Having primary challengers is not the same thing as being primaried (like Eric Cantor was PRIMARIED) but I’m not trying to be obtuse or argue semantics with you.
To answer your question, the problem is the same problem with all these voters who keep re-electing these turds (Graham isn’t the only one, the majority of Republican congressmen and almost all of the senate are turds); “BuT mY gUY iS oNE of ThE GoOD gUyS!”
Conservative voters are like battered spouses - they take the lies, betrayals, and abuse for five years and then when election time comes the turd (in this case Grahamnasty) puts out a few ads, does a few hannity interviews, call their Republican primary opponents socialists, and they get re-elected.
We need to figure out a way to break the cycle. I personally will not vote for an incumbent Republican in any primary (I did break that rule to vote for Trump), no matter how good I think ‘my guy’ might be; but more people need to vote that way.
Cantor lost because he was an arrogant piece of shit. He didn’t even campaign or talk to any of his constituents; he was above them. I’ve heard and seen lots of Graham ads talking about how he fights for Donald Trump, etc, and I’m not even in SC. That's how he fends off primaries.
It’s not just SC. It’s everywhere. The longer a politician is in office the more likely they are to be corrupted by DC. Coincidentally, they also get better at lying to their constituents come election time and have larger war chests to fend off primary challengers, who are almost always the underdog.
Look at any of the PACs controlled by Mitch McConell (“the senate leadership fund paid for the content of this ad” etc) and you will find corrupted swamp monsters at the receiving end of those ads.
We need new blood in DC, but unless patriots are willing to get off their asses and vote against incumbents in the primaries, it will only continue to get worse.
Graham WAS "PRIMARIED." Three Republicans ran against him. Six years ago, five or six Republicans ran against him.
Hence, my question: What is wrong with [the people of] South Carolina?
Having primary challengers is not the same thing as being primaried (like Eric Cantor was PRIMARIED) but I’m not trying to be obtuse or argue semantics with you.
To answer your question, the problem is the same problem with all these voters who keep re-electing these turds (Graham isn’t the only one, the majority of Republican congressmen and almost all of the senate are turds); “BuT mY gUY iS oNE of ThE GoOD gUyS!”
Conservative voters are like battered spouses - they take the lies, betrayals, and abuse for five years and then when election time comes the turd (in this case Grahamnasty) puts out a few ads, does a few hannity interviews, call their Republican primary opponents socialists, and they get re-elected.
We need to figure out a way to break the cycle. I personally will not vote for an incumbent Republican in any primary (I did break that rule to vote for Trump), no matter how good I think ‘my guy’ might be; but more people need to vote that way.
The purpose--and result-- is the same. And Cantor is no longer on The Hill because he lost a primary challenge.
That hasn't happened in SC, where voters continue to choose Graham as the Republican candidate.
Cantor lost because he was an arrogant piece of shit. He didn’t even campaign or talk to any of his constituents; he was above them. I’ve heard and seen lots of Graham ads talking about how he fights for Donald Trump, etc, and I’m not even in SC. That's how he fends off primaries.
It’s not just SC. It’s everywhere. The longer a politician is in office the more likely they are to be corrupted by DC. Coincidentally, they also get better at lying to their constituents come election time and have larger war chests to fend off primary challengers, who are almost always the underdog.
Look at any of the PACs controlled by Mitch McConell (“the senate leadership fund paid for the content of this ad” etc) and you will find corrupted swamp monsters at the receiving end of those ads.
We need new blood in DC, but unless patriots are willing to get off their asses and vote against incumbents in the primaries, it will only continue to get worse.
And isn't your last sentence essentially what I've been posting? (Answer: Yes.)