Tag Archives: Lindsey Graham

“Here is the first thing I would do if I were President of the United States: I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We’re not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.” …

Watch it here. (Tipped by JMG reader Kyle)

Via the New York Times: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be the next attorney general, sending her nomination to the full Senate for what is likely to be a contentious vote. The panel voted 12 to 8 to advance Ms. Lynch, President Obama’s pick to replace Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as the …

Via Mediaite: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got down to the nitty-gritty in the Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, asking Eric Holder’s potential replacement to explicate the constitutional difference between gay marriage and polygamy. “What’s the legal difference between a ban on same-sex marriage being unconstitutional but a ban on polygamy being constitutional? Could you try …

“If I do it, I’ll be on all the ballots. I’m not doing it to make a statement. I’m doing it to challenge the country and offer what I have to offer to the American people and my party.”

Ernst’s first campaign ad bragged that she is a woman of the people because she has castrated hogs. As all people have.

Yup, he said that. In a recent, hour-long interview, Lindsey Graham said if he is reelected to the Senate in November, he will begin exploring a bid for the presidency. Graham has long been one of the most active and outspoken hawks in Congress. He has been a voluble critic of the Obama administration on a wide variety of national …

“The first thing I want to tell American people, from my point of view, it is our fight, it is not just their fight. I will not let this president suggest to the American people we can outsource or security and this is not about our safety. There is no way in hell you can form an army on the …

“Our Democratic friends, for the most part, have been in the tank over Benghazi. Some guy said this about me yesterday on the left: The only reason I cared about this was because I have six Tea Party opponents. Well, if that’s true, I’m the biggest scumbag in America. I don’t think that’s true; I know it’s not true It …

The headline above is from Wonkette.

Buzzfeed is pulling your leg, we think, as their number one sexiest pick is octogenarian Rep. Howard Coble. Much more amusing is that they winkingly placed those two hottie GOP Illinois reps, Aaron Schock and Adam Kinzinger, at positions two and three.

Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham yesterday backed President Obama’s call for a US strike on Syria. After a meeting with President Barack Obama in the West Wing along with Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator John McCain said Monday that the failure of Obama’s request for authorization to strike Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime in response to the use of …

They love this over at World Net Daily.

“If we don’t pass immigration reform , if we don’t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016.  We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party, and the only way we can get back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is pass comprehensive immigration reform. …

The headline at Twitchy wonders of Graham has been hacked. CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller says he’s “pretty sure it’s just good-natured kidding between two close friends.” Some of the reactions on Twitter range from shock to outrage that a former POW would be sent such a message on Memorial Day.

An amendment to add LGBT couples to the Senate immigration reform bill was withdrawn tonight in order to improve the bill’s chance of passage. Chris Geidner has the news at Buzzfeed: Sen. Patrick Leahy withdrew his proposed amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would have recognized the marriages of same-sex couples for immigration purposes on Tuesday night, after …

Former GOProud board member and Gay Patriot blogger Bruce Carroll announced tonight that he will not, after all, be running against Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014 because he is worried about his safety from “the gay left.” The bottom line is that my partner John and I made a mutual decision that we didn’t want our entire lives invaded in …