Lindsey Graham on bachelorhood: I'm not 'defective'

[jakeXT]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he’s not “defective” because he’s single. While he’s “been close once” to marrying a woman, he’s unsure why he never did so. And he said that if voters want a John F. Kennedy-esque clan in the White House, they should look elsewhere.

“If you are looking for Camelot, I’m not your guy,” Graham said in an interview. “If you’re looking for glitz and glamour, I’m probably the worst choice in the bunch. If you are looking for a determined person to be president, I think I can fill that bill.”


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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Graham’s best friend in the Senate, offered this assessment: “I know he’s dated some attractive women from time to time, but I’ve never seen him get real serious.”

McCain added with a big laugh: “I’ve often told Lindsey that he couldn’t find anybody that loves him as much as he does.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/graham-on-bachelorhood-im-not-defective-118896.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. Of course he's defective. His personal life isn't why, though.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Maybe he's just misogynistic, plain and simple. nt

[monmouth4]

4. Or just creepy with a pasted on smille...Ugh. He's right though, definitely not the guy...n/t

[Xipe Totec]

6. I bet he has some skeletons in the closet. Literally. nt

[closeupready]

12. Or he just doesn't like female genitalia.

I don't either, but that doesn't mean I hate women anymore than it means you "hate men" because you like vaginas and breasts.

[fishwax]

3. Graham speaks the truth: "I’m probably the worst choice in the bunch"

“If you’re looking for glitz and glamour, I’m probably the worst choice in the bunch."

No need for that qualifying phrase, buddy. That's hardly the only way you're the worst of the bunch.

[B Calm]

5. I look for Sen. John McCain to endorse Lindsey Graham any day now. I

know it will be a real shocker.

[KamaAina]

7. That's it! Caribou Barbie can be his 'rotating first lady'!

It finally came to me when you mentioned McLoser.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Then he'd be single again real soon ...

... she won't complete a term in office ...

[KamaAina]

23. Snarf!

[madinmaryland]

24. Don't forget his other Sunday morning partner...

Joementum!!

[City Lights]

8. Um, you are defective, Lindsey, but it's not because you're single.

It's your views that make you defective.

[NorthCarolina]

9. But, but, but...the Presidency has traditionally always been

one man (President) and one woman (First Lady) the way god and the founding fathers intended it to be for the past 6000 years!

[onehandle]

10. Jackass. nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

13. Do you know something we don't know? Has he spoken to you of his sexual orientation?

[closeupready]

15. Are you homophobic? Is there something objectionable

about being gay? Or about being presumed to be gay?

[LanternWaste]

17. I'd imagine presupposing anyone's orientation, then predicating a premise on that supposition alone

I'd imagine presupposing anyone's orientation, then predicating a premise on that supposition alone, and lacking any relevant purpose, is in and of itself, objectionable.

[closeupready]

18. Which is completely NOT reality.

Certainly NOT the reality that any American is familiar with.

[Comrade Grumpy]

21. There's something objectionable about posts that use a candidate's sexual orientation against him.

Or his supposed sexual orientation. Or the way he handles it.

This is all rumor, gossip, and speculation, isn't it?

That's pretty shoddy, too.

[closeupready]

22. Graham puts his sexuality in issue by speculating himself

about the role of First Lady. McCain further puts Graham's sexuality in the spotlight by implying that the presence of 'attractive' ladies in Graham's life is a fact that would imply that Graham is at least bisexual.

On further edit, no, it's speculation about Graham's recent thou-dost-protest-too-much explanations as to why he's a lifelong bachelor.

The headline ITSELF implies that men who ARE bachelor's may be "defective". Bachelors (like me) rightly may take offense.

[JI7]

25. the friend talking about how they dated a lot of attractive

PEople of the opposite sex is actually kind of common. Trying to convince peole of something most know isn't true.

But McCain knows the truth and it's one of the reasons he didn't push anti gay agenda as other republicans have when running against Obama.

[diamondhead]

28. So true

Of course someone was going to jump on you about it, but you won't get that bullshit from me. Can anybody be 100% sure he's gay? Of course not. But sometimes you can tell, and yeah, he's likely gay, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. And it makes him a hypocrite, but it also makes one feel for the guy because I get it too why it may be a struggle to just come out with it, especially where he's from.

[closeupready]

30. Yes, he may not be gay, but if he is, THERE IS NOTHING wrong with that,

and to be honest, I really would respect it if, as a Republican, he came out of the closet. At least it's a start towards a road towards honesty.

But if he is and he's pretending to not be gay, then he's lying to himself, lying to the public, telling his constituents that gayness is shameful ... just fucked up on many levels.

(As a disclaimer, I'll confess that almost all of my friends are openly gay men. Hardly a profile of someone who consider gayness shameful.)

Cheers.

[hifiguy]

33. It's his general querulous weirdness and love of wars he will never fight in

that make him defective regardless of whether he is gay, straight or whatever. He is just a strange person in every way. Weird vibes emanate from him like heat waves off the grill.

[NightWatcher]

14. He should stop struggling with it so much and be what he wants to be

I'm not here to say what he is, but he seems to really be wrestling with things. That's no fun for anyone.

Straight, gay, bi, or non-sexual, he's the one who makes a big deal about it. Pick one and get on with the rest of your life.

[merrily]

19. IMO, DU should not be speculating about his orientation.

[LittleBlue]

20. I know why

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he’s not “defective” because he’s single. While he’s “been close once” to marrying a woman, he’s unsure why he never did so.

Unsure, huh?

[BeyondGeography]

26. This is sad

Oy.

[olddots]

27. I have no problem with his sexual orientation

but you gotta admit the guy is really GRIM .

[riversedge]

29. the media is bored-playing up a stupid thing of being single. who cares!!

[meow2u3]

31. Maybe he's asexual

Not that there's something wrong with being an ace. Just that there's something wrong with being a dictatorial asshole.

[gratuitous]

32. He felt the need to say this because . . .

"If you are looking for Camelot, I'm not your guy," Graham said. How about if I'm looking for La Cage aux Folles?