President Bush’s name gets no applause at South Carolina GOP convention.»

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/31/president-bushs-name-gets-no-applause-at-south-carolina-gop-convention/


President Bush’s name gets no applause at South Carolina GOP convention.»

At the South Carolina state GOP convention today, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “used his remarks to embrace President Bush, just hours before he was to meet Bush at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.” But when Graham first mentioned Bush’s name, the GOP crowd stayed silent, refusing to applaud the President:

At his first mention of Bush’s visit, Graham paused, waiting for applause. When it didn’t come, it took a slight nod from Graham to prompt a round of applause.:rofl:

“President Bush is my friend,” he continued, “and I’m not going to run away from the friend.”

Graham credited Bush with preventing additional attacks on the U.S. since 9/11, cutting taxes three times and successfully nominating Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“History is going to judge him a lot better than everybody thinks,” Graham predicted.

Graham, who is facing a primary challenge in the state, has tried hard to tie himself to Bush, even featuring the unpopular president in a TV ad. (HT: Jonathan Martin)

[lame54]

1. I hope Graham's strategy burns him

[rurallib]

2. How close are George and Lindsey? Hmmmmmm?

Lindsey makes me think 'very gay' when I see him.

[madokie]

3. Yep he sets off my gaydar too

theres nothing wrong with being gay and in the same breath I add there is much wrong with being a hipocrite though.

[VP505]

4. Graham using his close ties

to WORST President ever Booo$h for his reelection campaign suggests that he believes his constituents are simply STUPID, completely ignorant, or as disconnected from reality as he is. Although, considering they vote for him stupid might be a possibility but fact is if voters are hurting because of Booo$h policies as much as the rest of the country he has to be nuts to so strongly tie himself to Booo$h... Might be a good thing for Dem's though.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. If Graham thinks that associating with Bush makes him look good

then he must be in deep, deep trouble himself with the psychopathic base.

[DemoTex]

6. Graham's GOP challenger in upcoming primary: Buddy Witherspoon

Witherspoon has big signs up that say:

BUDDY WITHERSPOON FOR U.S. SENATE

Lindsey is too liberal for South Carolina!

:rofl:

[mitchum]

7. Whatever happened to Gomer's "fiancee" that the SC gop trotted out in 2002?

[LiberalFighter]

8. Lindsey will be long dead before he knows and recognizes the truth.

[ThatsMyBarack]

9. Aw, too bad.

:nopity:

[truthisfreedom]

10. “President Bush is my friend,” he continued, “and I’m not going to run away from the friend.”

Creepy.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. "I'm not going to run away from THE friend" - I think he surely meant "the fiend"

Otherwise, he would have said MY friend.