Graham on McCain: CBS 10/10/08

Lindsey Graham, Doug Wilder and Bob Schieffer on John McCain
"Face the Nation" 10:35pm
Interview/Panel

TRANSCRIPTION
LINDSEY GRAHAM: [O]bama who's masquerading as a centrist is anything but a centrist when it comes to taxing, spending and social policy [...]. I think the [Obama] campaign hit an all-time low, from my point of view. When you have a statement issued by John Lewis from Georgia, saying that Senator McCain and Sarah Palin are conducting themselves in a way like George Wallace, inspiring hatred is an absolute offense to people like me who are close friends to John McCain, to all of his supporters and we're not gonna be intimidated by this playing the race card simply because Senator Obama's record has been attacked in a very fair way. The rhetoric and the record don't match when it comes to Senator Obama and this is not going to work. It may have worked with Clintons, but it's not going to work with us.

[airs clip of McCain saying Obama is an honorable family man]

BOB SCHIEFFER: So, Senator Graham apparently even John McCain thinks this thing may have gotten over the line.

GRAHAM: Well let me tell you about being over the line. Millions of dollars of money have been spent by Obama against Senator McCain [...]. [Obama's] campaign is quite frankly awash with money because he broke his word; he opted out of public funding. We can't be responsible for what one person says at a rally surrounded by a thousand, but John McCain has never conducted himself, in any way, to incite hatred. He has compared his record to that of Senator Obama in a fair way, in a firm way and will keep doin' it.

The idea that John McCain and Sarah Palin are conducting themselves like George Wallace is just incredibly offensive to me and all those who support Senator McCain and we're not gonna take this. We're going to challenge Senator Obama's record versus his rhetoric.

[...]

DOUG WILDER: You know when you hear Senator Graham say that they can't be responsible for one person, putting the cover all over the McCain campaign yet he just put Obama down because of what John Lewis had to say [...].

[...]

GRAHAM: [N]ow's the time to lower tax rates for investors, capital gains tax, dividends tax rates, to make sure that we can get the economy jump-started. The worst thing we could do now, Bob is to increase federal spending and increase taxes on small business like Senator Obama would propose or mandate, from the federal government, health care requirements on individuals and business with fines if you don't comply. [T]he $700B that will be interjected into the economy needs to go to Main St. not just Wall Street. So, if you're in a home now, where you owe more on the home than the home's worth, adjustable rate mortgages are coming into play now, we'd give people a chance for primary residents to re-finance your home at the actual value [...]

LG2 JM CBS 10-12-08 10.35 (JR#538)

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• McCain
• tracking
• angry
• economy
• taxes

[thinkrevolution]

Lindsey Graham is such an idiot.

[UGOTDAJACK]

The whole world would love to hang George Bush, it's not just the democrats.

[sewerface]

Why don't you start your own YouTube, run it how you like and mind your business?

[NoObamain08]

As if democrats haven't been inspiring hatred against Bush for years now. Now they're trying to tie McCain to Bush as well. There is plenty of hate to go around.

[MystikWizard]

You can just read Lindsey Graham's face. He knows the McCain campaign is in BIG Trouble. His Senate Seat is also up in South Carolina, as well.

[truth1234567890]

But McCain and Palin were inciting hatred...and they really seemed to be enjoying the crowd response.And they failed to immediately express disapproval letting the mob mentality build to a frightening level.

[Waranle]

Post the whole video thanx