"Marred by missteps." Not according to his political allies and opponents. Feinstein gave him a sincere embrace. Klobuchar spontaneously thanked him for his candid assesment of Dems. chances to take the White House. But instead of highlighting these sorely needed signs of reconcilation, Ms. Edmondson looks to criticize.
1. He was campaigning. Yes. Name one Senator who was not. Politicians are always thinking about the next election, and in Graham's case he is up against obscence amounts of money pouring in from all over the country.
2. His comment about segregation was clearly a statement that absolutely no wants to go back to those days. He was not "forced to walk back the comment." He was forced to respond to a malicious distortion of it by his opponent. Cf. the expert witness who later said: ""Voter suppression is alive and well." Really?! She actually favors voter suppression!! Yes, if you are being deliberativey manipulative.
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As horrible as Lindsay Graham is, it appears that the citizens of South Carolina might continue to embrace his foolishness, racism and toadying manner and reelect him.
But what if Trump is ousted? McCain is gone, and if he loses Trump he'll be a lost man looking for someone to glom onto. Can't imagine Biden would go beyond the courtesy he shows all human beings, so South Carolina should do the right thing.
Give both Trump and Lindsay the boot. And let them go golfing in the sunset together.
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Wait! Lindsey Graham, 65 years old and frequent guest of covid infected Donald Trump and equally infected White House, and Dianne Feinstein, 87 years old, at least shook hands WITHOUT wearing masks (as shown in photo) and also hugged (perhaps again without masks)??
Are they both insane or just so tired that they no longer really care about their lives and health?
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Every time I read an article in the NYT about Mr. Graham
I send more money to his opponent Harrison.
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Do the good people of South Carolina support the dishonesty, discrimination and lack of integrity of their Senator? There are good people in South Carolina aren't there? Perhaps they'll be voting for Mr. Harrison for Senate.
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More than anything, the American people want to be judged impartially. A judge with a political, ideological or theological axe to grind should not be allowed to serve.
In regard to ACB, we need a justice who is not trying to make the US into a theocracy. I do not imagine the founding fathers wanted to create a christian theocracy, though the court's "originalists" make disagree.
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So Lindsay says it blows his mind that any rational person could believe he would make a racially insensitive comment...how can we believe anything this man says? He is an extraordinary hypocrite! Remember the things he said about Trump before the 2016 election? Now they're golf buddies. What he said about appointing a Supreme Court Justice in 2016, and how he is completely going back on his word now? His word is worthless. How is anyone supposed to know what he really thinks or cares about, other than his own political fortunes?
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It seems to me that American leaders have no respect for the law.
Mr Trump organized campaign events in the White House, Ms Conway did marketing work for Ms Ivanka Trump during office hours, Mr Graham soliciting donations from a federal building etc. I don't believe these folks were punished for these illegal acts.
America has no standing to lecture other countries when its own leaders are flouting its own laws. What a shame ...
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Lindsey Graham is a true Trump "swamp creature"--a slimy, slithering, sycophant whose all venom and no backbone. He, like Trump, has continually flaunted the Constitution with the pathetic claim of absolute power "because we can" and "the Democrats would do it, too." This, it seems, is what Republicans really mean by "Law & Order"--the authoritarian rule of the powerful that overturns the Constitution's "rule of law." These are more than "missteps;" they're a lawlessness subject only to the "rule of Trump." Graham is as complicit as Trump in the current catastrophe of the uncontrolled Covid-19 epidemic and the economic collapse its caused. And all he's focused on is getting another conservative judge on the Supreme Curt while doing absolutely nothing to provide an economic survival package for the nation and the tens of millions of unemployed Americans who are falling into poverty. He, like his predecessor, John C. Calhoun, is an affront to the Constitution and our democracy.
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There was a time when I admired Graham but those times are past. I can say the same thing about John Kennedy. The Republicans have become a bunch of Trump lackeys.
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After hoping that Trump is soundly defeated on Nov 3, my next hope is that this toady loses his seat on the Senate.
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Lindsey Graham will only win in SC with voter suppression. Although Trump might still appeal to the state, their Senator who has been Mr. FlipFlop even with their chosen POTUS knows it's his time to leave. The last argument he will probably remind voters is (as is oft to mention) that SC already has a black Senator and doesn't need another one. Oh the good ole Segregation Days where in one entrance for the White Senator and another for the Black Senator. #VoteLindseyOut . It's time for a change. If he can't respect himself, why should the voters do.
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What makes the Feinstein-Graham hug so peak 2020 is the fact that she (alone) imagines that it symbolizes the good old days before Trump, when everyone got along. Pathetic. We aren’t going back to that, Senator Feinstein. Retire. Take Lindsey Graham with you. Go hug all you want, somewhere in private.
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Given his statement soliciting campaign funds "on Wednesday night after the hearing had concluded for the day, ...., violating a law that bars senators and their staff members from receiving or soliciting political contributions in any federal building, I wonder WHAT is the penalty for that, and WHEN will it be imposed and HOW. This was a blatant commission of a crime and yet I know there is very likely to be no repercussions, at least none that Barr cannot control...
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I fervently pray Jamie Harrison won't be another exhibit that gets added to the grave of dashed, challenger-wins, electoral dreams. They fought a good fight but just missed by a whisker from being the winner. Andrew Gillum, Florida, Beto O Rourke Texas, Stacy Abrahams Georgia. Unfortunately in the modern election fables Golaith always wins over David. Still, hope is addictive.
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May he self-destruct as his leader is doing.
Could be his best accomplishment.
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The late Senator John McCain might not recognize his “friend” today.
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" ... Mr. Graham ... insisting his comments were clearly 'dripping with sarcasm.' ” The same after the fact defense Mr. Trump uses about his suggestion to inject bleach to fight the virus. Sorry, guys, too little too late.
And about this Senator whom George Will calls a "contortionist":
"Facing defeat, despite all the self-debasement, [Republicans] might realize that their first impressions of Trump were right, before they rationalized it all away for proximity to power at the expense of their principles. As Lindsey Graham tweeted in 2016: 'If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed ... and we will deserve it.' " (John Avlon, CNN, 10Oct2020)
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Where did all the money come from for Jamie Harrison? Well, at least some of it came from people like me who don't even live in So Carolina, but are tired of sycophantic politicians like Graham who sold their souls to trump, and abandoned even the pretense of relevance. He must go.
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Every time I read or heard of Lindsey Graham I get a nice warm feeling. Then I go and make another small-dollar contribution to his opponent through Act Blue.
Keep yappin', man.
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The man is so on the wrong side of so many issues, so unprincipled, so disloyal and so self-interested that he can't keep his lies and flip-flops straight.
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My fervent hope is that the people of South Carolina will remove this sickening, pathetic man from office on Nov. 3 and replace him with Jamie Harrison, who is smart, qualified and decent, and will serve all the people of the Palmetto State.
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Senator Lindsey graham should be put out to pasture along with all his Confederate heroes... but we might as well invite Senator Dianne Feinstein to join him because she has clearly lost it. Her questioning of Judge Barrett during the Senate hearings was so weak that she might as well have stayed silent. California deserves better. So does South Carolina.
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"“It blows my mind that any rational person could believe that about me,” he added, referring to the era of segregation as “dark days.” -- said Graham
But it doesn't blow his mind that Trump calls Biden a socialist and a communist. Remember when Graham praised Biden as as good a man as God ever created.
Graham-- phony and hypocrite
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How I wish I could vote in South Carolina against this dinosaur! He is a hypocritical disgrace to the state and to the Senate. His ongoing support of Trumpism makes him unfit for office.
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If Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnell do not lose their seats in this election, I hope they at least are forced to endure a Democratic Senate majority -- anything short of that would be about as awful as reelecting Trump. The two of them are, without a doubt, the most venal, mendacious and hypocritical members of their equally loathsome tribe.
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The article states, "Mr. Graham . . . is facing a difficult re-election battle of his own in South Carolina." Where is the NYT getting its information? Alas, Nate Silver predicts a win for Graham 77 in 100, while Jamie Harrison only 23 in 100. Wishful thinking, alas, and misleading.
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One in four chances occur about - let me get my calculator out - one out of every four times. 538 had Trump less than that four years ago.
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Dianne Feinstein needs to retire, now.
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My wife and I contributed to Jamie Harrison’s campaign to enable Jamie to oust Lindsay Graham; next to dumping trump, Lindsay is top on our list to send to the trash heap of failed politicians.
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Unbelievable, but true: lapdog Graham will retain his seat despite retching sychophancy and flip-flopping.
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I don't think Lindsay Graham and many of the other old white male Republicans in office in SC realize that the objection to them isn't so much their choice of judges but rather how out of touch they are with the needs of their electorate. While South Carolinians struggle with issues like the lack of rural broadband, the low quality of public education, the high rate of poverty, and lack of affordable and accessible health care, Graham is kowtowing to a President who doesn't seem to know or care about any of these issues. Tim Scott is no different and many of us can't help but wonder if it's because neither of these men have families of their own.
Where I live, both Jaime Harrison and the Democratic candidate running for Joe Wilson's seat speak to the issues that concern people every day and that is their appeal. I watched a town hall recently with Joe Wilson and he was talking about his involvement with Poland. Really? Poland? Many Aiken County residents are impoverished and lacking suitable housing. We had 90 confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday which is hard to imagine considering how difficult it is to find testing around here.
Hopefully, this election will see some changes in SC because it is a lovely state with great people who deserve much better than their current slate of elected officials are offering. But even if it doesn't happen this election cycle, change will happen due to shifting demographics.
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I wish somebody had asked Judge Barrett how she would consider a presenting lawyer who made a specific argument, said "You can use my words against me", and then argued the exact opposite, in direct contradiction to his own original argument. Would she consider such a presentation credible?
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And yet Senator Dianne Feinstein gushed: "I just want to thank you. This has been one of the best set of hearings that I've participated in. Thank you so much for your leadership." Was she even awake during the proceedings?
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@Avery No, but when you're 87 years old and amoral yourself, you just have to align with right-wing ideologues.
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Perhaps she too was gaslighting her Republican colleagues with left coast sarcasm.
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I’m surprised people aren’t pointing out how ridiculous the concept of a “super-precedent” is. It sounds to me like a bald-faced admission that they think they can ignore any precedent that they don’t like by simply putting a “not a super-precedent” label on it.
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Whether it was desperation or brazen ego, it was certainly an insult. I refer to two whiny letters I received in the mail early this month from the Graham re-election campaign requesting money. I am in my eighth decade and a life long Democrat. How they got my name and address and why they thought I would be sympathetic to their "cause" is beyond me. I considered mailing the two letters back in one envelope with a penny taped to one of them, after cutting out my name and address, of course.
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@Barbara
*ACK!* Don't give them that penny, don't waste a stamp!
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@Barbara To take care of this unwanted letter problem, just write "Refused" on the envelope & the post office will return to the sender. Don't put any postage on it.
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@Barbara I've heard of people filling postage-paid envelopes they didn't want with several sheets of paper or even cardboard ... one particularly irritated person wrapped a brick in paper and taped the letter to it ... so the sender had to pay extra postage to get it. If they didn't send an SASE, sending it with no postage or return address does the same thing.
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"I trust the people of South Carolina to get it right."
Yes, Senator. But getting it "right" might mean your defeat. The people of South Carolina deserve someone who has the backbone to stand for what's right especially after he tells them what it is and then turns around and supports what's wrong. You knew Donald Trump was wrong and said so. Then, you turned and became his biggest supporter. Your example of getting it right isn't right at all. Hopefully, they will see and understand that.
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Just like Trump, Graham is running scared. He's outwardly confident but inwardly tearing himself up knowing how close he is to letting it slip away.
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@Nick It is not "slipping" away. A lot of people around the country are contributing a LOT of money to his opponent get rid of Graham. He is being ousted.
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Sorry, but categorizing the actions of Graham as missteps is a complete misread of the current environment that undergird their segregationist, plutocratic and earth killing ideology, i.e., mens rea. The fact that a DT can be elected to the highest office in this land, a McConnell and Graham can hold onto their senate seats for so long after the reprehensible legislative destruction they have caused speaks to how ingrained their brazen and cocky attitudes permeate the beliefs and hearts of many citizens. They have no fear and why should they? Their agenda is widely supported by a wide minority of voters and enabled by many more who ignore the elephant in the room and are complicit in its outcomes. The elephant in the room that never gets addressed out loud or taken seriously outside of lip service. Only spoken in hush tones and sarcastically ridiculed as a joke, a wink, and a sneer. Yet fully compliant with mens rea.
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If the Republicans push through this nomination with declarations of their underhandedness, can a lawsuit reverse the action and possibly remove a justice from the court?
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@diane I doubt it. What they're doing is legal and constitutional, though certainly despicable. Plus it's hypocritical, isn't it?
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So Feinstein essentially just saved Graham's seat for him. I have no idea what her mental state is but she has no place in the Democratic party.
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Senator Graham worries and wonders "where the hell" all that money is coming from. I will help him. I did contribute to Mr. Harrison's campaign, however humbly. It gave me great pleasure to click that button while thinking of Graham's snarling face during Kavanaugh's hearing. Actually, I took a look at the Cook Political Report Senate race ratings and donated a bit to all Democrats in races leaning blue or tossups. And, yes, all the way from Chicago. This regime of corruption, ineptitude, and crassness needs to end. We need the presidency and the Senate.
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@José I am doing the same thing from sunny FL. I have had enough of these corrupt crooks. Please wake up people. Get rid of this administration & these senate & congressional flunkies who have enabled it.
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@José As did I. My first ever campaign contribution, inspired by Senator Graham himself. He is Jaime Harrison's most effective fundraiser.
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The confirmation hearings were solely an opportunity for each senator up for reelection and each party to spout its election arguments to its base. It changed no votes in the committee or full senate or US body politic at-large. So indeed it was just like Trump’s Miami and Twitter talk. Preaching to one’s choir and singing off-key in general.
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Senator Graham, I am a lower income woman in her 60s, a Bernie supporter through two primaries who has voted and will vote again for the Democratic nominee for President. I am one of the out-of-state donors to Jaime Harrison. I have also donated this election cycle to Democratic candidates in Maine, Kentucky and other states, as well as to the Democratic challenger to my current Congressperson. You needn’t look towards dark money for the source of Jaime’s donations: hopeful, determined citizens from across the country want you to lose.
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@Linda Holzbaur ditto
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@Linda Holzbaur Me too! From FL.
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@Linda Holzbaur I have also donated to Harrison, as well to the Kentucky and Maine race. Remember that if the Senated is not flipped, Biden, if elected, won't be able to accomplish anything with that "turtle" (McConnell) obstructing him every step of the way.
Please donate!
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While Lindsey Graham thought he was "dripping with sarcasm", it certainly came off as truth told trying to mask it as if it was sarcasm.
Also, I take issue with the term "pro-life". Amy Comey Barrett is anti-abortion, not pro-life, and the danger with her is her certainty in her personal opinions rationalized through "originalist" or "textualist" interpretation of the constitution. To assume she knows the founders intent on issues the founders did not face when envisioning and writing the constitution only makes her legal views on issues of human rights and abortion more self serving and dangerous.
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@Deborah "Then I fell down a rabbit hole of trying to explain without success – because it is a very complicated area of the law – how one might see one's way through the thicket of balancing the Establishment Clause against the Free Exercise Clause. … It's been something that the court has struggled with for decades, to try to come to a sensible way to apply both of those clauses.”
What she meant to say is, it's going to be tricky banning abortion (and eventually, assisted-birth technologies and hormonal birth control) while still permitting other religions their opinions on the matter.
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@Deborah "To assume she knows the founders intent on issues the founders did not face when envisioning and writing the constitution only makes her legal views on issues of human rights and abortion more self serving and dangerous."
very well put. this is the most simple and direct rebuke i have heard to the "originalist" and "textualist" dogma that i have seen. by her own admission, folks that follow this dogma disagree, making the whole approach invalid.
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Graham's all for "South Carolina Care" rather than the ACA. And by that he means that if you're Black and not Tim Scott (and even Scott is covered by heath insurance by the Federal government so what South Carolina does is irrelevant to him) you have right to go without care and die.
And isn't it funny that Graham and his Republican cohorts were never very concerned about money in politics until the money started flowing to Democrats. But, of course, as with his 2016 stand on not even considering Supreme Court nominees in an election year, hypocrisy is his middle name.
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I have never given money to a candidate outside my own state. But this year, because it is within my means to do so, I have been very generous with candidates running against the unpopular, backward-facing, hypocritical stands of politicians like Lindsay Graham, particularly in the Senate where a small minority of people can wag the tail of the entire country.
It would be wonderful if the good people of South Carolina make a better choice for themselves and for us all.
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@Julie M DITTO! From Florida.
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@Julie M we live 1,500 miles away from SC and we have sent Mr. Harrison a generous donation.
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There are a lot of desperate republican politicians out there right now. senator lindsey may well have to pay for all those golf games with trump, instead of demonstrating any real human principles. He certainly couldn’t have learned anything about national security from trump because trump serves as his own national security advisor. Jamie Harrison has a lot of money to spend on ads and door-knocking the next couple of weeks. All around the country, the righteous blue wave is rising to a crest.
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As long as politically packing SCOTUS is the stated sole objective of either party in power, so much for an independent judiciary. Politics have turned American democracy into nothing but a complete sham by reducing it exclusively to a mob rule mentality.
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@John Doe: Remember Merrick Garland? Court packing is a republican imperative because they are a minority party; for Democrats, not so much.
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@John Doe
@John D
Democrats and Republicans cannot be equated on this issue. The last 4 years have taught us as much. Merrick Garland was a good faith attempt to choose someone palatable to Republicans. Unfortunately, Republicans don't respect good faith efforts. That you would equate the 2 is somewhat offensive.
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@John D
Democrats and Republicans cannot be equated on this issue. The last 4 years have taught us as much. Merrick Garland was a good faith attempt to choose someone palatable to Republicans. Unfortunately, Republicans don't respect good faith efforts. That you would equate the 2 is somewhat offensive.
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This all seems a rather understated way of reporting that Senator Graham broke the law and that there's tape of him breaking the law. Or are there different rules for Lindsey Graham than for the rest of us?
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The main takeaway from this article is that Diane Feinstein has no business tempered entity the great stars of CA in the US Senate.
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"Missteps" or not, Graham is still ahead in the polls - including the most recent poll conducted by the NYT. A six point lead 3 weeks before the election is not exactly insurmountable - miracles do happen - but he is objectively way ahead. The race to unseat Sen. Graham in S.C. has become another obsession for the democrats all over the country. Just yesterday (?) there was an opinion column in the NYT that sounded as if it was already celebrating Graham's defeat, and a news article on his opponent, Jaime Harrison, setting a campaign fundraising record... I honestly fear that these celebrations are simply premature. Jaime Harrison is a strong candidate (and seems like a decent human being too, in somewhat of a contrast to Sen. Graham). But South Carolina is a VERY conservative state. And as the NYT pointed out yesterday, the previous fundraising record holder was Beto O'Rourke. I'm afraid Jaime Harrison's campaign will simply be a repeat of Beto's. We'll be left to celebrate how much money he raised, how much national attention the race gathered, and just how close he came to unseating the incumbent... But with all of that money, time and effort wasted, for all practical purposes.
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@Leonid Andreyev Even if he loses, the money, time and effort put into Harrison's race will not be wasted. You cited Beto O' Rourke's race as an example of a wasted race. To the contrary; even though O' Rourke lost his race in Texas, he helped energize the Democratic Party (the progressive wing in particular) and bringing in people of color, which likely contributed to the Democrats winning two House seats in Texas and flipping more than a dozen seats in the Statehouse. By the same token, Harrison's Senate bid has the potential for setting South Carolina on a trajectory similar to North Carolina or Georgia. It may not be blue this year, but perhaps in the future.
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@Leonid Andreyev
If no one tries, we are stuck with status quo. That is NOT progress and progress is needed. If not now, when?
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@Leonid Andreyev
Thanks, but I'm quite happy with any money or effort I have put in to see Jaime Harrison elected. As @DanK said, Beto's race was certainly not a waste of anything you cite in your comment. Neither is Harrison's.
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"Mr. Graham mused aloud about the flood of Democratic money that had inundated his own race, saying it could cause him to change his position on that case.".
I find it fascinating that Republicans think that there tactics won't be used against them. What is good for the Republican is good for the Democrat.
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@Liz Beader Hence possibly packing the court by Democrats. Graham and McConnell have proved that power is the be-all and end-all. If you have the power to do something, there is no tradition or decorum that can or should stop you.
The fact that Abraham Lincoln declined to rush a court nomination in almost identical circumstances has no meaning. The fact that Graham swore he would not do this, and that we can all use his words against him, has no meaning. Power is the only meaning.
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Lindsey Graham has no integrity. I know you could say that about mostly all of them but in his case it is a non-partisan fact. I assume it stems from the fact that his political career is all he has. He is a life long bachelor in the GOP. That senate seat is all he has. Why else would he turn on an American Hero, John McCain, and become a Trump sycophant? McConnell stole the last Supreme Court nomination and Lindsey put his reputation on the line to justify it, never thinking it would actually occur again. Well, it did and now that reputation, already tattered is gone.
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@BillyBobby’s
Lindsey Graham is like the remora. Graham latched onto to John McCain when he entered the Senate in 2003, in hopes of acquiring some spare integrity and gravitas. And when Senator McCain passed, he quickly moved onto Trump. And now that Trump's time is ending, what will he do? Graham is 65 years old, and now will have to rely on his own meager abilities and accomplishments to carry him through. If I didn't dislike him so much, I'd feel sorry for him.
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@BillyBobby’s Lindsey Graham does not deserve the time or space for these comments. He is a zero if not a minus as a Senator.
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As a Republican I find an unexpected addition to the party's loss in the passing of John McCain is that it liberated Lindsey Graham from his darker impulses. I fully expect that before long Senator Graham will endorse Russian intervention in the 2020 election as confirming conservative values and justifying the appointment of Judge Barrett to the Supreme Court. His pathetic grasping for political support comes at the expense of her reputation and casting a life-long taint on her nomination.
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@usa999
She's already tainted by teaming up with Trump to advance her career and her agenda. The hypocrisy of these holier-than-thou Christians is mind-blowing.
As far as supporting an `originalist' interpretation of the Constitution goes, if she weren't such a hypocrite she should be barefoot and pregnant in her kitchen and not having the presumption to becoming a woman on the Supreme Court. Women counted for nothing but handmaidens when the Constitution was written.
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He certainly does appear to be a real chameleon.
It's just hard to know which Lindsey to take seriously? The pre or post 2016 election Lindsey.
One thing I know for a fact: I'll certainly attempt to contact Lindsey to orchestrate my next charade.
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americans do not like hypocrisy. His is very blatant hypocrisy (regarding both his opinion on Trump, and his push to elevate judge Barret to the court) is why he is in trouble, and it remains to be seen if this is a warning to him, or the end.
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@alan I do not agree that Americans do not like hypocrisy. Most Americans do not, but a significant number, around 40% have absolutely no problem with hypocrisy as long as it is practiced by the GOP and conservatives. And in South Carolina, where the majority are GOP and "conservative", they are perfectly fine with their hypocrisy. Me, personally, I'm an independent and I loathe hypocrisy.
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what is so great about a "confirmation" hearing that was over before it started? Barrett might as well be put on the supreme court for the next 40 years without any hearing at all.
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@carr kleeb
Unfortunately you are right. It's just the on-going politics getting uglier. Power makes right. Sound familiar?
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@carr kleeb Defeatism is far from helpful. There is still time to stop this railroad attempt. It is vital to do so.
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I lost every inkling of respect I had for Lindsey Graham. The man went on national television, gave his word he would not nominate a justice during an election year. He did so without any stipulation as to what party is in control of the Senate or who is President. A blatant lie and hypocrisy at the same time.
And no, most Democrats would not do the same thing.
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There are still a large number of undecided Black voters in South Carolina.
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@Ziggy i admire your optimism, but fail to see how any voter can be "undecided" at this point, unless perhaps they just escaped a mine cave in, or being stranded on a desert island...
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@Ziggy I find that to be both terribly toubling and very bizarre. Voting against one's own interests is the only thing that keeps Trump, Graham, McConnel, and the GOP afloat. When will people begin to see the light (the light that is not the oncoming train)?
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@Ziggy
All waiting to get on MSNBC or Fox to tell us why they are Still undecided
Everyone has to be discovered by social media
How will Graham remake himself after Trump is swept away? He worked the McCain maverick buddy angle for a few years, then he really blossomed as an obsequious Trump boot-licker. What next, Lindsey? Perhaps sinking into irrelevant oblivion with the Donald would be a fitting end.
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@Russell
How can they be and why would they be undecided? Look at history. Progress it moving forward. Warp speed forward would be nice.
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@Russell Graham has the same credentials. Maybe he can assume Michael Cohen's position as obsequious fixer. DJT will have a lot that needs fix'in.
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"He praised Judge Barrett as “unashamedly pro-life” after she had spent days insisting she had “no agenda” to try to overturn abortion rights."
The Times still doesn't get it. This isn't a "misstep" or "gaffe" for one very simple reason: both parts of the claim can simultaneously be true. What a judge believes as a private citizen needn't have any bearing on her treatment of the cases before her.
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@E. Mercader
Let's hope you are correct. I won't say "right" but that may be true too.
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@E. Mercader
And Judge Barrett has made this point many times. It's an inconvenient truth that Democrats wish didn't exist.
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The money is coming from the majority of us, not the Russians nor the oligarchs. Bye, Lindsay.
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A dishonorable hypocrite who does not belong in the Federal government.
I do not say this because he belongs to the Republican party. I saw it because his "change of heart" on Trump and his tortuous reasoning for not holding to his justification ignoring President Obama's nomination for the Court and his pledge that no Court vacancy would be considered within one year of an election.
Trump is a man who ridicules his supposedly best friend John McCain. He is a staunch supporter of a man who continues to do so after McCain's death. What kind of man goes out of his way to ridicules a deceased Senator and war hero?
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@wfisher1
Unfortunately a lot of people who voted and will vote for DJT. Sad for America.
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White people in South Carolina are mostly descended from people who enjoyed all the perks and privileges for centuries of being legally superior to African-Americans. South Carolina was established as a separate British colony in 1712. For 253 years after that until 1965, it was a race-based anti-democratic oligarchy. Only for 55 years have whites in South Carolina been forced to recognize and acknowledge the racial equality of the blacks who have lived there with them since the 17th century.
Can whites in that state actually imagine both of their U.S. Senators being African-American? That will be the case if Harrison is elected. We'll see.
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It's time for Diane Feinstein to step down, now. The Republicans are laughing up their sleeves.
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Whenever I hear of Mr. Graham, I think of John McCain whose friendship Mr. Graham apparently never deserved.
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Just donated some of my unemployment check to Jaime Harrison.
South Carolina, stand up for integrity and vote for Harrison! Lindsay Graham does not represent you well.
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It must be such a relief for Lindsey not to have to fake his higher standards anymore.
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As a Californian, I honestly did not think Dianne Feinstein could find any new ways to disappoint and enrage me. Boy was I ever wrong. She is a laughingstock and disgrace. The Democratic leadership must replace her; she’s not fit for this panel and what it requires, or for the Senate. Retire already!
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@Keef In cucamonga Adam Schiff for Senate.
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As a resident of San Francisco I have voted for Dianne many a time over the years. It pains me to say so but I wish she would do the honorable thing and step down and allow Governor Newsome (my former neighbor) appoint two senators to represent California who will reflect our values. Just today I read where the Trump Administration will not help us with disaster aid for the fire victims. Those of you out there snickering that blue states should not get any help please know that these fires occurred in the red parts of our state. These are the Blue Lives Matter/ State of Jefferson/ Devin Nunez folks. Why isn't Dianne screaming and hollering about this? Why isn't Kamala for that matter?
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@FerCry'nTears
I would support her replacement by appointment but would it get stalled for approval or automatically done?
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@FerCry'nTears Nicely said, but one wonders, where is Devin Nunez' screaming an hollering about this?
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@meo
That would mean Devin would have to be what he isn't; caring
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Desperate moments call for desperate moves! Graham and Trump are both acting like losing candidates. That's a good thing and a good sign. VOTE, and vote them out.
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So will Lindsey Graham be called to account by the Ethics Committee for campaigning in a federal building? Or will this, like so much else during the Trump presidency, be shrugged off as just the way it is these days?
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@WhatsUp Good question or should I say this is the million dollar question. The other question is will voters in SC stick to Mr. Graham and vote overwhelmingly for this hypocrite and send him back to Washington?
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@WhatsUp Is it the DOJ's department to look into Hatch Act violations? If so, there's your answer!
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He’s right about seeing the kind of judges and then voting accordingly. But not the way he means.
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Dianne Feinstein's praise of Lindsey Graham's conduct of the hearings portrays the deprivation of some 40 million Californians of a whole second Senator, and the seniority system only magnifies this very tragic loss by empowering her disproportionately. As a longtime constituent of hers before moving to Virginia, I respected her and voted for her with no regret. But now she persists in office in denial of natural forces, at debilitating cost to high principles. We don't respect Franklin Roosevelt any the less for this same conduct, but we live in a world still partially diminished by its effects. I call upon Senator Feinstein to resign her office.
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@Carter Nicholas Adam Schiff for Senate.
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@Carter Nicholas Now that Feinstein has capitalized on insider information about Covid to fatten her financial portfolio she can leave office with a smile on her face.
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Fear does amazing things to people. Graham has won easily in the past and has never had to work so hard to win reelection. Over talking is a sign of nervousness and general anxiety for some people. What we are now seeing in Graham is a man who is allowing his anxiety to overwhelm his ability to focus on his campaign message. Lindsay may very well lose because of one simple factor. He cannot keep himself on message.
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@Bryan
We have been watching this race. What is exactly The message and what has he done ?
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Make your comment in the voting booth!
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Already did, and would love to keep doing so.
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@MJ
Get everyone you know to vote up/down ballot Democrat to retake, rebuild, restore our country and people NOW before more damage is done and there is something left to save!
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