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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTF??? Sen. Lindsey Graham: My first act as president would be sending the military after Congres
I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to, Graham said at an event in New Hamphsire over the weekend. Were not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We are not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/
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WTF??? Sen. Lindsey Graham: My first act as president would be sending the military after Congres (Original Post)
ashling
Mar 2015
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silverweb
(16,402 posts)1. Great idea, Lindsey.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Get yourself elected President so you can establish a military dictatorship.
The Founding Fathers would be so proud!
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)2. So, Graham would shift us from de facto police state to
overt military dicatatorship?
Hekate
(90,741 posts)3. These people really really want a police state, don't they?
They keep saying it, and I think it just goes over people's heads because it is so outrageous.
Marr
(20,317 posts)4. I do declare!
Segami
(14,923 posts)5. Go Get Em' General...
unblock
(52,273 posts)6. i know, i know, godwin's law; but didn't hitler do essentially that to get the enabling act passed?
tblue37
(65,456 posts)7. Hand over da money--or else!
ON EDIT: Isn't he one of those who squawk loudest that they think Obama acts like a dictator? Always IOKIYAR, of course.
LeftishBrit
(41,208 posts)8. Well, let's hope he doesn't get to be president then
because that's not democracy, that's military dictatorship.