US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to GOP: Let us screw you again

My Way News:

"'I am sorry for letting you down when it comes to spending your money,' Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told several hundred delegates Saturday. 'We're going to turn it around and if we don't, we're going to be in trouble' in November.
"He apologized for the lobbyist scandal that has tarnished the Republican majorities in Congress.
"He apologized for Republican-run Washington failing to stand up to China and India on trade matters.
"And, finally, Graham urged activists to make sure the party returns to its roots before Election Day.
"'We're not going to win by being Democrats,' he said. 'Conservatism sells.'"
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"Graham, who backed McCain in 2000 and would again in 2008, suggested that McCain wants Republican voters to view him as Bush's heir in fighting terrorism, but his own man on fiscal responsibility.
"'If you believe the party has drifted from fiscal conservatism, you'll have no greater advocate than John McCain,' Graham told reporters."

This, in a nutshell, is what's wrong with the GOP these days.

Maybe I missed it, but I don't remember the time that McCain and Graham stood up to vote "No" on the budget or the time they went up to the White House to demand that Bush veto one of those pork barrel monstrosities. Do you?

US Sen. Bill Frist's victory in the 2008 straw poll means nothing since attendees at Southern Republican Confrences are not delegates representing anyone but only acting privately and attendance is always skewed toward the area where the meeting is held. I used to attend these biennial confabs back in the 70s - some speeches and seminars, lots of informal gabfests and a good bit of drinking - the perfect holiday for political junkies.

For the present, I am backing US Sen. George Allen (R-VA). The reason is less ideological - I hardly trust what any politician says anymore - than personal. I met George when he started law school at UVa and liked him very much. Maybe I'd get an invite to the inauguration for old time's sake if I give him a grand or two for his presidential race.