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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:05 AM Mar 2015

WTF??? 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. “We’re 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 OP
Great idea, Lindsey. silverweb Mar 2015 #1
So, Graham would shift us from de facto police state to Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #2
These people really really want a police state, don't they? Hekate Mar 2015 #3
I do declare! Marr Mar 2015 #4
Go Get Em' General... Segami Mar 2015 #5
i know, i know, godwin's law; but didn't hitler do essentially that to get the enabling act passed? unblock Mar 2015 #6
Hand over da money--or else! tblue37 Mar 2015 #7
Well, let's hope he doesn't get to be president then LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #8

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
1. Great idea, Lindsey.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:13 AM
Mar 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Get yourself elected President so you can establish a military dictatorship.

The Founding Fathers would be so proud!



Hekate

(90,741 posts)
3. These people really really want a police state, don't they?
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:15 AM
Mar 2015

They keep saying it, and I think it just goes over people's heads because it is so outrageous.

tblue37

(65,456 posts)
7. Hand over da money--or else!
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:36 AM
Mar 2015

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
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:46 AM
Mar 2015

because that's not democracy, that's military dictatorship.

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