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13. Lindsey Graham

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 03:17 PM

Dec 2011

has alway rubbed me the wrong way.

"The reason Republicans don't want to vote for it is we want a board, not one person making all the regulatory decisions," said Graham, continuing to talk as if the bureau doesn't yet exist.

This from someone who championed the torture bill. So in his twisted mind, torturing people = Good. Protecting consumers = "Stalinist era."

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(Delusional) Lindsey Graham: Consumer Protection Bureau 'Is Something Out Of The Stalinist Era' [View all] WillyT Dec 2011 OP

NDAA's indefinite detention usrname Dec 2011 #1

Ol' Lindsey pscot Dec 2011 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2011 #3

I totally agree! Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2011 #7

Yes, because Stalin always put consumers first. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2011 #4

in soviet russia, the consumer protects you. dionysus Dec 2011 #5

+1 Had me laughing too. Duct Tape Dec 2011 #12

+1 Fearless Dec 2011 #17

What an ignorant thing to say Stalin is responsible for millions of deaths ..... From Wiki Botany Dec 2011 #6

He looks like a dufus in that camo he's wearing. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #8

I don't think it's the camo. izquierdista Dec 2011 #14

A bank employee counting down to retirement SOS Dec 2011 #9

Its peeps like him thats fucking this Nation...86 the dude already opihimoimoi Dec 2011 #10

More likely Turbineguy Dec 2011 #11

Lindsey Graham ProSense Dec 2011 #13

Let me try to make heads or tails of this twisted Repunk thinking meow2u3 Dec 2011 #15

The fact we are essentially talking about a warning label organization makes him seem TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #16

Graham is a symptom of the diseased minds that voted for him. Solly Mack Dec 2011 #18

Precisely correct. JEB Oct 2014 #21

Few remember the brutality of the grounded electrical plug campaign under the motto "prongs:1+1=3" JVS Dec 2011 #19

Therefore it isn't. Orsino Dec 2011 #20