"I.M.F. Can Provide Stability" Senator Lindsey Graham

There has been some coverage of the "hot mic" comment Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made to Secretary of State John Kerry on the Senate Floor.   As a point of clarification, what the Senator actually said was: "Hey, John, Good Job. Let me know what I can do to help with Boehner." The Senator was referring to the Ukraine/IMF situation.  Of course, opponents of the Senator are already taking the comments out of context and making making a mountain out of a mole hill.  

Actually, Senator Graham's comments are no different today than what he said yesterday as was printed in the NY Times and read “...A group of officials from President George W. Bush's administration sent a letter of support on Wednesday signed by Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state; Paul H. O'Neill and John W. Snow, the former treasury secretaries; Tom Ridge, the former homeland security secretary; and Stephen J. Hadley, the former national security adviser." Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said he "was trying to persuade House Republicans to support the I.M.F. changes." He went on to say, "International organizations like the I.M.F. can provide stability at a time we really need it. It's a strategic tool for U.S. foreign policy. We would be shortsighted not to embrace these reforms."

Should you see this story or these comments being blown out of proportion, taken out of context or distorted, please feel free to use the explanation above to clarify for those spreading the lies. Those poor souls just need to learn to read...the rest of the story.  Bless Their Hearts!

This is a link to the New York Times articles referenced above: 

 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/europe/ukraine-washington.html?_r=0

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