“On our side, you’ve got the No. 2 guy tried to kill someone at 14 and the No. 1 is high energy and crazy as hell. How am I losing to these people?”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in an interview on Morning Joe.
Graham Says Democrats ‘Made Me Sick’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that the first Democratic presidential debate was nausea-inducing, The Hill reports.
Said Graham: “It made me sick. It made me feel so sad that the Democratic Party has dropped so far in defending the nation. Everybody had an isolationist, disengagement policy with regards to radical Islam.”
Graham Wants Hurricane Aid for His State
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “is asking for federal aid for his home state of South Carolina as it battles raging floods, but he voted to oppose similar help for New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2013,” CNN reports.
Said Graham: “Let’s just get through this thing, and whatever it costs, it costs.”
Graham was among the GOP senators who opposed federal aid to assist states hit by Hurricane Sandy, but now he doesn’t remember why: “I’m all for helping the people in New Jersey. I don’t really remember me voting that way.”
Graham Warns of GOP Meltdown
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “is warning Republicans to act wisely following the impending departure of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), which he fears could lead to a party ‘meltdown’ in 2016,” The Hill reports.
Graham Barred from Home State Presidential Forum
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will not take part in a Republican presidential forum next week that is being held 45 minutes from his S.C. home because his national poll numbers in August failed to reach the 1 percent threshold set by the forum’s organizers, the Columbia State reports.
A new Public Policy Polling survey in South Carolina finds 78% of GOP voters want Graham to drop out of the race.
Graham Says Trump Appeals to the ‘Dark Side’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told CNN that Donald Trump is appealing to the “dark side” of the Republican party.
Said Graham: “Twenty-five percent of our party that probably thinks Obama was born in Kenya or wants to believe that. There’s 25 percent of our party wants him to be a Muslim because they hate him so much. So, there’s a dark side of politics that Mr. Trump is appealing to.”
Quote of the Day
Trump Says Attacks Knocked Perry, Graham Out of Debate
Donald Trump told Breitbart that attacks against him by Rick Perry and Sen. Lindsey Graham backfired and caused their poll numbers to fall, knocking them out of the first GOP presidential debate.
Said Trump: “And I find that really interesting, and I find it a great honor that that would happen, because in all fairness Lindsey Graham and Perry were really hitting me hard, and they went down in the polls. I am greatly honored by that.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I never thought I’d run for president. It’s audacious until you look at the other people.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Melinda Henneberger.
Watch Lindsey Graham Destroy His Cell Phone
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had no use for his cell phone after Donald Trump read out his private number on live television.
Trump Has No Regrets Giving Out Graham’s Number
Donald Trump said he gave out Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) private cell phone number “for fun,” Politico reports.
Said Trump: “He’s got zero in the polls. I did it for fun, and everybody had a good time, and we had a packed house. We had a beyond-packed house. We had auditoriums next door that were packed. The place was amazing.”
He added: “It seems to have gotten a lot of press. He calls me names, you have to fight back.”
Bonus Trump Quote on the Day
“He doesn’t seem like a very bright guy. He actually probably seems to me not as bright as Rick Perry. I think Rick Perry probably is smarter than Lindsey Graham.”
— Donald Trump, in a South Carolina speech, on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He later read out Graham’s private cell phone number to the audience.
Graham Says Trump is a ‘Jackass’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) ripped Donald Trump on CNN over comments about Sen. John McCain’s war record.
Said Graham: “What he said about John, I think, was offensive. He’s becoming a jackass at a time when we need to have a serious debate about the future of the party and the country. This is a line he’s crossed, and this is the beginning of the end of Donald Trump… I am really pissed.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I think that this is a dumb way to weed out the field. Brad Pitt would be in the debate in August. Anybody with any celebrity would be in the debate. I don’t mind weeding out the field over time. It’s July for God’s sakes. So a national poll is a lousy way, in my view, to determine who should be on the stage. And I quite frankly resent it.”
– Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Yahoo News, furious about Fox News’ rules for the first GOP primary debate.
Quote of the Day
“If you’re too tired to defend this country, if you’re too war-weary, don’t vote for me.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by National Journal.
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“Here’s what I’ve learned as a politician: The magic of Lindsey Graham is to be Lindsey Graham.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the New York Times.
Quote of the Day
“Radical Islam is running wild in the Mid-East. I have never been more worried about an attack on our homeland than I am right now.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by The Hill, while adding that President Obama “doesn’t know what he’s doing.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“He’s the nicest person I think I’ve ever met in politics. He is as good a man as God has ever created.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in an interview with the Huffington Post, on Vice President Joe Biden.
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