{"id":20556,"date":"2014-09-16T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20556"},"modified":"2014-09-16T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:37:21","slug":"lindsey-graham-is-afraid-that-we-will-all-get-killed-back-here-at-home-wdaily-show-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20556","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Is Afraid That We Will &#8220;All Get Killed Back Here At Home&#8221; (w\/Daily Show Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never let it be said that the Republican war hawks ever underestimated the threats that America faces at all times. Despite the fact that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, with largest military, and a defense budget that dwarfs the rest of the planet (in fact, we currently <a href=\"http:\/\/pgpf.org\/Chart-Archive\/0053_defense-comparison\" target=\"_blank\">spend more on defense<\/a> than the next 8 countries combined), some Americans think that we should be in permanent panic mode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/GOP\/graham-isil-kill.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Graham\" width=\"550\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20557\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Panic Caucus has got to be South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. This weekend he told John Roberts on Fox News Sunday that <em>&#8220;This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.&#8221;<\/em> That sober assessment can be illustrated by some examples of what would have to occur in order for that bloodcurdling outcome to be realized:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the estimated 30,000 ISIL fighters, each one would have to kill 12,000 Americans.<\/li>\n<li>ISIL would have to pull off the equivalent of 120,000 9\/11&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>A nation the size Monaco would have to be able to destroy the U.S. and wipe out its population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, with all their money they could just buy Phillip Morris, whose tobacco products kill 400,000 Americans a year. That&#8217;s more than a hundred times the number of Americans killed by Osama Bin Laden. But at the current rate of cigarette sonsumption they would still have to wait about a thousand years for the victims to die off, and then assume that none of them procreate. The upside being that it would be perfectly legal and even profitable.<\/p>\n<p>So Sen. Graham&#8217;s paranoia leads him to insist that President Obama <em>&#8220;rise to the occasion&#8221;<\/em> and do what exactly? Graham and his ilk say that we should put more <em>&#8220;boots on the ground,&#8221;<\/em> which ironically is just what ISIL wants us to do. They would then have more American targets on their battlefield and the prospect of more captives whom they could feature in future execution videos. These right-wing war mongers still can&#8217;t explain why that is a better option than having Iraqis and other regional soldiers carry the burden of policing their own neighborhood.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/News-Corpse\/117899091558228?v=wall\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Like me on Facebook\">Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Jon Stewart handled it on The Daily Show:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:thedailyshow.com:6489d794-ca27-44d3-8616-828216f4b2f9\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyshow.cc.com\/\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/b><br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyshow.cc.com\/full-episodes\/\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyshow.cc.com\/videos\">Daily Show Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never let it be said that the Republican war hawks ever underestimated the threats that America faces at all times. Despite the fact that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, with largest military, and a defense budget that dwarfs the rest of the planet (in fact, we currently spend more on defense than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Daily Show Captures Sen. Graham's Fear That We Will \"All Get Killed Back Here At Home\"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,692,16],"tags":[82,83,1105,1146],"class_list":["post-20556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-terrorism","category-wankery","tag-daily-show","tag-jon-stewart","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-terrorism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-5ly","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60942,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60942","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":0},"title":"Trump Has a Manic Meltdown Over His Sycophant Lindsey Graham Disagreeing with Him on Abortion","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/9\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday Donald Trump delivered what he claimed was his official position on abortion. But his five minute video was more a display of cowardice than anything else as he whined and waffled, attempting to walk a fine line wherein he wouldn't offend anyone who might disagree with whatever stance\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-bad-boy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-bad-boy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-bad-boy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24248,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=24248","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":1},"title":"2015: Happy News Fears Day","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/1\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We made it. It's 2015 and with the new year stretching out before us there is a sense of new hope. At least the hope that 2015 will be nothing like 2014. If there is one word that summarizes the media take on life in America for 2014 it is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Happy New Fears Day","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/happy-new-fears-2015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/happy-new-fears-2015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/happy-new-fears-2015.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54436,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54436","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":2},"title":"Lindsey Graham Tells Fox News that &#8216;There Will Be Riots in the Streets&#8217; if Trump is Prosecuted","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/29\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago bunker three weeks ago has yielded abundant evidence of crimes committed by the twice-impeached, former reality TV game show host. Not only were there at least 184 classified documents, but they were stored haphazardly in a conspicuously insecure location. Click here to Tweet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1475"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/lindsey-graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/lindsey-graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/lindsey-graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50053,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50053","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":3},"title":"Chicken-Hearted Lindsey Graham Says &#8216;I Will Go to War for the Principles of&#8230;&#8217; Chick fil-A?","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/14\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"During these turbulent times in a divided America it's useful to recall the old and inspirational saying that \"When the going gets tough, the tough chow down on fast food chicken.\" At least that would be the version of it told by Republican senator and Donald Trump lapdog, Lindsey Graham.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70326,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=70326","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":4},"title":"WTF? After Lauding Lindsey Graham, Trump Rants &#8216;We&#8217;re Trying to Have CNN Go On a Normal Path&#8217;?","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/12\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The unexpected passing of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has produced the highly expected eulogizes and criticisms that occur whenever a prominent political figure checks out. Graham was a complex character who once called Donald Trump a \u201cjackass\u201d and \u201ca race-baiting bigot,\u201d who was \"unfit for office,\" before becoming a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-graham-praying.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-graham-praying.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-graham-praying.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50468,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50468","url_meta":{"origin":20556,"position":5},"title":"Lindsey Graham Exposes His Impeachment Hypocrisies as He Attacks Biden on Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/21\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"There are few people in American politics who are more obsequious sycophants or shameless hypocrites than South Carolina's senior senator Lindsey Graham. For example, today Graham is a groveling toady for Donald Trump, but during the 2016 presidential election he referred to Trump as a \"jackass,\" and \"a race-baiting, xenophobic,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-trump-baby.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/graham-isil-kill.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20562,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions\/20562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}