A Very Sad GOP Senator Admits GOP led Congress is Bad

[kpete]

FRI OCT 28, 2011 AT 03:51 AM PDT
A Sad GOP Senator Admits GOP led Congress is Bad
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Sad-Sack Congresscritters Hate Themselves Almost As Much As Everyone Else Hates Them

Sen. Lindsey Graham is so embarrassed about the 9 percent approval rating — released Tuesday night in a New York Times/CBS poll — that he’s going incognito.

“It’s so bad sometimes I tell people I’m a lawyer,” the South Carolina Republican told POLITICO on Wednesday. “I don’t want to be associated with a body that in the eyes of your fellow citizens seems to be dysfunctional. It matters to me.”

“We’re below sharks and contract killers,” added freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.).

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“There’s always been a healthy disdain for political institutions,” Graham said. “But when it becomes unhealthy is when 91 percent of the country believes that the Congress is detached from reality.”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/congress-approval-rating_n_1051569.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/28/1030850/-A-Sad-GOP-Senator-Admits-GOP-led-Congress-is-Bad-?via=siderec

[WI_DEM]

1. And whose fault is it Lindsay? the body that has done everything in its power to do nothing

about very real problems just so they can make the country worse off to hurt the sitting president of the United States?

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. Gee, when you put that way, it sounds really bad.

:evilgrin:

Too bad Lindsay didn't. :silly:


True colors and all that jazz.

[roguevalley]

57. Miss Lindsey should shut his pie hole.

[Zyzfyx]

61. Specifically, the PARTY that is deliberately doing nothing

Country be damned.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

67. I am not stopping him from resigning

[liberal N proud]

2. Approval ratings would go up if he resigned

He is a large part of the problem.

[PATRICK]

3. Any sense of personal responsibility yet?

A change, or acquiring of, a heart? I doubt it. Even the most sincere turnaround convert in this sorry crew would have little actual talent for public service once they finally figure out a) what that entails b) they have a sworn obigation to do it.

So resign already and move to Costa Rica.

[Aerows]

4. And that's only because 9% of them

are in the category of benefiting from your policies, belong in a mental institution, or are your relatives.

You'd be at 0 without those folks. Congress IS detached from reality and it is Congress that is unhealthy. You can thank your own party for most of that Lindsey Graham.

[DainBramaged]

5. “We’re below sharks and contract killers,”

You're also below whale shit, pond scum, mold, and maybe used car salesmen, but you brought it on yourself dickweed.

[Odin2005]

15. You win this thread, DB!

[DainBramaged]

30. Thank you thank you, and for my next trick, the clowns of the Puke party, Lindsey Graham

[BlueCaliDem]

6. Yet Lindsey was instrumental in making it so.

He voted consistently with the GOPers in order to "make Barack Obama a one-term president". Now, he wails about it??

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Eat it RAW, pukes!

I hope all your epitaphs contain an asterisk after mentioning your 'service' in Congress: *worst session ever. I don't care how you deal with your pariah status - just as long as you wear that dead albatross around your necks forever!

[myrna minx]

8. Then quit trying to destroy the country and the lives of the 99%.

That would be a good start.

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. Yet another headline and excerpt I had to double check to see if it was from The Onion.

[Aerows]

13. It's to the point

where the hyperbole and the whining from the right is so over the top, you really do have to check.

[leveymg]

10. Hubris finds it's voice. This is what happens when you allow yourself to be owned by 1 Percent.

Almost all the rest of the 99 percent and up loathing you.

[sarge43]

11. Well, acts of terrorism will do that, Lindsey

and that fiasco over the debt ceiling was terrorism.

[n2doc]

12. That's because people hate your policies, Graham

No matter how good you and your party are at getting elected or re-elected, legitimately or not, 91% of people hate republican policies. Live with it or leave.

[AlinPA]

14. He will run for re-election and take all the money he can get under the table from lobbyists.

[KansDem]

16. They won't be happy until their approval rating drops to 1%

Then they can shout "We're the 1%-ers!!!" :woohoo:

Keep it up, Lindsey, you only have 8 percentage points to go!

[RagAss]

17. That's because you are all corporate puppets......and that 9% are brain damaged !!!!!

[peace13]

18. Lindsey... you are pitiful.

Just yesterday you were spewing talking points. You are disgusting! Such a disconnect between what you do to Americans and how they think of you. Wake Up!!!!!!

[Ganja Ninja]

19. And yet they will still collect lifetime healthcare and retirement benefits. n/t

[nykym]

20. I find it rather funny that

he says, “It’s so bad sometimes I tell people I’m a lawyer,” So now it is better to say you're a Lawyer rather than a Congressman. Not a whole lot of difference there. No offense meant for the good lawyer out there.

[alterfurz]

58. same difference...

"Lawyers are politicians in larval form"

[lpbk2713]

21. Maybe Boner will share his crying towel with him.

Or maybe he could borrow one from
one of his other good buddies. :shrug:

[Aerows]

26. They should all get together

and throw a pity party. Boehner will cry in his beer, Beck can put Vick's vapor rub in his eyes, and Lindsey Graham can lament that he didn't get as much lobbyist money as he felt he was entitled to.

[valerief]

22. Friggin' Lady Lindsey weeping like Boeher. We hate you and your kind. Go away! nt

[Frustratedlady]

23. Dang, you posted this before I'd had breakfast.

I'm so broken up, I don't know if I can eat.

It's hard to chew when you are laughing SO hard.

What a DORK!

[hughee99]

24. As my repuke brother explains it, Graham is the repuke's version of Lieberman.

the only differences is, they haven't primaried him out of the party yet.

[Bucky]

Your Republican brother is wrong.

The Dems have nothing at all close to the rigid militant party discipline that the zombie-like Republicans exhibit. Graham occasionally offers moments of perspective and, if he can muster the votes, bipartisan compromise. He would never just outright stab his own caucus in the back the way Lieberman did over his long whiny career. They wouldn't put up with that shit.

[hughee99]

63. What do you mean he's "wrong"?

Are you suggesting that repukes don't see Graham as a RINO in much in the same way that we looked at Lieberman when he was still a Dem (yes, he'll caucus with you but don't take for granted is vote on any key issue, or be surprised if he actively undercuts an attempt to hold some position)? Some repukes have felt this way about Graham since before Lieberman was on Gore's ticket (back before Lieberman was so objectionable). They think he constantly stabs his own caucus in the back by looking for some backdoor compromise while the hardliners stand firm. Like the comparison or not, repukes DO think of Graham the same way we think of Lieberman when he was a dem?

[stlsaxman]

27. I WANT VIDEO OF LINDSEY CRYING!!!!

Link? anyone???

[MineralMan]

28. Then behave differently, Graham! It's so simple that even

a moron like you should be able to figure it out.

[ecstatic]

29. Stand up to them. Actions speak louder than (whining) words

He's been there long enough -- he should be able to publicly challenge his party on their actions.

[blm]

31. Start acting the way you WANT to act in your heart, Lindsey. STOP BEING A TOOL for these monsters.

You know you don't want to even be in their midst, yet, you're too scared down in SC to act your conscience.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. are you sure this isn't the Onion?

“It’s so bad sometimes I tell people I’m a lawyer,” the South Carolina Republican told POLITICO on Wednesday. “I don’t want to be associated with a body that in the eyes of your fellow citizens seems to be dysfunctional. It matters to me.”

“We’re below sharks and contract killers,” added freshman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.).

Hard to believe the denial is starting to break down.

[TwilightGardener]

33. "We're below sharks and contract killers"--GOPer or no, that cracks me up.

[Avalux]

34. Then he needs to put a smackdown on his buddies in the House....

and start doing the right thing in the Senate. What a crybaby.

[sarcasmo]

35. Being a corporate backed whore does make one sad.

[Tatiana]

36. What a liar. He feels no shame. He's a hypocrite.

Tell your buddies to stop obstructing, Lindsey, if you feel so bad!

[TroglodyteScholar]

37. Boo-hoo! Try actually DOING YOUR FUCKIN JOB and maybe someone will like you then. n/t

[AC_Mem]

38. He actually said something that makes sense!

Wow - and I said that out loud when I read this. Maybe a couple of them are actually getting it.

Not that it will stop them from destroying the country, but it's good to know that they are aware that we are on to them.

Shine on OW!

Annette/Memphis

[BlueDemKev]

39. Aww....poor Lindsey....

Start acting like human beings instead of arrogant pigheaded liars and maybe things will be different!

[coalition_unwilling]

40. Correction, Gowdy, you're below pond scum which serves a

useful biological purpose. I put you at about the same level as your garden-variety rock.

[City Lights]

41. Pssst, Lindsey, you're a huge part of the problem!

You are dysfunctional and you suck.

On edit: You were one of the original dysfunctional members of Congress when you were one of those "House Managers" who carried out Clinton's impeachment trial. You sucked then and you suck now.

[JuniperLea]

42. He's a big part of the problem, now he cries about it?!?

What an asshat.

WAAAAAA! Cry for me little fuckwad! You helped this putrid mess! You should be kicking yourself in the pants instead of crying about it. Idiot. YOU are detached from reality! Buy a fucking clue card!

:banghead:

[in_cog_ni_to]

43. And YOU and all your freakin' rethug cohorts should look in the mirror. YOU ALL did this yourselves.

Being the asshole, pieces of shit, rat bastards that you are. :grr:

[deacon]

44. If he would resign it would be a step forward towards improving congress. n/t

[BrendaBrick]

45. Finally breaking through a wall of denial....

is a good thing. Maybe some have a conscious after all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8J-YmVs1j0&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL63A2B805EE2A1C95

(I tried to find the original - but this is the best I could find....)

[Bucky]

50. You have to wonder what kind of run in he had on the streets to bring on this revelation.

Shame on Graham's handlers for letting him outside the bubble for an hour.

[BrendaBrick]

54. Does it really matter?

The fact is (if this is true) that perhaps he has been moved and I personally find that rather promising. I've never been one to kick a dog when he is down - if Graham has all of a sudden found some kind of revelation deep within the recesses of his soul, I think that this is not only a good thing, but could maybe set a very important precedent into place ~

[redqueen]

46. " in the eyes of your fellow citizens seems to be dysfunctional."

He's either a very good actor or completely fucking clueless.

It doesn't SEEM to be dysfunctional you massive failure... it IS hugely dysfunctional.

[NICO9000]

47. Boo fucking Hoo!

Graham has been the perfect rethug douche bag for over a decade now. If he's so upset about this, he should use his seniority to have a chat with his like-minded moronic colleagues. Naturally, he's too much of a wimp to ever try that.

[Initech]

48. When are we, the 99% going to totally denounce the GOP?

I'd love to see it happen - they clearly don't have our best interests at hand.

[Bucky]

49. There's an easy answer, you lame-ass. Passing the fucking jobs bill.

I'm sure ol' Lindsay will get up to 15, maybe 20% approval if he finally puts the country ahead of his party's insane ideology.

[Mira]

51. Yeah, and you are a large part of that - you swine. n/t

[Contrary1]

52. "We're sorry if our inaction has offended 91% of Americans."

[louslobbs]

53. And we, the victims of this "dysfunctional" body are supposed to feel how with respect to more empty

words coming out of the mouth of a corporate sponsored political hack? Get the money and lobbyists out of politics, get out of your detached from reality bubbles and start doing the bidding of the people instead of the corporations and powerful. You should be embarrassed Senator and you can't disassociate yourself from a body you are a part of and helped facilitate the creation of because you don't like the approval rating that you have earned from the people you and your corporate benefactors have harmed. Stop crying and complaining and become part of the solution instead of being part of the problem.
Lou

[Buns_of_Fire]

55. They "Hate Themselves Almost As Much As Everyone Else Hates Them"?

Is that possible? Damn, it's time for the suicide prevention folks to set up crisis centers on capitol hill!

Oops, never mind. You cretins probably defunded them. Oh, well. Have you tried drinking heavily, Lindsey?

(It's no wonder the current crop of welfare congresscritters (AKA republicans) are afraid to have town hall meetings that aren't by-invitation-only.)

[AverageJoe90]

56. How ironic.......how FUCKING ironic. nt

[spanone]

59. you brought it on yourself lindsey baby...enjoy

[Solly Mack]

60. Fuck that piece of shit

[Dont call me Shirley]

62. Come out of the closet Lindsey and maybe you'll stop being so hateful to people.

[Rex]

64. Oh boo fucking woo! QUIT THEN! Right, you are worthless in any other job.

WORTHLESS FUCKS! Wouldn't trade a warm pitcher of spit for the whole lot!

91% say Congress sucks and is broken...FIX IT THEN YOU WORTHLESS FUCKS!

[otohara]

65. He Does Not Feel Bad

The got what they wanted...a deeply divided country

[applegrove]

66. Republicans think that if they get people angry with Washington that the party seen as 'outsiders'

will win the next election. That is the conventional wisdom. I hope all Americans wake up in the next year and boot Republicans out.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. Senator you are detached