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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLil' Lindsey Graham is intent on "putting wood on" Rand Paul. One of his aides confirmed it.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham may still be weighing whether to run for president, but he already has a strategy distancing himself from fellow senator Rand Paul.
In TV appearances, on the campaign trail, and even in private fundraisers, Graham, an Air Force reservist and one of his partys most prominent defense hawks, has gone after Paul repeatedly and by name, casting him as weak-kneed and unwilling to protect the country from aggressors.
In interviews, Graham aides said he was laying out a plan to position himself as Pauls foil, and will repeatedly contrast his foreign policy positions to that of the Kentucky senators more isolationist views, especially in debates. They believe that going after Paul or putting wood on him, in the words of one aide drives attention to Graham and, at a time of rising concern about threats from abroad, helps establish himself as the hawk of the Republican field.
Its nothing personal, not at all, Graham insisted in a telephone interview on Wednesday, one day before Paul stumped in his home state, pointing out that the two had once played golf together. My problem with Rand Paul is foreign policy. Hes a libertarian and I come from a more traditional Republican perspective.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/lindsey-graham-rand-paul-2016-116837.html
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Lil' Lindsey Graham is intent on "putting wood on" Rand Paul. One of his aides confirmed it. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2015
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notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)1. yeah, but who's gonna bring the lighter fluid for this bbq?
My money is on little Rand himself.
underpants
(182,950 posts)2. He said "wood"
Lindsey is going to get a lot of Viagra if he plans on chasing Rand around the country to "put wood on him"
Erose999
(5,624 posts)3. Whats really going on in that picture? Looks like the dead possum on top of Randroids head is all
tingly.