The South Carolina Republican primary is Tuesday. If you are considering whether to vote for Lindsey Graham, consider the following newspaper article.
The Orangeburg Times Democrat quotes Graham as virtually calling himself McCain’s Mini Me.
“My re-election, I think, will benefit South Carolina because if he gets to be president, South Carolina’s interests will have a receptive audience due to our relationship,” Graham said in a recent interview. “I want to help him do the hard things.”
McCain recently made his first stop in the state since winning South Carolina’s January primary, and Graham pumped his fists in a cheer at a news conference when McCain said he’ll campaign again here later in the year. The next morning, over a grits, bacon and pancakes campaign breakfast, he talked about how he and McCain don’t toe the Grand Old Party line on immigration, Social Security, the war in Iraq or how judges are confirmed.
“John has risked his political career at least four times in the last two years that I can remember and I’ve got the scars to prove it,” Graham said. He’s been McCain’s wing man, noting he was in the room with McCain and President Bush when the president was convinced to add troops in Iraq while other Republicans “were running to the exit like the theater was on fire” and “coming up with one goofy idea after another” to get out of Iraq.
Can you believe Graham actually said, “I was in the room when…”? Sounds like high school stuff to me. And he openly points out how both he and McCain have bucked the GOP when it was the most important to be loyal. He’s actually proud of it which wonderfully illustrates how out of touch Graham is. He’s a RINO, pure and simple.
The same paper indicated that the Orangeburg Democrat Party expects a lot of Republicans to cross over to vote against Graham. Should Graham win the nomination I intend to do precisely that come November and I’m quite certain a lot of disgusted conservatives will do the same. So if you want two conservative South Carolina Republicans in the Senate, you should seriously consider voting for Buddy Witherspoon on Tuesday. Otherwise you’ll either get Graham again (who will almost certainly be in a McCain administration should McCain win the presidency, requiring a special election to replace Graham) or a Democrat.
It’s not worth it either way. Graham needs to be defeated Tuesday. He and all South Carolina RINOs need to see that conservative South Carolinians will not tolerate the kind of nonsense Graham has brought us. We have to show them that we can’t be run over or taken for granted. After all, that’s precisely what Graham is counting on. He thinks we have nowhere to go so we’ll vote for him no matter what he does or how he betrays us and this country. Are you prepared to reward him for that?
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