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  "Conservatism without a conscience is an ideology without a purpose."
  
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• Lindsey Graham: The Light in A Dark World

  
  Our political culture and government processes have become dark places of partisanship and bickering. Those from each side of the aisle form groups and never allow their minds to meet. We desire good policy and clean politics, yet we vote for and encourage the slimy stuff we see. In the darkness we call Washington political culture there is a light: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
  
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• Three things that mkae Lindsey stand out

  • What you see is what you get. There is nothing fake about him. He is the same on the Senate floor or on television as he is at church or the golf course.
  • You always know where he stands. He doesn't change his position based on the group to which he is talking. You may not agree with him 100% of the time on every issues, but at least he will be upfront about his opinion. One of the reasons he has been so effective in the Senate is that fellow Senators find him easy to work with and honest.
  • He is a good communicator. Weather it is the Rotary Club, a group of experts on hydroge fuel cell technology, a classroom of students, a constituent inneed of help, a national news program, or the floor of the U.S. Senate, he can relate to many types of people and commuicate in a way that is understood.

  Other Comments

  • The State newspaper recently referred to him as "the best U.S. Senator our state has had in decades. (The State, 6-24-2006).
  A political columnist wrote that Lindsey is "acquiring a reputation for candor, thoughtfulness, independence, and hard work...It doesn't take much digging to find that Sen. Graham is a public servant with an ethical compass. That's admirable." (Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer, 4-23-2006
  • Time Magazine recently named him one of the 10 "Up and Comers."
    He's effective, pushing through a bill last year to expand helath care for the guard and reserve. But his strength is stepping up to a big moral issue, like how far we should go in the war on terrorism, and making his voice heard." (Time Magazine, 4-17-2006).

• Ratings and Rankings

  • Lindsey Graham is a conservative who is willing to speak his mind. He scored a 96 rating last year from the American Conservative Union, the goldstandard of conservative congressional ratings. His lifetime rating of 91 is higher than the two highest ranking republicans in the Senate.
  • Lindsey was recently rated the 20th most powerful Senator by a nonpartisan company that tracks information on Congress. He was ranked the #1 most powerful member for those elected in 2002.

• Issues in which Lindsey had a key Role

  • Confirming two conservative Supreme Court nominees in Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito
  • securing TRICARE health insurance for members of the Guard and Reserve
  • voting to repeal the death tax permanently
  • fighting to reform Social Security for generations to come
  • working with President Bush to overhaul our nation's broken immigration system
  • forcing China to adjust the value of its undervalued currency that gives it an unfair trading advantage
  • working with President Bush to nominate and confirm Reggie Lloyd as the first permanent black U.S. attorney for South Carolina

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