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Lindsey Graham: A Loser Talks about Losing

<p>Lindsey Graham is at it again&period; This Thursday on MSNBC&rsquo&semi;s &ldquo&semi;Morning Joe&comma;&rdquo&semi; the outspoken South Carolina senator whined&nbsp&semi;about the fractured Republican Party and slammed Donald Trump for threatening to destroy his beloved &ldquo&semi;conservative movement&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We&rsquo&semi;re already split&comma;&rdquo&semi; he says of the Republican Party&period; &ldquo&semi;We can lose in 2016 and we probably will&hellip&semi;If Trump is the standard-bearer&comma; it&rsquo&semi;s not about 2016&period; It&rsquo&semi;s about losing the heart and soul of the conservative movement&period; I&rsquo&semi;m not gonna stand behind a guy that gets David Duke&rsquo&semi;s support&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is a man who supported McCain in 2000 and 2008&comma; and Romney in 2012 &lpar;after he had already won the primary&rpar;&period; After he quite his own campaign&comma; he supported Jeb Bush&comma; who quit&comma; and now supports Ted Cruz &lpar;whom he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t like&rpar; who is currently losing&period; &nbsp&semi;His support seems to be the kiss of death for Presidential candidates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Graham announced his own bid for the presidency last year on June 1st&comma; telling CBS that he wanted to run because the world is &ldquo&semi;falling apart&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;As it turns out&comma; Graham&rsquo&semi;s catchy slogans and hawkish foreign policy ideas weren&rsquo&semi;t enough to attract much support and he ended up bowing out in December &ndash&semi; at which time he endorsed Jeb Bush&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When Jeb Bush stepped down&comma; Graham reluctantly threw in his cards with Ted Cruz&period; It&rsquo&semi;s no secret that the Southern Baptist has criticized his fellow Senator in the past&comma; but now he has called for anti-Trump Republicans to rally behind Cruz as their last chance to defeat&nbsp&semi;the billionaire frontrunner&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ted Cruz has become the go-to candidate for Republicans who are concerned that Trump will destroy traditional conservatism&period; He&nbsp&semi;is the only one with a &ldquo&semi;fighting chance&comma;&rdquo&semi; against Hillary Clinton&comma; says Graham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The South Carolina senator also&nbsp&semi;worries that Trump&rsquo&semi;s harsh rhetoric will push Hispanic and female voters away from the Republican Party&period; Statistics prove otherwise&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s no longer about winning the election for me&comma;&rdquo&semi; says the guy who was in the race for less than 7 months&period; &ldquo&semi;It&rsquo&semi;s trying to salvage a party that I love and conservatism as I know it&period;&rdquo&semi; &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Known and criticized for his bipartisan tendencies&comma; Lindsey Graham was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1992&period; He moved up to the US House in 1995 and since 2002 has served in the US Senate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In our opinion Graham&&num;8217&semi;s statements are unconscionable&period; &nbsp&semi;No wonder so many conservatives have rejected the &&num;8220&semi;Republican establishment&period;&&num;8221&semi; With friends like these&comma; who needs enemies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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