{"id":46173,"date":"2014-10-30T11:48:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-speaks-the-truth-for-once.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:10:08","slug":"lindsey-graham-speaks-the-truth-for-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-speaks-the-truth-for-once.html","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham speaks the truth for once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yup. &quot;If I get to be president, white men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.&quot; Of that I have no doubt.<\/p>\n<p>(Oh, don&#39;t worry, it&#39;s just a &quot;joke.&quot;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.alan.com\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-white-men-in-male-only-clubs-are-going-to-do-great-in-my-presidency-audio'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/njtyAqSnjC08zR3UajtSGU5CynRSNTq696kWLx6lqVbhx_o-UgLQI6wilbPBvfVa4Dxm2ECjKgSEHL2ojF8Sjla4JLBDiuggBvHvkVNsDPD8p5JzhvkQwAztPFmSFMJRtjbn=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.alan.com\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-white-men-in-male-only-clubs-are-going-to-do-great-in-my-presidency-audio'>Lindsey Graham: &lsquo;White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency&rsquo; (Audio)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told a few jokes in a private gathering this month that was recorded because it&#8217;s 2014. In the audio recording of his comments which were provided to CNN, Graham can be  heard saying in the closed door, all male meeting, &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to help you with your tax status. I&#8217;m sorry&hellip;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3R68NpWmMH3'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup. &quot;If I get to be president, white men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.&quot; Of that I have no doubt. (Oh, don&#39;t worry, it&#39;s just a &quot;joke.&quot;) Lindsey Graham: &lsquo;White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency&rsquo; (Audio) South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/lindsey-graham-speaks-the-truth-for-once.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lindsey Graham speaks the truth for once&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49813,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/lindsey-graham-is-sounding-a-little-coup-coup.html","url_meta":{"origin":46173,"position":0},"title":"Lindsey Graham is sounding a little coup-coup","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Mar-15 6:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"Surely he was joking, right? Obviously, of course.One has to wonder what Sen. Graham's reaction would be if, oh, President Obama \"joked\" about calling up the military to force Congress to reverse budget cuts on his favorite programs.I would say there are some jokes a high government official shouldn't make.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51524,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/lindsey-graham-thinks-the-confederate-battle-flag-works-for-south-carolina.html","url_meta":{"origin":46173,"position":1},"title":"Lindsey Graham thinks the Confederate battle flag &quot;works&quot; for South Carolina","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Jun-15 4:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The flag represents to some people a civil war and that was the symbol of one side. 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That the side that lost the civil war against the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52013,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/31\/it-doesnt-matter-whether-you-win-or-lose-you-still-lose.html","url_meta":{"origin":46173,"position":2},"title":"It doesn&#039;t matter whether you win or lose &#8230; you still lose","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 31-Jul-15 5:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Lindsey Graham seems to think that in war (say, a war between the US and Iran) one side or the other either \"wins\" or \"loses,\" and that our inevitable \"winning\" means all our problems are solved and everything would be better than it was before and puppies and unicorns and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37839,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/the-gop-keep-realizing-things-then-ignoring-them.html","url_meta":{"origin":46173,"position":3},"title":"The GOP keep realizing things, then ignoring them","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 16-Jun-13 6:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If you talk to most GOP leadership, they'll demonstrate they know exactly what they need to do to keep their party nationally relevant and capable of winning for the future. \u00a0And then they get back up in Congress and the campaign trail and say the same thing to their base\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":160317,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/111676630336345768.html","url_meta":{"origin":46173,"position":4},"title":"Lindsey folds. 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