Graham poses for right-wing slander photo-op.
By on Aug 8th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Graham poses for right-wing slander photo-op.
TMZ.com obtained this photo of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) posing with a sign that reads, “Obama, Osama, and Chelsea’s Moma Say Cut and Run.” In a statement released Tuesday evening, Graham said, “I was handed the sign by a rally attendee as I was leaving. I should have been more careful and I apologize.”
The sign is “nearly identical” to one that Romney posed next to two weeks ago — right down to the misspelling of “momma.” The sign Romney was photographed with said, “No to Obama, Osama, and Chelsea’s Moma.”
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Right, should have been more careful to not get caught with his pants down.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:36 amHo, hum.
Sounds like the same RNC operative made both signs….
but no, that would mean that this wasn’t some awful coincidence, but a planned slander against the two leading candidates for the Democrat’s nomination… and the RNC doesn’t play games that way… no not at all
August 8th, 2007 at 9:38 amIf the right-wingers would stop underfunding education, maybe their political base would be more intelligent and therefore taken more seriously. At least that’s what my moma told me.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:39 amYeah, I hold the sign and if this get out to the media, I’ll just say i’m sorry and move on.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:40 am“My apologies, I thought the sign said ‘Frankie Say Relax,’” said Graham (R-SC), “I felt that Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s message of relaxation and not doing it when you want to go through it was a good bit of advice in this day and age.”
Graham added, “my apologies to Karim Abd’-al Hussein Obama Abu Malia al-Amriki and Whitewater Clinton for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
August 8th, 2007 at 9:40 amGet a brain, GOP morans!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:41 amIf the right-wingers would stop underfunding education, maybe their political base would be more intelligent and therefore taken more seriously. At least that’s what my moma told me.
Comment by Matt — August 8, 2007 @ 9:39 am
An educated base? Why would Republicans want that? Remember Rove’s “too much of a good thing” comment?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:42 amThe GOP doesn’t get that 70% of Americans want to “cut and run” as they put it.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:43 amyeah but he got 5 rugs for 5 bucks! what a f*cking LOSER!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:44 amGraham is such a WIMP. Democrats can lie and say nasty things all they want about the President, but God forbid someone call the Dems out as the terrorist sympathizers that they are.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:45 ami think it’s interesting how when they cover the signs in the press, the signs are purported to read “obama - COMMA - Osama and chelsea’s moma” There is no comma there in EITHER of those signs. Why does the media (including TP!!??!) persist in perpetuating this fallacy?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:47 amBy the way, what exactly is a “moma”?
Is that an adult beverage of orange juice and sparkling wine?
A toddler’s request of it’s mother for seconds?
A generic Spanish Fly?
Or just some idiot who can’t spell correctly? (Hello Mr. Pee and Joker!)
August 8th, 2007 at 9:48 amGraham is such a WIMP. Democrats can lie and say nasty things all they want about the President, but God forbid someone call the Dems out as the terrorist sympathizers that they are.
Comment by Democrats are LIARS — August 8, 2007 @ 9:45 am
The morons are here early today. Good morning, moron!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:50 amAn educated base? Why would Republicans want that? Remember Rove’s “too much of a good thing†comment?
Comment by toasterhead — August 8, 2007 @ 9:42 am
An educated base also means fewer people believing the earth is 6000 years old, more people understanding stem-cell research, more people really understanding evolution, and perhaps most importantly, more people with critical thinking skills—-like about why we’re in Iraq……maybe that’s too scary a prospect for the republicans?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:50 amThese are rove’s politics. Get the photo out there then appologize for doing it. By that time the damage is done. graham knew what he was doing. conservatives suck!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:52 amIsn’t “moma” an art museum in New York?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:53 amWith Romney and Lindsay and the other Rethuglicans, it doesn’t seem so difficult to have them naively pose with a sign that says, “I’m am a Mormon Moron” or “Republican Fascism will save the Nation”.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:53 amMOMA? that’s the Museum of Modern Art… wtf?
I don’t expect these hayseeds to be able to spell…
August 8th, 2007 at 9:53 amDon’t let a little thing like this ruin your day. Remember: tonight we’re having surf and turf!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 amI’m sure Fox “News” will now probably report the “information” on the sign as being fact while ignoring the photo itself.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 amHow can we compete against such brilliant tactics?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 am“Comment by Democrats are LIARS — August 8, 2007 @ 9:45 am”
I realize I should not feed the trolls…. but……
So what has the Dems lied about?????
Here is what this Pres has lied about…..
- “when you hear…. wiretapps, wiretapps require a warrant” Pre leak
- “this is 2005….. a different world” Post leak
- “Sadam is trying to reconstitute his nuclear weapons program”
- “Sadam has WMD”
- “We have found them” (WMD) Turns out they are portable shit tanks.
- “I will use force as a last resort” Turns out to be his FIRST resort.
- “If someone in my administration leaked this information, they will no longer work in my administration” Rove, Cheney still there.
I could spend HOURS with this, but I have work to do…….
Bush has lied and cheated more than the devil himself…….
By the way…… Yes I hate him, but that is not why I want him tried for war crimes and shot!
It’s because he is tearing up our Constitution, and that is a TRAITOR. Anyone who supports that is also a TRAITOR to this country.
I did not like Bush 1 either, but I did not call for him to be tried for war crimes for the Gulf war because he was not messing with the Constitution.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 amWhere is Jim Webb and his combat boots when someone really needs a kick to the posterior?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 amChrist666ian conserv666atives can’t spell momma, now thats some funny stuff.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:54 ammore people with critical thinking skills—-like about why we’re in Iraq……maybe that’s too scary a prospect for the republicans?
Comment by Matt — August 8, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Exactly. Critical thinkers are dangerous. The Republican base is composed entirely of morons (see post #10, for example) who can’t think for themselves and whose political ideology consists entirely of bumper-sticker slogans: “cut and run,” “flip-flop,” “obama osama,” etc. They’re not intelligent enough to grasp complexities of policy, and therefore vote based on two-word catchphrases. For years the Republicans have employed strategists to exploit this, coming up with brilliant marketing catchphrases such as “the death tax” and “the war on terror” to disguise awful and extremely harmful policies.
Now I’ll also criticize the Democrats for not adequately reaching these people. They, too, need to learn how to campaign by catchphrase. They’re not going to be successful if they only target the educated in their campaigns - they need to wake up to the reality that the majority of Americans are morons who can’t find North Korea or Saudi Arabia on a globe, and they need to better reach this constituency.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:59 amDemocrats can lie and say nasty things all they want about the President, but God forbid someone call the Dems out as the terrorist sympathizers that they are.
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August 8th, 2007 at 9:59 amAh, yes. “Mistakes were made.”
It’s really beginning to ring hollow.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:00 amAs if I needed any more reason to dislike Graham.
He seemed “careful” enough to stand still, hold the sign so that all the lettering was exposed, and to smile. Idiot!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:00 amGraham said, “I was handed the sign by a rally attendee as I was leaving. I should have been more careful and I apologize.â€
Typical of Graham. Kind of like his other gaffe:
“I was handed this war authorization bill. I didn’t read it but I voted for it. I should have been more careful and I apologize.”
August 8th, 2007 at 10:04 amthr truth can be funny
August 8th, 2007 at 10:05 amThe republics still haven’t worked this out: “Don’t do dumb sh!t in front of a camera!!!”
August 8th, 2007 at 10:06 amNot smart enough to see what a sign he’s being photographed holding says is kinda dumb don’t ya think Senator Graham? Oh right, this is Lindsey Graham and stupid is what he does.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:09 amThis guy is a weasle and an idiot, I cannot believe he was a JAG officer, what a flippin joke he is! HTF do you not read a giant sign you are holding for a photo.. “I did not pay enough attention” complete and utter lie! Typical repug…
August 8th, 2007 at 10:09 amTypical of Graham. Kind of like his other gaffe:
“I was handed this war authorization bill. I didn’t read it but I voted for it. I should have been more careful and I apologize.â€
Comment by Tom — August 8, 2007 @ 10:04 am
So Graham doesn’t read anything. Sounds like he’ll fit right in — Bush doesn’t either.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:10 amHillary’s got alot of tricks up her sleave. Shes saving her best tricks for us though.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:11 amDid Huckleberry Graham find that poster in the closet?
-GSD
August 8th, 2007 at 10:12 amNow I’ll also criticize the Democrats for not adequately reaching these people. They, too, need to learn how to campaign by catchphrase.
Comment by toasterhead — August 8, 2007 @ 9:59 am
I was hoping “Cheney Eats Kittens” would work in ‘04. Maybe it should have been “Cheney Eats Cute Widdle Bunny Wabbits.”
August 8th, 2007 at 10:12 amThe exact same thing happened during the Crimean war. Do we ever learn fom history? Please pass the gravy.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:12 amHillary’s got alot of tricks up her sleave. Shes saving her best tricks for us though.
Comment by old hack — August 8, 2007 @ 10:11 am
Hey look everyone - I think we found our RNC signmaker!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:15 amI was hoping “Cheney Eats Kittens†would work in ‘04. Maybe it should have been “Cheney Eats Cute Widdle Bunny Wabbits.â€
Comment by Matt — August 8, 2007 @ 10:12 am
Too wordy! The Republican base will give up after sounding out “Eats.” Those double vowels always trip them up.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:18 am….this is the same sign Mitt got photographed with before down South. Amazing they spelled the other words right and got momma wrong, but than again it is the South…. need one say more…
August 8th, 2007 at 10:18 amDoes anyone else think this photo looks doctored? Look how straight the left edge of the poster appears, exactly lined up with a column of pixels. I’m no Graham fan, but I smell a hoax.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:22 am“Where is Jim Webb and his combat boots when someone really needs a kick to the posterior?” Comment by Johnnie Flea
“He out voting for illegal wiretaps is where he is.” Comment by Goraidh
August 8th, 2007 at 10:23 amHillary’s got alot of tricks up her sleave. Shes saving her best tricks for us though.
Comment by old hack
_______________________-
King Henry VIII may have penned the poem “Greensleeves”.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:23 amKing George W. Bush is not finished with “My Pet Goat” yet.
I smell something too, but I don’t think it’s a hoax. Must be your feet.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:24 am“Did Huckleberry Graham find that poster in the closet?” -GSD
GSD, You are so flippin’ awesome. That’s a perfect comment.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:25 amAmazing they spelled the other words right and got momma wrong, but than again it is the South…. need one say more…
Arent Gore and Edwards from the south?
Anyhoo, obviously an apology will simply not cut it. Graham needs to be tried, found guilty and then executed because this simple sign is an abomination worthy of hysterical shouting and fainting.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:25 am“They call the wind ‘goraidh’”.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:25 amGet a brain, GOP morans!
Comment by Newt Gringo — August 8, 2007 @ 9:41 am
Heh, heh, good one.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:26 amThey hold signs like this because THIS IS ALL THEY HAVE. The Republicans cannot provide any better justification for their positions in government than, some Democrat has a funny name. If they ran on their ideology, the public would recoil in horror. If they ran on their record, the public would laugh their heads off. All they can do is parade third-grade-level name calling.
“I didn’t read the sign I was holding; I just held it and smiled while they took my picture?” - This is the position of a responsible adult? This is someone we should choose to make decisions in our name?
August 8th, 2007 at 10:29 amDon’t let a little thing like this ruin your day. Remember: tonight we’re having surf and turf!
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — August 8, 2007 @ 9:54 am
Nuts, I’ll have to double brush to get the sod out from between my teeth.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:32 amTypical of Hillary. Kind of like his other gaffe:
“I was handed this war authorization bill. I didn’t read it but I voted for it. I should have been more careful and I apologize.â€
Comment by Tom — August 8, 2007 @ 10:04 am
I fixed the name for you.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:35 amThe exact same thing happened during the Crimean war. Do we ever learn fom history? Please pass the gravy.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — August 8, 2007 @ 10:12 am
We needed a little extra cash, so we passed the hat, it came back full of gravy.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:38 amOnce again, CONTURDS prove they’re illiterate.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:41 am“GSD, You are so flippin’ awesome. That’s a perfect comment.
Comment by goraidh — August 8, 2007″
GSD flutters his eyelashes, looks down and kicks the sand in an awe-shucks motion.
-GSD
August 8th, 2007 at 10:42 amSame effect if the sign simply read:
“Will wurk fer food.”
F*cking idiot.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:43 amSince when is free political thought slanderous? I thought you liberals supported stuff like free speech.
If that sign is slander, as TP appears to believe, then by the same definition, slander occurs everyday here on these message bases.
Indeed, slander occurs several times per hour.
It’s a good thing most of you who engage in such activity hide behind phony names, eh?
August 8th, 2007 at 10:46 amMaybe it’s just me, but this looks less like a smear on Obama and Clinton, and more like someone is exposing Graham and Romney for the goofs they really are.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:46 amOkay, Oscar, settle down.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:49 amThe Repubs ought to get better arguments if they hope to win in 2008. So far, their best argument against Hillary is that she’s a woman, she was photographed with some cleavage, and she is the wife of a guy who diddled his intern. Their best argument against Obama is that his last name is one letter off from Osama and his middle name is Hussein. The best argument against Edwards is that he spends a lot of money on haircuts and he’s “too pretty”.
In the meantime, their own candidates demonstrate their lack of literacy (AND intelligence) by posing with signs they don’t read.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:49 amThe truth stings the moonbats again. A great sign!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:50 amMr. Bigfoot, you miss the other part of this. Mr. Graham doesn’t stand behind the sign he’s standing behind. At least that’s what he’s saying now. So are you for the sign or the Senator that can’t make up his mind if he’s for the sign before he’s against it?
Graham has no spine on this and it shows. I’d respect the man if he said “Yeah, I agree with this sign” but he’s not doing that.
Is this a flip flop or just a flop?
August 8th, 2007 at 10:52 am#58 - no, it’s a smear on your people.
Democrats insist on fighting Bush at every corner on the WOT - be it through there phony outrage over torture, wiretapping, or the glee to which they announce more death in Iraq and Republicans are going to hit back … HARD.
Democrats have had the echo chamber of the MSM for years now. But, as we saw in 2004, once you nominate a person, that D next to her name isn’t quite as significant.
The left has blown their wad. When the right steps up to take on the beast come fall 2008, I am confident we will truth boat the way we did Kerry and win again.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:52 amThe truth stings the moonbats again. A great sign!
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Democrats are LIARS
And if you think the Repukes represent YOU, you’re an IDIOT.
Unless you donated over $10k to the GOP, you’re meaningless to them, fool. But they need puppets like you who are too dense to realize you’re NOT in the top 1% of wage earners, therefore, you’re not on their radar, but merely a hollow mouthpiece of their rhetoric, which does NOTHING for you.
Methinks you’re just a partison hater/hack, which makes you just as stupid as the far left Dems!!!!
August 8th, 2007 at 10:57 amAh, yes - Republicans the last bastion of morality and truth… Oh, wait.
August 8th, 2007 at 10:57 am#62
Mr. Graham doesn’t stand behind the sign he’s standing behind.
Good one, hellinahotdogstand
August 8th, 2007 at 10:59 amHe is a total embarrassment to the people of SC. He represents George Bush not SC>
August 8th, 2007 at 10:59 amThe left has blown their wad. When the right steps up to take on the beast come fall 2008, I am confident we will truth boat the way we did Kerry and win again.
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August 8th, 2007 at 10:59 amI guess the guy who wrote the sign missed Osama’s public video where he says he wants us to stay in Iraq.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:00 amSenator Graham then added, “Are there any macaca reporters who wish to ask a follow up question? Anybody wearing a towel on their head that wants to ask a question? Oh… what? Cr*p. I apologize to any people of inferior faiths who I may have offended. … what?? Hey, it’s not my problem if these folks haven’t found Jesus. They’re the ones that are gonna burn. … is this mic still on?? oh, cr*p.”
August 8th, 2007 at 11:01 amI guess the guy who wrote the sign missed Osama’s public video where he says he wants us to stay in Iraq.
Comment by ben — August 8, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Close. Actually, he missed the third grade.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:02 amSince when is free political thought slanderous? I thought you liberals supported stuff like free speech.
If that sign is slander, as TP appears to believe, then by the same definition, slander occurs everyday here on these message bases.
Indeed, slander occurs several times per hour.
It’s a good thing most of you who engage in such activity hide behind phony names, eh?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Not only does O. Bigmouth wish to hold Republican’t Congresscritters to the same standard as anonymous commenters, he was also FOR “slander” before he was AGAINST it.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:20 amYes he should have been more careful. But it’s not his fault I guess. I’m sure this whole thing happened so quickly he had no idea what is going on. I mean, how long does it take, really, for someone to hand you a sign, say “hold this while we take your picture”, hold the sign in a pose, make sure you are right perfectly in frame, and make sure that the person who handed you the sign has time to (at the very least) get out of frame if not take the shot themselves.
Surely all that takes only a second or two. That’s no time to know what you are doing. It’s all just reaction at that point!
/sarcasm.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:20 amI don’t think its slanderous. I do think it’s immoral. But immoral actions don’t seem to bother Republicans.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:36 amIf that sign is slander, as TP appears to believe, then by the same definition, slander occurs everyday here on these message bases.
Indeed, slander occurs several times per hour.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Yes, every time you and the rest of the right-win morons post. Please go away and the problem will stop.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:40 am“I don’t think its slanderous. I do think it’s immoral. But immoral actions don’t seem to bother Republicans.
Comment by Republicans Can’t Govern. — August 8, 2007 @ 11:36 am”
No more immoral than the Democrat Presidential Candidates paying homage at YearlyKOS.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:56 amI think Rove is behind this one.
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August 8th, 2007 at 12:05 pmNice sign to bad it doesn’t mean anything.
Now it’s time for all the GOP and Bush supporters of the so called war to step up to the plate.
PM Brown will be withdrawing UK troops in Sept. then only American troops will be in the middle of the Iraq Civil War. With all the support Bush/Cheney have with spying on people and putting soldiers in the middle of the Iraq conflict. Those young bodied Americans should have no problem joining the military to make up for the UK troops that are leaving.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:05 pmMost of the GOP only give lip service but some Americans believe in their hearts that Bush/Cheney are right to stay in Iraq and find those magic WMDs. Tony Blair is gone and with no lap dog Bush is alone. Yes Tony was paid well for his support and following orders but PM Brown isn’t interested in Bush/Cheney pay offs.
So let the GOP do all the trick of holding signs but today 6 more soldiers died in Iraq if anyone is interested.
care to quantify that last comment Mr. Bigfoot?
August 8th, 2007 at 12:06 pmSo let the GOP do all the trick of holding signs but today 6 more soldiers died in Iraq if anyone is interested.
Comment by Jackie — August 8, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
Yes Jackie, Republicans think it’s amusing that Obama’s name rhymes with Osama and that a woman actually thinks she has a chance to take the WH, but, in the meantime, real live people are dying in Iraq thanks to them.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:13 pmAnd O. Bigfoot tells us that Republics consider this stupid sign “political thought”? No wonder we’re in this huge freaking mess!!!!!!!!!
August 8th, 2007 at 12:17 pmIt’s a good thing most of you who engage in such activity hide behind phony names, eh?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Oh and “O. Bigfoot” - perhaps you’ll now let us all know your full name since you seem to have a problem with “phony names”?
Hypocrite.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:19 pmI propose that we start referring to the right-wing base as “The Republican al-Qa’ida.” It’s just a literal translation of an Arabic loanword (Yeah I know it’s not a correct Idafa structure, so sue me). I figure if they can abuse the language for “Osama Obama,” so can we.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:22 pm“Comment by Democrats are LIARS”
The only response this dimbulb will understand is
“I know you are, but what am I?”
August 8th, 2007 at 12:26 pmCaption:
It is just a photo. Its not like it can be recorded and e-mailed everywhere.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:32 pmThe only way this sign could be construed as “slander” is if it says something A) untrue and B) damaging about somebody else.
So let’s parse this. The sign is saying that Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Hillary Clinton are saying “cut ‘n run”. We also acknowledge the obvious juxtaposition of the names “Obama” and “Osama” but we are already aware of the right-wing’s pathetic attempts to imply they are the same person.
None of the three has actually said this. Obama has gone on record as having opposed the war from the outset, and he has a plan for troop withdrawal. Repubs may refer to this as “cut ‘n run” but it isn’t so much slander as a tired soundbite. Ditto for Hillary — she voted to give Bush the power to use force, but now wants to withdraw on a timetable. Hardly “cut ‘n run” — but hardly slander, either.
And Osama bin Laden? The accusation of his position is incorrect no matter how you slice or spin it. He has communicated pretty clearly that he WANTS us to stay in Iraq. And why not? It’s taxing our military and our presence is the best marketing tool for Al Qaeda recruiting they’ve ever had. However, I’m not concerned about slandering Osama. Maybe if we tell enough lies about him, he will reveal his whereabouts to set the record straight.
My finding is that the sign is stupid, incorrect, contains punctuation and spelling errors and (from a graphics standpoint) doesn’t even have good design layout. But it isn’t slanderous. It just makes the person holding it look like a moron. Which is probably why Graham apologized for it.
August 8th, 2007 at 1:18 pmWhat do these people have against the Museum of Modern Art???
August 8th, 2007 at 1:22 pmOkay, other that being an ideological dickhead who thinks Democrats are by definition evil and/or immoral?
How is the appearance of candidates at YK “immoral”?
And how is it more “immoral” than equating two US Senators with the most wanted criminal in the world?
August 8th, 2007 at 1:27 pmSenator Graham you are a LIAR! You are also a COWARD! I have lost all respect for you, you BIGOT! How dare you compare a two US Senators to Bin Laden? You and the voters who elected you should be ashamed!
August 8th, 2007 at 1:53 pmIt’s a good thing most of you who engage in such activity hide behind phony names, eh?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 8, 2007 @ 10:46 am
Oh and “O. Bigfoot†- perhaps you’ll now let us all know your full name since you seem to have a problem with “phony names�
Hypocrite.
Comment by margaret — August 8, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
It could be that IS his real name. In which case, he deserves our sympathy because he was probably teased a lot in school for it.
But seriously, I think O. Bigfoot was making the point that it’s easier to sling insults, call people names, and spread falsehoods from a position of anonymity. And I agree — there does seem to be an awful lot of that going on around here at times.
I prefer to be anonymous (I’m sure everybody has figured out that “missmolly” isn’t my real name) because in today’s world it pays to be prudent. I have no desire to be spammed or flamed, and I certainly don’t want some crazed person who disagrees with my views to figure out where I live.
Nevertheless, I feel a responsibility to post here as if I am talking to everybody in person, and use the same manners. And I use the same name each time I post, so people will know when I post something in Thread A that I’m the same person who posted another in Thread B. I wish everybody here felt the same way.
And my handle, “missmolly”? That’s because I miss the late, great Molly Ivins, and it’s my little tribute to her. I always looked forward to her columns, and I can’t help wondering what she would have to say nowadays.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:19 pmyeah, I apologize that I got caught…um, I mean, that I was holding the sign. Same as it ever was. SSDD.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pmKeep it up, Lindsey.
After the next election you’ll be holding a sign that says “WILL WORK FOR FOOD!”
August 8th, 2007 at 3:21 pmSouth Carolina: go figure. This guy’s just pissed because his family no longer owns the Obamas. Apparently, Sherman didn’t do a good enough job in SC. The only thing missing from the photo? His white, pointed hat and the sheet he wears with it.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:30 pmNo American should be compared to bin Laden who is a terrorist. Graham’s argument that he didn’t read the sign like Romney is a feeble defense.
August 8th, 2007 at 5:05 pmI know Lindsay want’s to see a “SAY NO TO GAYHAM” signs during his next election.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:06 pmThese sacks of shit (Romney included) think they’re being clever by apologizing for not reading the sign before posing with it. If that’s the case, I’ve got one for Graham: “My Other Hooded Sheet is at the Cleaners”. Don’t read it, dumbass: just pose for the photo op.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:12 pmGraham is a closeted hypocrite Gay guy, so he needs to shut up > PERIOD.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:53 pmI think Senator Graham got punked. Why else would “Moma” be misspelled? Several of my liberal friends tell me that the first thing they noticed about the Romney sign was how retarded it made South Carolinians look. I had to hold my tongue because I couldn’t disagree.
I believe that the Graham sign is an insidious liberal plot to take advantage of Senator Graham’s good nature, to trick him into having his photo taken with a sign that makes him and his supporters look retarded. To allow people to make wisecracks such as “Here’s Graham the cracker holding his sign,” and similar remarks.
We, we conservatives are NOT retarded. It is you liberals who need to GET A BRAIN!
Morans.
August 9th, 2007 at 7:14 pm