Graham on Bipartisanship: 'The Country's Screwed'

This is not a good start for the Obama administration. This bill is full of useless spending that has nothing to do with creating jobs. This is why people (myself included) have such a poor opinion of Congress. Senator Graham's comment is right on.

If Republicans don't think this bill should have gone forward, why don't they "put their money where their mouth is," so to speak, and petition their states' mayors and governors to reject the funds that the bill allocates for their states? If you don't think your state should get them, have your governors and mayors send the money back.

Republicans are very much limited in their ability to think. They know only one solution: Tax cuts. WBush has cut taxe many times and for a long time and the result: Economic collapse

Not blue or red, just an American who still has a functioning frontal lobe and all I can say is: I told you so.

Bipartisanship right now should mean a shared commitment to this country and its people. All the political shows these days seem "off" somehow, not really tuned in to the pulse of the nation, to the worries and concerns of real Americans,to the palpable fear for the future, to the desire to see politicians understand these feelings and lead with confidence and maturity. Anybody with an ounce of sense realizes that any stimulus package will be a crap shoot. People just need to know that mature people are doing their best for this country and "accompanying" the American people in their difficulties.

Republicans have chosen to put country second -- behind their party. The President repeatedly tried to work with Republicans, but they attacked him, Democrats, mice, STD treatment, money for schools, money for roads, money for high-speed rail, money for broadband lines, money for unemployment benefits, money for weatherizing homes, and on and on... They found fault with everyone but themselves. Sometimes a simple look in the mirror will show you the biggest hindrance in your life.

Bipartisanship is a two-way street -- give AND take, not just take.

Puhlease. WATB. DC is wired to take itself seriously. Everyone is looking at the GOP and the DC pundits and saying "CLUELESS WATBs."

Why is it that only the Republicans are viewed as partisan when 100% of Senate democrats voted for the stimulus and only 7 out of 435 voted against it in the House? Apparently lockstep is okay for the democrats but bad for republicans. Everyone should be asking themselves how it is that any of these votes could have been made without actually reading and understanding what they were voting for.

The Republican definition of bipartisanship is do it my way. They were the same way when Clinton was President on his economic proposal. Country First was and is only a phony campaign slogan.

Why characterize as "debate" the Republican repetitions of the party line? Senator Graham's outrageous assertions of the talking points just added to the echo chamber. I turned off the program. It's not news OR opinion, just a chance for Republicans to deny their responsibility for our financial disaster. Why let them go on fulminating?

Lindsay Graham is a gutless swine.

WHO THE H*** CARES WHAT REPUBLICANS THINK ANYWAY?

THEY DESTROYED THIS COUNTRY'S ECONOMY AND NOW THEY SUDDENLY KNOW BEST?

LINDSAY: "SCREW" YOURSELF.

All of the republicans who are saying they were not "invited" into the process. Why should there be an invitation for them to do their elected jobs? The media seems to be letting them off the hook because I've heard the question asked only a few times and the question is "what is your plan?" not one of them offered one. Rep. Cantor said a plan was in the works but could not offer one single idea that did not include a tax cut. The idea that republicans are saying that the stimulus package was robbing the next generation but, nobody spoke of the amendment that Senator McCain and his colleagues introduced that would cost $2.5 trillion dollars. What was that amendment going to do? I will be the first to say that democrats are not always on point with everything but, at least they are doing something to fix the lesser of us. If republicans want to be seen credible they need to stop the glaring hypocrisy.

Graham = LOSER!

Alex -

What you are suggesting is welfare! Pay taxes but get nothing in return? Have some sense my friend.

to smut you better be pulling for graham to help get us out of this obama mess

50 million dollar for the arts? why is that a function of government to bail out artists who can't sell there stuff on the open market. We need to repeal the 16th amendment and give the people back their money. if the people have their money back they will spend it . Let the government do what the rest of us have to do and live within a budget.

Senator Graham didn't think the country was "screw" when he joined ranks along party lines for the past 8 years. This man wouldn't know bipartisanship if his life depends on it. Sooo, why is he there anyway? If he truly cared about his country and not his party, where was him in the past 8 years. Why didn't he go to the then President to stop the jobs and housing slide? This is a game that is designed by the Republican party to discredit the President. Stop your bickering and get behind the Ameican people, sir.

The country may be screwed but Senator Graham should know by now who screwed it. Republicans have a lot of nerve talking about spending and bipartisanship, since both were the hallmark of the Bush presidency for the last 8 years. I may easily grant that some of the early steps in the Obama administration were less than perfect, but yes, we won, and we want another direction. That's what the Grahams of the country don't seem to understand.

WELL I CAN SEE THIS IS A DEMOCRAT LEG TINGLING GEORGE CRYING BLOG ANTOHER OBAMA KOOL-AID DRINKING PLACE SO WHEN THIS WORLD FOLDS DONT SAY THE REPUBS DIDNT WARN YOU

I hope Graham is wrong, but it seems like the Republicans are doing all they can to make sure bipartisanship never has a shot and to fulfill their prophecies about the country "being screwed." Does Senator Graham not realize that his party pretty well screwed this country before Obama was even a blip on the radar screen? It's time to make at least an attempt to work together to find a solution. This war on the new administration is not helpful to the American people.

seem kind of funny that now the repubs are the fiscal hawks,were where they when bush was flushing the usa down the toilet with a 3 trillion dollar war in iraq let's face it the repubs wont help put this country back on it's feet so let them cry all they wont because 2010 is coming and they will lose more seats anyway!!!

There they go again - the old fear tactic. That's what the Repubs do best - if you don't do it their way, oh my goodness, we're in for a terrible time. I hope the next time an election comes, more of them are voted out.

I see the left wing nuts are thick today.... I fool and his money soon part company..... Obama planted fear into some fools and they bought it.... He will not be elected again and you'll see Dem's losing seats in the next round... Until then... God help us all...

hey you think that {W}LEFT US IN GREAT shape do what i voted you in there for democrats ram it up there ass i agree with the congresswomen except she put it nicely get the f%&k out the way these republicans they know nothing about suffering they left this for obama me myself i think he was crazy for wanting the job im one of those little people that could use the help a job move out the wat you war mongering foolyou and your so called love for the bible i believe in GOD JESUS and if im reading right 95%of the so called republican will be joining a lot of us in the oven

Republicans persecuted Clinton for years and they just tried to do the same to Obama. Obama needs to stay strong against them, because BUSH/CHENEY AND THE REPUBLICANS SCREWED our coutnry to the point where we are in dire straights. I SAY IF BI-PARTISAN MEANS THAT REASON AND DEMOCRATS PREVAIL...THEN THANK THE LORD!!!!!!