Lindsey Graham: Tea Party Will Die Out – Republicans Will Move Away From "The Fringe"
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, July 1, 2010, 2:56 PM
Not until you’re gone, Lindsey.
Lindsey Graham says the tea party will die out.
The Politico reported, via Free Republic:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says in a forthcoming article that the tea party movement is “unsustainable” and will “die out” because it lacks vision.
Graham made the comments to The New York Times as part of a profile in Sunday’s magazine written by Robert Draper.
Graham argues throughout the story that the Republican Party will eventually move away from the fringe and join him closer to the political middle but that, for now, it has shifted too far to the right.
“Everything I’m doing now in terms of talking about climate, talking about immigration, talking about Gitmo is completely opposite of where the tea party movement’s at,” Graham says. “The problem with the tea party, I think, is it’s just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out.”Graham later says that the GOP has shifted so far that Ronald Reagan would have trouble getting elected in today’s party.
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HandyBill commented:
Lindsey your the problem, not the solution. Go throw yourself off a cliff, America would be better for it.
Freddy commented:
“Everything I’m doing now in terms of talking about climate, talking about immigration, talking about Gitmo is completely opposite of where the tea party movement’s at,”
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Graham must be getting his info from msnbc. Someone needs to explain to him that the only tea party issues are taxes and spending.
Of course, IF Graham is right that his position is the ‘center’, then Ronald Reagan would not be elected.
Graham seems to have some real issues with learning history.
Jack Matthews commented:
And just what type of Republican is he expecting to join him in that small cloister of compromising cowardice?
Bob Grant commented:
Err Ummm Mr. Graham is that the same vision that until recently had you believing the sky was falling?
Maria commented:
A “coherent” vision you say? What about just follow the Constitution? Wow, what a novel concept!
Bob Grant commented:
@ freddy #2
–”Graham must be getting his info from msnbc. Someone needs to explain to him that the only tea party issues are taxes and spending.”–
NAH! That’s the thinking that comes from attending too many DC Cocktail Parties.
“Beltway Bravado”
John Steele commented:
Oh how I wish his seat was up in SC so they could vote him out and prove to him just how wrong he is.
Climate change is a scam, immigration “reform” is a death sentence, closing Gitmo and habeus corpus for terrorists is suicide … How do I despise you Lindsay, let me count the ways.
He should just change parties to the Democrats — that’s where he really is anyway.
Rick Liedtke commented:
Senator Graham is the last bastion of Senate commity, or is it comedy? Graham has always been a go along to get along kind of critter, He can’t take it when the “educated class” talks bad about him. How Sc can elect both Jim Demint and this squish is beyond me.
Kevin P commented:
And this D-Bag asked SCOTUS nominee Kagan “Where were you on Christmas?”
Fargin icehole!
Kevin P commented:
Graham is the type of R that got the R’s where they are – in the minority!
HandyBill commented:
After he comes out of the closet in 2013 he is going to switch parties and run as a gay Democrap so he can ensure his access to interns.
Kevin P commented:
Oh – and I forgot to add – FARGIN ICEHOLE!
xxx commented:
ODumby is a sick lunatic. He needs a rubber room, w/ padlock. He flew way over the cookoo’s nest.
Bigkahuna commented:
Sen Graham Eat Sh*t and Die gas pumper !
This clown doesnt get it. We are tired of compromising with jerkoff liberals. Compromising has compromised our country.
We got O’bigears because McCain wanted to be nice, compromise, suck up to libs and play nice while the libs and the media lied, slandered, misled and screwed the people into believing the jerk was the savior.
You can compromise amd move to the center all you want as you are bent over and being rheemed from the left right and rear .
You are just another idiot politician who doesnt understand the people, cant stop being a wishy washy schmuck and cant stop fighting against his own party instead of the enemy of the country. Obama and the left.
Screw You Jack !
JR commented:
I’m predicting we’re looking at another RINO senator that runs as a Democrat or Independent after losing the Republican primary.
olm commented:
How stupid is this guy?
Auntie Em commented:
Buh bye Lindsey. Don’t the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
Chisum commented:
Sen. Graham,
Go ahead and compromise with this arse and his ilk. Because it doesn’t matter how outrageous their demands are we are obliged to compromise, right?
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Fuzzy commented:
Progressive pipe dreams from a disgrace to our country and its Constitution . . . what did you expect?
Moving too far to the “center” (er, LEFT) is what almost destroyed the Republican party (that was only 2006 and 2008, how soon they forget). It was on its last gasp, last legs exactly because of his kind of progressive big-spending, big-government, trash the Constitution crap. He’s delusional and engaging in some major wishful thinking.
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