Nov 12 2009
Charleston County GOP Censures Graham
The Charleston County Republican Party’s executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of censuring U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. because of several positions he has taken that clash with the GOP party line.
County Chairwoman Lin Bennett said the unanimous vote “is an effort to get his attention. They’re just fed up, and they want him to know they’re fed up.”
The resolution mentions Graham’s cooperation with U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on energy legislation to his support for the $700 billion Troubled Assett Relief Program to his calling some opponents “bigots” when they opposed his immigration stance.
Personally, I wish we had a recall provision like in California where we could just recall Graham. If Cap and Trade ends up getting through the Senate because of Graham’s support, the lives of the thousands of South Carolinians that will be destroyed will be all on his shoulders. Cap and Trade will destroy jobs and do nothing to curb carbon emissions. I have even read that there is a provision in the legislation that once the law goes into the effect you will have to make energy upgrades to your home if you go to sell it to the cost of several thousand dollars.
Homebuyers Beware. Trying to save up for a new home? You may have to save up a little longer for your purchase. The Democrats’ bill would dramatically increase new home costs by mandating California’s expensive new building codes for the entire nation. Immediately upon enactment, the Democrats’ bill would demand a 30 percent increase in energy efficiency for new construction. A couple of years later, the Democrats’ bill would require an additional 50 percent improvement. These numbers were chosen with no concern for cost to consumers or feasibility in implementation.
Is this what Lindsey Graham thinks the people of South Carolina support?? The Federal government nosing its way into our homes and telling us how to update it before we can sell it? How about the increased costs in home building raising the price of homes putting them farther out of reach for many Americans, essentially killing the dream of home ownership?
Lindsey Graham is a an authoritarian thief of everyone’s freedom. The man should be “hung from the Liberty Tree.” A mere censure is being way too nice.
I actually applaud Graham for NOT toeing the ‘party line’. There are enough partisan republicans already.
I may not like his position on some things but I admire his willingness to tell his ‘party’ to go to hell.
I am fed up with Graham he was McAmnesty’s biggest cheerleader and tried to ram amnesty down our throats.
Graham needs a reality check about the unemployment in SC.
He is too blind, deaf, and dumb to realize that South Carolinians cannot handle the burden of more taxes or government control. We need jobs to get on our feet.
Graham needs to put his constituents first and listen to us. His priorities are special interest groups like La Raza.
He says one thing then does another.
I did not vote for him in the last election.
It is time to clean house and take our country back. We can no longer sit back and be lied to. It is time for Change that we can believe in with leadership that respects our Constitution and our laws.
Jim Clyburn is a good example of what congress thinks of our Constitution he claims if congress abided by the Constitution nothing would get done! Good grief why are we allowing this?
Graham stood with Bush and McCain and allowed the bail outs as well as my congressman Spratt. Now look where we are at. We need to get rid of every member of congress that voted for the bail outs. We need to throw all the bums out that have NEVER read a bill yet allowed it to pass. We are NOT slaves to the power and greed in DC and it is time they realized it.