INCUMBENT LIBERAL MAY WIN GOP NOD, BUT CHALLENGES LOOM …
Big government backer Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) is likely to win the GOP nomination for another term in the U.S. Senate when South Carolina “Republicans” go to the polls in June.
In fact the liberal lawmaker may claim the GOP nomination outright – without having to compete in a two-week runoff election (in South Carolina, major party candidates who fail to receive more than 50 percent of the vote on the primary ballot must face off against their nearest competitor in a head-to-head runoff matchup two weeks later).
But just because Graham clears his first major hurdle doesn’t mean he’s a shoo-in for a third term in Washington, D.C.
In fact fresh polling from Winthrop University underscores Graham’s challenge with general election voters in South Carolina.
According to the results of the latest Winthrop poll, Graham’s approval rating among registered voters is only 39.6 percent. Meanwhile 43.8 percent of respondents disapprove of the job he is doing.
Those are weak numbers for any candidate – but Graham’s problems are compounded by the fact he is facing a credible, well-funded Democrat (State Senator Brad Hutto) and in all likelihood a credible fiscally conservative independent (former GOP State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel).
Graham’s primary opponents also aren’t giving up their fight just yet.
“Senator Graham is avoiding debates that he previously committed to. His team is pressuring donors to not give to any of his opponents. He’s all over TV. He’s campaigning like never before, and writing specific legislation to get billionaire Super PAC funding,” a spokeswoman for the campaign of GOP challenger Bill Connor told FITS. “The important question is not whether we think he can lose: That goes without saying. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think he’s vulnerable. But what’s more important is that it’s obvious he thinks he can lose. And now based on the Democrats’ last minute surprise of a credible candidate, they think so too.”
Hard to argue with any of that …
Ravenel, a reality TV star who has indicated he will spend a sizable chunk of his personal fortune to oust Graham, echoed the theme about Graham’s dependence on special interest money.
“South Carolina voters know Lindsey Graham isn’t representing their interests – he’s representing the Washington D.C. insiders who are bankrolling his $8 million reelection campaign,” Ravenel said. “They also know the Democrats in the U.S. Senate – with whom Graham so frequently aligns – aren’t representing their interests either. They are bought and sold just like he is.”
Ravenel added “I cannot be bought. I don’t need anybody’s money. My only loyalty will be to your bottom line as a taxpayer – and the bottom line of our children and grandchildren.”
This website is no friend to Graham.
We consider him to be a shameless warmonger. And special interest whore. And fiscal liberal. And Obama abettor. And neo-fascist. And friend of terrorists. And thief of your liberty.
Not to mention a fraud … and a hypocrite …
As such, we will continue to call him out at every turn …
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“A credible fiscally conservative independent (former GOP State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel).”
I don’t think credible means what you think it does.
It doesn’t matter, the party-line voters will ensure T-Rav’s loss.
Anyone else drawing a line between Mace and Bright dropping off and T-Rav becoming all the buzz on this site?
He’s on t-rav’s payroll.
If not, maybe T-Rav promised S-Willie lots of airtime on Southern Charm as his campaign manager? S-Willie, reality tv star.
If he promised him airtime he lied. The series only has one more episode. It was recorded last summer. It’s my understanding the series was not picked up for a second season. Shame ain’t it?
Lindsey Grahamnesty is going down.
I’ve noted Will giving a lot of advice to TRav on Southern Charm. Did he recommend settling down with a 22 year old? Probably advice given with the wrong head (the smaller one between the legs)
If I could “upvote” you 10 times, I would! http://youtu.be/G2y8Sx4B2Sk
I believe T-Rav has no chance. The “reality tv” has doomed any chance of unseating Graham. T-Rav had a slim chance before and unless he has pics of Graham involved in homosexual acts he is wasting money.
If Barrack Hussein Obama can be elected POTUS (twice!) and Jesse Ventura governor…nothing is impossible.
one of them “A”s
President Palin!
No. Palin for Secretary of State. She can see Russia from her house. Predicted Ukraine. She is the only one who can compete with Putin bare chested.
I might add if George W. Bush can be elected POTUS (twice!) . . .
You will get no argument from TBG on that.
Cheers!
Springtime democrats and liberal-tarians remind me of Clemson football fans in August…..
You are unbeatable, as long as your opponents stay imaginary….
Hopefully Bill Connor can make fools of FITS and The Statenewspaer…and keep the demorat party in the crapper.
Please enlighten us as to what a liberal-tarian is. I’m well versed of local and national politics and I’ve never heard the term.
PS – Up voting your own posts is social media masturbation.
You’re well-versed in what you are told, by people who all think alike, and live by the same clichés that govern you…
Thanks for clearing that up for us.
#sarcasm
You never told me what rule #3 was.
RULE # 3:
Never argue with idiots.
1) Other people may not be able to tell the difference.
2) They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
TBG doesn’t always play by the rules……
I learned long ago that I don’t have a choice, if I want to argue… what are the other rules?
Why follow the rules? Life’s too short . . .
That’s why it’s important to know what the rules are.
You would not understand an original thought, if it p!$$#d in your mouth…You have to be spoon-fed clichés, over and over…that’s why you are more liberal than not…
Liberals are like rust, spreading their theology. They never sleep…that’s how a lie has to be pushed…
Do “original thoughts” piss in your mouth on a regular basis, GT?
I think he is under the impression that using the shifted number keys is his original idea.
ok.. everybody.. looks like this one is totally rusted.. let’s move on to the next weak mind…
You make me had when you talk dirty like that, Tango. Is that a hint that you are ready for me to piss in your mouth again? Do you want me to do that before or after I cum in your mouth or right after I cum in your butt? When you try to spice things up with variety I never know what it is you want exactly.
I assure you I’m NOT indoctrinated by anyone. I’ve been a student of politics; local, state and national for many years. I read news from conservative, liberal, moderate, libertarian, and some alternative fringe sources. You are either a complete idiot and truly believe this mental masturbation you ejaculate on the internet, or this is one of the best/worst troll profiles created in these parts in awhile.
Do you believe Obamacare is a good thing, or would you repeal it?
Obamacare is an abomination, it should be repealed.
OK: Thanks: And Do you support: (Y or N)
Gov’t sanctioned Gay Marriage
Legalizing recreational Drugs
Right to work w/o unions
Enforcing US Borders
Man-made Global Warming taxes
Abortion
Speech for Christians on gov’t property
Adequate Voter ID
Due process rights to Terrorists
Medicaid Expansion
Public funded incentives to lure jobs
Due process rights to Terrorists
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So when my comrades (oyez) arrest you as a Terrorist, and incarcerate you in our reeducation camps, you don’t want due process rights? I’ll be sure to put that in “the liberal-tarian book.” .. we know who you are…
Find yourself out of a job after some kind of catastrophe, then be diagnosed with cancer and no money in your family, but a car and some equity in your house.
Then watch the looks on your children’s faces as you dwindle down to a stick and die, begging for help from strangers.
Or… maybe imagine it, and understand I care, but without pooling the national resources – including taxing the rich, and spreading out the economy of scale.. as we did in World War II and the Iraq war – only for the good of Americans in America….
Then, at least you’ll understand why I believe in single payer universal health care so strongly.
I see it in the eyes of Christ… and in the smile of little babies.
PS – Up voting your own posts is social media masturbation.
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Benny Hinn says it’s to “increase the faith.”
“Up voting your own posts is social media masturbation.”
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I just voted your post. Does that mean I just had a social media homosexual experience.
I certainly hope not!
If TBG upvotes your posts and you upvote his, would that be a case of mutual mas……
*Doesn’t like where this is going…*
Since masturbation feels good, Damned Tango must approve of the masturbation metaphor at least as much as he does dick sucking and ass fucking metaphors.
Which brings up a question I have about dick sucking and ass fucking metaphors.. which end of the metaphor is Damned Tango on?
I think it’s The State newspaper.
That’s what’s posted, Dumb@$$…What are whining about???..
You liberals are so hard-up..you maks idiots of yourselves, trying to bash me…
What’s this:IMG_20140416_145028.jpg
http://gekkousou.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140416-145028.jpg
?
Try again, TL. I couldn’t get it to link up.
My theory is that TL used ALT_PrintScreen to capture something that shows DT is lying, and being a graduate of the Southern school of hard knocks, TL didn’t quite know how to get the link into his message… the link says that the image was created April 16,2014 at 02:50:28 PM… just before his post – that’s why I figured it was a picture he made himself.
Good deductive reasoning, Euwe!
I’m getting old, Mucinex… I have to keep the noggin’ chuggin’ or I’ll end up like Damned Tango!
Keep on chuggin’, man! We certainly don’t want you to wind up like GT. I heard a rumor recently that there is a shortage of drool cups. Everyone we can keep from needing one, is one more for someone who already needs it.
Surely I could avoid alzheimer’s if I were to buy the right pistol and
Pistol Bullet Feeder!
[Hunkering down behind half-inch Lexan]
you maks idiots of yourselves, trying to bash me…
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It’s a god thi that we we’nt idoits to begin with.
you maks idiots of yourselves, trying to bash me…
It sounds better if you say that we “play to the level of our competition.”
You are unbeatable, as long as your opponents stay imaginary….
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McCain and Romney seemed surreal to me, now that you mention it.
Graham in a walk,both primary and General Election.He gets about 55% in the primary against 45% for the rest.In the General,about the same ,maybe slightly less.
Righto, my good man. You’ll also note that Will’s wishful thinking has finally shifted (not-so-subtly) from the primary (which nearly everyone said from the jump was an exercise in futility) to the general election. He’s wrong there, too. Maybe Ravenel will actually stay in and his 2 or 3 points can drag Sugarbritches down to 55% or so, but if “Team Graham’s” internal polling is anywhere near those levels, the TV ad blitz that $8 mil can fund will make your eyes bleed…
“LINDSEY GRAHAM’S POLE POSITION: VERY VULNERABLE”
Fixed it fer ya!!!
TMI, though…
I wonder if he can still make a post.
Now TBG that is awful . . . but right funny! (And anybody that wants to pounce on my grammar please be advised that I worship at the altar of the Spirit of Idiom as opposed to the God of Grammar . . .)
right funny
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Are you from the Aisle of Rite?
All I want to know is where I can get a haircut like that.
McCain’s or Graham’s?
Good point! They all probably go to the same barber… and I’ll bet you’ll find he has some exotic drugs under the counter, too!
Absinthe, Deadly Nightshade, Devil’s Trumpet, Datura, Aconitum, Belladonna, Delphinium, Henbane…
Graham’s —– that Brylcreem still works wonders!
He gets his lips done at the same place as Mick Jagger, Steven Tyler, and Angelina Jolie.
There is only one candidate in this race with the knowledge, understanding, experience, and fortitude to do the job of US senator. When Grahamnasty and McCain go to these foreign countries they are treated to a dog and pony show put on for their benefit to get the response whoever they are wants. I was in Vietnam and saw first hand how this works. This was evident in Egypt, Syria and Iran. They came out in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood, a sworn enemy of the US, over the military and the people. Bill Connor has “been there and done that” in the middle east for 24 years. He knows from first hand experience who to trust and more importantly who not to trust. With his strong belief in the Constitution he won’t sell US out like Graham has. RESTORE HONOR VOTE CONNOR.
Hmm……….
“…According to the results of the latest Winthrop poll, Graham’s approval rating among registered voters is only 39.6 percent. Meanwhile 43.8 percent of respondents disapprove of the job he is doing…”
Ya know, what this article fails to highlight about this Winthrop POLL is how connected the citizens at SEA COAST Church are across our state.
It fails to also highlight how CIVIL Servants in the trenches of our state’s government administration (local, state, and federal) would be represented by a POLL..!!
Heck, we wonder how this poll would look if SENIORS understood the “frontrunning” skim being sucked off of their PENSIONS that our Senators have been privy too MONHS ago… but…. yet SAID nothing to protect their PENSION trades since then..!!
Heck, the number of men in the race that are sandbagging for GRAHAM is a CLEAR signal of Scott, Graham and Clyburn’s demise…!!
The silence from the legacy MEDIA is ….like a crow on a power line..!!
What makes you think that sitting on a power line has something to do with the silence of crows? They have to either bridge two of the lines to get a shock, or find some way to bridge the line they are on with the ground plane, or other sufficient voltage differential.
Graham’s approval rating among registered voters is only 39.6 percent. Meanwhile 43.8 percent of respondents disapprove of the job he is doing…”
LOW VOTER TURNOUT HURTS GRAHAM
This does not indicate how well Graham will do in the primary. Disapproval and approval comes from both Democrats, Republicans and independents. The Republican Senate race is the only race that will draw any state wide voter interest. Graham opponents are more energized.
If it gets to a runoff, then if Graham’s challenger survives media scrutiny a smaller more energized electorate could beat Graham.
I hope it doesn’t come to T Rav . With Bill Connor by far the best candidate in the race, he should be the nominee. However, if worse comes to worse Anybody but Graham, except Hutto.
The idea of Hutto, idiot that he is, is sickening. Even so, he will not be as well versed in the art of Senate bribery and favoritism as Graham, therefore he will still be a lesser of evils, who hopefully will be voted out in six years.
ANYbody but Lindsey!
Ok all you Southern Republicans… drop that pork rib and move away from the plate! I got something to say….
I know you all like to make fun of “faggots” and “queers”.. joke about “homos” and such…
..but…
I know you’ve heard those vicious rumors about Graham… and rumors are all they are!
I hope when you go into the voting booth, you think of something other than Graham sucking dick, or butt fucking some page… or leafing through the pages of a blue-boy magazine…
…for pity’s sake, don’t… besides, even if he *is* gay, that in itself isn’t what you think it is… it’s not a conscious decision..
…now you all good old boys remember that… don’t let a person’s sexual preference keep you from voting your conscience.
Lindsey is a great man, and we should all support him. Now it’s off to start an early Good Friday.
Good man and Good Friday? You do know that Lindsey has supported the “rebels” in Syria who are al Qeada and Saudi dupes. These “rebels” have been murdering Christians in Syria. The only people protecting them are Pres Assad, the Syrian Army and Vladimir Putin. S Carolina is a very Christian state and their Senator is backing the genocide of Christians in Syria.
Don’t forget that he voted for to fund Obamacare!!!!! And then he lied to his constituents and told them that he technically voted on Cloture!!!!. He is long overdue to go!!!! He is totally useless. HE VOTED WITH THE GANG OF 8 TO ALLOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and then he told us on the Congress floor that he didn’t care what his constituents wanted because he had been waiting for this a long time!!!!!! SO WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS SCREW YOU …..YOUR VOTE DIDN’T MATTER …..ONLY HIS!!! HE NEEDS TO RETIRE. HE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SELL HIS VOTE TO HARRY REID AND THE PRESIDENT!!!! He needs to go….we need strong Conservatives with good values who hasn’t sold out to the Lobbyists! VOTE TEA PARTY!
Don’t forget that he will be retiring with a pension of $174,000 per year plus full benefits. For doing what???? What has he really accomplished!!!! He has not voted with the party for a long time….he is part of Mitch Mc Connell dirty dozen who follow what he does!!!!
According to Heritage Action Scoreboard he voted a WHOPPING 48% of his time with Harry Reid and the Socialists on the left!!!!!! What a total waste he is …..does not vote for us!
This guy is the worst. If you search the newsfeeds – you find that all the mainstream media and liberal web sites are supporting him against his primary challengers. He is a neo-Con pro-amnesty RINO and is as bad as O and the Dems.