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Lindsay Graham Speaks Truth; Hopefully, Someone Is Listening
Topic Started: Jul 24 2009, 03:58 AM (44 Views)
QuirtEvans
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When Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his support for Sonia Sotomayor this week, right-wing radio talk show host Mark Levin said it was a sign that Graham is “unreliable ... as a thinker and a leader.”

Wendy Long, counsel for the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network, called it proof that Graham “still lacks courage, statesmanship and an understanding of the Constitution and rule of law.”

“May his antics get the attention they richly deserve.”

The response from Graham: Enjoy life in the minority.

In an interview with POLITICO Thursday, the South Carolina Republican defended his decision to back Sotomayor by laying out a broad critique of conservative activists who push “ideological purity” and refuse to cooperate with a Democratic Congress and White House.

“If we chase this attitude … that you have to say ‘no’ to every Democratic proposal, you can’t help the president ever, you can’t ever reach across the aisle, then I don’t want to be part of the movement because it’s a dead-end movement,” Graham said.

“I have no desire to be up here in an irrelevant status. I’m smart enough to know that this country doesn’t have a problem with conservatives. It has a problem with blind ideology. And those who are ideological-driven to a fault are never going to be able to take this party back into relevancy.

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DeMint, like conservative groups such as the Club for Growth, has said that he’d rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who believe in the GOP’s bedrock issues than 60 who don’t. Club for Growth president Chris Chocola says Graham “has it backwards.” “It’s not about purity,” he said. “It’s about sticking to the fundamentals in order to build a sustainable majority. If you play a sport and you’re not performing well, you don’t say, “I have to try 10 new things.” You ask, “What are the fundamentals I’ve forgotten about?” The same thing is true in politics. If you’ve had a few bad cycles, what are the fundamentals you’re ignoring?” Graham calls that a recipe for a shrinking minority. “Nobody would appreciate the 30-Republican-senator model more than Harry Reid,” he said. “There’s an element within the conservative movement that is looking for purity. … I’m looking for coalition building.”


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25361.html
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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Mikhailoh
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I wholeheartedly agree with him.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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