Lindsey Graham to Conservatives: Enjoy being in the minority

[scheming daemons]

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.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25361.html

[yellowcanine]

1. I still think Graham is a snake in the grass even if he does vote for Sotomayor.

[Inuca]

6. Depends what you mean by snake

I think that quite often he says what he thinks and means what he says (I realize I just paid him a huge, and maybe not justified compliment...), I disagree with at least 90% of what he says, but that does not make him a snake IMHO.

[yellowcanine]

10. I think he says and does what is good for Lindsey Graham at the moment.

And he has made a calculation that now is not the time to buck Obama. Watch this space.

[babylonsister]

2. As much as I can't stomach Graham, he's right and shows some courage

in saying so, knowing he'll get crucified.

[AuntPatsy]

4. I echo your sentiments but will add I would still never turn my back on this guy.

[Inuca]

3. Lindsey is

quirky (understatement) and often maddening beyond belief, but he is definitely not among the worst offenders. And, though I am sure many here will disagree, he is pretty smart.

[Lasher]

5. Wonder if he got that statement cleared by his Family cult.

There is nothing this asshole can do to redeem himself.

[scheming daemons]

7. I agree... but it is great seeing in-fighting among the GOP

[Inuca]

8. ????

Are you sure you are thinking of the right person?

[Lasher]

14. I'm pretty sure I do.

This is worth bookmarking:

And just who are known to be members of the Family?

Men under the Family's religio-political counsel include, in addition to Ensign, Coburn and Pickering, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham, both R-S.C.; James Inhofe, R-Okla., John Thune, R-S.D., and recent senators and high officials such as John Ashcroft, Ed Meese, Pete Domenici and Don Nickles. Over in the House there's Joe Pitts, R-Penn., Frank Wolf, R-Va., Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., and John R. Carter, R-Texas. Historically, the Family has been strongly Republican, but it includes Democrats, too. There's Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, for instance, a vocal defender of putting the Ten Commandments in public places, and Sen. Mark Pryor, the pro-war Arkansas Democrat responsible for scuttling Obama's labor agenda. Sen. Pryor explained to me the meaning of bipartisanship he'd learned through the Family: "Jesus didn't come to take sides. He came to take over." And by Jesus, the Family means the Family...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6114258

I was shocked to learn what influence this cult actually has.

[Inuca]

17. I did not know, scary stuff n/t

[TwilightGardener]

9. Graham knows that you have to pick your battles. Sotomayor is a losing battle for the GOP, on many

levels. First, they didn't turn up anything really damaging against her. Second, it's expected that unless a nominee is found to be unfit during the confirmation process, the President should get his way. Third, they look like racist, sexist assholes by refusing to confirm her without good, clear reasons.

[2Design]

11. Foregone conclusion why waste your ammon on something you will lose anyway n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

12. In other news today, Lindsey Graham burned at the stake GOP declares "nothing to see here"

[Ikonoklast]

13. He hit that one square on.

Graham knows where and when to pick his battles, and he knew this was a lost cause from the get-go.

The man isn't stupid. 'Purity' plays well to the base, but IRL it can put you in a box.

[Hubert Flottz]

15. There is a place for a "movement" like the GOP...

a place where it can be flushed on down the drain with the other movments.

[Union Yes]

16. Progressives to the Dems: Thanks for making the Rethugs electable.

:sarcasm: