Ron Paul Responds to Lindsey Graham on Today’s Freedom Watch

Ron Paul responds to Senator Lindsey Graham’s comments on the future Republican Party: “I’M NOT GOING TO BE LET IT BE HIJACKED BY RON PAUL.” on today’s Freedom Watch.

Graham: GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys‘

From CNN:

Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke at a town hall in South Carolina on Monday.
(CNN) – South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has always enjoyed a little back-and-forth with belligerent audiences.
He was at it again on Monday night as he faced down an angry town hall crowd in Greenville packed with libertarians and Tea Party activists who accused at the Republican senator of ditching conservative principles by working with Democrats on issues like climate change and voting to send Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
But Graham stressed a mantra he’s repeated many times since his friend John McCain lost the presidential election last November — that the GOP must reach out to different constituencies, or face extinction.

“I’m not going to leave the Republican Party,” Graham said when one questioned asked him why he hasn’t yet joined the Democrats. “I’m going to grow it. We’re not going to be the party of angry white guys.”
His comments were met with a salvo of boos and shouts of “Ron Paul!”
“I love this party,” he responded. “I’m not going to be let it be hijacked by Ron Paul.”
Graham emphasized his conservative bona fides — particularly his record of opposing abortion rights and support of gun rights — but said GOP needs to build a broader coalition. Otherwise, he warned, those trying to purify the party will turn Congress over “to the most liberal people in the world because somebody disagrees with you.”
“I’m going to find people in Maine, Delaware, Illinois and other places that can win,” he said. “And I’m going to help them, and we’re going to move this party and this country forward. If you don’t like it, you can leave.”

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  1. Mr Patriot Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 4:17 pm

    Julliet Kozak gets standing O for slamming Graham, Graham slams Ron Paul
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2_nb4INSU
    Lindsey Graham slams Ron Paul again and says Ron Paul Hijacked the Republican Party! 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEW2BjKfgU
    Julliet Kozak, a Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin supporter, protests Lindsey Graham's town hall Greenville 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mepx8YC3C0
    Lindsey Graham compromising…again Greenville 12 OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36TeYt3WDs
    Question to Graham – Why do you think its necessary to get in bed with John Kerry? GVL 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP7nCyqMTsE
    Harry Kimball trying to get rid of RINO's in Greenville at the Lindsey Graham town hall 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIB9MkHnPaM
    Lindsey Graham talks about Healthcare Inflation 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-34rqWsaP5U
    Jim Stack telling Lindsey Graham that him and Obama are Traitors Greenville 12OCT09
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3o7nG53W4

  2. Mr Patriot Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 12:18 pm

    ALSO Today he vote FOR the Hate Crime Bill http://bit.ly/157TP2 Yesterday he told us he wouldn’t, page 2 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091013/...
    "Graham told a friendly questioner that he is “dead-set” against hate crimes legislation that he said would elevate crimes based on sexual orientation to special federal prosecution, which he said is a precursor to recognizing same-sex marriage. Without a coalition, however, he said the measure will pass because there aren’t enough Republicans to stop it."

    Can you say HYPOCRITE?

  3. LibertarianMike Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 12:20 pm

    "hypocrite"

  4. radmatty Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

    Ron Paul's people are angry white guys? I thought they were a broad spectrum of liberty lovers, young and old, male and female, caucasian and not caucasian. Lindsay Graham is wedded to the Bush II ideology of doing anything it takes to get elected. He's going to ride the sinking ship of the 2 party system to the bottom of the sea.

  5. Henri Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 12:35 pm

    Both party's have been HiJacked! How can Congressman Paul Hijack the Republican Party? RP's voting record shows that he only vote's in strict accordance with the authority that the Constitution allows, he's NOT a Power Hungry Controll Freak, like Most in Government.

  6. Freedom Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

    Wake up Graham the congress is in the hands of the most Liberal people in the world.
    The reason, conservatives stayed home last election rather then vote for McCain.
    Ron Paul loves liberty and his record on the subject, impeccable.

  7. Missourian Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 9:14 pm

    He will not allow? That sounds alot like what the Missouri GOP did during the last caucus and congressional convention.

    A GOP party leader bragged on camera about rigging the Missouri 2nd Congressional Convention to prevent participation by true conservatives to make sure the process was rigged for McCain.

    Watch the guy admit it on youtube, search for "GOP Chairman rigs congressional convention", or go to this url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rplrNr8I8s

    The only way the neocons can keep their power is to lie, cheat, and violate their own rules.

  8. FromBoston Said,

    October 14, 2009 @ 11:54 pm

    "I’m not going to leave the Republican Party… I’m going to grow it… If you don’t like it, you can leave.”

    HA HA HA HA HA ha ha

  9. Missouri Patriot Said,

    October 15, 2009 @ 5:05 am

    Let the senator be liberal lite, while the country reunites around our constitution and our Great American values. Throw all of these "know it all, I'm better than you" politicians out on their backsides. Cut out the cancers before this country becomes really sick. We can all move forward and heal this country instead of being at each others throats. We don't need all of these mounds of legislative non-sense. We need strong valued people in our government to shrink this cancerous government back to a manageable size and let the free market rocket us back to our great status in the world, which the world envy's.

    God Bless America

  10. Alaskan Woman Said,

    October 15, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

    As an angry white young woman I can tell you that Mr. Graham is way off the mark. The fact that both parties represent big government, big business, and irresponsible consumers means that neither represents me nor the constitution they swore to uphold. Ron Paul is the only hope that our country has and I am afraid that the media and Republican Party have marginalized him. Instead they put a buffoon and a bimbo on the 2008 ticket and lost – the only votes those two garnered were against Obama, not for them.

  11. RtWingExtremist Said,

    October 15, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

    "Moderate" Republicans like Graham, Bush, and McCain are the reason we now have to deal with Obama and the other radical collectivists in charge. They destroyed the credibility of Republicans by pushing their thinly-veiled statism under the banner of conservatism. That left the voter out in the cold without a choice on the ballot that represented constitutionalism and individual liberty. The result was that the Democrats, even with their backwards and nonsensical principles, were able to defeat the Republicans who had no principles.

    Only libertarians can save the Republican party. Statists like Graham will only drive the party over the cliff for good.

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