RINO Lindsey Graham Wants to Push Energy Legislation Again
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, December 25, 2010, 11:22 AM
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RINO Lindsey Graham is already talking about pushing his energy tax again.
The Hill reported, via Free Republic:
2011 could bring some quick indications on whether this year’s collapse of energy and climate legislation in the Senate created lasting wounds.
Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) chatted Wednesday about reviving their partnership on energy, Lieberman told E2.
“It is one of the things we want to work on together next year, start again,” Lieberman said Wednesday in the Capitol. His comments come as President Obama in the new year will seek talks with Republicans on energy.
Lieberman said areas on the table include a “clean-energy standard” for utilities, which Graham is already pushing, and efforts to boost natural gas and nuclear power development.
“It is not going to be as big or comprehensive as the American Power Act,” Lieberman said, referring to the unsuccessful cap-and-trade and energy bill he unveiled with Kerry. “But we can do something here.
“I hope that in January we will … get to work right away,” Lieberman said.
7 in 10 Americans opposed Graham’s energy tax last year.
But, since when has public opinion stopped the statists in Washington?
Related… The Weather Channel boss calls global warming ‘the greatest scam in history.’
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Published May 21, 2012 at 12:19 am - 56 Comments
bitterclinger commented:
Merry Frackin’ Christmas, Linseed. You never learn, do you? I’m counting on Rand Paul and Marco Rubio to bolster Jim DeMint to slap some sense into you this year.
Chisum commented:
Graham isn’t up for reelection until 2014. Plenty of time for more mischief.
avery commented:
Drill here,Drill their, Drill baby drill,open up the Coal mines.
Mad Hatter commented:
He’s showing how stupid he is, or how arrogant he is. This guy in for an embarrassing 2014 Primary. We all know what payback is.
Freddy commented:
Do NOT fall into the trap of pretending that the House can only do what the senate says. This is what ALL of the progressive media people are going to push!
Multitude commented:
At least we know who Graham is paid to represent. Sad to be nothing more than an overpaid prostitute. Lindsay belongs on the Top 5 list of RINOs for the Tea Party to fund primary opposition against and send a message that representation is Constitutionally centered toward the people, not General Electric and other corporatist ilk.
Multitude commented:
and substantiation where it’s due regarding Senator Graham (RINO, General Electric):
Several sources said General Electric Co. helped Graham in crafting the legislative language. GE has the world’s largest gas turbine manufacturing plant, in Greenville, S.C., and the company also is leading development of new nuclear reactors and a “clean coal” technology known as integrated gasification combined cycle, which has the capacity to capture and permanently sequester carbon emissions….
http://climateerinvest.blogspot.com/2010/02/lindsey-graham-and-general-electric.html
Greenshield commented:
Anyone still think there is hope for the GOP after the lame duck bonanza giveaway the Republicans held for Bamster? Now this. They will not listen to us the same way the Dems did not listen. We must make the Republican party the “third” party.
ar05075 commented:
Oh boy, maybe Joe and Lindsey can sit side by side with Newt and Nancy.
Conservative to the Core commented:
And watch for the GOP Elites to step up their attacks on the *divisive* Tea Party.
exceller commented:
this war is going to last for years, nobody expected that the ruling class was going to dry up and blow away just because of one election. ef you Liebermann and Grahamnesty, I despise both of you for being sellouts.
Chrissy B commented:
I’ve got a place that Graham can “push” that legislation.
serfer62 commented:
Now hold on there Green…the new congress won’t be in session for weeks and gramnesty has always been MFMs pet rino. Show some sense, pay no attention to boobs/ettes.
ALL money matters shall originate in the House which will be a large majority conservatives so his bill will die there…if it gets that far.
StrangernFiction commented:
Note to John Boehner and crew: Joe Lieberman being permitted to “do something” about global warming….err climate change, is not in the best interest of the Republican Party.
kansas commented:
I suppose it was too much to hope that the elections meant something. Now Obozo is going to be quoting Reagan instead of Truman and Roosevelt. He’ll still be doing his Alinsky impression though.
shibumi commented:
Let’s see. The economy really hasn’t rebounded (except for those executives that were bailed out) the job market is abysmal, foreclosures are still going pretty strong, so hey, let’s tax energy! What a freaking brilliant idea!
/how long before we get out the torches and pitchforks?
jkr commented:
The Dems are trying to end the filibuster on January 5 with a procedural ploy that hasn’t been used since WWI so they only need 51 votes to do it. Were the Rinos to actually fight this, it wouldn’t happen, the Dems have been floating the idea, and its being kept quiet shows the Rinos are willing to let it happen so the sell out center continues to control, even when more real conservatives hit the Senate. Lindsay is SO going down in 2014.
oogum commented:
Speaking from SC, Graham in 08 got twice as many votes as the next guy. I voted against him in runoffs before the election and simply did not pull the leever on him in 08. You think in 2014 he will be voted out, you’re wrong.
RSweeney commented:
Doesn’t Graham really mean an “ANTI-ENERGY” bill?
How much more cost do these morons think American business (those remaining) can absorb????
Insanity.
Greenshield commented:
Serfer62 stated “Now hold on there Green…the new congress won’t be in session for weeks and gramnesty has always been MFMs pet rino. Show some sense, pay no attention to boobs/ettes.
ALL money matters shall originate in the House which will be a large majority conservatives so his bill will die there…if it gets that far.”
He did not heed the calling of the last election, Mcconnel and company did not heed the election during lame duck (many are returning,) As for the House, they went for the tax deal hook line and sinker, again many are returning after being re-elected.
As for all bills raising revenue originating in the house. I have screamed this at the top of my lungs. None of the “conservatives” newly elected even caught the fact that the Tax extension and tax raise bill ORIGINATED and was PASSED in the Senate, as did Obamacare. ALl our house re-elects and congressman in waiting did was, for the most part, support the Tax deal. Even though it is unconstitutional based on Article 1 section 7. Again, the GOP is DOA.
Greenshield commented:
To clarify” originated and passed in the Senate” as a Senate bill, then went to the House for a vote. From “The Hill” 12/17….”And while lawmakers predicted the Senate bill would pass once it came to a vote in the House,”
even in bold type in political mags. I saw several more references to this exact thing on MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, and so on. The politcal elite are ignorant of our Constitution they claim to adore, on both sides of the aisle.
daryl commented:
Greenshield commented:
“We must make the Republican party the “third” party.”
What then? Stick in our thumbs, pull out the plums and say “Oh, what great ones are we!”
Conservatives can do better than that.
Retro commented:
grahamnesty will put a double lip lock on o’s flip flop
Oldsailor commented:
#12, it would be like a broomstick rattling around inside a garbage can. If we can contain them for two more years we have a shot at neutralizing the statist. Stay on them hard, all of them.
Buckeye commented:
My electric bill has already gone up $20 per month. My medical insurance is also up $20 per month. I pay at least a third more for groceries. bho should forget carrying out the dreams from his father and start working for the best interests of the people he was elected to serve. We could solve some problems by drilling for oil and mining for coal . Would be a good way to create jobs too.
As for L Graham—It’s time for him to go.
Josh commented:
How does this progressive liberal ‘republican’ maintain his seat?? I just don’t get it.
Andrew commented:
We have an article out about how hazardous twisty light bulbs are and this arsehole wants to continue the global warming sh*t.
Record cold in England. Record cold in Ireland. Record cold in Scotland. And Santa is going to get tossed out of the North Pole.
This guy that sucks “sh*t coated poles” needs to go away in 2014.
shrek commented:
Well Josh,
You “maintain a Senate seat” by polling 54% and 58% of the votes respectivelyover two terms, and earning a 90% conservative voting record by a respectable group who do nothing but keep count on that sort of thing.
Jason commented:
There is something about the shape of that man’s mouth that makes me want to b!tch slap him. Anyone else with me? Damn.
AuntieMadder commented:
In that photo, Graham looks like he could eat an apple through a picket fence
Keemo commented:
This guy will be dealt with in 2014. All RINO’s will expose themselves and will face a primary TP challenger. It’s the old establishment Republicans that I worry about the most. Those critters must be dealt with also.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Graham seems to have a rather hard head.
If he can’t be convinced to back off, then the good citizens of SC will have to rid us of this fool on the next election cycle.
MarkJ commented:
Let’s tax Lindsey Graham out of existence. Three generations of idiots are enough.
RedBeard commented:
Graham is bipolar. At one extreme, he’s pretending to be a conservative and hoping no one will notice that his nose is growing. At the other extreme, he’s being an honest leftie.
Is there no medication for such a tragic condition?
truth teller commented:
Get rid of this limp-wristed RINO, CINO…clean house.
tim stevens commented:
So, what is the difference between Lindsey Lohan and Lindsey Graham?
She has one, he is one.
Fen commented:
Start a RECALL drive in his district. Send him packing early.
Even if it fails, it will get his attention. These pols are cowards – they cringe if the wind is blowing the wrong way