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2022-09-15 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-15 02:13|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 ...Graham - one of my two Senators, sadly - is a silly, stupid, wet-brained idiot. I have voted for him in the past, but not any more.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-09-15 04:43|| 2022-09-15 04:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Graham is a Grade A scum bag. I think SC (and we) have four more years of that twerp.

"...Graham decided to undercut the conservative argument against Roe v Wade being overturned and introduce a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks."

Funny, nothing from either side of the aisle in Congress was attempted legislatively on the abortion matter in the 50 years since Roe v Wade, and now this? WTF, over?

Graham and others are definitely a big reason to not donate one thin dime to the RNC.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-15 05:44|| 2022-09-15 05:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Funny, nothing from either side of the aisle in Congress was attempted legislatively on the abortion matter in the 50 years since Roe v Wade, and now this? WTF, over?

DDM,

Two reasons for that -

1) Nobody on either side of the argument EVER wanted to have their names on a vote for something like that. Screaming for or against for those 50 years is one thing - VOTING ON THE RECORD is something else entirely.

2) There's a real good chance that such a law would be blown out of the water by SCOTUS. There's a bit of inside baseball involved, but the short version is that FEDERAL abortion legislation is not something that comes under Congress' enumerated powers in the Constitution. Not that this possibility stops anyone; Congress is not known for it's assessment, understanding, or even awareness of the Constitution. But it's there, and no one on either side seems to be cognizant thereof.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-09-15 07:23|| 2022-09-15 07:23|| Front Page Top

#4

Until we have a constitutional amendment dictating Term Limits, campaign donation limits and the prohibition of back-door "offers" for Family members (eg. Hunter). We will continue to see a bought and paid for DC Swamp like LG.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-09-15 08:19|| 2022-09-15 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 When McCain died, Graham was kind of lost and latched on to President Donald Trump.

When did that happen? Please, stop that shit.

Posted by Raj 2022-09-15 10:31|| 2022-09-15 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Lindsey hung out with Kushner and subverted everything good Trump was trying to do.

The Dems were trying to stir up their base against a GOP federal effort to ban abortion. No such effort existed so the Dem base was not energized. No one in the Pro-Life side wants this issue decided with federal legislation that will be toggled on an off like the Mexico City Policy.

The GOP has a chance to take the Senate with a wave of MAGA candidates. There are two groups of Senators that oppose the wave: Dems and RINOs. Lindsey has made common cause with Schumer through Mitch. This abortion effort is in conjunction with the mass spending by the GOP against true conservative candidates,

Posted by Super Hose 2022-09-15 12:59|| 2022-09-15 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 #1 I sympthize. He's my Senator, too. Our problem was that no one that anyone had ever heard of ran against him in the primary (Mick Mulvaney--or even Nikki Haley--where were you???) And the general election featured Lindsey or Jaime Harrison, now the head of the DNC. I voted against Lindsey in the primary but for him in the general election.

Posted by Tom 2022-09-15 14:46|| 2022-09-15 14:46|| Front Page Top

#8 To all those pushing the term limits button...That has been my wish since I started college 50+ years ago. There was one prof I had that pointed out that the problem in DC is that the unelected bureaucrats (aka the Deep State or Swamp) have a lot of power over what the pols do.

If you term limit the pols that gives even more power (aka seniority) to the swamp.

It's a hard argument to rebut. The best way is to vote the bastards and bitches out. Soros makes that even harder.

Posted by AlanC 2022-09-15 15:52|| 2022-09-15 15:52|| Front Page Top

#9 #3 Funny, nothing from either side of the aisle in Congress was attempted legislatively on the abortion matter in the 50 years since Roe v Wade, and now this?
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Not true

Just a few months or so ago, the House passed and the Senate voted on (but did not pass) a bill to allow abortion until birth. It was called the "Women's Health Protection Act".

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-09-15 16:02|| 2022-09-15 16:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Anybody who would go around with his nose up John McCain's ass must be an idiot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-09-15 16:04|| 2022-09-15 16:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Hey, the media looooved Johnny Wardrums.

Except when they didn't...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-15 16:16|| 2022-09-15 16:16|| Front Page Top

#12 He was on Jessie Waters last night. Talked in circles. When Jessie said bringing up an anti-abortion bill the same day as the President's Victory Lap and party about the Inflation non-reduction act was probly not a good idea Graham kept saying he wasn't going to stand around and do nothing. Bugwit.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-09-15 16:22|| 2022-09-15 16:22|| Front Page Top

#13 @#9 - I meant before the SCOTUS reversed Roe v Wade. Anything after that doesn't really matter, but the 50 years prior was nothing buy legislative crickets and the ability by both parties to use the issue as a political football to stir up their adherents.

Mike @#3 addresses this. And, for sure, no Congressperson would want to put his/her name on such legislation (funny, and a failure by the GOP in a sense).

The Constitution? What's that? It gets trampled on every minute.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-15 17:55|| 2022-09-15 17:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Lindsey Graham Is an Idiot

Was that meant to insult idiots?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-15 18:52|| 2022-09-15 18:52|| Front Page Top

#15 When I saw the headline, the first words in my mind were, "No Sh&&&t!!!!

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