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Lindsey Graham is a very slick and smarmy operator. I wanted to scream at the TV and ask him if that with over 4000 troops killed---thousands with serious injuries and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people dead and still suffering, how could he possibly act so smug and say it was all worth it to get rid of Saddam? The cost of this insane war against a country that did not attack us is unfathomable to me and nothing these warmongering apologists can say will ever change the truth of the situation. Al qaeda wasn't there and these are a people that would never let Iran control their country.

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BLITZER: ... Senator McCain was, in his words, basically a cheerleader for the war. And he sees that as the biggest blunder in U.S. foreign policy since the Cold War.

GRAHAM: Yes, all I can tell you is that a world with Saddam Hussein is not a better world.

In the Obama world, Saddam Hussein would still be in power. And you know how the U.N. oil-for-food program was working. I'm glad Saddam Hussein's out of power. I'm glad he's dead. And I'm glad we have a chance to create, in the heart of the Arab world, a Democratic government, where Sunni, Kurds, and Shias can live in peace, reject Iran, and deliver decisive blow against al Qaeda.

BLITZER: So, knowing what you know right now, Senator Graham, and knowing what Senator McCain knows right now, even though there were no WMDs, even though there were no links between Saddam Hussein...

GRAHAM: Absolutely.

BLITZER: ... and al Qaeda or 9/11, you still think it was a good idea to go to war?

GRAHAM: Yes, absolutely. I am glad that the Saddam Hussein regime is over. I'm glad a democracy's beginning to emerge in the heart of the Arab world. We screwed this up 100 ways off the fall of Baghdad. The surge saved Iraq from chaos. Senator Obama said no to the surge. He said it would fail. He was wrong.

We're on the verge of winning. And when he comes back from Iraq, I wish he would acknowledge two things, that the surge worked, and we're going to win.

(h/t Silent Patriot for setting up the post)

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Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol's picture

Lindsey would rather invade Jeff Gannon, though

DannyEastVillage's picture

goodGOD what is he smoking? I want a hit.

Left&Left's picture

I truly hate these people.

wjbill's picture

very well put John Amato. This guy Graham is a nothing!

WinSmith's picture

I guess living a closeted double life means you can never admit to the truth no matter what facts stare you in the face.

gwen's picture

The surge worked? Great! When are the troops coming home then?

fil's picture

with names like Gramm or Graham...

Bollox Ref's picture

Lindsey Graham - the OED definition of "Shite".

Why he keeps appearing on teevee, along with the usual suspects, is beyond me. Lump o' lard.

cg's picture

"A world with Saddam Hussein is not a better world." You can only make that statement under the assumption that the public hears the name "Saddam Hussein" and immediately thinks "EVIL". But you look at the conditions of Iraq now, and his ability to keep sectarian tensions under control (albeit through fear and brutality), and it's hard for me to buy into this talking point. That's not to say he wasn't a bad man - but to a a degree, his tyranny was through necessity.

Loonie's picture

Lindsay Graham absolutely is a halfwit.

Kyuzo's picture

Yeah, when I think "good Christian" the first thing that pops in my head is, "I'm glad he's dead." Asshole.

The man's name is Lindsay.

Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol's picture

OK. What are "we" going to win? $7.00/gallon gas? International goodwill? At least Bush got Saddam's pistol as a consolation prize.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/30/1085855439978.html

DavidtheDuke's picture

Plus, think of all that oil, I MEAN CHILDREN!

Reno's picture

The US won when saddam was toppled. Everything after that was looting and pillaging by Bu$shCo and Friends.

miss_kitty's picture

Wow a mouthbreather who breathes through his nose. What new tricks will these old hounds learn next?

As long as the plan did not include rounding up Graham Cracker here, all like thinkers (If you vote to authorise this legislation...) and the CheneyBushCo posse and press ganging all of them into combat duty, it was not a very good idea at all.

Randy's picture

His words are old and empty, coming from the same 'sell of Iraq war' mill.
Such words will not convince anybody.
Even a good size of Republicans do not buy this unrealistic assessment anymore .
He knows it..but he is a GOP party man,and he used this opportunity on television to play the same old broken record.

Comrade Rutherford's picture

"I am glad our brave troops are slaughtering women and children in Iraq. I am pleased that we are responsible for over 1 million displaced persons being forced to flee their ancestral homes to become a burden on neighboring nations, and that women have had to become prostitutes to feed their kids. I have no reservations about lying to start a war so that my buddies can get no-bid contracts and kill US troops at the same time. I am thrilled that the US has released a mercenary army upon unarmed civilians and I oppose any attempts at oversight on these mercenaries. Indeed, I love hearing how they kill innocent women and children for no reason. I praise God every day that we can kill brown people with impunity, as I know that God loves nothing more than mass murder of the innocents. I'm sure that's in the bible somewhere..."

paranoia's picture

http://www.oilforfoodfacts.org/

Yes, we know about how well the food for oil program went! Do you?

constituent's picture

another victory for NEOCON neo-colonial nation building
at the expense of lives and american tax payers...

ConcernedCanuck's picture

acknowledge two things, that the surge worked, and we’re going to win.

Come on Wolfenstein!! Why don't you ask this sack of patriotic crapola, what exactly "We're gonna win"????!?!?!

Google_Meister's picture

All I had to do was look at the picture, talk about a 'fuck me in the ass pansy' LOL
Please, no disrespect intended to the brave troops, living or deceased.

Mister Anderson's picture

I think invading Iraq was a GREAT IDEA too! It was so great, that it made Bush so dumb that he has convinced the nation to put aside our differences to unite against him to the extent that we'd elect a Black man President just to erase the stains and problems of us Presidency. I don't think Obama could be elected after a Gore administration because we'd still care about stupid stuff like race and other prejudices.

jwf's picture

WinSmith @ 5:

I guess living a closeted double life means you can never admit to the truth no matter what facts stare you in the face.

Stop saying that or Larry Craig won't jerk you around by the gas nozzle.

Peter G's picture

ConcernedCanuck @ 20:

acknowledge two things, that the surge worked, and we’re going to win.

Come on Wolfenstein!! Why don't you ask this sack of patriotic crapola, what exactly "We're gonna win"????!?!?!

A very good question. Hidden behind these doors are fabulous prizes...

RB-Chicago's picture

WHY-O-WHY does the MSM keep these talking heads on spouting their LIES??? Has CNN been paid off?? Is Murdoch coming?? What is the reason??

Doesn't the MSM at least have a single clue that these bozos are just making this stuff up?

ConcernedCanuck's picture

Peter G @ 24:

ConcernedCanuck @ 20:

acknowledge two things, that the surge worked, and we’re going to win.

Come on Wolfenstein!! Why don't you ask this sack of patriotic crapola, what exactly "We're gonna win"????!?!?!

A very good question. Hidden behind these doors are fabulous prizes...

The least they could do then is have Johnny "tell 'em what they've won".....

Reno's picture

Mister Anderson @ 22:

I think invading Iraq was a GREAT IDEA too! It was so great, that it made Bush so dumb that he has convinced the nation to put aside our differences to unite against him to the extent that we'd elect a Black man President just to erase the stains and problems of us Presidency. I don't think Obama could be elected after a Gore administration because we'd still care about stupid stuff like race and other prejudices.

well bush always said he was a uniter not a divider, perhaps we gotta give him that one. Son of a bitch might have a legacy yet.. lol

constituent's picture

the u.s.,u.k. and israel didn't like saddam selling/trading
oil. using other currencies vs. using the u.s. dollar
they also didn't like him kicking out oil companies
and nationalizing oil. this was primarily for oil let's be
real lindsay.....these wars are for resources. it also debateable that it may be to weaken arab countries for israel's benefit.

MountainMan23's picture

IF the Bush administration had JUST removed Saddam and IMMEDIATELY installed a replacement government AND left the infrastructure intact - I think the rest of the world would have breathed a sigh of relief and been willing to overlook the fact that it was an ILLEGAL WAR.

But that's not what happened ..

Lou Mains's picture

I absolutely think that Graham should experience the invasion of Iraq first-hand then... as in see all the blood and guts, get to know some of those with PTSD intimately, go to Dover Air Farce Base and experience the caskets coming home for a month or two. How about refunding us your salary for a year in honor of those who've been harmed?

Oh, never mind, that would be too close for him. I forgot for a moment, that it's love of war at a distance.

uk visa's picture

He looks so revolting I couldn't bring myself to hit the play button!

Shawn Fassett's picture

When did Obama say the surge wouldn't "work" ? PS: What's victory look like for Iraqi citizens?

zeek's picture

fil @ 7:

with names like Gramm or Graham...

definitely a coupla crackers

Jo's picture

KOOLAID - it's not just for kids!

It's also for idiots.

ConcernedCanuck's picture

Shawn Fassett @ 32:

When did Obama say the surge wouldn't "work" ? PS: What's victory look like for Iraqi citizens?

Victory for the Iraqis is bowing down to the almighty corporation, letting them rob you blind while offering you a low paying job to "further advance democracy". A McD's at every corner. Starbucks here and there. All the latest American movies at the theater and on the dvd store shelves. Oh and maybe a few cents a gallon for the gas and oil that will be left, once the taps are turned on high.

jitter's picture

Spoken like a true fundamentalist christian who expects the rapture to happen any day now.

unpoetaloco's picture

Yes, Graham the Munchkin is happy that the wicked wizard Saddam is dead. Everything in Republican Oz land is always white or black, good or evil. Now if little Lindsay can just click his heels and go back in the closet.

dilly's picture

The Oil for Blood program has been far worse than the Oil for Food program. And usually when you speak of democracy you're not speaking of sharia law. Iraq being ours, we shall bend it to our awe, or break it all to pieces.

ElleninBigD's picture

Doesn't this snarky snark realize that Iran is Shia? That Iraq is talking to Iran? I know you all do. Yada, yada, yada. Speaking to the choir here. And why are GOPhers such doughy, looking guys with these stupid Southern accents? We got this Graham, we got that Gramm, we got Larry Craig (snicker, snicker), we got Rove. And this list goes on. Do these guys ever see the sun or look in a mirror? Apparently not. If they did, they'd do the world a favor and just stay home.

tjb's picture

I got a great Idea Lindsey ( Isn't that mostly a girls name? ),shut-up.

Trittydi's picture

Well, yeah - but then you suck. Unfortunately for you, most of America knows this.
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Move on people, nothing to see here.'s picture

Watch the video closely, when asked if he still believed it was a good idea to invade Iraq, Graham shakes his head in a negative response, but says the word yes. What a tell. Would love to play poker with this guy. Republicans will say anything, just absolutely anything. But then again, they have no fear of a follow-up question from the media. Give them what appears to be a hardball question, give a softball answer (but with conviction!) and its over, no follow-up.

Trittydi's picture

zeek @ 33:

fil @ 7:

with names like Gramm or Graham...

definitely a coupla crackers

Their parents made them gay.
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Required's picture

Glad it's so easy for these worthless pieces of shit to sacrifice over 4,000 of other people's children so they can say "at least Saddam is dead"...

Fucking criminals, all of them.

ysbaddaden's picture

Yes, it's always a great idea to invade a foreign country from the comforts of your air-conditioned home-front office.

Silly rabbit, Tricks are for kids

And gay prostitutes.

fuddled's picture

the sunnis and shias were living in peace under Saddam. the ineptitude of no post war plan left a power vacuum and extremists took over. now sunnis and shias are starting to live in peace again, but only because US forces forced them to move and live in separate neighborhoods.

angryspittle's picture

Lindsay is a fucking idiot. Has been for years.

Ron's picture

If the oil for food program wasn't such a great success and children went hungry, Bombing, killing and maiming them should work out just fine. These guys don't have a common sense thought in thir heads. How many innocents were killed to capture and hang one man because he was a brutal dictator.

Trittydi's picture

In this picture - he looks like he's about to keel over dead. Like the GOP.

It could have something to do with the "psychological" impact of how remarkably crappy the repigs are doing in their national and local races.
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Underground Pirate's picture

jitter @ 36:

Spoken like a true fundamentalist christian who expects the rapture to happen any day now.

What a piece of religious shit that asshole is. Watch that fuckstick on CSPAN sometime. What an absolute waste of worm food that
"man" is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

angryspittle's picture

Or a fucked idiot. Depends on his preference.

MCMetal's picture

GRAHAM: Yes, absolutely. I am glad that the Saddam Hussein regime is over. I’m glad a democracy’s beginning to emerge in the heart of the Arab world. We screwed this up 100 ways off the fall of Baghdad. The surge saved Iraq from chaos. Senator Obama said no to the surge. He said it would fail. He was wrong.

We’re on the verge of winning. And when he comes back from Iraq, I wish he would acknowledge two things, that the surge worked, and we’re going to win.

He will as soon as the GOP acknowledges Chimpy is the worst president in US history along with being a war criminal ..........

Oh , and that you're the new Liberace..........

Mike's picture

Traditionally, insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and becomes a danger to himself and others. Greek tragedies and Shakespeare often refer to madness in this sense. Psychologically, it is a general, popular and legal term defining behaviour influenced by mental instability. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered as an informal, unscientific term, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favour of more specific diagnoses of mental illness such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.[1] When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is also considered a preferred descriptor.
By any definition this guy does not belong in society, he belongs in treatment. Pick which one you wish to apply it to, it'll serve for both.

Hulk's picture

What can I say? How does this total dimwit sleep at night? Honest to God, he should burn in hell for the way he has continued to lie to this country and fuel the flames of divisiveness and partisan hackery.

I have zero respect for this pig. I wish the commentators would just laugh in his face. He deserves no more.

osiris's picture

And now Lindsey Graham and Bush both will have their "democracy for Iraq" shoved right up their butts, thanks to Maliki supporting Obama's plan for a 16 month withdrawal! Maliki is giving them the royal finger and it's heavenly to witness.

Imichael's picture

I wonder how Lindsey(is that a girl's name?) Graham would feel if we could move a couple hundred Sunnis or Shiites into his neighborhood? Allow them to build a mosque and pursue freedom there.

osiris's picture

Mike @ 53:

Traditionally, insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and becomes a danger to himself and others. Greek tragedies and Shakespeare often refer to madness in this sense. Psychologically, it is a general, popular and legal term defining behaviour influenced by mental instability. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered as an informal, unscientific term, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favour of more specific diagnoses of mental illness such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.[1] When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is also considered a preferred descriptor.
By any definition this guy does not belong in society, he belongs in treatment. Pick which one you wish to apply it to, it'll serve for both.

"Sociopathy" is what I would dx Graham as being which is precisely why he and Chimpy are such strange bedfellows.

tjb's picture

You got this guy gloating over an illegal assassination of the leader of a sovereign nation and an AG that can't figure out what constitutes torture ? What kind of warped political system produces these specimens as the ruling elite, the enlightened ones who divines who lives and who dies? Pleassssssse.......

Mick; no longer exotic's picture

So, send loony Lindsay and his entire extended family to Iraq! Oh - I forgot; Repimplicans only start the wars, they don't fight in them.

SCHRODINGER'S CAT's picture

constituent @ 28:

the u.s.,u.k. and israel didn't like saddam selling/trading
oil. using other currencies vs. using the u.s. dollar
they also didn't like him kicking out oil companies
and nationalizing oil. this was primarily for oil let's be
real lindsay.....these wars are for resources. it also debateable that it may be to weaken arab countries for israel's benefit.

Wars are fought over resources .
It's been that way since the begining of time.
Israel is not secure because of what has happened since the invasion of Afghanistan/Iraq.

Saddam could have been bought off for $ 2 to $ 4 billion.
Add a few billion for his dopey sons and family.
Add a further few billions for the rest of his friends,

So say $ 20 billion.

Do you trust the people who are presently in power in Iraq or Afghanistan?

There are people in power ( so called power ) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In ten years time will we even remeber who they were?

I bet Karzai ( and his pals ) and Malikai ( and his pals) will have moved on , to say ,Switzerland or the U.A.Emirates, with fist loads of money ( American Tax payers money).

Does Graham know where the Middle East is located?

Ruthless People's picture

Most of the country and the free world would agree the nation and the world would be a better place without George Bush and Dick Cheney but would LindsGAY say it's a good idea for a foreign power to invade our country, liberate us from Bush and Cheney (ok that part would be wonderful), kill hundreds of thousands of American civilians in the process, occupy our nation and set up permanent bases around our oil fields?

LindsGAY is an idiot and a clown. An embarrassment to South Carolina and the nation.

Jo's picture

Mike @ 53:

Traditionally, insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and becomes a danger to himself and others. Greek tragedies and Shakespeare often refer to madness in this sense. Psychologically, it is a general, popular and legal term defining behaviour influenced by mental instability. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered as an informal, unscientific term, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favour of more specific diagnoses of mental illness such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.[1] When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is also considered a preferred descriptor.
By any definition this guy does not belong in society, he belongs in treatment. Pick which one you wish to apply it to, it'll serve for both.

Wonderful!

Ed's picture

Required @ 44:

Glad it's so easy for these worthless pieces of shit to sacrifice over 4,000 of other people's children so they can say "at least Saddam is dead"...

Fucking criminals, all of them.

Yet, some think that they couldn't possibly be behind 9/11.

Mike's picture

Comrade Rutherford @ 17:

"I am glad our brave troops are slaughtering women and children in Iraq. I am pleased that we are responsible for over 1 million displaced persons being forced to flee their ancestral homes to become a burden on neighboring nations, and that women have had to become prostitutes to feed their kids. I have no reservations about lying to start a war so that my buddies can get no-bid contracts and kill US troops at the same time. I am thrilled that the US has released a mercenary army upon unarmed civilians and I oppose any attempts at oversight on these mercenaries. Indeed, I love hearing how they kill innocent women and children for no reason. I praise God every day that we can kill brown people with impunity, as I know that God loves nothing more than mass murder of the innocents. I'm sure that's in the bible somewhere..."

Maybe everyone should send him a copy of the above excellent description of what he supports. you can send it here:
http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenat...

Impeach cheney and bush's picture

It truly is amazing how stupid people get when they are elected to office. We have lost more than 4000 Americans and countless Iraqis and 30,000 disabled Americans and Graham can utter those words. I am disgusted by his and other republicans lack of common decency. The life of Hussein was not worth the life of any G.I., a missing limb, or one US dollar. There are plenty of crazy leaders in this world that torture their citizens--we have one right now in the Whitehouse!

Jo's picture

Ed @ 63:

Required @ 44:

Glad it's so easy for these worthless pieces of shit to sacrifice over 4,000 of other people's children so they can say "at least Saddam is dead"...

Fucking criminals, all of them.

Yet, some think that they couldn't possibly be behind 9/11.

Good lord, it was even in the PNAC playbook -- "...what we need is another Pearl Harbor."

Ruthless People's picture

Keep repeating. Win or lose this is Big Oil's war paid for with our tax dollars and the blood of our soldiers and innocent civilians. This is not a war against a nation that attacked us on 911. This is a war we were lied into by 2 corrupt warmongering war profiteering oil men for oil. Period, the end.

mhj555's picture

Ole Lindsey is just another lump in the bushco fart.

Jo's picture

Ruthless People @ 67:

Keep repeating. Win or lose this is Big Oil's war paid for with our tax dollars and the blood of our soldiers and innocent civilians. This is not a war against a nation that attacked us on 911. This is a war we were lied into by 2 corrupt warmongering war profiteering oil men for oil. Period, the end.

And the corporate/fascist media as facilitators and abetters.

P.D.'s picture

Why did people vote for this moron? Are they brain-dead? I am really afraid for this country. If people agree with this guy were doomed.

Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol's picture

Wolf Blitzkrieg thought the war was a great idea as well. He started pimping it in the spring of 2002.

Jo's picture

Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol @ 71:

Wolf Blitzkrieg thought the war was a great idea as well. He started pimping it in the spring of 2002.

Funny story about Wolfie - When he grew that facial fungus I said to my husband, Look at Wolfie's new beard. Hubby said, Huh, first time I've seen one with teeth in it.

constituent's picture

SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 60:

constituent @ 28:

the u.s.,u.k. and israel didn't like saddam selling/trading
oil. using other currencies vs. using the u.s. dollar
they also didn't like him kicking out oil companies
and nationalizing oil. this was primarily for oil let's be
real lindsay.....these wars are for resources. it also debateable that it may be to weaken arab countries for israel's benefit.

Wars are fought over resources .
It's been that way since the begining of time.
Israel is not secure because of what has happened since the invasion of Afghanistan/Iraq.

Saddam could have been bought off for $ 2 to $ 4 billion.
Add a few billion for his dopey sons and family.
Add a further few billions for the rest of his friends,

So say $ 20 billion.

Do you trust the people who are presently in power in Iraq or Afghanistan?

There are people in power ( so called power ) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In ten years time will we even remeber who they were?

I bet Karzai ( and his pals ) and Malikai ( and his pals) will have moved on , to say ,Switzerland or the U.A.Emirates, with fist loads of money ( American Tax payers money).

Does Graham know where the Middle East is located?

i beg to differ maybe we can agree to disagree. israel
may or may not be safer due to invasion of iraq...i didn't mention afghanistan....i said it's debateable that it may have weaken arab countries..there was concern
over nationalizing oil becoming empowered....
much of it has to do with nationalizing oil and trading with other currencies....the corruption exists no matter
who is in power

jwf's picture

Ed @ 63:

Required @ 44:

Glad it's so easy for these worthless pieces of shit to sacrifice over 4,000 of other people's children so they can say "at least Saddam is dead"...

Fucking criminals, all of them.

Yet, some think that they couldn't possibly be behind 9/11.

The closer anyone looks at the events leading up to 9/11 and this maladministration's behavior on that day, that conclusion becomes blatantly apparent. The Dim Son and his cohorts had way too much too gain and very little to lose with their complicity. We can only hope that someday we may learn some of the real story.

gB's picture

This guy's an even bigger dick than he looks.

Erroll's picture

To recall the word of a fellow protester at an antiwar meeting leveled at a pro-war enthusiast which can be also directed at Lindsay Graham: Enlist!

constituent's picture

gB @ 75:

This guy's an even bigger dick than he looks.

graham and lieberman

jwf's picture

Erroll @ 76:

To recall the word of a fellow protester at an antiwar meeting leveled at a pro-war enthusiast which can be also directed at Lindsay Graham: Enlist!

Surprisingly, this closet case is actually a military lawyer.

General Zod's picture

The world is better off with Saddam?
true...
but we put him in power and backed him for years!!!!
The blood he spilled is on American hands..

I am sick of Republicans asserting America has somehow saved the day by deposing Saddam- We created Saddam!!

Ruthless People's picture

If he ever put his c**k in a vagina he might have kids to send to Iraq to die in order to remove Saddam, but since he takes c**k up his ass he doesn't have any children to send to Iraq. Easy for him to say it was worth it to remove Saddam.

Ron's picture

I think we know the real story because we've connected the dots. All we need now is for someone in the MSM to confirm it. I won't be holding my breath.

constituent's picture

Ruthless People @ 80:

If he ever put his c**k in a vagina he might have kids to send to Iraq to die in order to remove Saddam, but since he takes c**k up his ass he doesn't have any children to send to Iraq. Easy for him to say it was worth it to remove Saddam.

i was going to say your ruthless but you already knew that

dadams's picture

everything graham is saying about saddam is exactly
what he should be saying about bush/cheney and cundi.

these criminals and their pundits have totally f#cked up
American and our Constitution.

only extraordinary rendition for bush/cheney and cundi
as war criminals is justice for all the harm they
have committed in America and the World.

D. C.'s picture

And I’m glad we have a chance to create, in the heart of the Arab world, a Democratic government, where Sunni, Kurds, and Shias can live in peace, reject Iran, and deliver decisive blow against al Qaeda.

When did we accomplish that?

gempei's picture

Is this moron up for re-election and are the people of his state dumb enogh to want him back?

gempei's picture

dumb enough. ouch.

MacDaKnife's picture

Lindsay is a pussy name. His parents named him well. He reminds me of those kids who hid underneath their mother's dress. He is a perfect example of the slimy little cowards, I despised when I returned home from Vietnam. They were not men enough to go themselves, but were perfectly willing to send me and my friends to our deaths, just to be able to talk tough. We used to say, "He has an alligator's mouth and a parakeet's ass".

Erroll's picture

jwf @ 78:

Erroll @ 76:

To recall the word of a fellow protester at an antiwar meeting leveled at a pro-war enthusiast which can be also directed at Lindsay Graham: Enlist!

Surprisingly, this closet case is actually a military lawyer.

While that may be, it certainly is not the same thing as Graham being in a combat zone risking his life and limbs for his noble cause that he so fervently believes in while wearing a military uniform.

Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol's picture

gempei @ 85:

Is this moron up for re-election and are the people of his state dumb enogh to want him back?

I take it, you've never visited South Carolina.

Jerry's picture

Reno @ 14:

The US won when saddam was toppled. Everything after that was looting and pillaging by Bu$shCo and Friends.

The US lost as soon as they went in, there was no "win". Saddam was a puppet put there by the US in the first place. The only people who lost here are the Iraqis, the winners are Bush & co, and the US people baying for blood.

Jerry's picture

Attila the Appeaser, No Stomach for Kristol @ 89:

gempei @ 85:

Is this moron up for re-election and are the people of his state dumb enogh to want him back?

I take it, you've never visited South Carolina.

Is that next to places like such as and "the iraq".

It astounds me on a daily basis how stupid some people are in that country ! Who ever let that muppet on television .......

Pat's picture

That better world thing Graham alludes to is relative to how much money one makes and what companies one holds stock.

If I were in that top 1% of worlds wealthy, held stock in Halliburton, KBR, Dyn Corp, Exxon/Mobile, Blackwater et al and had a social conscience of zero, the world would look pretty rosy indeed.

I am none of the above and from my point of view as well as 6 billion others on the planet, the skyrocketing energy speculation, being a direct result of the Republican's choice to take Saddam out has left the world worse off.

Lindsey sure has those blinders on tight, he's got about 1 degree of peripheral vision.

Ruthless People's picture

constituent @ 82:

Ruthless People @ 80:

If he ever put his c**k in a vagina he might have kids to send to Iraq to die in order to remove Saddam, but since he takes c**k up his ass he doesn't have any children to send to Iraq. Easy for him to say it was worth it to remove Saddam.

i was going to say your ruthless but you already knew that

Hey, I calls em as I sees em:)

dadams's picture

Pat @ 92:

That better world thing Graham alludes to is relative to how much money one makes and what companies one holds stock.

If I were in that top 1% of worlds wealthy, held stock in Halliburton, KBR, Dyn Corp, Exxon/Mobile, Blackwater et al and had a social conscience of zero, the world would look pretty rosy indeed.

I am none of the above and from my point of view as well as 6 billion others on the planet, the skyrocketing energy speculation, being a direct result of the Republican's choice to take Saddam out has left the world worse off.

Lindsey sure has those blinders on tight, he's got about 1 degree of peripheral vision.

lindsey finds it hard to see the world thru his narrow rectum.

robbie bingham's picture

Saddam was a thug we could have dealt with, much like Qadafi. So many lives could have been saved if the neocons and robber barrons wouldn't have pushed Dubyah into committed this gigantic war crime. Graham is a useful idiot for the cabals behind the scenes.

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dadams @ 94:

Pat @ 92:

That better world thing Graham alludes to is relative to how much money one makes and what companies one holds stock.

If I were in that top 1% of worlds wealthy, held stock in Halliburton, KBR, Dyn Corp, Exxon/Mobile, Blackwater et al and had a social conscience of zero, the world would look pretty rosy indeed.

I am none of the above and from my point of view as well as 6 billion others on the planet, the skyrocketing energy speculation, being a direct result of the Republican's choice to take Saddam out has left the world worse off.

Lindsey sure has those blinders on tight, he's got about 1 degree of peripheral vision.

lindsey finds it hard to see the world thru his narrow rectum.

There's no way his rectum is "narrow"!

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

McCain fanboy Lindsay [nice, masculine name] Graham:

where Sunni, Kurds, and Shias can live in peace...

Suuuuuuuuuuure, why not? It hasn't happened for thousands of years, but with George Of The Bungle launching his little vendetta war, I'm sure that they think it's a great idea now! Assclown Graham.

ConstitutionalCommando's picture

Lindsay is the perfect example of "Maroons" on parade.

Cats r Flyfishn's picture

Check Lindsey Graham's bank accounts and investments. How much did he profit financially from this war in Iraq? Republicans only care about one thing and that is money so there must have been some financial benefit to Lindsey for him to still think that invading Iraq was the right thing to do. Unless he proves me wrong, Lindsey Graham is making money from the war in Iraq.

Charles's picture

Actually, the world would be a better place without people like Lindsay Graham.

The best quote I've ever heard from Graham:

"Well, I'm no expert."

I concur, Mr. Graham.

Cycle3man's picture

Lindsely Graham is one twisted mother!
He fails to mention the cost in 4500 lives,
many tens of thousands of our soldiers maimed
for life, and not to mention the billions of dollars
shoveled down a rat hole.

Thanks Lindsely!

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

BTW, let us not forget [but repeat constantly to show Grandpa McCain's ineptness] that McSame actually said:

I think one of the tricky areas, of course, is the relationship they have with the Kurds. There's not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along. [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]

Yep. His strong suit is REALLY his war credentials. He just happened to forget the few THOUSAND years of violent Sunni vs. Shia clashes. STUPID F-ING IDIOT.

Pat's picture

rondo @ 96:

dadams @ 94:

Pat @ 92:

That better world thing Graham alludes to is relative to how much money one makes and what companies one holds stock.

If I were in that top 1% of worlds wealthy, held stock in Halliburton, KBR, Dyn Corp, Exxon/Mobile, Blackwater et al and had a social conscience of zero, the world would look pretty rosy indeed.

I am none of the above and from my point of view as well as 6 billion others on the planet, the skyrocketing energy speculation, being a direct result of the Republican's choice to take Saddam out has left the world worse off.

Lindsey sure has those blinders on tight, he's got about 1 degree of peripheral vision.

lindsey finds it hard to see the world thru his narrow rectum.

There's no way his rectum is "narrow"!

He sees through his blinder covered eyes, speaks from his megaphone size rectum

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

Pat @ 103:

He sees through his blinder covered eyes, speaks from his megaphone size rectum

LOL Jesus. That's just nasty.

Gotugye's picture

After November Graham can slither back into the closet from which he came. Another self-loathing gay Republican.

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Gotugye @ 105:

After November Graham can slither back into the closet from which he came. Another self-loathing gay Republican.

Self-lathering. Ha!

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

Lindsay Graham: "I've finished humping your left leg, Daddy McCain. Can I start on your right one now?"

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

He's old. He's kinda dumb. He's MCCAIN!

MCCAIN: "…and I'm a great admirer of Rumsfeld."

...MCCAIN: I think the president is blessed to have two extremely talented people (Powell and Rumsfeld), experienced people, working for him, and others, but particularly those two. [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

Despite claiming to have called for more troops from the outset, McCain didn't think we needed more international troops on the ground.

MCCAIN: I think that the only military presence required right now would be American and British. [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]

Aware Of Internet Traditions's picture

Have fun, kids:

Ex-Canuck's picture

That closeted piece of shit, graham, is simply just too much in love with the fact that innocent Muslims are being slaughtered as a result of bush's illegal "war". Either that, or he has made a gazillion dollars out of the continuing illegal occupation of Iraq, and wants more...

BC's picture

Either way, taking his silly argument of creating a democratic paradise which 'rejects Iran' (because they fully accepted Iran in the 80s, right?), was it worth tanking the American economy for decades to come?

Furthermore, why isn't Zimbabwe worth creating a democratic paradise from? Or Sudan? or Burma?

PS. If you were interested in body language, whilst he said 'Yes, it was a good idea' he shook his head with a 'No'.

ufuginmericans's picture

A world with Lindsey or any Repuke is not a better world. Why's he always look so sweaty like he's on something? Maybe the realization of what they've actually done while still lying? They saved the middle east. Was better with Saddam in place & GB senior knew it.
We lied, cheated & stole to kill millions but it was the right thing to do. How absolutely wonderful. How does one reach such a pinnacle of absolute purity?

Dana's picture

I 'absolutely' still think Lindsey Graham is a worthless
warmongering chickenhawk piece of shit.

Joe Pasetto's picture

I'd be willing to bet that Graham has a wide stance.

no longer a proud american's picture

would this brainless piece of excrement feel any differently if if his kid were called on to serve and was killed for GW's war???

osage's picture

Poor Lindsey Graham. It really hurts to be on the losing side of "the issue" that's going to cause John McCain to lose the presidential election by a landslide. And despite the pain of losing, Lindsey Graham is man enough to "still" believe in the pointless deaths of more than 4000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children. Wow! He sure is one tough hombre.

Lindsay Fan's picture

Sen. Lindsay Graham gives me such a big, gay boner.

Lindsay Girlsname's picture

He is without a doubt another flaming wide stance closet republican.

gallery's picture

Oh lindsey baby, just open a hooters and have charlie crist come and cut the ribbon for you.

Seriously, he couldn't have been any more gay ( not that there's anything wrong with that ;) ) if he ended that quote with two snaps and a " Wolf, you're trippin girlfriend"

dosido's picture

This is my cue to remind everyone that Lindsay Graham was a big brave soldier serving active duty STATESIDE, getting others ready to deploy overseas....nothing says courage like sending someone else to fight al Qaeda.

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Joe Pasetto @ 116:

I'd be willing to bet that Graham has a wide stance.

Dangit, that was a good one. I wish I'd thought of it. :-D

Mike's picture

If this guy is not a Larry Craig-wide-stance-toe-tapper, I'll eat my hat.

Xrepublican's picture

"My friends, I do think it was the right thing to invade Iraq. Me going on the other hand is a different story. You see, I am a chicken shit republicon who sends other people's children off to war while I act like an important asshole."

Knock, knock, whose there??? Why it's non other than Lindsay Graham. (come out, come out before you get hit with a clothes hanger)

Clemdog's picture

This excerpt gave it away...

"...deliver decisive blow"...I knew it!

Karl Rove's leather sex slave - Lindsay Graham. Still alive and well.

OK, maybe he's just rotting flesh incarnate.

pfeld's picture

Believe it or not, I've never called anyone a dickhead. But I cannot restrain myself. I'd like that bastard to stand in front of the parents, husbands, wives, and children of each and every one of the 4,000 Americans and maybe half a million innocent Iraqis and say that their relatives' lost lives equal the lost life of Saddam and his sons. Damn he's an arrogant bastard. How many of his relative even served over there? Shame on the fools that voted for this man.

meritocracy's picture

we've killed more innocent Iraqis than Saddam could ever dream of. Nice job neo cons.

Ron.j's picture

Believe it or not, I’ve never called anyone a dickhead. But I cannot restrain myself.

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don't hold back. I very much do not get into calling polititians pejorative names, but Grahm deserves the honor.

Innocent Bystander's picture

So what did we get for $1,000.000.000,000.00+ spent, 4,000 American lives dead, 30-40,000 long term wounded, a million dead Iraqi innocents, 5MM refugees, a worn out army, and our international reputation gone?

1 defanged old tyrant and $5.00 gas*.

* But the country where 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers actually came from, thanks George W. Bush for his efforts on making the Royal Family's life immeasurably better.

Joe's picture

Lindsey likes weenie.

kasinca's picture

As if Dubya Bush and his Great Oil Party crime family isn't responsible for thousands of deaths of innocent civilians. Graham is a sorry piece of sh!t.

Carlin's Ghost's picture

John McCain's ballwasher, Lindsay Graham.

Carlin's Ghost's picture

Lindsay Graham; John McCain's ballwasher.

jqpublic's picture

I dunno'; maybe it's just me but...

Doesn't Lindsey's facial expression seem to be saying. "Who was that marvelous gorilla?"

Yeah, maybe it's just me...

Scott's picture

"And I’m glad we have a chance to create, in the heart of the Arab world, a Democratic government, where Sunni, Kurds, and Shias can live in peace, reject Iran, and deliver decisive blow against al Qaeda."

When he says this you know it is pure propaganda aimed at the gullible dittohead idiots who will repeat until the apocalypse.

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

Graham is obviously been hitting the bottle again with Dumbya.

bmw H. 528's picture

Sure Lindsay, and Guantanamo is the Ritz Carlton. Go down there yourself and see the American Gulag Archipelago at work. After that you'll be praying to upgrade to Communism because you're a yellow bellied sellout who will do anything, illegal or not, to keep your criminal party in power.

he looks so much like a man enjoying a pair of BEN WAH Balls!

so ignorantly blissful, you just can't bring yourself to interrupt.

jqpublic @ 135:

I dunno'; maybe it's just me but...

Doesn't Lindsey's facial expression seem to be saying. "Who was that marvelous gorilla?"

Yeah, maybe it's just me...

it ain't just you....

mayday's picture

I absolutely think Lindsey is high on something and probably not Jesus - he looks pretty glazed over to me.

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

Graham is tired and really needs a take a long nap after all the habitual lying he has been doing for the Reslugs lately.

Embittered & Anti-Republicrat - Max-Hussein-1's picture

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Sissy Graham...

enough said!

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Robt's picture

Lindsey is still of his belief that the world is flat, he is still in the majority party in the Senate and no one is on to his Larry Craig tendencies...................................

Lindsey most likely must know by now that he won't be McCain's VP or high Adm position.

Phil Graham was right ! Lindsey is a Whiner...........!

fil's picture

what the fuck does winning mean?
what the fuck is the definition of victory?

these simple words trying to talk down simple people, gah my head

Rosanne's picture

angryspittle @ 47:

Lindsay is a fucking idiot. Has been for years.

linney is a fucking disgrace to the human race. he looks like a big pantywaist, too. I'll bet if someone said boo to that coward, he's piss his pants.

HEY, LINNEY, BOOOOOOOO

republicanSScareme's picture

"GRAHAM: Yes, all I can tell you is that a world with Saddam Hussein is not a better world."

That's not telling us much, Lindsay. If it were, we could have arranged for Saddam and his sons to be killed. That would have saved a lot of bloodshed, time, and money. Overthrowing governments is an operation the CIA has down pat. We could have put together a coalition government secretly and found out whether or not it was going to work. We want the oil? Okay, we could have gotten it then with the same deals the oil companies are getting now without the dead bodies. I don't even care if the Iraquis want to divide into three countries. Who cares as long as they don't bother us? Iraq didn't have any terrorists before we got there.

Republicans need to admit that Iraq was an unnecessary and expensive blunder that has damaged the United States in every possible way. You all pretend to be tough guys. Show the guts to admit you were wrong.

VegasRage's picture

... and water boarding is good
... our economy is strong
... we'll be greeted as liberators

... and Graham sniffs Pixie dust

StCyrlyMe2's picture

And the sad thing is this ass hole is serious, and just think folks, these are the kind of people we have allowed to run this country for the last eight years.

Is there any wonder why we are in the shape we currently find ourselves?

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GRAHAM: Yes, all I can tell you is that a world with Saddam Hussein is not a better world... I’m glad Saddam Hussein’s out of power. I’m glad he’s dead.

If you replaced Saddam Hussein with George Bush, the repigs would actually have a chance of winning in '08. This closeted repig needs to wake up to the reality that his party is a disaster, and admiring the emperor's new clothes every day doesn't make them any more real.

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