Thomas Ravenel: Lindsey Graham’s “Double Jeopardy” On Obamacare
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Effing idiocy from T-Rav.
Say what you will about the Cokehead, but if he continues to simply restate Ms. Lindsey’s record, it’s not going to be a fun cycle for Twinkle Toes even if he wins.
1) It’s political malpractice for a renowned horndog like Ravenel to use the word “stones” publicly; 2) if SC voters were dumb enough to believe “Defund Obamacare” could have worked, Graham would have lost his primary; 3) from time immemorial, SCOTUS picks have been almost totally presidential prerogatives, something the genius historian T-Rav knows full well; 4) any well-run campaign would fire its spokesperv/ghostwriter for this embarrassing chestnut: “Lindsey Graham opposes Obamacare like a moth opposes a flame.”
What in the actual fuck does “opposing Obamacare like a moth opposes a flame” even mean?
That obviously is sarcasm. Moths are drawn to flames and flit around them the way Sen. Graham flits across the aisle to support Democratic initiatives.
What really needs clarification is “political malpractice”. That expression makes no freaking sense whatsoever.
The Thinking Man’s Candidate… What a T-Roid
“from time immemorial SCOTUS pick have been almost totally presidential prerogatives.” Remember Judge Bork ??? Remember the trouble Judge Thomas had. It is not unheard of to stand up and say : NO. Like Sen. DeMint did.
Senator DimWit? Give me a break. If he is your standard bearer you have exceeding low standards.
Senator DeMint actually stood for something. His legacy is Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and our REAL senator Tim Scott. When we add a few more in 14 it will be a start in the right direction.
I guess standing for nothing equates in your mind as standing for something. Remind me again of all his authored legislation that passed.
Sen. Graham has had a grand total of one of his sponsored bills pass in the Senate in 12 years… and it was a non-controversial fluff bill concerning the Charleston naval base.
That’s really something to brag about.
“Political kids takin’ movies of themselves you know they don’t give a fuck about anybody else”
OK. I changed the words. Sue me bitches
OK, OK. “SHOW BUSINESS kids…” Steely Dan, from Pretzel Logic album, 1973. Come on Sic.
T-Rav? I thought the guys name was T-Bone. Awe – forget it.
Yes Mr? Rich i still love you and your checks but right now i have a local bitch.
Lets take a break and meet at the Hamptons over Labor Day.
T-Rav apparently listens to CDs from Cato, so he’s likely Howie’s bitch too.
Smiks that makes him really smart like former Gov. Moonbeam!!!
You need to get a life. All day long you must stalk this website and are signed up for email alerts. Don’t you have a job or is your ass stuck to a toilet seat (meaning you are full of shit).
What a joke, Republicans knew they had no shot at defunding Obamacare.
No, *grown-up* Republicans knew that. Temper tantrums have their place in the Senate, but you can’t throw one every freaking time something doesn’t go your way or you’ll look like some half-drunk, immature, petulant, spoiled dumbass. Uhhhh, wait a minute…
Defunding is a legitimate tool (though not often successful) and is exactly what Sen. Graham proposed using — even*prior to* its attempted use against Obamacare/ACA, in fact, even before Ted Cruz was ever elected to the U.S. Senate — against the National Labor Relations Board. His master plan to punish the NLRB had even less support that the Obamacare/ACA defunding effort (with a total of 0 supporters) so I supposed you can consider him a half-drunk, immature, petulant, spoiled dumbass *prototype”.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/265374/graham-takes-bill-daley-nlrb-robert-costa
No, Ravenel’s just a half-drunk, immature, petulant, spoiled dumbass. No one here wrote anything to indicate that defunding wasn’t a legitimate tactic or power available to the Congress. Read carefully and you’ll see that we were saying that Reps and Senators often vote a certain way because the outcome is a fait accompli, and some other deal based upon the vote is of more value. Conversely, Reps and Senators may choose to ride a loser vote right into a smoking hole for the sake of optics, which usually means the PR value outweighs whatever deals could be made behind the scenes. That’s just the way legislative bodies work. Members of Congress can pitch defunding temper tantrums all they like, they should simply choose the right tantrums (deals, optics, or actual defunding), that’s all.
The best friend the progressive democrats have is Lindsey Graham, and they can’t lose that seat. … They will do everything they can to help Lindsey Graham.
The liberal Dims and the establishment “Republicans ” are working together to keep Graham in office. Both of them need his spinelessness to keep the status quo going and keep sticking it to US. Although T Rav isn’t perfect he is more honest than Grahamnasty (?) SC.
Convicted felon, convicted of DUI, illegitimate daughter, etc. Now that is real honesty for you.
All that and still better than Graham.
There is nothing dishonest about fathering a child unless a man lies and denies being the father. But Ravenel is very happy to both claim and support his baby daughter (cf. Sen Strom Thurmond, who did not.) Similarly, there is nothing inherently dishonest about a DUI, unless you deny it ever happened and have it quietly expunged from your record (cf. Pres. G.W. Bush). And the only reason that Thomas Ravenel was convicted for his drug use, while none of the last three presidents or innumerable legislators who’ve indulged in this vice have been convicted, is because Ravenel fessed up and was honest with the police whereas the others kept quiet.
So please — you who are not even honest & forthright about your name — try climbing off your high horse. Or better yet, stop hiding behind an alias.
There is nothing dishonest about fathering a child unless a man lies and denies being the father. But Ravenel is very happy to both claim and support his baby daughter (cf. Sen Strom Thurmond, who did not.) Similarly, there is nothing inherently dishonest about a DUI, unless you deny it ever happened and have it quietly expunged from your record (cf. Pres. G.W. Bush). And the only reason that Thomas Ravenel was convicted for his drug use, while none of the last three presidents or innumerable legislators who’ve indulged in this vice have been convicted, is because Ravenel fessed up and was honest with the police whereas the others kept quiet.
So please — you who are not even honest & forthright about your name — try climbing off your high horse. Or better yet, stop hiding behind an alias.
I’m not voting for him.
They only had that one shot and Graham and enough others sold US out to make the difference. How many kicks of the mule dose it take to finally say ENOUGH. ?
Why do conservatives seem ignorant of the OTHER federal court ruling upholding the IRS regulation?
I have spoken to hundreds in Charleston who have found over the years that it is useless to contact Graham on views on legislation or court nominations; he invariably votes the way HE wants, and ignores the input from his constituents.
Every time I have contacted Graham’s office I get this silly form letter telling me he is going to what ever he pleases and I can Kiss off. Something to that effect any way. He only listens to the check writers. The bigger the check the more at tentative he is. Every day folks don’t count. But if enough every day folks will wise up and vote him out maybe he will get the message.
This is ground breaking and shocking news. A politician favors contributors. WOW. This is new and unique in the annals of politics.
That’s Graham —- creature of habit. Easy to predict.
I got one of those 5 page form letters from him before. It as like his office staff had nothing better to do, than dish out a bunch of babbling bs that it was ‘their way only.’
Our worst nightmare has come true. OK, not worst. Worst would be GT running the site while Will’s driving TR around the state until November.
Next to worst, then, is our apparent future of a meaningless bunch of silly babble from TR every time one of his Goggle alerts goes off on an LG topic. I think the next three months or so will be much harder on FITS readers than on Graham.
Lindsey Graham also showed himself to be out of touch by trying to drag our country into a war with Syria, and he supported arming Al-Qaeda/Muslim Brotherhood revolutionaries in Syria.
Lindsey Graham is also part of the “Gang of 8,” trying to shove a mammoth, 1,200-page “immigration” bill on us, which includes amnesty for illegals.
The status quo and democrats will do everything they can to help two-term incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham.
Graham is very thinned skinned. And Ravenel has plenty of ammo at his disposal. All Ms Lindsey has is a drug conviction???? ROFLMAO!!!!
which conviction? Cocaine or alcohol? You forget the out of wedlock child?
You are old school —— dinosaur man —– Children out of wedlock? Now that is funny! Get with the times, old man. And clean you dentures, too!
Jesus! I have come across some real dumb people on this site, but between you and smirks, both of you are running neck and neck for 1st place!
so bastards are the “new normal”? Some world you have helped create. But it does help increase the welfare rolls.
You are still out of touch with the real world. Sad … very sad, indeed. I will give you a clue. Maybe if you read case law . .errr … checked domestic related website pertinent to children and motherless/fatherless children in the USA? But then, you are old school. Closed minds are blind, like yours – old man. Yes, sad for you. But then, many live in a shell. They create their own world inside their head, when the real revolves unknowingly around them by their own choice. Liberal, are you?
“motherless/fatherless children” What are they, test tube babies? They had one of each. And what pearls of wisdom does the “web site” you spout provide? Bastards are bastards. You can try but you can’t white wash it. Old school – work, marry before you have children, save your money, pay your bills, obey the law, etc. Yes that is “old school”. I guess your “new world order” is defined by total irresponsibility.
” All Ms Lindsey has is a drug conviction.”For which T-Rav has” paid his debt to society” and deserves a second chance to do the right thing. The right thing being beat the $hit out of Grhamnasty. If Graham had joined the other REAL Republicans in voting NO on cloture they wouldn’t have gotten the 60 votes needed. But he sold US out again and then had the nerve to vote NO on the bill when they only needed a simple majority, which we would have lost any way. Nothing but a lying liberal would be that two faced. But he got away with it in the primary. Let’s show him up for what he is in the general.
I have no clue to even comment on this crap/stupidity.
What dress tonight Tango ? 3 or 4 latter ?
What dress tonight Tango ? 3 or 4 latter ?
Just shut the fuck up.
…and you’re treating this like it is something other than the new reality show on TV, which for T-Rav (and the network) is exactly what it is. So who is laughing at whom?
You do realize that approximately 20 people who don’t check in here for the comedy are seeing these – right?