Business Insider: Lindsey Graham on the Republican Party after Trump - 'We either get smarter or die'
Sen. Lindsey Graham characterized the crisis facing the Republican Party in grim terms on Friday, saying that the party needs to adapt or die after the 2016 presidential election.
The South Carolina senator called the matchup between Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, a "race to the bottom."
During a talk at The Common Good Forum in New York on Friday, Foreign Affairs managing editor Jonathan Tepperman asked Graham what would happen to the Republican Party after the election.
Graham responded, "We either get smarter or die."
"If we win, it will be because we suck more than the other side," Graham continued. "This is a race to the bottom, and I think we have a slightly faster car."
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NY Daily News: The Common Good summit aims to tackle U.S., global issues to bring meaningful change
Some of the brightest minds in national security, economics and government will gather Friday to discuss current U.S. and global challenges.
The forum, sponsored by the nonprofit group The Common Good, is designed to promote an exchange of ideas free from partisan politics that could lead to meaningful change.
"There is a real sense of frustration and anger in the country — even as the economy has rebounded," said the group's founder Patricia Duff. "A lot of people are feeling left behind."
Duff said that while those emotions have energized campaigns during the current presidential election cycle, fewer people are identifying with political parties.
"Our challenges are huge, yet we are not looking at them with a big vision," she said.
The diverse group of panelists expected at the University Club in Midtown includes retired Gen. David Petraeus, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, veteran newsman Ted Koppel and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
"I think our politics have failed us for a number of years by insisting you can't compromise, you shouldn't work with the other side," Duff said. "We have to find ways of working together."
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New York Social Diary: Liz Smith - The Tone and The Tongues
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“THE ONLY pro, or crypto Nazi I can think of is yourself.”
“Now, listen you queer, quit calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.”
So it went between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley in 1968, on the air, over ABC-TV during the 1968 Presidential campaign.
Yes, children, a lack of civility is not a 21st century phenomenon.
Prepping for the big fight.
ON July 13th, in Manhattan, there will be a screening of the documentary, “Best of Enemies,” which focuses on the fiery clashes between Vidal and Buckley, during the incendiary political year of 1968. Directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville, this pretty much puts to rest the idea that people beating each other up, on TV, is something new. The film is subtitled “2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be The Same.” Indeed! From then on, tongues were looser, language more extreme — remember Joe Pyne, or David Susskind? (Susskind could be a nasty piece of work, but he preferred to sit back, smirk, and watch his guests go at each other.)
The screening is hosted by The Common Good. Call 212-599-7040 for tix and location
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