A town hall meeting with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) turned into an angry confrontation with raging Paulians, in which Graham said (as the audience hooted and shouted at him), “We’re not going to be the party of angry white guys.”

Might be too late for that, Sen. Graham.

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Here’s an article about Sen. Graham’s encounter with the GOP’s new base of “supporters:” ‘Chill out,’ Graham tells critics.

The 75-minute forum filled several sections of Furman University’s Timmons Arena and attracted demonstrators, critics with handheld cameras, shouts of “traitor” and “Sotomayor” - and a smattering of supporters.

Graham repeatedly told those who shouted to “chill out,” and addressed most of the hot-button issues that have rankled some in the state’s conservative epicenter, including an op-ed column he co-authored this week with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, which called for climate change legislation.

One man told Graham he had “betrayed” conservatism and made a “pact with the devil” by working with Democrats, and asked when Graham would switch parties.

Graham said he’s not going anywhere and instead would grow the party, defending his conservative credentials on such issues as abortion and guns, and calling the view of Libertarians who believe President Bush was a war criminal “nuts.”

“We’re not going to be the party of angry white guys,” Graham said to more shouts.

A woman who had been carrying a sign that condemned “unconstitutional, anti-Christ, socialist, federal, deficit-spending programs” told Graham “God does not compromise” and that he had violated his oath of office by supporting federal ideas, including health care reform that overstep states’ rights.