A guy named William F. Buckley got fed up with one L. P. Weicker (R, Merck) and formented an open rebellion.

We had put up with the rantings of that lunatic through Watergate and beyond.

You don’t have to cashier the entire group of ‘em. Just get one or two of the more sanctimonious, self satisfied dons and the rest might just start paying attention.

And wouldn’t just this one be ever so much fun.

Just because we’re not in the majority doesn’t mean that we can’t concentrate on one elitist and send him back to the lockers.

Call me a bigot eh? After I’ve been carrying water for you clowns for the last HOW many years?

I’ll contribute money to your opposition Mr. G just to watch you twist in the wind.

Take Grahamnesty down! Some nasty primary purges are just what the party needs to get back on track.

Iblis on June 18, 2007 at 2:15 PM

Amen.

I wish any of those others would run against him, but I haven’t heard much here among the party. The people are outraged (I would be interested in seeing Graham’s approval numbers now), but I don’t know if it is enough to convince someone to challenge him. They would have to do it apart from the state and national party. It could work, but I agree the time is now to get in and capitalize off the immigration controversy.

Ravenel would be the one to do it. He is independently wealthy. Everyone knew he was running for Treasurer to increase his name recognition. He was in the primary for the seat DeMint has now. When he dropped out, he threw his considerable influence (and voters) behind DeMint which gave him the win. He even said he would not have run for the office if he had known DeMint was the type of (conservative) man that he was. He has hinted or at least not been entirely honest about a run against Graham. He has been on talk radio a good bit in the last few years criticizing Graham.

I hope he runs against him and wins because the GOP will not get my vote if Lindsey Graham in the nominee. I’ll go third party or something, but I will never vote for him again.

And I know just the guy we can practice on.

I agree that Grahamnesty would be a fun punching bag, but there is another repub who wields more influence — primarily because he is lower-key, but also because of his position — that we really need to keep our eyes on. I’m talking about Mitch McConnell. I think he is playing games in the back rooms and he is secretly trying to get this insane piece of legislation passed. (I hope and pray that I am proven wrong.) If he does anything — anything — to aid and abet passage of this POS, I will do my best to campaign vigorously against him — even though I previously voted for him. Hopefully we can come up with someone here in this beautiful commonwealth that can run a decent campaign against him, if it comes down to that.

If only there was as much enthusiasm and outrage to hold Ted Kennedy responsible for what he’s done to this country. Graham, McCain, good riddance, but never a peep about the Democrats who keep forcing these things.

naliaka on June 17, 2007 at 10:56 PM

I understand your frustration (and share it), but what are we supposed to do, move to Mass and register as Democrats to try to vote him out in the primary?

DownWithTyranny!

Today Pach over at FDL posited that the reason Lindsey Graham is out shilling for the GOP all the time is because, as a closeted gay man who “everyone” knows about (except his constituents, of course), he has no hopes for higher off…

Some of those planning it never sleep, thanks to the web & cable, and will not -repeat WILL NOT- forget his smarmy betrayal and the reckless squandering of his supporters’ capital.

Sweet dreams, Lindsay.

(Is that The Tell-tale Heart I hear thumping beneath the florboards...?)

naliaka on June 17, 2007 at 10:56 PM

Good point. Of course with Ted and his ilk, it goes way beyond that – conspiring with commies and such. In a rational world, both of my senators would be in jail for treason. Ted – let’s conspire with the Kremlin Kennedy and John, let’s meet with the enemy in France Kerry.

Serious exit question, then, presuming that Graham waltzes through to the general election: If the Democrats run a Blue Dog opposite him, should we think the unthinkable and consider donating to him?

That’s a tough one AP. I’m glad I don’t live in SC and have to make that choice. If the blue dog was like Leiberman…????

Thank goodness we have legislators like him and St. John with the guts to dive headfirst off a cliff while lesser men stand there screaming for them to stop. Much better that than some enfeebled Democrat who, though perhaps inclined to vote for amnesty, would cower and shrink from doing so when he saw how enraged his constituents would be by his betrayal.

That’s hillarious! I didn’t have my glasses on the first time I read it and thought it said “drive headfirst”. If that were the case then any thing related to driving would have to include Ted Kennedy and he wouldn’t be driving off a cliff, I think he prefers bridges.