Lindsey Graham: "My party is batshit crazy".

[sufrommich]

As the five remaining Republican presidential contenders battled it out in the Houston debate Thursday night, former candidate Lindsey Graham entertained a crowd at the Washington Press Club’s annual congressional dinner with his true feelings on the 2016 race. “My party has gone batshit crazy,” Graham told the crowd. The South Carolina senator lashed out at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, adding that he thinks the billionaire will lose in the general election “because he’s just generally a loser as a person and a candidate,” he said. Making light of his own failed campaign and subsequent endorsement of Jeb Bush, who dropped out on Saturday, Graham called himself the Dr. Jack Kevorkian of the Republican primary—before putting on a Trump hat.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/02/25/lindsey-graham-gop-is-bat-sh-t-crazy.html

[underpants]

1. So....he watched the hissy fit debate last night?

[giftedgirl77]

2. Lol, apparently it was some kind of roasting fundraiser bc Barbara Boxer

slammed Bernie Sanders for the whiteness of his crowds & comparing them to the Oscars.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/lindsey-graham-mocks-ted-cruz-and-batsht-gop-at-washington-press-club-event/

[liberal N proud]

3. If Lindsey thinks it's crazy - WOW!!!!

Vote for the Democrat or we will all be subject to the insanity.

[Vinca]

4. We've been saying that for years . . . sometimes about Lindsey.

Republicans need to realize they created this Frankenstein monster and they're stuck with it.

[leftynyc]

5. The republicans got a helping hand

from both talk radio and fox news. Hyping fear and anger until it all gave birth to the tea party and donald trump. I don't feel sorry for any of them.

[Vinca]

9. Right wing hate radio/TV is a major cash cow. I blame them for destroying the country.

[roamer65]

6. No shit, Sherlock.

Your group of thugs has been crazy since 1980, Lindsey.

[spanone]

7. long ago lindsey....and you are a vital part of the guano

[bemildred]

8. +1. nt

[themaguffin]

10. He's right, of course, but it's funny coming from the guy who wants to bomb everyone

[Octafish]

11. Including Congress, if they don't do what they're supposed to do if you get my drift.

Why the media silence on Lindsey Graham’s vow to use the military to force vote in Congress?

By Bill Van Auken
world socialist web site, 14 March 2015

The protracted 2016 presidential campaign cycle has already begun, and with it the close attention of the media to the statements made by prospective candidates in hopes of discovering even the slightest “gaffe” that can be turned into a political news item.

All the more odd then that the remarks made at a New Hampshire town hall meeting by one Republican presidential hopeful, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have been virtually blacked out by all of the major print and broadcast outlets.

Asked by a member of the audience what he would do about automatic cuts to the Pentagon budget that would go into effect because of sequestration, Graham responded that the problem had left him sick to his stomach.

[font color="green"]He continued: “And here is the first thing I would do if I were President of the United States: I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We’re not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.” [/font color]

The statement is extraordinary. A candidate for the presidency of the United States vows that, once elected, he would use the military to impose his—and its—will upon a recalcitrant Congress. Presumably, troops would hold members of the House and Senate at gunpoint until they produced the results demanded.

CONTINUED...

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/03/14/medi-m14.html

[NurseJackie]

13. Nicely done! Very well played!