Lindsay Graham Archives

What Say, Lindsay?

March 17, 2014 Buck Banks

Sometimes politicians seem to know not what they say.
His opponent has put Lindsay Graham’s sexuality in play.
Candidate Dave Feliciano
Would like us all to know
That incumbent Senator Graham is definitively “ambiguously gay.”

Graham Describes GOP’s Immigration Dilemma

June 18, 2013 Buck Banks

How do we put together a bill and then the guy who put it together says that he may not vote for it? “I just don’t get what we’re doing here.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R=SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, complaining about Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) wavering stand on immigration reform.

Graham: GOP In a Death Spiral

June 17, 2013 Buck Banks

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. If you don’t do that, it really doesn’t matter who we run in my view.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the Senate, said “conservatives who are trying to block the measure will doom the party and all but guarantee a Democrat will remain in the White House after 2016’s election,” the AP reports.

Graham Raises Head, Looks Around

July 13, 2011 Trish

You’re giving money away to a few people at the expense of many, and I think it’s time to reevaluate that.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), breaking from the Republican herd to acknowledge that it’s time to close loopholes that have benefited specific rich folk.

Tag: Lindsay Graham

What Say, Lindsay?

Graham Describes GOP’s Immigration Dilemma

How do we put together a bill and then the guy who put it together says that he may not vote for it? “I just don’t get what we’re doing here.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R=SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, complaining about Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) wavering stand on immigration reform.

Graham: GOP In a Death Spiral

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the Senate, said “conservatives who are trying to block the measure will doom the party and all but guarantee a Democrat will remain in the White House after 2016’s election,” the AP reports.

Graham Raises Head, Looks Around

You’re giving money away to a few people at the expense of many, and I think it’s time to reevaluate that.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), breaking from the Republican herd to acknowledge that it’s time to close loopholes that have benefited specific rich folk.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“His apparently deteriorating condition has caused tremendous alarm across the nation (and political spectrum) about the President’s cognitive function and continuing mental fitness for the office of President, and prompted concerns about the President’s well-being.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is requesting the White House physician conduct a “comprehensive cognitive assessment” of President Trump and brief Congress on the results.

— Paul Krugman

“God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of strikes carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection. God is good.”

— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking to reporters.

Numerati

47.6

134

60%

A new Pew Research poll finds 60% of U.S. adults now have an unfavorable view of Israel.

57%

A new survey finds that approximately 20% of 2024 Trump voters may not vote Republican in 2028, and that almost 57% of voters who switched from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024 are considering abandoning the Republican party in 2028.

86%

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 86 percent of Americans are concerned for the lives of U.S. military personnel in Iran — and 56 percent believe the war will have a negative impact on their personal financial situation.