washingtonmonthly.com - 2/7/2009
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CRAZY PEOPLE.... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) gave a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, complaining not only about the government stimulus, but the process in which the stimulus was put together. "This [is] not remotely close to what we could...
"This Bill Is Stinking Up The Place"
corner.nationalreview.com 2/4/2009 — That was Sen. Lindsey Graham, a few moments ago, at the Republican news conference on the stimulus bill. "In the House, the bill was written because Nancy Pelosi said she won," Graham told reporters. "If we jam a bill through like we're doing today, ...
Boxer to Graham: There's No Business Like Show Business
crooksandliars.com 2/6/2009 — Download | Play Download | Play
Nobody does wounded indignation quite like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and this was quite entertaining. I saw it on Hardball right after Lindsey was all red and sputtering, saying Republicans ...
Saturday Big Blue Smurf Blogging: What They Said
brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com 2/8/2009 — Today's honoree: Randi Rhodes , for explaining to walking corpses like Lindsey Graham why we need a stimulus bill . Money quote: We tried courteous. We tried inviting. We tried group hug. What'd we get? The same pit bull Republican extremism that ...
51 Jokes In 4 Minutes —
The Moderate Voice
No, this doesn’t include Senator Lindsey Graham seeming outraged over a President using what he says are fear tactics. This are NON POLITICAL jokes — and this You Tuber does deliver:
FU GOP ESAD news —
WTF Is It Now?!?
"Meet The Press" ratings take nose-dive with David Gregory as moderator. Barbara Boxer bitchslaps drama queen Lindsey Graham. Ted Haggard had a dildo molded after his own penis, named it "Ted Two," and regularly used it on himself . Tweety blasts ex-Bush nanny Andy Card over hypocritical ...
"I Was Shocked" —
The Corner on National Review Online
Just talked to Sen. Lindsey Graham. He, too, is worried that Democrats will very soon push the stimulus bill through the Senate with three or four Republican votes. And then I asked him about his reaction to the president's speech last night:
I was shocked. Because listen, we are opposing ...
Graham: We’re Making This Up as We Go —
News
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) is quickly emerging as one of leading, and most colorful, Republicans critics of the stimulus bill.
Thursday, Graham said President Barack Obama (D) has been “AWOL” in the Senate negotiations on the bill.
"I like President Obama,” he told Fox News. “But he is not ...
Harry Reid’s Wakeup Call —
Oliver Willis
The latest sign that the Senate needs to quit diddling around and pass the stimulus is here .
The country moved into its second year of uninterrupted job losses last month, with companies shedding another 598,000 jobs — the most since December 1974 — and the unemployment rate moving up to 7.6 ...
Fears and the fearful fear-mongers who fan them —
Daily Kos
For the love of God : Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that rather than showing leadership in steering the stimulus package through Congress, President Barack Obama is pushing the legislation by "trying to scare people." "The President is giving TV interviews rather than getting ...
Stimulus Smackdown —
Talking Points Memo
In floor debate this morning on the stimulus bill, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) accused Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) of being "theatrical." He responded by being, well, theatrical:
Oh, the indignation.
Quote of the Day —
The Reaction
By Creature "Scaring people is not leadership. Writing an editorial that if you don't pass this bad bill we're going to have disaster -- we've had enough presidents trying to scare people to make bad decisions." -- Sen. Lindsey Graham , criticizing President Obama while apparently ...
Graham: Obama "Trying To Scare People" —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that rather than showing leadership in steering the stimulus package through Congress, President Barack Obama is pushing the legislation by "trying to scare people."
"The President is giving TV interviews rather than getting people together, and I ...
Graham: Obama "Trying To Scare People" —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that rather than showing leadership in steering the stimulus package through Congress, President Barack Obama is pushing the legislation by "trying to scare people."
"The President is giving TV interviews rather than getting people together, and I ...
Attacking Obama: Does Lindsey Graham Have It Right? —
The Next Right
One of the more prevalent notions that I have read lately is that Republicans should focus on criticizing Democrats in Congress instead of President Obama due to the President’s sky high approval ratings. Conventional wisdom suggests that Republican attacks on an enormously popular Obama ...
Graham Steps Up Attacks on Obama —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
While Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is leading the attack on President Obama's economic stimulus package, his good friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), is dialing up the rhetoric. In an interview with Fox News , Graham said, "I like President Obama, but he is not leading." He added: "It's a broken ...
Graham: Obama 'AWOL' in Stimulus Leadership —
News
President Obama's leadership has been "absent without leave" during debates over the economic stimulus, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday.
“It's a broken process, and the president, as far as I'm concerned has been AWOL in providing leadership,” Graham said during an appearance on Fox ...
The Charge: "AWOL" —
The Page by Mark Halperin
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Fox Thursday he doesn't think Obama has done much to successfully guide the stimulus through the Senate.
"It's a broken process, and the president, as far as I'm concerned, has been AWOL in providing leadership."
More interview excerpts here.
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