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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 08:32 AM Oct 2018

Lindsey Graham: 'Going Low' Would Be 'A Step Up' for Dems, They're in the Gutter After Kavanaugh


Lindsey Graham: ‘Going Low’ Would Be ‘A Step Up’ for Democrats, They’re in the Gutter After Kavanaugh

by Tamar Auber | Oct 10th, 2018, 8:40 pm

Speaking to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham responded to former Attorney General Eric Holder‘s claim that former First Lady Michelle Obama got it wrong.

“Michelle [Obama] always says ‘When they go low, we go high,'” Holder said which campaigning for Democrats in Georgia. “No. No. When they go low, we kick them.

Responding directly to Holder’s remarks, the Republican who became one of the main faces of the pro-Kavanaugh fight said this: “I voted for Sotomayor and Kagan, I can’t imagine I would do to them what they tried to do to Kavanaugh. Keep it up, keep it up Mr. Holder…Keep doing what you’re doing, see how the American people like this. This is the number one issue I think for America in November. Do you agree with what they did to Brett Kavanaugh? Do you believe that what they did was okay? If you believe it is okay, vote Democrat. If you thought it was despicable, vote for us.” Also while speaking with MacCallum, Graham derided Democrats for their incivility.

“I would say that if you think what happened to Brett Kavanaugh was civil, we have a definite different view of what civil means. Civil means that you do not destroy a good man because you want power,” he said. “You don’t hide the evidence and ambush him, you don’t turn to the Avenattis of the world and allow accusations completely unfounded. You tell Dr. Ford, we would go to California. So, Michelle Obama said when they go low, we go high. Here’s my view of the Democratic party regarding Kavanaugh. Going low is a step up for you. You are in the gutter in terms of the Democratic Party’s approach.”

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Lindsey Graham: 'Going Low' Would Be 'A Step Up' for Dems, They're in the Gutter After Kavanaugh (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2018 OP
Bless your heart, Lindsey. Freethinker65 Oct 2018 #1
Lindsey must defend His Honah's honah! peekaloo Oct 2018 #12
SOOEY! Sooey, Sooey, Sooey! TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #27
Lindsey bdamomma Oct 2018 #2
Seriously. Time to send him into retirement! Initech Oct 2018 #15
Let him add these pearls. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #19
go kiss trump's ass a little longer lindsey...he loves you and kim spanone Oct 2018 #3
I think Graham should have his own TV show. raccoon Oct 2018 #4
Investigating claims of sexual assault is not uncivil, Senator Graham. Arkansas Granny Oct 2018 #5
He would know about being in the gutter. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #6
The gutter is far above the cesspool NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #7
Such DRAMA! NurseJackie Oct 2018 #8
He is getting too much attention SallyHemmings Oct 2018 #9
I hope SC democrats get behind a batshit crazy conservative challenger to primary Graham beachbum bob Oct 2018 #10
Metaphorically speaking I hope Justice Boof turns out to be his Lil Blackie peekaloo Oct 2018 #11
Lord, Linds!! The Genealogist Oct 2018 #13
This asshole is gonna fall hard PCIntern Oct 2018 #14
Lindsey was told to say that by the guy who doxed his phone number during the GOP primaries. JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #16
Says Lindsey from the pit of hell. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #17
Drama queen!! Always has been, yes ignore that SOB!! Thekaspervote Oct 2018 #18
What you sound like when you know you put a rapist on the Supreme Court Johonny Oct 2018 #20
''We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.'' Donkees Oct 2018 #21
I think he's overcompensating LOL Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #22
I would love the see bdamomma Oct 2018 #23
Dems have to be in the gutter, that's generally where Kavanaugh is found on a blackout bender. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #24
You mad, bro? gratuitous Oct 2018 #25
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #26
Get to it, Lindsey... tRump*s balls won't lick themselves. Raster Oct 2018 #28
I wrote to him & asked if his last bit of integrity died with Senator McCain. CrispyQ Oct 2018 #29
How did people interpret anything he "said", theaocp Oct 2018 #30
Lindsey needs a new daddy. shanny Oct 2018 #31
Why are they so blatantly hypocritical? Because it works. maxsolomon Oct 2018 #32
It's always projection with republicans, isn't it? Nac Mac Feegle Oct 2018 #33
It was pretty low the way Kavanaugh was so rude to Amy Kobuchar. Extremely rude of him. Nt raccoon Oct 2018 #34
Lying traitorous scum. dalton99a Oct 2018 #35
Republicans are the embodiment of dish it out but can't take it weenies. n/t Downtown Hound Oct 2018 #36
Just shut up Lindsay....you're making an A** of yourself Rene Oct 2018 #37

bdamomma

(63,849 posts)
2. Lindsey
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 08:41 AM
Oct 2018

STFU. You have shown your true colors.

Gutter??? Lindsey look in a mirror please you can't get any lower or can you.

Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)
19. Let him add these pearls.
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 10:20 AM
Oct 2018

He has tied his legacy to Kavanaugh. And when we find out the truth about Kavanaugh, Lindsey will share his downfall.

raccoon

(31,110 posts)
4. I think Graham should have his own TV show.
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 08:41 AM
Oct 2018

I think Graham should have his own TV show. He clearly loves the limelight and loves to be in front of the camera. So something like just some kind of goofy reality show

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
5. Investigating claims of sexual assault is not uncivil, Senator Graham.
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 08:43 AM
Oct 2018

I understand that this is not important to Republicans, considering who they elected for President, but it matters to a lot of people.

SallyHemmings

(1,821 posts)
9. He is getting too much attention
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 09:03 AM
Oct 2018

Time for him to be ignored. The bright lights are his oxygen.

Fade to black


 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
10. I hope SC democrats get behind a batshit crazy conservative challenger to primary Graham
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 09:13 AM
Oct 2018

and then the democratic challenger could win in the general.. We want to play to win? THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
13. Lord, Linds!!
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 09:46 AM
Oct 2018

The noxious fumes from Trump's KFC farts are getting to you, bud. Time to back away from his ass a little. Stop being a hog. Give some of the other sycophants a chance to slather it up with their kisses.

PCIntern

(25,544 posts)
14. This asshole is gonna fall hard
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 09:49 AM
Oct 2018

He needs to be utterly decimated politically. I’m sick of his trashy talk and snotty demeanor as though he’s the only graduate of a law school in the entire USA.

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
16. Lindsey was told to say that by the guy who doxed his phone number during the GOP primaries.
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 09:58 AM
Oct 2018

Lindsey does what he's told by his POTUS, the one who referred to the 2016 Dem nominee as "A Nasty Woman."

Lindsey the Lackey was ordered to say how underhanded the Dems are by his Big Daddy, the one who made up racist lies about where the previous president was born.

Lindsey the obedient sycophant feigns disgust at the so-called uncivil Dems to win the love of his president and the GOP base --- the same MAGAts, TeaBaggers, and AltRighters who chant "Lock Her Up" and took guns to their rallies and held signs displaying Obama hanging from a noose and ran down and killed a woman in the street and ganged up on a black guy in a parking garage and left him beaten to a pulp and blocked busloads of brown immigrant children while screaming "Go Home" and much worse.

But Lindsey clutches his pearls over the "uncivil" Dems for accusing his man Brett. Talk about going low. Lindsey is well on his way of taking Ted Cruz's title as the most despicable member of the U.S. Senate.

bdamomma

(63,849 posts)
23. I would love the see
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 10:55 AM
Oct 2018

the poll numbers of the Senate since the illegal installment of sexual assaulter on the SC.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
25. You mad, bro?
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 11:01 AM
Oct 2018

Seems the more Lindsey and his ilk win, the angrier they get.

I also note that in his litany of all the horrid things the Democrats did, he didn't remember even one thing out of the ordinary that the Republicans did, like hide away the bulk of Kavanaugh's record from the committee and the American people, refuse to go into executive session so that Kavanaugh could be questioned about the "committee confidential" material, and refuse to ask the White House to release the documents they squirreled away under a specious claim of executive privilege.

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

CrispyQ

(36,464 posts)
29. I wrote to him & asked if his last bit of integrity died with Senator McCain.
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 11:45 AM
Oct 2018

What a no integrity fucker. ~insert flip-the-bird smilie here

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