Graham, DeMint To Oppose Debt Deal

By Alexander Bolton - 08/01/11 11:35 AM ET

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) announced Monday he will oppose a deal to raise the debt limit by between $2.1 trillion and $2.4 trillion, putting pressure on House Republicans.

Graham’s opposition is significant because it will make it difficult for any of the five Republicans in South Carolina’s House delegation to support the deal.

“I cannot in good conscience support this deal. Simply stated, it locks us into more debt, bigger government and most devastating of all, a weakened defense infrastructure at a time when we face growing threats,” Graham said in a statement released Monday morning.
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DeMint said he will not allow a Senate vote until he and his staff have had a chance to thoroughly review the legislation.

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This deal opens the door to republicans being able to cut the pentagon budget.
That - cutting the pentagon - may be what the whole show was all about.

A dem can say cut the pentagon budget, but when a republican asks for cuts he gets cut. Graham knows that and that is the only reason he is against this deal... it puts the pentagon at serious risk of losing billions of dollars of 'free' money.

Graham's Momma didn't raise no fool. He understands that the triggers are far more damaging to the GOP than to the Dem priorities.

Color me shocked :sarcasm:

This is just disgusting hypocrisy from Lindsey Graham. I do not support this debt ceiling deal at all, but the reasons that Lindsey Graham gives are just completely bunk. This guy was the leading rubber stamper in Congress of the Bush presidency, and he has some nerve to say that he will vote again a bill that "locks us into more debt", when he was one of the worst offenders during W's presidency and said nary a word. Fuck him. Seriously. Fuck him. You have no idea how mad that comment made me. Look at your record, Lindsey!

If so, he needs to start loving tax hikes too.