ALSO, PALMETTO VOTERS CONFUSED ABOUT PRIMARY DATE …
Last week this website asked whether U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) would hit the fifty percent mark in his June 10 Republican primary election in South Carolina – i.e. the threshold he needs to reach in order to avoid a runoff election with his closest GOP challenger on June 24.
According to a new survey paid for by a group called Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, the answer to that question is “yes.”
Graham is currently receiving 56 percent of the vote according to a poll conducted by the special interest group – easily outdistancing Upstate businessman Richard Cash (7 percent) S.C. Sen. Lee Bright (6 percent), Lowcountry businesswoman Nancy Mace (5 percent), Columbia, S.C. pastor Det Bowers (4 percent) Afghan War veteran Bill Connor (1 percent) and Columbia, S.C. attorney Benjamin Dunn (1 percent).
“No challenger seems to be consolidating support to become the main Graham alternative – nor are the candidates collectively pulling enough support away from him to get him below 50 percent,” writes Emily Schultheis for Politico Pro.
Also of interest?
According to Schultheis “just 19 percent of those surveyed correctly named the date of the June 10 primary, and 58 percent didn’t even hazard a guess.”
Way to go, South Carolina …
For those of you keeping score at home, the “reddest state in America” – which boasts of its “conservative” GOP-heavy electorate – is poised to renominate the most liberal “Republican” in the entire U.S. Congress for another six-year term.
Go … figure …
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I think the ‘R’ beside Graham’s name is buoying him.
Obama has so trashed the country…voters are scared to death of not putting an ‘R’ back, and incumbents are benefiting. McConnell got the same advantage, so did Sanford (who was seen as an Republican incumbent)….
We just have to Keep up the Pressure, if these establishment Rs get back in…
With absolute power, the Ds have destroyed the country…No one wants to take a chance on that…The GOP better be sure to be the anti-Obama…Anti-Liberal…
And w/ us calling and writing EVERYDAY— we can call the shots…
If that’s where we are…let’s do it. Obama, and a suffering America, as an alternative, is not acceptable.
voters are scared to death of not putting an ‘R’ back
So they choose to keep the shittiest ‘R’ they have in Congress rather than pick someone else? Great logic there. Couldn’t be that party-line voters in a blood red state can’t help themselves in picking the worst Republicans they see just because they’re incumbent!
Oh well. Big Tweedle Dee has already warped his alternate reality into accepting Graham’s reelection in quite the hilarious way. If even his delusional self can’t withstand this heaping dose of reality check, it really says something for those who still resist it.
If you are a ridiculously leftist democrat, who is still praising Obama….and you’re attacking Graham…I think you make my point better than I can.
People are FAR FAR more scared of you and Obama, and the disaster you’ve perpetuated, than they are Graham…They are not going to chance more of you…
Who’s praising Obama? I surely am not. That said, the treasonous scumbags like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Boehner, who make a career out of licking Obama’s butt and handing him everything he asks for on a silver platter, are no better than he is. They are all selling this country down the river as quickly as they possibly can.
I did not say I’m voting for him. And maybe he won’t win the primary. I hope he does not. Dunn or Conner or Bower would be better…
That said: The difference between me and the Liberal-Tarian…I can take the hand I’m dealt, and attempt to make the best of it.
The people are electing the Senator, by majority. Who knows, maybe the Ds are crossing over to vote for Graham. He is their best bet…
I’m just saying, if we end up w/ him (as FITS is saying)…We still have an Evil and hideous, anti-American Dragon to Slay, named Obama…
Until we defeat Obama, No Progress can be made toward fixing this nation….
But Obama is in his second term and not running again. How can we defeat him now? That’s like trying to defeat the Seattle Seahawks after they already won the Super Bowl, got their rings and signed up for new Obamacare – which I must say Lindsey also has and seems quite happy with.
With a majority of Republicans in the Senate, like we have in the House…we can cripple Obama to a large degree…and send a message to voters we know they are suffering, and we know it is because of Obama…
That way: you garner support to get better numbers of Anti-Obama in Congress..and we finish the job w/ a Conservative in the White House in 2016..
Until we are ALL (or good majorities) in unity against Obama, and the total disaster the democrat party forced on us, we will not heal and/or thrive. That is the simple truth of it…
Name one Republican that can do this.
Name one democrat that can stop it, you F*#king Idiot…
Why don’t YOU answer MY question, then I’ll gladly answer YOURS. You seem that by asking a question before answering one gets you off the hook?? Please, stop being deceivng and act like a man.
I’m talking to a F*#king Idiot…..You would have told me Bush could not win in 2000. You would have said the same about Reagan or Scott Walker being Gov. in Wisc.
So I don’t have enough respect for you to deal w/ you straightforward on the subject…
I think there are several Republicans that will beat the F*#k out of the Hillary, Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren or John Edwards…or any other fool you put up…
Democrats will need a Black candidate to motivate the multiple voters. You are Toast, otherwise…and eventually the ignorant, hand-out taking whites are going to figure out that you are Racists, and one-sided….and they’ll quit you…
You may know who’d I’d support, if you’re not a F*#king Dumb#$$…But If I told you, you’d just act like the Stupid F*#k you obviously are…
What a comlete pussy you are. BTW, who won the popular vote in 2000 by a half million votes? Not that I expect a real truthful answer from a shitbag hypocrite. I can’t wait for the primaries in which you AGAIN show your stupidity. Hell, anyone with a ounce of self respect, would never show back up on this blog.
3 of the last 5 presidents have been Republicans.
And the country is in the ABSOLUTE WORST shape it has EVER been, thanks to the fact the GOP ran liberal-type moderates for president…as a result Obama, and the democrats were allowed anything you wanted…
We’ll get a Conservative in 2016..and BEAT the F*#k out of that cavalcade of clowns the democrats have on the bench…
You had your shot, and that 8 years made it clear that liberals and democrats are FAILURE personified…no one wants, or can afford, any more of you….
Americans are suffering…and we KNOW exactly who to blame…no excuse you present can change who you are, and what you did to trash our country…
Time for you to Sit Down and STFU….
I’m not suffering.
“We’ll get a Conservative in 2016..and BEAT the F*#k out of that cavalcade of clowns the democrats have on the bench…”
Who’s your weed man, Tango?? ’cause that shit ain’t going to happen.
I have a few I’d support…
But Dr. Ben Carson will beat anything you can throw up there…No democrat could come anywhere near him. And it looks like he’s gonna do it…
You heard it here first, folks! Another dumbass that stands no chance. He’ll need at least 17% of the black vote, doesn’t believe in Evolution because he doesn’t even understand it: (http://afarensis99.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/stupid-creationist-quote-of-the-week-ben-carson-on-evolution/), doesn’t have gay or women support…
Wow: An ignorant F*#king liberal discounts Carson out of the box…What a F*#king surprise…Who woulda thunk…LMAO…
Question: Why was Herman Cain the ONLY Republican the democrat dirty trick machine took out???…
If you have not figured that one out yet…when you do, I bet you have to clean the $#!* up off your leg…
The Black community hates failure and suffering as much as anybody…
They owed Obama on Racism…but I’m sure they’ve paid their dues to that democrat…and a lot of people are ready to go back to work…and that ain’t going to happen w/ a democrat..and they know it…
…and they know it.
Sounds like speculation from an idiot. Would it kill you to put a link or reference this? …otherwise, your stupidity is showing.
yea, cause all neurosurgeons are just plain dumb…..maybe we will discover that mythical missing link which for some reason is defied by a fossil record which mocks magical evolutionary theory…
Ahahaha!! Ben Carson? He might could tie Joe Biden…LOL!
RACIST much???
Never said nor implied anything racial. You better take your meds old man.
3 of the last 5 presidents have been Republicans….And the country is the ABSOLUTE WORST shape—– a glowing endorsement for the GOP – don’t ya think?
After 8 years of Obama Dumb@$$..and Obama IS the endorsement of the democrat party…and why you lose BIG…
Then stop talking to the mirror.
Hillary Clinton in 2016. Grimes stops the Senate highjacking in 2014 and it stays Dem. You are seriously Foxed Up. I mean the odds are the GOP picks up three Senate seats, holds even in the House, and Roars like a Lion, but then governs like a Mouse – again. Remember how Teddy was gonna de-fund Obamacare – well he failed there. Just like the Party will fail again. And then you’ll say it’s just because we’re all a bunch of dumb a$$ losers.
Any, proceed…….
Sorry, I dropped GT off early today.
Today’s headline: “Big T Endorses Graham for Senate…Momma T Sticking to Fading Hope Her Son Prefers Women”
If the women are lesbians then that will keep GT’s hopes alive that he will be buried — still a virgin.
Another six years of this guy, five of which will be spent shilling for whatever spending he wants, and one pretending like he never did.
SC: a 56% ship of fools…
You’re only now just realizing that? Hell, we kept Strom Thurmond for almost a whole century.
Well, there is that, too!
Desperate in a word. This poll, paid for by a group that supports Graham, was the best Graham could do two weeks out? This a joke?
Internal polling shows Haley at 55% with Democrats Ervin and Sheheen splitting the remainder of vote if Ervin gets on the ballot.
do you get paid by the Haley campaign or just spew your nonsense for free?
Is this a poll of likely primary voters or a poll of everyone? What were the numbers among the 19% who correctly named the primary day?
But, Nancy Mace said she was #2!
It would help if any of the candidates bothered to seriously differentiate themselves from anything other than the “true conservative” brand. What does that even mean at this point?
You like Jesus, traditional values, America, business, the family, the troops, and Reagan and dislike Big Government? Congrats, now get in line with all the others, including the guy you are really running against.
How about tackling the issues people have with Graham? The guy is a genuine Washington insider. Not the “them fats cats up in Washington” insider, but a “you don’t talk down to other people who tow the line” kind of insider. You know the toxic kind of insider who doesn’t care if our government spies on us, or if lobbyist run the mad house, or if the largest economic players can palm their losses off to the tax payer while getting whatever in they can off the tax payer’s dime.
I keep hearing “So and so has kids, so they care about our future, Lindsay c’ain’t say that”. Whatever. How about a candidate who doesn’t having kids because they can’t bare the thought of having a child born into a broken, irresponsible Republic that may not last another 30 years before it descends into total madness.
This is a group that supports global warming control legislation, pro-abortion legislation, and the gay agenda. No wonder they support Lindsey Graham!! http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/15977-group-funding-sen-alexander-s-green-project-tied-to-gay-and-abortion-lobby
This poll is complete “malarky”
Can I see a copy of Richard Cash’s taxes?
No problem here. His business is all CASH. Ice-cream trucks and used cars.
“malarkey” You are way too kind. This is an out and out lie. But then so is Graham.
Graham is at 56% because people know Lindsey. They know that his rhetoric in the Spring is just a cover story to appease the upstate RINO haters. We all know that Senator Graham stands for the things that are good for all of us including amnesty for illegal – undocumented immigrants, increased spending on the military (and maybe a new VA clinic in Charleston), increased efforts to combat global warming, the rights of gays to marry and expansion of Obamacare and the many benefits it brings to America. Lindsay Graham is a revered statesman and a wonderful Senator, and we should all be proud of his service to country and the poor and middle class of South Carolina. I can only hope after his re-election he can get some Fed cash to widen I-95 from end to end, and possibly some extra cash expanding Medicaid, like we all know Nikki wants to do.
lol
Bullshit check:
Amnesty for illegals is not “good for all of us”.
The military has more than enough money for now. If we keep our noses out of every other country’s business for a while, current or smaller budgets will be quite adequate.
Lindsey has NOT been a proponent of the right of gays to marry. Like many a Republican politician around the country who was later discovered to be gay or at least “sexually ambiguous”, Lindsey has fought against gay marriage.
I suspect this has something to do with trying to “cover their tracks”.
Lindsey has proven himself to be an enemy of freedom and in particular freedoms supposedly guaranteed in the US Constitution by his support and sponsorship of bills like NDAA-2012, the Patriot Act, and other such rot.
Nailed it. Great post.
I pray he chokes to death on his own vomit.
“When President Obama’s NLRB and the big unions tried to shut down Boeing South Carolina’s plant, Lindsey Graham took them on,” the ad announcer says.
“When they tried to intimidate him with false charges and complaints, Lindsey pushed even harder, forcing the unions and the NLRB to back down,” Graham’s ad continues.
This statement suggests the unions and the NLRB dropped its lawsuit against Boeing, when Graham “pushed even harder.” That’s false. The union dropped its complaint after it struck a deal with Boeing to raise wages and expand production in the state of Washington.
the lawsuit was dropped because the machinists union struck a deal with Boeing, not because of political pressure from Graham or other lawmakers.
So. euwe max Who are you supporting in the primary? My guess is Mace.
If you can do it, replace Graham with anyone – but make it *clear* it’s not because they are who you want.. .because they’re not running anyone you want… at least that way, the next time, the candidates will realize they can win if they promise what you want.
I don’t know, in SC how you could *possibly* get all those gimps, goofs and grifters to agree on a candidate.. since they’re not really too clear on their goals.
….but if you *could*…
THEN you can start replacing them for promising what makes sense and not delivering.
When you get to that stage, people who agree with you will at least know you will support them through the slime wars while they try to achieve your goals… and won’t run off down some rabbit trail chasing shiny objects.
South Carolina doesn’t have anyone running who has the balls to stand up to corruption. But if you throw Graham out on that clear directive, you might be able to slowly converge on the solution.
Doing the same thing you’ve been doing shouldn’t even be an option.
Uniting on core goals that serve their best interest isn’t exactly what SC is famous for, is it?
“Some guy said this about me yesterday on the left: The only reason I cared about [Benghazi] was because I have six tea party opponents. Well, if that’s true, I’m the biggest scumbag in America,” Graham said in a Thursday interview on The Mike Gallagher Show. “I don’t think that’s true. I know it’s not true. It would be almost impossible for Lindsey Graham — given who I am and what I’ve been doing for the last 20 years — not to care about those in harm’s way, who get killed, and not go on to hold the administration accountable that lied about it.”
“The scumbags are the people in the White House who lied about this,” Graham added later.
Where is the all powerful TEA Party?
I heard the “witch doctor” from Edisto has hexed all of them.
There was a shortage of haldol.
No one polled me or anyone I know…..
That’s what she said.
Were you referring to this article….here…
https://www.fitsnews.com/2014/05/27/real-war-women/
..now about that poll data…..
I dont know about the legitimacy of this poll,but it doesnt really take a poll to clearly see that none of his challengers has caught fire.Indeed few people even know they are .There is little interest.
Look for a low turnout and an easy victory for Graham.Im no fan of his ,but all the usual bitching here isnt going to change the facts.
I beg to differ. It looks like all of the challengers have caught fire. Literally. Self immolations all around! Maybe GI Bill Conner can change his name to 1%.
I don’t think that’s the “1%” he wanted to join…
Releasing this poll should be embarrassing for Graham. What horseshit.
Lindsey – many faces, one pocket.
Lindsey – many boyfriends, one anus.
I’d vote for Lindsey in a heartbeat. He’s always on Meet the Press and that brings good press for South Carolina.
Reality Poll taken at the front doors of Walmarts in the Charleston Area: Graham is not liked buy the majority of at least 4 thousand asked. So as to these other alleged polls by telephone, etc … stuff it! Graham is still a lawless rogue sack of pig vomit
Graham is a sitting duck and thin skinned. Just attack him non-stop on his pro-amnesty agenda …. that is what most Americans are totally against. He is a punk ass. Youtube is full of videos of this cuckoo in action pushing amnesty for 30 million cockroaches, like himself.
Go for Graham’s jugular. He is easy to destroy. You can’t be nice about attacking him. You have to be lean, mean, and dirty. “Few US politicians have been as vocal in their support of bringing in Third World immigrants and displacing the Southern people in their own land as has Senator Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina Republican has worked with New York Democrat Chuck Schumer to push amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants currently in the United States. He has accepted an award from the National Council of La Raza, a radical Hispanic organisation which promotes an anti-White agenda.” … Most of the nation HATES HIM. Don’t think so? Why was he censured in South Carolina? Why does Mark Levin ( a following of 60 million Americans) despise him? Let me at him … He is UN-AMERICAN and deserves to be thrown in PRISON! God Damn You Graham. YOU ARE EVIL. I Hate you.
While accepting the La Raza award Graham blasted his overwhelmingly White conservative constituents, telling the Hispanic crowd that those who opposed amnesty and Third World immigration are ‘bigots’ and that they should ‘shut up.’
Go to the Post and Courier (Charleston Paper) and sling mud at Graham on any story they run about him.
Didn’t Graham engage within incest with his sister?
They’ll never admit it but if Graham pulls out 50% or better on the first crack in a field of six freaking challengers, that’s just a plain old fashioned ass-whipping. that’s true whether you like Graham or not…
Exactly. For all the game the SC GOP (T-baggers) talk in this state…even going so far as to censure him by the local party affiliates…they’ve produced exactly jack squat in the form of anyone who can beat him.
No that is just a plain stupid constituency.
Perhaps, but an ass-whipping is an ass-whipping. Fifty-six percent in a two-way race is wholly unremarkable, but in a seven-way primary? Regardless of the excuse, that’s just a beat-down. Hell, if he breaks 50 and avoids a runoff, that’s still a kick in the sack (or skirt, in Mace’s case).
Let’s see how the results turn out. Hopefully the voters will not send Graham, the big government statist back to office. It is not a kick in the pants, it is inditement against marrying your first cousin.
You appear to be getting all frothy about Graham, while I am simply talking about the competitive results of a race. I never said I was I was a big fan, but the campaign results speak for themselves. The primary challenger group is getting mauled (many of the wounds are self-inflicted, to be sure). Oh, and I’ll be the first to admit that we occasionally marry cousins here in good ol’ SC, but most of us on this site can spell indictment. Throwing stones is a dangerous sport…
Well excuse me. There are no campaign results. Those will come when the votes are counted. You are repeating hit points for Graham as if they are fact. We will see if a low turnout works for or against the limp wrested one. I sometimes post without my glasses, oh well.
Glasses or not, you should note that in the initial post I clearly wrote that “if” Graham pulls off these numbers it would represent an ass-whipping. Of course it’s all theoretical at this point- that’s what we were discussing until you popped in all “angry and stuff” calling us inbreds. Relax.
There is a very simple way to force Lindsey into a runoff: everybody vote for the GOP primary candidate of your choice. It doesn’t matter if your guy or gal doesn’t make it – your vote will dilute ANY vote Lindsey gets. Now, once Lindsey has a challenger, you’ll have to decide whether you want that person or Lindsey, but now, you know how to force the runoff.
If Lindsay is ahead it’s because the voters hate the others more.
What were the numbers among the 19% who knew the primary date and whom are probably the ones voting in this election?
gay boy and the blue gum………wow, what a great combo representing us :-(
WAKE UP SC!!!!!
Vote this RINO out