked by Democrats in the Senate in 2003.
The senior Republican on the committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., formally announced his opposition to Kagan’s nomination in a USA Today op-ed earlier Tuesday.
“Throughout her career, Ms. Kagan has placed her politics above the law," Sessions wrote. “She has never been a judge, never tried a case before a jury and has practiced law for only three years. She is the least experienced nominee in the last half-century.”
*** UPDATE *** President Obama hailed the committee's vote in a written statement:
Elena Kagan is one of this country's leading legal minds, and has shown throughout this process that, if confirmed, she would be a fair and impartial Supreme Court Justice who understands how decisions made by the Court affect the lives of everyday Americans. Today's vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee is a bipartisan affirmation of her strong performance during her confirmation hearings. I want to thank the Judiciary Committee for giving her a thorough, timely and respectful hearing, and I look forward to the full Senate taking up and voting on this nomination before the August recess.
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Looks like "Flimsy" Graham strikes again!
This is his comment… his justification? "This president chose someone who is qualified, who has the experience and knowledge to serve on this court ... and understands the difference between being a liberal judge and a politician."
This just means is that "Pinocchio" gets a marionette of his very own.
I guess that she'll stand true, honest, impartial and unbiased….. just like the "Wise Latina Woman."
"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
Laus Deo
Once the legal genius associated with Clarence Thomas was skimmed from the judicial pool, it's left pretty slim pickings. The Dean of the Harvard Law School will have to do. At least she won't have to pick-up Scalia's dry cleaning.
Lindsey Graham proves once again that he is not a Republican robot who can be programmed by Mitch McConnell. We need more Senators--both Democrat and Republican--like Graham.
The minute one of the Demoncrat Robots stepped out of line Harry "the Alien" Reid, Nancy "Medusa" Pelosi and our Dear Leader B Hussein Obama would step in with a bribe to get them back in line, can we say the Cornhusker Shuffle (Nelson) or the Louisiana Purchase (Landreiau). Please do not talk about Robots because no Demoncrat has voted against anything our Dear Leader has proposed.
"Please do not talk about Robots because no Demoncrat has voted against anything our Dear Leader has proposed."
Here is a list of the Democrats in the House who voted against the health care reform legislation proposed by President Obama. (Try a little more research before your next response.)
John Adler NJ-3
Jason Altmire PA-4
Michael Arcuri NY-24
John Barrow GA-12
Marion Berry ARK-1
Dan Boren OK-2
Rick Boucher VA-9
Bobby Bright AL-2
Ben Chandler KY-6
Travis Childers MISS-1
Artur Davis AL-7
Lincoln Davis TN-4
Chet Edwards TX-17
Parker Griffith AL-5
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin SD-1
Tim Holden PA-1
Larry Kissell NC-8
Frank Kratovil MD-1
Daniel Lipinski IL-3
Stephen F. Lynch MA-9
Jim Marshall GA-8
Jim Matheson UT-2
Mike McIntyre NC-7
Michael McMahon NY-13
Charlie Melancon LA-3
Walt Minnick ID-1
Glenn Nye VA-2
Collin Peterson MN-7
Mike Ross AR-4
Heath Shuler NC-11
Ike Skelton MO-4
Zack Space OH-18
John Tanner TN-8
Gene Taylor MS-4
Harry Teague NM-2
Impossible, would not have passed
Time to put up or shut up Soupy!
Be a man for a change and back up your BS with something besides 'impossible'.
See how it works around here is you post a link or something to prove what you're saying!
Your reponse is equal to 'I know you are but what am I'!
Care to try it again - or will you show us your true right wing colors and cut & run like the rest of them?
I put ol Stoupy on IGNORE because I could not Stand his obscene lies, homophobia and total fantasy of his. He is obnoxious and rude and has no idea what truth is whatsoever. Hope he likes being totally ignored!
Graham is a man of honor and intellect. Rare attributes among his goose-stepping collegues. What has happened to the once honorable Sen. Hatch? He's certainly ending his career on a partisan low note.
Everytime he cooperated with the libtards he got it shoved up his @$$. Guess he got sick and tired of Colon cleansings by Dear Leader and the rest of the @$$ wipes Demoncrats.
Thank you Sen. Graham for having the knuckers to be moderate and fair during these 'extreme' times. So refreshing to see a conservative be conservative, moderate, and not an absolute nutso! Now, can we see some more right wing automatons step down and make a choice for maturity and making decisions for America? Perhaps get some things done in Congress and the Senate which were grossly neglected during the past 8 year administration?
UHhuh, sure you certainly may, how about mCCain, Brown Snow, Collins and Graham, the republican National committee has already been told that if any of those people supported by republican they will get no donations.
We are going to get rid of the RINOS and dem lites, then we can start rmoving all of the parasite programs the dems have passed over the years.
He is supposed to represent the majority of his constituents, his personal opinion should not enter the equation. When did these politicians all lose the focus of their function? They were not elected to make decisions, they are supposed to REPRESENT the majority. Not doing so is treason. The founding fathers had a solution for this kind of behavior...an oak tree and a rope!
Hoods and sheets, anyone? Treason? Not supposed to make decisions? You are bat sh@t crazy!!
I thought Robert Byrd was dead?
Yes. And so is your brain!
Ooh that hurt, what a come back. You libtards are to fast for me.
TOO fast, maybe, but not to fast!
FACT: Republican ideology has been devoid of rational, sane thought for some time now so it is no surprise that they become flustered when their arguments fall flat and they are forced to defend their nonsense. This is clearly illustrated by the comments of Christopher, Brianb and Stormer above. They and their Republican friends are like bulls who equate the "D", or all things Democratic, to seeing red. Anything/anyone wearing the "R" brand no matter how ignorant is a wonderful Godsend! I'll bet anything that if Elena Kagan was a Republican, she'd be branded as the second coming of Cardozo or Brandeis on the Court. Against that backdrop, it is easy to see why the so-called anti-elite types, aka Duncemasters, like Sarah "The Bard" Palin or Beck or Angle or Paul are considered shining lights while the majority of us see them as nothing but dimwits!
Good post.
Absolutley CT, spot on post. Voted
Great Post Mad.
For those that have been kept in the dark for so long a dim peanut bulb run on an nearly dead AA battery will seem extremely bright, thus they cannot even look at the Spotlight that President Obama shines on all of the lies and distortions from the right!
Mad---------- allow me to tell you what we know for sur and even the supporters of the Democrtaic Parasitical Part will not be able to dispute this.
Every democratic program is predicated on stealing money from somee one who earned it and using for theirmown ends or handing it to 3rd part.
To support the democratic party, it is necessary to support theft and parasites, I will leave it to you, what you call people who support theft and parasites.
Middlews, your argument might be more effective if you use spaces and proof read. It might be more effective too if you actually had a point to make other than calling other human beings parasites. Just because someone doesn't think like you doesn't make them any less of a human being.
I repeat, what you call some one who supports theft and parasiticalism?
Could be why you are called "mad". Most of you that spout off for the left don't really know what you are "mad" about. Did you have a bad life growing up? Are you part of the weather underground like your pres? Oh pardon me he did not know Bill Ayers like he never saw or spoke with Blago. You might be "mad" enough to buy that but I don't.
Psst.. Jane hon...
Here's a little hint compliments of a lefty - your local Ace Hardware is now running a two for one special on tin foil hats - plastic sheeting & duct tape!
You're welcome...
Graham is a fool. The Dems never return such a favor. He's too naive to be US Senator.
And yet, how long has he BEEN A senator?
I think you are the naive one. Senator Graham has been and is a loyal public servant. (Man was that hard to say!) The GOP could use more people like him to help save that wreck they call a Party.
Mommy Marxists and wacko-up:
In response to your question, mommy, 'Too long.'
To you wacko-up, let's see what happens on November 2, 2010.
Gee, I guess that I"M supposed to be Mommy. Fortunately, I'm not YOUR Mommy. Algae in the gene pool, anyone? Yeah, we WILL see what happens in November. While the potential exists for substantial Republican gains, few people think they'll wind up controlling both the house and the senate. Everything has to break their way and too many things have gone wrong already (Obtuse Angle,anyone? I didn't think so!)
By loyal public servant you mean some one who votes with the communists. I guess the Demoncrats don't need that kind of loyal public servant when a Republican is President, nah I didn't think so.
The thing you need to be aware of is the Islamic mode of dealing with people that disagree with them. They nod their heads, tell you they agree with what you are saying then cut your throat and do exactly the opposite. Obama has lied on so many fronts; taxes, abortion, being a foreign student, gestapo tactics, jobs and his connection to American terrorist. So what you get is, a Kagan who lies about her role in re-wording documents and lies about her role in blocking our military from recruiting at her university. She is a "commie" at least in thought, different from Obama who was on the New Member(CCUSA) list when he (somehow) picked up the Illinois Senate seat. Say or reply what you want, it will not change the truth>
Insanity, thy name is Jane Porter!
Jane you igno... What are you talking about. That spew you are ranting is that something you just heard on Fox? Sounds like you need a nap! This is America not Disneyland! Fantasy I say pure Fantasy! I think that snapping sound you just heard was your tongue falling off!
Obviously Jane is a 'Birther' and out of the park as far as reality goes.
Repubs and Used Teabaggers keep tossing around the words Communist and Marxist, and to quote a favorite of mine, Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride (with minor changes) "You keep using those words, Communist and Marxist, I do not think they mean what you think they mean!"
The Right seems to think that it is Inconceivable that the Dems will come out ahead in November. I predict that they will lose the ability to filibuster or find those 41 votes to shelve bills that they do not like after November, and that in 2012 Americans will see how much better things are for them under the Dems than they were under the Repubs and easily give President Obama a second term!
You watched the Princess Bride? Enough said
I don't know why I read political blogs anymore, because they just make me angry. People, Obama is a Democrat. Wouldn't it make perfect sense that he would appoint a Supreme Court justice with the same views as him? Isn't that what George Bush did? Did he appoint liberals? No, he appointed conservatives. So, how can you condemn one man for choosing someone that holds the same views as himself and praise the other man for doing exactly the same thing? From Wikpedia: "Most Presidents nominate candidates who broadly share their ideological views, although a justice's decisions may end up being contrary to what the nominating President anticipated. Because the Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a justice, the President may nominate anyone to serve. However, that person must receive Senate confirmation." Clearly this is just common sense, not some liberal conspiracy to take the country down.
As far as Kagan not being a judge, according to Wikpedia 41 of 109 Justices have not been judges. Answers.com states 40 of 111 have had no judicial experience. In fact, William H. Rehnquist appointed Associate Justice by Nixon and later Chief Justice by Reagan was never a judge. So again, you can't condemn one party for doing something the other party has already done.
Although there are no requirements, it would seem necessary that the person have the intelligence to be able to read and interpret the law. Since Kagan was paid as a professor to teach law at probably one of the most prestigious law schools in the country she's probably qualified. From what I have read she was praised by many Republicans in past years prior to this nomination for her common sense approach to interpreting the law.
In my lifetime I have never seen such crazy bickering and lack of common sense between the left and the right. Perhaps it has to do with the ease of having millions of people read your blog on the internet or perhaps it's because of crazy shows like Fox"News." In any event, unless we as a country come together and learn to compromise like we were taught in elementary school this country is going to go down no matter what party is in charge.
you might want to check her out as Dean of the so-called prestigious liberal elitist Harvard. While there: When Barack Obama’s two faculty mentors at Harvard Law got in trouble for plagiarism, they were rescued by Dean Elena Kagan. When Barack Obama’s two faculty mentors at Harvard Law got in trouble for plagiarism, they were rescued by Dean Elena Kagan. In 1989, Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe hired first-year Harvard law student Barack Obama as his research assistant. After Obama was elected president, Tribe would gush, "His stunning combination of analytical brilliance and personal charisma, openness and maturity, vision and pragmatism, was unmistakable from my very first encounter." Obama had one other prominent mentor among the Harvard faculty: Professor Charles Ogletree, an African-American. In the run-up to the election, Ogletree would enthuse, "I'm so excited about this candidacy that I just can't tell you. I'm just overfull with joy." In 2004, Tribe and Ogletree both made the news in ways they might wish they had not. And now, in 2010, that news has come back to haunt their Law School dean at that time, Elana Kagan. And if there is any justice in the world, it should eventually suck in Obama himself. Is that the quality of a Supreme Court Justice?? Not in my book. She's a cheat and a liar.
I'm going to tell you another thing, I don't "compromise" with the devil! I will not stand by and "compromise" with ANYONE who is purposefully taking my country and pushing it down into the socialistic hole. You have an enemy as a president. You can't label him anything else but. He is and has destroyed more than I could even list here. You think we need compromise?? Not under this conniving, destructive, interloper into our country.
Didn't Bush attend the Harvard Business School?
Annie, This is our Country too. This United States was built on working together (arguing and compromise) from the very beginning! Being close mind and not listening to alternative view points and ultimately squashing them well isn't that how Fascist and Communist governments do it? Get real we (that includes you) are better than that. The last I checked this is a Republic not some dictatorship.
Not a dictatorship yet, but the regime in charge is acting like one. I'm sure the Peoples Democrat Party would love to install Hussein Obama as President for Life so he can hang with Castro, Chavez, Putin (soon), Huang and the rest of the RED boys. He would fit right in.
Lindsey Graham, Brown J McCain, SNow, Collins are all serving their last terms as republicans.
Conservatives make sure the RNC and your elected republican legislators know that any attempt to support the afore mentioned people as republicans will result in your money being withheldfrom the republicans, I am tired of RINOS and dem lites, if they want to play footsies with the dems go ahead let them run as dems or independents.
We want conservatives, if they want to play with the parasites on the other side let them but do no let them do it as republicans.
As soon as we get rid of Obama and repeal the insurance farce, it will be time to start repealing the leech programs the dems hvae passed over the years.
The parasite/parasite enablers, went to far this time.
We have been polite civil and politically correct far too, long .
We should have jumped down their throat when Kennedy started his leech programs.
Ultimately, "it was not a hard decision for me to make," he said, adding that she "will serve this nation honorably." VOTE LINDSAY GRAHAM OUT!!! Kagan is a cheat and a liar and a radical liberal throwback to Obenemy and Wm Ayers. Lindsay Graham is no conservative or Republican get rid of him
When are the Republicans accept that they lost they election in 2008 by a hefty margin and stop the politics of obstruction so the country can move forward? They spent 8 years doing nothing with George W except putting us further into debt, removing regulations and giving tax rebates to their very rich friends. They tried to turn back time and return to rich white males being in charge without women, ethnic and racial minorities, religious minorities and gay and lesbians considered or included. Congratulations to Senator Graham. His behavior is that of the honorable opposition. As for the rest of you, grow up, times have change and are ever evolving. If you don't like where the train is going, get off now because we are going to throw you off in November and if your are too close to the train you might just get crushed.
NO, NO AND HELL NO. You're going to wake up one of these mornings to NO country at all. Then you'll put on your government issued uniform and report to your government issued job! Don't give me that "lost election" BS! VOTE ALL DEMS OUT!!!!
Your right, so how come Dear Leader has met so much opposition for his programs? Because many in his own party do not like them. The Republicans do not have the votes to stop his socialization of the country. He has had to bribe Demoncrats like Nelson and Landeau to vote for his programs. Everything Dear Leader wanted he should have gotten in 2 days. His own Communist Party has held him up. Can't make this stuff up.
SOUTH Beach-------------- Okay, that is your hand you play it. It will be time to turn the cards over soon I really believe you folks are delusional.
The des have denmostrated that their interstt is turn this country into quasi socialist haven The have remove 460 billion from medicare in order to had free insurance to his leech constituency.
Even now he is attempting an amnesty bill for criminal aliens that is opposed by 70% of the electorate.
Tell you what sunshine, If I were a supporter of the Democratic Parasitical Party, I would stock up on booze, beciuse I think it will be very painful for the dems.
2012 we remove Obama and sunshine if you think the last 8 years were bad, wait for it, when we get done this time, there won't be enough of the leechs programs left for the parasites to live on.
The parasite enablers went too far, this time and retribution apppraches.
South,
Hefty margin...LOL....53% of the popular vote including a suermajority of the independents voting for Obama. Check out the latest Gallup Poll. The same independents who gave the election to Obama are now givng him a job approval rating of 38%. Get that? 38%. The Dems are going down hard in 105 days. Maybe that's why a half dozen Dem committee chairmen have announced their retirement.
Middlewes - it is very difficult to take you serious when you can not spell or write a coherent sentence. Take your hate and mindless message to the Fox post site.
Thank you and have a nice day.
San Francisco, home of Piglosi, enough said
ELISE------ Lighten up sunshine, the whole world, now, owns a copy of the liberal parasite manual.
Page---------- When faced with a situation, or statement you don't like, but, have no facts to refute it with, ridicule, ridicule, ridicule..
Should, you have lost your manual, page two reads------------- If ridicule is ineffective, Lie.
Graham's view, which is the appropriate one, is that the role of the Senate in voting on the President's Supreme Court nominee is to decide whether the nominee is qualified. While that decision may necessarily be somewhat subjective (since Senators are human), an affirmative vote does not need to signify that the senator LIKES the President's choice. If senators only voted "yes" when they personally liked the choice, almost all nominees of Presidents whose party does not control the Senate would be defeated, thus making it nearly impossible for such a President to make his own choice, as the Constitution intends.
Please cite the applicable section of the constitution, where it, says it intends for the president to select his own choice.
My constitution says that the president, may submit, a candidate for the approval of the senate.
I have to laugh at all the libs hailing Graham as a man of principal and having his own mind. First, he is not up for re-election for at least 4 years. Second, this is a safe vote because the libtards have enough votes to confirm without him, with Rino Hags Snowe and Collins and turncoat Brown so he has the cover he needs "I'm not the only Rino to vote for it (oops I mean Kagan). Third, he knew he would be getting all of this praise from the libtards and he was right. Look at the swooning going on here from the communists plus Dear Leader could say it was a bi-partison vote. LOL. When and if (big if) Rino Lindsey votes against crap and tax or ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION or another of our Communist Leader's directives, then the libtards will be back to excoriating him. Gotta love the libtards, they are always good for a laugh!
Just what we need, more officials in power with no actual experience. This administration is clearly dedicated to change, just not for the better!
Folks,
What is astonishing is the absolute hatred conservatives have for Obama, who is really a moderate Democrat compared to past liberal and present politicians. These fanatics do not understand that Republican so-called conservative policies have resulted in the worst deficits and economic times during the last 30 years. They hate Health care Reform, which is a reform more conservative than what Nixon had on the table, they want to give big corporations and Wall Street carte blanche and then they hide when the worst financial crisis since the depression results from lack of regulations and lax enforcement, they start a totally unnecessary war (Iraq) and then blame Obama for deficit spending when their beloved Bush kept the expenditures off the books and almost tripled the National Debt in his tenure........these conservative hate mongers will be very surprised this fall....they will not win either the House or the Senate and they will stew in their juices!
Regards,
Flagweaver
Thank You Flagwaver, excellent post! There are none so blind as those who will not see! And that includes the Repubs and Used Teabaggers in one fell swoop!
Moderate Democrat, are you kidding me? What are you smoking because I would like to get me some. That's the best stupid post of the year. Congrats Flag Burner
Evidently you have never spoken with a banker one on one. The edict came from your "first black president", not my words but the words of many blacks that voted for Clinton. Strange, they absolutely dropped Mrs. Clinton when a "man of color" came on the scene. Racist? Clinton TOLD banks they would give loans to "folks" that could no way pay them back,ie; people that were on welfare, people that were on unemployment. If not their bank would be ruined by the government.Well as it ended up many were, even those that complied. Now how patriotic is that! Clinton started the downfall of this country. You need to dig deeper than just the rhetoric and koolaid you are fed by liberal professors and the Obama machine. The progressives (socalist) are the down fall of our nation.
The only regret I have is that Graham is not up for re-election in 105 days.
Socialist thinking, Auntie Fascist,(and your name defines you) is why America is in bad shape now. We conservative, patriotic,America loving people have failed to stand the guard on groups like you. We are back!! You cannot have the nation our forfathers intended this country to be. I really feel you should go live in a socalist/communist country for a while to get a taste of what you are working towards I feel you would come back with a new line of thought and appreciation for freedoms. Has it not ever dawned upon you as to why so many people of "commie" countries fight for their freedoms to the death or try to escape tyrannical governments. I am sorry you did not have a patriotic raising, and taught to love your country. That just left you to grow up ignorant and ultimately stupid. Stupid, uneducated people are dangerous.
Unfortunately, you're not all the way back. You apparently left you sanity behind! Where in hell have you been that you're gonna lecture ME! I appreciate my freedoms! What's this "stand guard" crap? You clowns all sound like you're gonna pick up GUNS and have a coup! Try not to shoot your stupid @$$ off!!
Soon Auntie, Soon
Soupy, look up "sedition". And you try not to shoot YOUR @$$ off, too!
Jane, you are a true hate merchant.
Auntie Face Lift, look up American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. When a gov't becomes over bearing, the people have the right and responsibility to remove that gov't and install a new one. That's what the American people do in elections. We did it in 2006 and 2008 and we will do it in 2010 and 2012. We gave the communists a shot for 4 years and they really screwed the pooch. The American people have woken up from the nightmare of 2008 and will right the ship in the next 2 years.
JANE-------You are correct, in the democratic lexicon, working together means, "Hold still while I feed on you."
We should have started this when Kennedy introduced the first quasi socilist bill, instead we went along, politely, civilly politically correct.
Conservatives have to bear a lot of the blame for Obama, in 2008 we looked at having to vote for Barack Obams or John McCain, we just stayed home, okay, that was a greivious error on our part, we will not be at home for the election this year ot the one in 2012, you can look for record conservative turnouts for the next two elections.
We have watched Barack Obama as he trips down the garden path tootling on his little flute, trying to lead us from quasi socialism to full unbridled socialism.
No more polite, no more civil no more politically correct, we need to continue to say no to the parasites, no matter what they want to do, the one thing we know for sure is that they will want to steal the wages of people that earned them and hand it to vampires.
We are fighting for the way of life that made this country the evny of the world for so many years and aginst the parasites that want to make us just one more euro nanny state.
Soupy, you're right on with what elections mean, but not necessarily with the outcome. What's all this gun play, sedition crap! The Whiskey Rebellion rebels weren't THIS crazy!
Never said a word about guns, never said a word about sedition. I said we have revolutions every 2 and 4 years which are called elections. America voted Hussein Obama and the rest of the libtards in in 2008 and America will correct that error just like they did in 1980 after 4 years of the #1 America Hater Peanut Carter. In 2010, we'll get rid of enough libtards to render the Supreme Leader a lame duck and we will finish the job in 2012 when we send him, Michelle "the arms" and their spawn back to Chicago or Hawaii, or Indonesia or Kenya. Then all of you America Haters will shilling from the roof tops and life will be right again. That's why conservatives are on the right and the libtards are on the left as in left out.
He just guarenteed his defeat in the 2014 primary. I doubt he'll bother coming back to the state anytime soon....wait...he seldom returns anyway. "Ruling Class" wannabee who just wants to go to the cool "kids" parties in DC.
South Carolinian Republicans, you need to remember this piece of s**t wimp when he comes up for re-election. He needs to be put out to pasture, preferably in a swampy pasture filled with quicksand.
Another articulate conservative voice. And you people wonder why Stephen Colbert is so popular.
At least one of the senators from S.C. is able to think and act for himself. It's about doing what's right for the country not about what Mitch McConnell in his ignorance wants.
Funny how libtards always say that about a Repub that breaks ranks. Too bad Demoncrats never break ranks. It would interesting to see how you libtards would respond. Didn't a Demoncrat Rep say he was going to vote against Healthcare and his District Office Windows were broken? hmmmm Oh right, he changed his mind after Medusa Polisi stared at him and turned him to stone.
Graham is such a waste to the Republican party. He is a waste anyways. Why doesn't he just move on over to the democrat side. But he really does appear to be a but kisser. First it was McCain during the elections now it is Obama's behind that he is kissing.
Thankfully I can say that I never voted for him and my mother said that she will never vote for him again. Thank God for that. I say let us vote him out when the time comes. Too bad it isn't in this election. :(
The light footed senator from SC does it again. We have got to get rid of this idiot in the next election. He votes the way he wants and ignores the wishes of his constituents.
Graham, Brown, Snow, Collins, Mccain, they are all RINOS, serving their lastterm, Write the RNC tell them if any odf those people are supported by the RNC no donations.
middlewes, kiss Maine goodbye!
AUNTIE------- That is fine, we are wearyof RINOS and dem lites, losing Maine is just fine, it may take us a little longer, but, we get finished we will have a conservative party again.
Collins and Brown can all go, if the seats go to dems, so be it. The republicans we have will be conservatives, once we get them all cleaned out we will start cleaning out the parasite enablers
All we really have to do in this election ,is remove enough of Obama's accomplices to render the inept liar in the white house powerless.
The in 2012, we ca remove him in Jan of 2013, repeal the insurance farce in Feb. of 2013, then we start on the leech bills the supporters of the Democrtaic Parasitical Party have passed in the last 50 years.
His constituents are unable to think and form opinions of their own.
Let's cut straight to the chase here. What is it that "True Conservatives" (and I mean, The Tea Party Republicans) want? The Bible to replace The Constitution? Forced Religion taught in public schools? Blacks to accept "their place" as second class citizens? Gays and Lesbians to be stripped of all civil rights and forced back in the closet? All borders closed? The Tea Party is so very proud of its radical and absolutely UNATTAINABLE, ridiculous, anti-American craziness! You're going to lose in November, BIG TIME. Then what? Armed Militias in the streets? You do of course realize you'll be shot down by the largest enforcer of the Federal Government, the Armed Forces of the United States. You won't be facing me with a rifle. You'll be taken down by a Marine, an Army solider, the National Guard. When you exclude the voting public by 60% so you can't win in the ballot box, what's your plan? State separation from the Union? Murder? You need to lift your foot stomping yee-haw eyes off the floorboard and take a look at the stone wall you're racing towards. Radicals. Absolute Talibani radicals. Religous, exclusive, crazy and bound to fail.
MERRELL________— What really interesting post!!
Actually, well settle for having the inept liar in the white quitting spending money and quit trying to resdistribute wealth and quit trying to convert thi country from quasi socialism to full socialism.
No sure why you dems get your panties in such a wad about conservative in the streets with guns, you seem to be the ones that always talking about it.
Couple of things that should be mentioned to you, though, about 75% of our military are very conservative, the military the ultimate meritocracy they don'r like leeches and Parasites and democratic politicians are especially despised by the military.
I was in the miltary when Kennedy got plunked in Dallas amd the comment heard most often, was "hey Harvey good shot."
But say they did, have you given any thought to what happens after they fired on conservatives?
If it were a National Guard Unit they would have to stay mobilized, they couldn't just go home, did you think about thatwould you want to go home by yourself after firing into a crowd of conservatives?
if you were regular military, you have to stayn in the military, you would no longer be able to go home on leave by yourself and when you went on liberty you would have to go armed and in large groups.
I suspect that probably a third of the conservatives in this country are combat veterans.
Personally I'm a hunter I own several rifles including one of the old M1 Garands, like I carried in Viet Nam.
I really think that people like you need sto spend a little more time thinking and a little less time running your mouth.
Wow, chill communist, relax take a chill pill and go back under the rock, you have issues.
middlewes is an idiot. I too was in the military in 1963 and can assure you that he must have been in the Soviet military, not ours. The thinking soldier admired him greatly for facing down the Russians during the Cuban missile crisis. He was also a man who had fought in battle himself, unlike any president since. Comments like middlewes' attempt to disgrace the military but fail of course.
CLEAR EYE---- Disgrace the military, I see nothing disgraceful about thinking a lib was not a desirable item.
Oh yeah that's right they were drafting then, so I guess at least one dem didn't go to Canada.
I was amarine and we jsut said good shot Harvey.
Now that you mention it, I do remember one crying lib. We just locked him in a broom closet for the weekend and sent him to the Chaplain Sunday.
Dear Gale Ten.....
"America needs more Republican statesmen like Lindsey Graham, who aren't afraid to break free of groupthink and speak their minds."
Is this a joke? Not a single Dem voted against! And you say America needs more Reps like Graham? Or, did you mean more Stepford Politicians like the Dems?
Jmax: I meant more people who will reach across the aisle to work with their colleagues - and that goes both ways!