“It’s time to end Grahamnesty”
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s GOP challenger, Buddy Witherspoon, has released a new campaign ad. It was released to coincide with South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary Saturday. The Senate primary is in June.Other Republicans are expected to join the race against Graham as well:
A former Republican National Committee member challenging Senator Lindsey Graham has released a television ad that calls Graham “too liberal.”
The ad by Lexington orthodontist Buddy Witherspoon criticizes Graham for pushing a failed immigration proposal.
…Graham has campaigned with Arizona Senator John McCain, who also backed the failed immigration reform bill.
Here’s Witherspoon’s campaign site. Here’s the ad slamming Graham as “too liberal for South Carolina:”
Remember: Birds of a feather…
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Flashback: Graham’s hissy fit…
Flashback: Graham to La Raza…“We’re gonna tell the bigots to shut up”…
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One word to describe Mr. LG: Feckless crapweasel
How can McShame be ahead in the polls in S.C. How is that even possible? This guy wants to give away our country.
The Stupid Party will self-destruct again with a McVain victory on Saturday and Grahamnesty re-election.
If McCainesty wins in SC, I don’t see them getting rid of Grahamnesty. What a shame. They musn’t have TV or radio in SC. Either that, or they’re left of Massachusetts there.
If pitbull and weasel win, we are in big trouble folks.
I do NOT believe the MSM.
They are attempting to influence those on the fence into voting for these vultures. The seeds are being planted.
TRAITORS, both of them.
My blood pressure cannot take Graham. Every time I see McCain I am reminded of this issue and how he treated the republican base. Now they’re together again dredging up these feelings I’ve been trying to suppress. S.C, if you’re listening, you know what to do. GO Witherspoon!
Hurray, blogosphere! It’s good for the memory, much to the dismay of the drive-by media! For decades, they relied on our short-term memory to forget such perfidy by their favorites! They don’t have that “comfort zone” anymore! Thanks for the refresher course in RINOism, Michelle!
I don’t agree with John McCain on immigration or on his friendship with John Kerry. But I have to add something in McCain’s defense. I live in an area where there is a huge navy base. One of the guys that I met there is now retired and was a navy flier who was imprisoned in North VietNam with John McCain. I asked him about John McCain and he told me some stories about John McCain’s extraordinary courage and dignity and selflessness. McCain was in terrible pain his whole time in prison. Because his grandfather was a famous admiral and his father was also famous, McCain could have given a statement and possibly been released from the dungeons. McCain never even considered it. The North VietNamese tried every trick of psychological warfare on John McCain. None of it worked. He may be wrong on immigration but John McCain is about the bravest, moral man anyone will ever meet. Rudy, Huckabee, Romney et al. found ways to avoid military service. McCain asked for the most dangerous missions. Whatever one thinks about his stands on various issues, I don’t think a better human being will ever be found.
I think this title discriminates against Grahams. I demand something with legal words and money involved! And free cable!
Best of Luck to Buddy Witherspoon!
Lindsey Graham and shamnesty gang still do not get it. This is the most severe case of Beltway Superiority Complex I have ever seen. I hope and pray the good people of South Carolina get out and vote en mass.
Jed Babbin, at Human Events (they did endorse Fred Thompson, you know) writes that Fred is the best candidate for Republicans to unify around for November’s elections:
Faced with either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as their national opponent, Republicans cannot risk disunity in the fall campaign. Whoever is the Republicans nominate must be able to both unify and energize the core constituencies of their party. When South Carolinians go to the polls tomorrow, their choice is between several men who cannot unify the party and one who probably can.
Fred Thompson’s ability to unify conservatives around their core principles should be much on South Carolinians’ minds. As should the record of the other contenders.
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Among the serious contenders in South Carolina is Fred Thompson. Is he the unifying force around which conservatives can rally? His record is based more on personal choices than on alliances with liberals. Thompson’s ability to unify Republicans stems from two things. First, his gut-level conservatism. Which leads to the second, trust.
When asked a question, Thompson reacts comfortably without pausing to ponder which focus group will react in which way. He seems comfortable in his own skin. His avuncular style is a bit too folksy at times, but his answers are consistent and – in a way voters will see – principled. Which means people will trust Thompson.
This year the American electorate is more angry and disgruntled than I have seen it in more than four decades of study. Neither the President nor Congress – having failed to win the war, secure our borders or control reckless government spending – have the voters’ trust. The biggest issue this year may not be the war, or taxes, or the economy. Trust could overwhelm them all. And people trust Fred Thompson.
Fred Thompson is running an insurgent campaign in South Carolina. Having taken a pass in New Hampshire and Michigan, Thompson is operating without the media propulsion that benefit McCain, Romney and Huckabee. But South Carolina is historically friendly to insurgents: the most famous and successful American insurgent of all – General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox – was a South Carolinian.
Marion gained the trust of his neighbors and then in scores of towns and villages in South Carolina. He had to do it on horseback. Thompson is going by bus. Marion’s insurgency succeeded against great odds, eventually forcing the British to retreat northward. At least one of Thompson’s opponents has already abandoned the field.
Insurgent Francis Marion was a unifying force in the Revolutionary Deep South. Insurgent Fred Thompson may be one this fall if South Carolinians help him tomorrow.
Until I looked at the actual story, I thought you were referring to FL Sen. Bob Graham, who (as Governor of FL) did absolutely nothing to stop the waves of human refuse that Fidel Castro dumped on our shores.
Good for Buddy someone need’s to expose these jerks. I think McCain has pulled a Hillary, it was’nt crying it was Vet’s against McCain which I might add no one has ever heard of, putting out negative statement’s on McCain and his stay in the Hanoi Hilton, I don’t trust him or Graham. Much like Huckleberry and his waffling on Immigration. They will say whatever it takes to get elected and the MSM are in bed with them. Oh Joy!
Like MM has said, “Birds of a feather”.
Larraby, I would not even think of trying to knock McCain’s service years and, most especially, his time in captivity.
Now, that aside, I think he is useless as an elected official. Heroism in combat and captivity do not necessarily make for a good elected leader.
Because Lindsey Graham is “too liberal
for South Carolina:”I just can’t believe nobody fixed that yet.
I would like nothing more than to see Senator Graham get his reward by being fired for betraying the good people of South Carolina and this country by trying to shove the Shamnesty bill down our throats last summer.
Courage in the face of the enemy is what soldiers are trained for and that is why i admire mccain. that does not mean he is capable of being commander in chief, maybe qualifies him to be secretary of defense. courage to keep ones self alive during this event does not give you the ultimate authority on all things. that is called being a survivor.
i respect his service to our country during Vietnam, but do NOT respect his service to our country since then. He has voted with Ted Kennedy more than he has voted with his Republican counterparts in the Senate. It is largely due to Kennedy with McCains help preventing Reagan from following through on the immigration issue in the 80’s.
not to mention his efforts during the 90’s voting along with Dems more than Repubs. After 2000, however, he reached a new low that is beyond forgiveable and is what I judge him on today. His Current Service to this Country has been dismal, with regards to the Conservative Movement.
Yet, the media calls him a maverick. Why? Because, they are so liberal the love him sticking his finger in the eyes of the conservatives. My opinion is: McCain is a democratic operative within the republican party. He sets out to stabotage the conservative issues. He is a saboteur. He has operated through subterfuge. This means he is deceiving those who elect him as being Republican and as serving the public with a conservative platform. He has a liberal platform. Some may call him RINO, some may call him maverick, but I call him a saboteur.
On another blog’s comment section I suggested that John McCain, should he win the nomination, might select Lindsey Graham as his running mate. The blogger saw that and laughed, then started to actually think about it.
That thread can be found at
http://junkyardblog.net/archives/2008/01/how-does-vice-p.php
I was the first commenter on the new thread.
For Republican voters who want a “true” conservative at the top of the Republican presidential ticket, please understand that you now have 24 hours to your party’s and America’s destiny.
Senator Fred Thompson, as you know, is the sole bearer of the conservative mantle; more specifically, he is strong on national security and defense; for smaller government; and low taxes and reduced federal spending. He is 100% pro-life and family; stridently against illegal immigration; and a proponent of national sovereignty.
Now is the time for you to make a difference on the battlefield, namely, South Carolina. Senator Thompson has the campaign momentum, yet the time is short. You must sieze the initiative now and press the attack. How? Visit http://www.fred08.com , become a “Friend of Fred,” and use the free “Phone for Fred” system and phone list, to call Republicans in South Carolina.
The most recent polls indicate that 41% of the South Carolina Republican voters are either undecided or may change their vote. Senator Thompson is in a position to win this race, but the race will likely be decided by a few hundred votes. Your critical phone calls to South Carolina Republicans on Friday January 18th, can make the difference in determining whether the Republican Party, America’s only hope for the preservation of the nation, will have the one candidate who can unite the party’s three voting pillars, that is, the Reagan Coalition, of fiscal conservatives; national security conservatives; and religious/social conservatives.
Senator Thompson has been campaigning intensely in South Carolina on both the ground, through his 35 city bus tour, holding 5 or more events a day, talking directly to the voters in person, and in local live radio broadcast townhalls; and across the air waves with excellent media advertising, financed by hundreds of small donors.
Now, the Senator needs your timely and vital support. This is the proverbial “crunch time” or “clutch?” Will you, as a committed conservative, “step up” in the “clutch,” to save your country? The future of the Republican Party, and most importantly, America lies in your hands.
http://sheetanchor.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/senator-thompson-and-conservatives-in-the-clutch/
Good luck to Witherspoon. If McCain wins, I think he’ll be running unopposed because Graham will have gone on to bigger and better things.
I simply do not understand how illegal immigration is supposed to be one of the top issues in S.C ,yet these folks want to vote for the amnesty peddler McCain.Anytime he’s cornered on the subject at a town hall forum he always reverts back to “I’m not going to deport the mother of a soldier fighting in Iraq or Afghanastan.”Yet criminal illegal aliens deported multiple times keep coming back to rob,rape and murder.Is it just me or does the MSM seem to be pulling for McCain in this primary?If he is the nominee hundreds of thousands of border security folks will have to sit out the election.There will be no national debate on the issue at all in the 08 election since McCain has a similar position on this issue as Obama and Clinton and voted for the same amnesty.I also saw on Lou Dobbs last night where the Mexican government and open borders groups are going to spend millions on open borders amnesty advertising during the 08 election cycle.
There’s a good reason that the mainstream media has been pulling for McCain. His overall voting record, alliances and policies are more in line with liberal Democrats than conservative principals.
In the MM view, America will end up with the same package, regardless if the POTUS is Hillary, Obama, or McCain.
(I’d throw Edwards into that mix too, but there would be a difference if he were elected: he’s got better hair than the other three.)
Caveat emptor.
Of cousrse he’s a MSM darling. He has been loved by the MSM for is “maverick” style of going against the grain of his party’s positions and its base. All too often. The MSM hates the Republican party and delights in promoting McCain every time he sticks it to his own.
All you guys should know by now to never listen to publicized poll numbers.
I’m a born and raised South Carolinian, and I’m here to tell you that we here have very long memories (mentioning that act of Northern aggression 147 years ago in a South Carolinian’s presence should remove any doubt about that).
We remember McCain and what he’s said and done (and no, none of the stuff we dislike about the man has to do with some fictitious black child - Strom had plenty of real ones and we didn’t bat an eye).
We remember Lindsey Graham and what he’s said and done.
If you think that some goofy MSM poll reflects exactly what we South Carolinians think, then you don’t know us and you don’t know how those pollsters work either (anybody remember Kos, CNN, etc. in 2004 trying to say the exit polls were more accurate than the election itself?).
Come on, people.
Michelle,
The link for the video is no longer valid. The new address for it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYimmIbffc
The SC vote will mean little re McCain’s viability. The no-McCain vote in SC is split among the others, and McCain is not under paid media attack on amnesty … Huck wants to be anybody’s VP; Thompson likes McCain; Romney isn’t competing. If nominated, McCain would lose to Obama or HRC, by a lot. At present, his personal qualities, which are positive, are lifting head-head tests for November.
Big picture: This is a change election. The D will offer change in party label. We MUST offer insider/outsider change, which means a non-Washington candidate. But McCain is the ultimate Washington candidate. Can’t work.
angryoldfatman, hopefully you are right, but then that leaves the huckster. and, there is no difference in the huckster than mccain on liberal passion dressed in a republican suit. all i can say is i not only hope that S. Carolina has a long memory but is able to see through the smoke and mirrors of the charlatan that is the Huckster.
Hopefully this November we will have heard the last of Graham and McClain.Not that I wish either of them any ill-will,but we can’t afford to have them making important decisions.C’mon,SC,do the right thing-dump that chump.
Courage is one aspect of character. Suicide bombers are courageous, but seem to lack other aspects of character.
Loyalty is another, and motivation. Is McCain more loyal to Mexicans than Americans? Did McCain blast a bunch of Vietnamese because he wanted to “serve his country,” or because father and grandfather were admirals and it was a family tradition, or was ambition the motive? High risk military service is almost as sure a vote getter as being the stereotype DA who is “tough on crime.”
Francis Bacon had some thoughtful insights on courage, or “boldness,” as he terms it:
Apparently, SC voters are oblivious to what’s going on next door in GA. A little law enforcement goes a long way, as opposed to the rewards and enticements offered by McCain and Graham.
The SC polls have to be false or else SC is in a coma. I hope for the former.
I always think of the stereotype tough, no nonsense Southern sheriff who would actually enforce our laws. Where is he when you need him?
(Answer: Arizona!)
We need to hijack Ron Paul’s blimp, repaint it to say McCain=amnesty and float it all over South Carolina.
Hey Fred — I can’t watch youtube stuff at work. What is the Georgia reference?
I live in an area with a huge navy base so I may have a different perspective than many others. People like John McCain are special. They do not come around very often. Given that his father and grandfather were both famous admirals, McCain could have used those connections to avoid VietNam war service. Instead, as I mentioned earlier, he sought out the most dangerous assignments and flew his jet fighter into the teeth of SAM missiles. (And this fact alone makes me detest Jane Fonda and her adoring media friends even more). In captivity, McCain’s courage was legendary. None of McCain’s opponents has done a courageous thing in his life. What is Huckabee’s claim to fame? Going on diet with Kirstie Alley? What is Romney’s claim to fame? Having an easel fall on him at the Bain Group? What is Thompson’s claim to fame? Having to avoid the cables on the floor of a television shoot? What is Rudy’s? Taking the seven train during rush hour?
Compared to John McCain, the rest of these guys are, to quote Ross Perot: “just sad”.
The Georgia video is a news report about how GA’s new laws are affecting illegal immigrants. They interview a bodaga clerk who tells of illegals selling their goods and packing up and leaving the state. An illegal walks in and agrees to be interviewed - he says without being able to get a job, and no drivers license, he can’t afford to stay. He’s going back to Mexico.
This video and lots of other examples of attrition through enforcement are all linked at http://www.jmi.com/immigrationmarches/attrition.html
And some other good resources, etc., at
http://www.jmi.com/immigrationmarches
Larraby - I fully accept McCain’s war record and valiant service. That does not excuse his plan to grant 12 to 30 million law breakers instant PERMANENT residency and a “pathway” to citizenship with a 24 hour period for DHS to perform background and health checks (Z visa). In 2006 the same bill called for 90 days. McCain and Kennedy got it changed to one business day in the 2007 version. Perfidy.
Shamnesty would have been the biggest single transformational mistake of our century, increasing our “legal” population by 10% overnight - with 30 million more illegals crossing in the next decade to take their place, when they see what a great deal the eighth amnesty since 1986 is. No fence (and we need a complete fence, Hunter style), no matter how good, will stop the flood if we keep rewarding and enticing more illegals. McCain did NOT “learn his lesson” - he just wants to have his shamnesty AFTER a little border security. Why do we need shamnesty if we have border security?
McCain and Graham insult all law-abiding American citizens with their plans. THIS is what McCain’s inaction and proposals encourage - a squatters’ village of illegal aliens in San Diego suburbs, complete with snack bars, Sunday Mass, and, oh yes, BROTHELS. Shame on him. Shame on Bush. Shame on Congress. Shame on America.
#33 — Thanks for the information and links Fred. Just goes to show that a little enforcement goes a long way. Imagine that! Shamnesty scared the hell out of me last summer — and just thinking about how McCain, Graham, and not to mention GWB tried to sell out this country makes my blood boil!
SC has a long memory, at least us conservatives do.I’m voting Sat., and it ain’t for McCrazy or the huckster.Freds the man.
Repeating my post from a parallel thread on ‘The Immigration Solution’, McCain and Graham are mouthing this ‘expert”:
Many ask why McCain is leading in South Carolina. I tell you why. The vote is split amongst five candidates. McCain is not winning a majority but a plurality, a plurality barely reaching 30%.
This is an election where the drawbacks of “first past the post” are most prevalent.
If networks limit admittance to their debates to those who poll greater than 5%, then perhaps the primaries need to consider the “single transferable vote”. It isn’t perfect but it surely addresses the “mccain problem”.
Those that defend McCains war record…I have to wonder why??? Usually when you have a loyal serviceman he is loyal to his country and it’s people….and that is what motivates them to serve, right? Yet here we have a man who has no qualms whatsoever at handing his country over to anyone who walks in…….seems ironic that one hand McCain is lauded for his sacrifice, and yet he fought damn hard to give up this country and hand it over to Mexico. So, no I don’t continue to respect and admire him….Frankly he and his buddy Grahamnesty make me furious as does that imbecile Kennedy..(and his grades at Harvard bear out that description of this moron!) Whoever votes for McCain for President is seriously confused about who they themselves owe their loyalty to…..and must have a deathwish for the country.McCain will push through the amnesty he proposed before if he ever becomes President. Of that I have no doubt.
Sorry folks, but South Carolina has proven that Lindsey Graham is NOT too liberal for South Carolina.
Through Saturday’s vital test, we have learned that South Carolinians not only lack basic human dignity, but they lack a memory of what John McCain and his ol’ pal Lindsey has done to us and to this country.
Good luck to Buddy Witherspoon though. Too bad his name has “Too many syllables for South Carolina.”
Am I the only one that looks at Lindsey’s mannerisms and could see him carrying a Rainbow colored flag in a San Francisco parade???
This guy only wants a free ride to the NAU. He doesn’t care one bit for SC or her citizens , less they Illegal . Mexican puppet oh yeah