Lindsey Graham: ‘White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency’ (Audio)

Posted by | October 30, 2014 08:30 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told a few jokes in a private gathering this month that was recorded because it’s 2014. In the audio recording of his comments which were provided to CNN, Graham can be  heard saying in the closed door, all male meeting, “I’m trying to help you with your tax status. I’m sorry the government’s so f—ed up. If I get to be president, white men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.”

“We got any Presbyterians here? We got any Baptists? They’re the ones that drink and don’t admit it.”, Graham can be heard saying in another clip.

Two separate South Carolina Democrats received the recordings from a person using an anonymous Gmail address and gave them to CNN.

Graham confirmed that the recordings were genuine.

Graham said that he made the comments several weeks ago at a meeting of the Hibernian Society of Charleston, the Irish-Catholic charity organization that sometimes hosts big-name politicians for irreverent and frequently bawdy speeches.

CNN reports:

Contacted about the recording, Graham’s campaign arranged for the senator to speak about the remarks by phone from South Carolina.

The Hibernian Society hosts an annual St. Patrick’s Day banquet that, in the past, has been headlined by top political figures like Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I have never been to the Gridiron Dinner, but it’s a little like that,” Graham said.

His October visit to the society was a separate event, he said, but the spirit was the same.

“I hope this doesn’t reflect poorly on the club,” he said. “They are great guys.”

Graham said he was making fun of the society’s all-male membership, joking that they were the last such organization in existence after Augusta National Golf Club admitted women.

As for the Baptist riff, Graham said he regularly teases South Carolina audiences about their various religious denominations, before making a larger point about religious liberty in the United States and warning about the threat of radical Islam overseas.

Watch:

“White men in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency,” sounds more like the truth than a joke.

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43 responses to Lindsey Graham: ‘White Men In Male-Only Clubs Are Going To Do Great In My Presidency’ (Audio)

  1. Larry Schmitt October 30th, 2014 at 12:06

    I love when Jon Stewart does his Lindsey impersonation as Aunt Pittypat from GWTW. It’s hysterical.

  2. Larry Schmitt October 30th, 2014 at 12:06

    I love when Jon Stewart does his Lindsey impersonation as Aunt Pittypat from GWTW. It’s hysterical.

  3. VALERIE MARTIN October 30th, 2014 at 12:08

    haha!
    that’s a real knee-slapper!!
    Boy! You Republicans are

    Frickin’ HILARIOUS!
    (not so much)

  4. WILLDYE4U October 30th, 2014 at 12:08

    haha!
    that’s a real knee-slapper!!
    Boy! You Republicans are

    Frickin’ HILARIOUS!
    (not so much)

  5. Boehner-Monkey October 30th, 2014 at 12:25

    I was going to vote Republican but they are becoming too gay.

  6. Boehner Monkey October 30th, 2014 at 12:25

    ~~lookin’ for some hot stuff, Lindsey this evenin’~~

  7. SC Political Digest October 30th, 2014 at 13:58

    Graham should not be ashamed of successful white men
    Liberals are making a big deal of nothing. Read:
    http://scdigest.blogspot.com/2014/10/graham-should-not-be-ashamed-of.html

  8. Larry Schmitt October 30th, 2014 at 15:15

    The only thing Lindsey Graham will be president of is one of those all male all white clubs.

  9. Larry Schmitt October 30th, 2014 at 15:15

    The only thing Lindsey Graham will be president of is one of those all male all white clubs.

  10. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 20:48

    where does the Lindsey Graham pity party begin?

  11. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 21:48

    where does the Lindsey Graham pity party begin?

  12. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 20:54

    Lindsey Graham set the needle on my ‘gaydar’ into the red..

  13. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 21:54

    Lindsey Graham set the needle on my ‘gaydar’ into the red..

  14. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 21:14

    Who can argue with Mick Ronson on guitar?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8

  15. StoneyCurtisll November 23rd, 2014 at 22:14

    Who can argue with Mick Ronson on guitar?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8

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