Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boycott 2014 Olympics If Russia Grants Snowden Asylum by Jongsstraw

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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boycott 2014 Olympics If Russia Grants Snowden Asylum

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UPDATED: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 16:26
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:56 PM

"Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama should consider boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia if Edward Snowden received asylum from that country.

“I would,” the South Carolina Republican told The Hill. "I would just send the Russians the most unequivocal signal I could send them.

"It might help, because what they're doing is outrageous," Graham added. "We certainly haven't reset our relationship with Russia in a positive way. At the end of the day, if they grant this guy asylum, it's a breach of the rule of law as we know it and is a slap in the face to the United States."

Snowden, 30, is charged with espionage for leaking details about National Security Agency programs that collected information on millions of Americans’ telephone calls and Internet activity.

He officially filed a request for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday, pledging to honor Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands that he stop leaking information that could damage the United States, the Hill reports.

Snowden has been holed up for weeks in Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.

Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the first U.S. senator to tie the Olympics to Snowden, the Hill reports.

While other Capitol Hill lawmakers have suggested that Obama respond strongly if Russia grants asylum, many were reluctant to suggest an Olympic boycott.

"There’s many things we can do, but I think the experience of canceling the Olympics the last time around wasn't very good," Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who also sits on the Armed Services Committee, told the Hill.

Both the U.S. and Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics in the 1980s. President Jimmy Carter boycotted the Summer Olympics in Moscow in 1980 over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Four years later, the Soviets boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Russia is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which is on Russia’s Black Sea coast near the border with Georgia. The Games are to begin on Feb. 7.

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Hey Lindsey.... screw you! You're not gonna deny me the opportunity to experience the wonder and purity of The Olympic Games.....

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:10 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Umm... how about FUCKING HELL NO ???

Stupid ass idea back in 1980, and even dumber now.

Good grief.

( Oksana may have grown up crazy as hell and a full blown drunk, but man, she was a doll back in the day )

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:38 PM

WHOZIT

We should boycott South Carolina, but I can't think of a reason to go there in the first place.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:00 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by whozit:
We should boycott South Carolina, but I can't think of a reason to go there in the first place.

Charleston is pretty cool, and there are some very nice beaches. Clemson's a decent campus to go watch college football. Gotta swing by the Esso club, after the game.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:48 PM

JONGSSTRAW

South Carolina's Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie have some of the best bass and crappie fishing on the east coast. Right off I-95, just rent a small jon boat and a few cane poles from one of the many fish camps and you're all set for a great time. Plus for you history buffs, you're in Swamp Fox country.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:26 PM

JONGSSTRAW

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:

Oksana may have grown up crazy as hell and a full blown drunk,

She did? I didn't know that. How sad, she seemed to have it all going for her.

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, but man, she was a doll back in the day

Oh yes, hence the posting of that particular video. Saw it 18 years ago, and said damn, that's not your typical skating routine!

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