Weldon was taking me to task for not knowing my business because I didn’t know who Neils Bohr was (just kidding), and suggested I didn’t know who Sean Hannity was, either, and he was sort of right, but I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction, so I let on that I knew who he was, because I had heard the name, more than once.
And then, speak of the devil, it turns out he’s been helping out Lindsey Graham. So he must be OK, or at least have his good side, right?
Anyway, I just got this release — the first one I remember getting from this campaign that Shell Suber just joined, as you read here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Scott Farmer
July 16, 2007Graham Breaks $4 Million Cash-on-Hand Mark
Raises $1.75 Million in First Half of 2007COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s re-election campaign has now gone over the $4 million cash-on-hand mark.
Early reports suggest Graham’s $4.04 million will once again rank as the 3rd highest cash-on-hand figure among the twenty-one Republican Senators up for re-election in 2008. Graham trailed only the Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ($5.7 million cash-on-hand) and Senator John Cornyn of Texas ($5.6 million cash-on-hand) who represents the nation’s second-largest state.
Graham raised $543,616.77 over the past three months and collected a total of $1.75 million since the beginning of the year. The quarterly financial report, covering receipts and expenditures from April 1 through June 30, was filed this weekend with the Secretary of the Senate.
“Senator Graham is deeply appreciative of the strong showing of support, financial and otherwise, and will continue to provide a leadership role in the United States Senate,” said campaign manager Scott Farmer. “Whether it is supporting the War on Terror, fighting to confirm conservative judges, securing our nation’s borders or any other difficult issue, Senator Graham has stepped up time and time again. South Carolinians have come to expect strong leadership from their Senators, and that’s exactly what they’ve received during Lindsey Graham’s first term in the Senate. We look forward to sharing Senator Graham’s conservative record of achievement and leadership with voters in South Carolina.”
In the second quarter, Vice President Dick Cheney was the Featured Guest at a reception in Washington benefiting the campaign. All Republican U.S. Senators endorsed Graham in his re-election bid and served as Co-Chairs for the event. At the reception the Vice President called Senator Graham “one of the outstanding members of the Senate.” He continued, “The President and I were delighted to help in his very first campaign for the Senate back in 2002… We are delighted to stand with him again to be certain he gets re-elected to the United States Senate.”
Conservative talk show host and television commentator Sean Hannity also headlined a May luncheon in Columbia for the campaign. During the luncheon Hannity remarked, “Senator Graham, you have been steadfast. You have never wavered. You have never vacillated. Your commitment has been one thousand percent.” Video of Hannity’s full remarks can be found at www.lindseygraham.com
- Lindsey Graham for Senate Cash-on-Hand: $4,040,395.93
- Total Receipts for the Second Quarter of 2007: $543,616.77
- Total Disbursements for the Second Quarter of 2007: $185,195.57
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Isn’t it great that we South Carolinians are represented by a guy who can raise a lot of money? And that he has PR people who feel that news is important to the people of South Carolina? I think in the “spin” business, this is called “damage control” — i.e. when the candidate takes a stand on giving amnesty to illegal immigrants and then is soundly beaten down, come out with some boilerplate fluff that shows just how much cash Senator Graham has taken in — apparently the message is supposed to be that everybody loves Lindsey. You know, because people give large sums of money to politicians because they like them, not because they expect something in return. Not in America!
What exactly qualifies someone to write this kind of drivel? I mean besides drinking the Kool-aid and a GED?
The K Street “inside the beltway” lobbyist are working overtime for Mr. Graham.
The GOP ruled for 16 years, was in love with the money from K Street, and forgot how and why they were sent to DC in the first place. Now they have been turned out, and I think the public is not through yet with its rage against the GOP.
Most of the money he has does not represent votes in SC. It represents special interest out of state cash designed to purchase in state votes. It is for this reason he is called “A Sell Out”. I will never vote for him again, and I think many GOP primary voters think the same way…regardless of how much cash special interest has given him.
I haven’t had Kool-Aid since I was a kid, but I might be open to a GED if that’s not too fancy. It doesn’t have citrus in it, does it? I can’t drink anything with citrus and alcohol in it; I don’t know why — I always end up with the dry heaves, and no buzz.
Like I say, I like to be open-minded, so I might try one of your GEDs once. But I prefer beer.
I thought a GED was a high school diploma for those who didn’t actually finish high school.
But I hear beer is more popular with those people, too.