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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLindsey Graham is asking nothing but rhetorical questions and making shit up.
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Lindsey Graham is asking nothing but rhetorical questions and making shit up. (Original Post)
Lint Head
Jan 2013
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srican69
(1,426 posts)1. who likes this prick !! why do people vote for this asshole
I realise that asking rhetorical questions and making things up is actually what he does for a living (on the taxpayers' dime), but what is he bloviating about today?
The Blue Flower
(5,443 posts)3. Framing his argument as the woman defending her children
Sheer evil in light of the fact that the whole point of this exercise is to protect our children.
lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)4. That's to be expected.
Simply because he has an (R) behind his name.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,185 posts)5. The only interesting/informative part of these hearings is the witnesses.
Otherwise, it's just an opportunity for the committee members to use most of their time giving a half-assed political speech to their fans. Occasionally, we get to see a witness throwing it right back in some jerk's face (see: Hillary Clinton), but it's usually much sound and fury signifying nothing.