Lyndsey Graham for Prez?

[Bluehawk]

Dunno, but I'm more and more liking what I am seeing of this guy:



(Source = Sen. Lyndsey Graham official site)

"Lindsey O. Graham was elected to serve as United States Senator on November 5, 2002.

A native South Carolinian, Graham grew up in Central, graduated from D.W. Daniel High School, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Graham logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an Air Force lawyer.

From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.

During the first Gulf War, Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region. His duties included briefing pilots on the law of armed conflict, preparing legal documents for deploying troops, and providing legal services for family members of the South Carolina Air National Guard. He received a commendation medal for his service at McEntire.

Since 1995, Graham has continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Reserve Judge to the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.

In 1988, Graham went into private law practice and in 1992 was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

In 1994, he became the first Republican to represent South Carolina's Third Congressional District in Washington since 1877.

Graham is known as a leader who never abandons his independence or strays from the conservative reform agenda. He has fought to balance the federal budget, provide tax relief to all taxpayers, keep our military adequately funded and prepared, return control of education back to parents and teachers, and ensure the government keeps its promises to America's greatest generation.

Graham lives in Seneca and is a member of Corinth Baptist Church.

He serves on four committees in the U.S. Senate: Armed Services, Judiciary, Budget, and Veterans Affairs."

[Hannibal]

I loved him during the first day of Alito hearings. the quote was something like this:

"Judge Alito, no one expets you to remember ever detail from 20+ years ago and we forgive you for that, hopefully you will forigve some of us when we say we cant remember the word 'Abramoff' "

Hillarious, the entire room was roaring after that one

Great guy for sure, I would vote for him,

-Jason

[odannyboy]

I like Hagel from Nebraska as being someone in the Republican Party who does not dance when the neocons pull the strings. There aint many of them left.

[Bluehawk]

sitrep as of 1.14.06

(Source: Senator Graham's official website)

"Defense and Military

Congress Improves Benefits for Military Personnel
Press Release, 12/22/2005

Senate Approves $100 Million for South Carolina Defense Projects
Press Release, 12/22/2005

Lindsey Graham to Witness Historic Iraqi Elections
Press Release, 12/13/2005

Statement on Presidential Address on Iraq
Press Release, 11/30/2005

Senate Passes Graham Detainee Plan
Press Release, 11/10/2005

Senate Passes Graham Detainee Plan
Press Release, 11/10/2005

Senate Approves $131 Million for South Carolina Defense Projects
Press Release, 10/17/2005

Senate Approves $79 Million for South Carolina Military Construction Projects
Press Release, 10/11/2005

Graham Amendment Reforms and Strengthens Guantanamo Bay to Make it More Effective in the War on Terror
Press Release, 10/06/2005

Graham Receives Military Coalitions Top Honor
Press Release, 09/15/2005

Graham Set to Offer Amendment Strengthening Presidential Role in Detaining Enemy Combatants
Press Release, 07/25/2005

Graham TRICARE EXPANSION Passes Senate
Press Release, 07/21/2005

Statement from Lindsey Graham on President Bush's Address to the Nation
Press Release, 06/28/2005

Transcript of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, General John Abizaid, and General George Casey
Floor Speech, 06/23/2005

Transcript of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, General John Abizaid, and General George Casey
Press Release, 06/23/2005

Graham Statement on Senator Durbin’s Comment
Press Release, 06/17/2005

Graham Statement on BRAC
Press Release, 05/13/2005

SELECT RESERVISTS CAN NOW SIGN UP FOR TRICARE
Press Release, 04/26/2005

Graham Announces $1 Million for Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Press Release, 03/25/2005

Bipartisan Group of Senators and Congressmen Join Graham to Introduce National Guard and Reserve Benefits Legislation
Press Release, 02/09/2005"