Lindsay Graham on This Week: Who Are You Gonna Believe, Me Or Your Lyin' Eyes? Palin Energizes The Base, McCain Is A Maverick!
By Nicole Belle Sunday Oct 26, 2008 1:00pm
McCain booster Sen. Lindsay Graham has his talking points and he's not going to deviate from them, no matter how much logic and reality may interfere.
Even though highly visible (and amazingly, still respected) Republicans have openly criticized the choice of Sarah Palin for vice president and endorsed Obama, Graham will have you know that Palin has energized the base like no other. Pay no attention to those polls, people. Strangely, Graham asserts that even though her appeal is to the Republican base, if she was a Democrat, she'd be more popular than "sliced bread". How does that work, Huckleberry?
But incongruously, even though that base is energized by Palin, McCain is still that mavericky man unafraid to take on his party. Does Graham think that might depress the energized base? Maybe this is where those sliced bread Democrats come in. But even more incongruously, Colin Powell (that 'not-real-Republican', according to Graham) is nervous about McCain's SCOTUS picks, which would be just like Bush's selections of Roberts and Alito. How mavericky that is.
My head is spinning from this bizarre, logic-free rationalizations of a campaign without a clear narrative and imploding on itself. So I'll merely leave with the best line from Graham:
Governor Palin is what John McCain has been trying to do in Washington, she has done in Alaska. She has -- filing a complaint against a sitting attorney general of your own party with a Democrat takes a lot of guts. Taking on the oil interests, you know, cutting taxes. She is -- running against an incumbent governor. John sees in her many of the qualities he sees in himself.
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Your family values party of Republican religious hatred wants to know.
Graham is the Tool of Tools. I can't believe he's still getting press time. Perhaps this interview is the end of his Sunday talk Show tooling time.
He also repeated the lie that Obama would raise taxes on people making $42,000 a year. He needs an update on the repug talking points.
A part of the Palin interview on Fox (via YouTube or on another show) and the Fox ticker at the time said exactly the same thing about Obama raising taxes on those who make $42k.
Honestly, there needs to be some kind of honesty requirement for the mass media. This, along with the communist, socialist, Muslim bullshit is an absolute outrage.
...either of the interviews you guys are referring to about the $42k, but maybe they said, "Obama voted to raise taxes on people making only $42K."
Because I believe that would be true - as I remember reading or hearing Obama speaking about raising taxes in Illinois when he was in the state senate. I think he did actually vote once to increase state taxes - and people making only $42k a year would have been affected.
The kicker is that the % of the tax increase voted on would have cost people making $42k Only $15 more per year!!!!!
The problem is the Repugs make it sound like his current tax plan will raise taxes on lower wage earners - when the threshold is $250k.
Well I do believe...
You're gay.
.... the taste of a man!
I can't believe so many republican men can act so queenie like Tom DeLay,Graham,Rove ETC. without other repugs getting a clue. I know drag queens who are more butch than DeLay. He doesn't walk, he swishes.
They would set the movement back 20 years!
You got that right, nodonjuan! And while you're at it, how 'bout that old cokesucker himself, Bitch McComical? And, hey, let's put Sen. Trite Loot in that same bunch. To the girlieman, a bevy of prissy closet cases if you ask me.
Reminds me of an old saying: the louder they scream the louder they scream.
I had no idea Governor Palin was a verb or did he mean something sexual?
Oh word of advise Lindsey
Don't spread KY Jelly on your toast
It ain't preserves from Kentucky.
I hate to disagree with Nicole but I thought his best line was: "We know why the Republicans are in the toilet." I only wonder if he was thinking of Larry Craig. Calling Dr. Freud!
...but are they willing to talk about it yet?
Hey, if people like Lindsey and Charlie ( of Christ ) and Larry the Toe Tapper can lie to themselves about their sexuality then they can certainly convince themselves that Palin is a good thing for McCain. Heck, that's not even much of a stretch for the likes of that crew.
More popular than sliced bread?
Well, maybe if they TOAST-ed it.
Littleton, Colo.
Jamie Guetz has always voted Republican – until now.“I guess we’re Obama supporters,” says Ms. Guetz, with a wry smile, as she heads into a Gap store in Littleton, Colo., with her daughter.
Women’s rights and the war in Iraq have pushed her in a different direction. The woeful economy, she says, “is just icing on the cake.” Guetz’s parents, lifelong Republicans as well, will also be voting for Democrat Barack Obama.
Lindsey Graham, are you really asking us to trust YOUR judgement? Wow, what a track record.
Meanwhile, with friends like these....
Today, a major Alaskan paper (there are only 3) today, in their editorial, endorsed Obama, and trashed John McCain's judgement, concluding: "few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth."
Meanwhile, a second op-ed from another major Alaskan paper today referred to Palin as "the real bridge to nowhere."
The op-ed writer absolutely savages Palin, writing:
"By now the world knows Palin is an expert at swishing around, color coordinated, with her makeup and mooseburger and mean-spirited commentary. We can only hope people realize she's a pretty atypical Alaskan, one who is simply skimming the gravy off our hard-earned Alaskan mystique to mix with her varnished nonsense."
I have both pieces highlighted, with links to the complete articles, at:
http://scootmandubious.blogspot.com/2008/10/l...
As long as it could talk and say, "I am the solution to your FEARS. Elect and follow me". 25% of the population are authoritarian followers who lack the ability of critical thought. They'll gladly follow Bush, McCain and Palin into hell as long as they don't have to think about it.
Put the crack pipe down Lindsay and connect with reality please. Those messages that are imbedded in your Neocon robo-chip are lies. They really are! If you are smart you'll reboot and delete all those viruses from Republiborg HQ. But I'm bettin' you ain't that smart.
And what better zombie to deliver them than Huckleberry 5 rugs/5 bucks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_JnFXC6UA
...how do you do it? how do you keep up with this? you're dynamite.
"if she was a Democrat, she'd be more popular than "sliced bread". How does that work, Huckleberry?"
That's his asshat way of saying she is cuter than Senator Clinton.
If McCain and Palin lose, can Graham, Kristol, Rove, Newt and their pundit enablers be required to officially STFU for a few years?
They deserve to be laughed off the stage for a lot longer than that.
We have to figure out a way to reduce the 20% cretin factor in this country. It would be nicer if these fruitcakes were only 2%, although I wish they'd only be .2%.
We'll see, but I really dont think so.
Energizes
the basea rogues gallery of racists, Christianofascists, radical right-to-lifers, gun nuts, and the ignorant.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILdYrxnrf8
what happens when you put the bunny's batteries in backwards?
He keeps coming and coming! :o
i wonder if that would work for me...I could put the batteries in my...hmmm..
If you want truth and honesty you don't ask a republican.
point two: If you want to fix America you have to get rid of the lying scumbags ie: grahm, lieberman,and any other republican you can think of!
I guess after bushco being wrong on everything, the McLame camp has to try to outdo them.
I didn't think one small group of people could be so consistently wrong.
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Sissy Graham is teh real people...
I mean, just how could a Government go on spending in times like this. I mean, got 10 billion a day for Iraq? I sure don't but Sissy Graham seems to think that money comes from lowering taxes. Or... got a TRILLION DOLLAR GOLDEN PARACHUTE? I'm sure Sissy Graham has a tree that money grows on... or maybe it's a Bush? Especially in times like this... eh? I mean, who would ever think about "RESPONSIBLE" spending? Most certainly NOT Fiscal (UN)sound CONservatives... NO?
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Let's face it, Republicans literally believe that saying a thing is so over and over makes it so. This is one of the scariest things about them, along with their absolute unawareness that their ideas have just failed catastrophically. They should be walking around with bags over their heads. But here they are, blaming the Democrats for everything and ready to vote again.
The Mess We're In:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiBWkNFtrEg
does that clown keep getting reelected?
...I can tell you the answer to that: he's one of 'em.
Lindsay, i understand 3,000 showed up the other day to see McCain in a 10,000 seat auditorium. I guess the base of the Republican Party is a lot smaller than America after all.
Ok, let's give McCain and Palin their Maverick and Maverickess titles, golly geez...but if a Maverick was a card in a Poker game, 5 of them wouldn't be enough to be 1 Messiah! And that my friends is what Americans are treating Obama speeches like. 100,000 in an open-air Colorado Park today versus Johnny's 2,000 in an Iowa Gym.
Geezus...Herman's Hermits or Gerry Lewis & The Playboys draw better!
I think the epitome of irony during these last two weeks would be......after all that has been said about Obama's BS ties with Bill Ayers, if Ayers was to go out and hold a speech on Wednesday, he'd draw more people than McCain...by a long shot!
And that would be because Ayers cares about this country and mccain is an asshole who only cares about getting rich through bank fraud or any other method that presents itself.
As a gay man, Graham is too gay for me (to watch). Such a sorry closet case.
I wish my name were Hussein. I guess it has to be enough that I'm gonna vote for one.
Graham's hard for me to watch cuz he's fulla shit. just that.
I don't like sliced bread, nor is McCain my friend.
...She DOES energize their base, which was a problem for McCain before he selected her. This story that she is dragging down the Republican party is, I think, overrated. The Republicans have such a stench around themselves at this point in history that it is difficult to imagine ANYONE who could win this election for them. In addition, McCain has run a TERRIBLE campaign and has surrounded himself with a staff of the worst Z-List political hacks imaginable. I'm not sure who would have been the best choice for VP: Graham and Crist are supposedly in the closet; Giuliani, Ridge and Lieberman are pro-choice: Romney is a Mormon, a pathological liar, hated by McCain, and strapped his dog to the roof of his car on a family vacation; Fiorina, Whitman and Gramm all have CEO over-compensation and deregulation baggage; and who the hell was that Rob Portman guy? The only good picks I see would have been Pawlenty or Huckabee. Pawlenty MIGHT have delivered Minnesota, but he wouldn't have excited anyone else. Huckabee might have excited the base, and he's a heck of a nice guy, but he has almost as much religious wackjob baggage as Palin, without the winking and sex appeal.
As much as I dislike Republicans in general, I have a soft spot for Huckabee. I disagree with him on almost every issue, but I just find the guy affable and extremely congenial. He reminds me of a Southern Baptist minister from my childhood that was goodhearted although a bit misguided. I think McCain should have chosen Huckabee. He would have ignited the republican base without the insanity that Palin has brought with her. Plus, Huckabee can give a good interview and isn't afraid of the "liberal" media.
Here is the link:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/dog.asp
Huckabee's son has a dog issue as well:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/huckabee/dog.asp
I agree with your assessment of Huckabee as 'goodhearted although a bit misguided' but disagree with your assertion that he could have 'ignited the Republican base without the insanity that Palin has brought with her.' She didn't bring the insanity with her: it was already there. Their base was never a savory bunch, but now they are terrified and desperate. Most of them can no longer be reached by positivism and reason, but only by hate and fear.
Romney is one harsh person. Did he take his cue form National Lampoon's Family Vacation's treatment of the grandma?
I agree that the insanity was already there. Believe me half of my family is a part of that rabid republican base, the 20% of the population who still loves Bush, and they are always sending me the same e-mails about Barack Obama being an Arab, Muslim who doesn't have a US birth certificate. Hell, they sent me an e-mail the other day telling me snopes.com was in the tank for Obama! *sigh*
I guess I meant the whole I'm an Alaskan, moose hunter, vindictive, willfully ignorant persona. The addition of Sarah Palin created the perfect storm of hate and racism. I think this election cycle would be less vitriolic if Huckabee was the VP pick for McCain. I think Huckabee has more scruples and less insatiable ego than Palin.
Some authoritarian theocrats, like Huckabee, will regret the need to deprive you of life and liberty, while others will not give it a second thought.
It's a distinction without a difference, in my opinion.
As I said, I like the guy, not his politics. I still have that option, right?
Watta you talkin' about? her makeup foundation?
Christ all mighty! He's even talking like Palin! And thus makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
She is -- running against an incumbent governor.
HUH?
Taking on the oil interests, you know, cutting taxes.
WHAT?
He's on some damn good pharmies or he's completely lost his mind.
Lindsay Graham was the inspiration for Poe's "M. Valdemar". At the end of the story Valdemar's entire body immediately decays into a "nearly liquid mass of loathsome--of detestable putrescence."
Close your eyes..listen..Sarah sounds like an idiot
It just happened moments ago in Syria. The BBC is reporting, 2 Attack 'Copters landed in Syria, soldiers got out and rushed a building under construction. The soldiers killed a man, his four kids and a husband and wife.
This is the first time ever, the USA has ever attacked Syria.
This is a Republican move to TEST Obama on his reaction. What this one.
Was it for shock value or just blood lust and a chance to kill muslims !
Or a no witness left alive (to talk on TV) policy.
When is Ms. Graham up for re-election, folks? I'm sure we can find someone much more qualified for his job. I trust there's someone already waiting in the wings to snatch his cushy seat in Congress from him very soon.
He is up for reelection right now but his opponent is a former Ron Paul supporter and one-time Republican. He doesn't believe in global warming, is pro-drilling even in ANWR and is anti-choice and anti-gay marriage.
Other than the people who make the tinfoil hats and those people who think of them as high fashion, I mean. That Sarah Putin placed THIRD in a poll of Repulsive voters in the "For whom would you vote for President in 2012?" behind Mutt and Huck is more than anybody should need to know. Give it up, Lindsey.
Every one of these McCain asshats who continue to spew talking points in place of reality say that Palin has " energized the base " . Yet the ones that defend her invariably are either in denial that their careers are about to end with this election, or are religious/racist kool-aiders . So is this the new Republican base ? If so, it's not a stretch to see a third party rising from the wreckage of the Bush/McCain Hindenberg disaster. And the term "Republican" may fade into obscurity .
Teh Linsie Glam, you DO recall that he was the first senator to greet Larry Craig when the Idaho senator, fresh from disgrace in a tea room bust, made his reappearance on Capitol Hill? Yes, yes, Craig was apparently shunned by many of his more homophobic colleagues, including Sen. Mitch McComical (who is suspect himself). As Craig was entering the Temple of Doom, Glam espied him, walked over, and shook his hand, welcoming him back. This would suggest that Linsie is forgiving, at least, though it also smacks of fellow traveling. "As a gay man..." you write. Did your gaydar pick up on Linsie's queerness, or did you read the website that reported he's actually been asked if his lifelong bachelorhood suggests as much? Perhaps, like Charlie Crist, he should rush out and marry any old gal just so he won't be thought a homo.
Shades of the studio setting up double dates for Tony Perkins -- the OTHER Tony Perkins -- and Tab Hunter, so no one would think their carousings branded them queer. (In actual fact, as bios of Perkins and Tab's autobiography informs, they were not only gay but lovers for some time.) Hypocrisy is as American as Turkey on Thanksgiving.
They let Graham go on like this and wouldn't let Rahm Emanuel interrupt him to correct his statements, but when Emanuel said anything Stephanopulos (sp??) would interrupt him and try to cut him down.
Steph's a turncoat and an ass.
The DLC are a crummy bunch of pseudo-progressives. I got no use for the lot of 'em.
Graham is such a GOP water boy, he would go into shock if an free thought entered his mind.
I am so sick of watching this freak talk through his nose.
The yahoo element, old Bushies, the paranoids, war mongers, and racists are all coming out full force behind McCain/Palin. If that is the base they were looking for, they found it.
OMG
The man's shoulders are blowing a bubble.
Hey Lindsey, don’t look now but your sky is falling. By the way, what color is the sky in your world??
Christ. Watta swine.
His countenance suggests that one of the pages just turned him down.
palin did not file an ethics complaint against a sitting atty general...she filed a complaint against a fellow sitting on the board that regulated the oil industry, who is still the head of the repug party in alaska...and supports palin
she didnt take on the oil companies...she put in a profits tax, that did more to hurt small companies than the big ones
and big deal that she ran against the incumbent governor....she wasnt the only one who ran against him in the primary...he was corrupt...the dog catcher couldve beaten him
This front page story on BBC News website will put the final nail in McDracula's coffin. Does it ever support Obama.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/769226...
Especially read paragraphs 1, 2 & last.
Graham reminds me of Mr. Haney (from Green Acres). That makes McCain "Oliver." 'Cause the only person buying what Graham is selling is McCain...
Lindsey runs against congress.?
He is one of the larger reasons congress has a poor rating.
Mark Foley, Newt, Tom Delay, Larry Craig, Bob Ney, Michele Bachmann,
Keating Five McCain, David Vitter, Phil Gramm.
The list is extensive and leave a horrible odor and rotten taste in your mind.
Lindsey, supposedly a firm conservative now promotes a "Maverick"?
Lindsey has never been bi partisan in his carreer. Yet if you listen
to Lindsey saluvate over McCain appointing conservative Supreme Court Justices. You would notice he is counting on McCain not to be bi Partisan in a McCain presidency.
Lindsey tips the truth..
Graham, like a lot of other Reich wing Neo-Cons is still trying to convince himself that palin was a good choice and john McCain is the one Washington insider that will reform Washington.
Hell he probably doesn't think he's gay either!
The more you Believe your mantra about your candidates Lynn, the bigger the landslide will be for Obama!
let 'em talk. the more they do, the better for us.
John McCain will never admit this, but...
http://johnrj08.wordpress.com/
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