Nothing would please me more than to shut this blog down Wednesday morning. For that to happen, of course, Lindsey Graham will have to lose the Republican primary on Tuesday. For all those who doubt he will, it is in your hands.
South Carolina conservatives are extremely unhappy with Senator Graham, and with good reason. Lets just recap some of the things Graham has done to earn our wrath.
Graham was involved in the "gang of 14," helping Democrats stop GOP leadership in the Senate from exercising the so called "nuclear option" to put an end to Democrats’ filibuster of Bush judicial nominations. Graham and McCain claim their actions resulted in a number of Bush nominees getting up or down votes. What they fail to mention is that all the nominees would have received up or down votes had Graham and McCain stayed out of it. They also claim credit for getting Roberts and Alito confirmed, a claim that is patently false and self serving.
Graham and McCain championed comprehensive immigration reform which included amnesty for illegal aliens. Both Graham and McCain claimed they did not support amnesty but amnesty is precisely what that legislation granted. When an illegal alien can get a perpetual green card with no requirement to do anything else ever, that is amnesty! When his constituents balked at the idea, Graham went before the National Council of LaRaza and called us bigots and said we should shut up! Graham loved to tell stories of legal immigrants and equate them with illegal aliens. He repeatedly and knowingly lied to the American people and to his constituents about the issue.
Graham has been a consistent media whore since he was elected. Hardly a weekend goes by that he’s not on some Sunday news program. Washington insiders joke that he’s run his own grandmother down if she got between him and a TV camera. It has been clear almost from the start that Graham’s ambition, like his ego, is huge and insatiable.
Graham’s campaign commercials, both on radio and TV, have been a model of how to misrepresent your record. Using all manner of facts, Graham has given the impression that he is a conservative when nothing could be further from the truth. When the rubber hits the road, Graham has not been there for this country, preferring instead to advance his own career. He truly is McCain’s Mini Me!
Tomorrow morning the polls open at 7:00 A.M. It is up to you and me to remove Graham and send a message to the Republican party that we will not tolerate RINOs. We will no longer give our support to people who claim to be conservative because of political expedience. We will not be taken for granted by our own party the way the Democrats have taken blacks for granted for decades. We will stand up and vote and kick the bastards out and Graham is next in line for that ass kicking. Let’s do it!!!
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Has any polling been done to determine what his chances are tomorrow?
I don’t think anyone is even doing any polling on the question. If they are, I can’t find it. I’ve searched Google, RealClearPolitics, etc., and found nothing.
The conventional wisdom is that Graham is a shoe-in. Of course, he’s nervous enough to have spend quite a bit on TV and radio commercials in the last few weeks. That implies that he is at least a little worried despite his rhetoric to the contrary.
I wish I was confident enough to make a prediction but I am not. I know there is a tremendous amount of disgust for Graham among conservatives. Will that translate into turnout at the polls tomorrow? I guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out. I will certainly be there to vote for Witherspoon.
I’m voting Witherspoon, too. Is there a Democratic challenger should Graham keep the Republican primary? And if so, would you vote Dem?
I was a young 18 year old Georgia boy in 1976. My first vote was for Jimmy Carter, the one and only time I’ve ever voted Democrat. That will change this year should Graham win the nomination tomorrow.
I’ve said a number of times that I will vote AGAINST Graham, regardless of who his competition is. I’d rather have a socialist Democrat than a RINO.
So long as we keep rewarding abysmal behavior from Republican officials we’ll keep getting cranks like Graham. One definition of insanity is continuing to do what you’ve been doing while expecting a different result. I’m done with that!
So the answer to your question is yes, I will vote for the Democrat should Graham get the nomination. And I’ll even campaign for the Democrat. I think it’s that important to dump this dog.