What happened to Lindsey Graham?

[Doodley]

I remember when he called Trump a race-bating xenophobic bigot. He was a moderate voice. Now he has ditched every principle he ever held. He has no empathy for anyone, apart from the man he dismissed as an irrelevant racist. He cannot even show empathy for a woman who says she was the victim of an attempted rape. People don't just change into a different person. Something happened. Something got to him. Something changed beyond all recognition. What happened?

[Siwsan]

1. My guess is Putin had a dossier on him, and it's been handed over to trump*

[TheBlackAdder]

47. He became a "Toady Stool"

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TOADY (Trump's Dick -and also- Someone Who Flatters Others For Self-Serving Reasons)




STOOL (It Is What It Is)



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[JI7]

2. many think he is being blackmailed and/or looking to be attorney general

[PatSeg]

49. Maybe both

[rso]

3. Graham

Putin must have something on him, possibly related to his sexuality. The RNC was hacked as well.

[uponit7771]

4. He claimed time from somewhere

[Blue_true]

5. He took a lot of money from Russia.

Maybe he has been compromised like Trump and sees Trump staying in power as his only salvation.

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. John McCain died

He now has no father figure to be humbled for. He's a complete bitch boy for Trump.

[Kajun Gal]

7. He flipped out. All the repubs flipped out. Rachel summing it up beautifully!

[Hamlette]

30. why? Why did Rachel say they flipped out?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. He wants to be AG after Trump sacks Sessions

and he knows that the way he can get what he wants from Trump is by saying exactly what he knows Trump wants him to say.

[Alhena]

19. Is that confirmed? What idiot would trade a Senate seat to work for Trump?

I mean, that's how Sessions ruined his life. He'll wake up one day and fire Graham.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. I could be wrong but it sure looks like it -

especially when Graham did a 180 on his previous opinion that Trump shouldn't fire Sessions. Sessions loves being AG (except for being constantly berated by Trump) because he has the power he didn't have in the Senate to make life miserable for immigrants and people of color. The job is a racist's wet dream. Why Graham might want it is anybody's guess, but as long as he keeps kissing Trump's ass and doesn't recuse himself he won't get fired.

[Doodley]

23. I think you are right, but for Lindsey to put any trust is Trump is stupid!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. He probably thinks six years as AG will set him up for a run as a law-and-order president.

Plus, as long as you cover Trump's ass you don't have 99 other assholes to make nice with.

And being able to make life horrible for non-whites is a segregationist's dream job. Not that Lindsey is a segregationist, but I haven't heard him put forward any civil rights legislation lately -- or ever.

[aaaaaa5a]

9. SC is Trump country.

He is up in 2020. He doesn’t want to be primaried and lose his seat. Lots of GOP state reps are gunning for his spot. He has to back Trump or he will lose.

This is what happens in a one party red state.

[rzemanfl]

14. South Carolina is a polluted swamp at present. Let's see how they feel in a few months. n/t

[Doodley]

17. By 2020, being associated with trump will be something few will want on their resume.

[at140]

27. Graham is freaked by 85% tRump approval among

republicrats. If he feuds with the dictator, Graham will be primaried and has 85% chance of losing in primary.

[Doodley]

50. But he will lose support from independents.

[at140]

52. Yes he will lose some indies

but without a robust support from base republicrats, he can not win the primary.

Of course once he wins the primary, he will be losing some indies in the general.

[edhopper]

10. if he doesn't suck up to Trump in SC

he gets primaried like Sanford.

So he goes full Trumpster to stay in the Senate.

[Dave in VA]

11. He wants to be

the hemorrhoid's next attorney general...

[GoCubsGo]

12. The Russians hacked his e-mail.

They found some skeletons in his closet, and let him know about them. They must be pretty bad ones.

[Doodley]

15. He is definitely in the closet.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Yeah, except that here in South Carolina, that has been the scuttlebutt for years.

I think it's way worse--something on the lines of Denny Hastert/Mark Foley would be my guess. He's also taken a shitpile of money from the Russians. Could be a lot more than what has been reported.

[Doodley]

22. Please explain more.

[GoCubsGo]

24. Nothing to explain.

It's just a guess. Most folks here already assume he's gay, and they don't care. The only thing they care about is that he toes the party line. Whatever he's hiding, it's a lot, lot worse than his alleged sexual orientation. Something like being fond of under-aged males, or sheep, or something like that.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. When has he not been a lowlife? The only reason this limp dick ever feigned

outrage was because Drumpf was "rude" and was a little too obvious with the overt dog whistles. Fuck him. He's always been a scumbag.

[Garrett78]

44. Agreed. He was being strategic when he criticized Trump, and he's being strategic now.

[mainer]

16. It all started with a private golf game with Trump

Up till that visit to the links, Graham was a fierce Trump critic. One quiet golf game with Trump made Graham do a 180. Trump told him something during that visit, something that made Graham change his tune. And yes, I think it's something the Russians have on him. Rumors are that it has to do with Graham's sexual orientation, which will destroy him with his base.

[Doodley]

20. I think you are right there. It"s time he came out of the closet.

[at140]

29. If it was Russia, why he made a 180 after

just one golf outing with tRump? I think a deal was made of some kind.

[smirkymonkey]

32. Why would it though? It's kind of an open secret.

Just like everyone pretty much knows that Trump has been pissed on by hookers. Revealing these things would not really shock anybody. I think there has to be more to it. They have to be financially compromised in some way or it's something worse. I think that their sexual secrets would be the least shocking things to come out about them.

[Patterson]

53. Yes, Trump told him the bad news during the golf game, 3 weeks after the Putin meeting

[Crunchy Frog]

25. He never had any principles to begin with.

He's showing who he truly is and who he always has been.

I'm guessing that at one time it was expedient for him to appear to be someone else.

[C_U_L8R]

26. He wants to be Donnie's new best friend

and goes to any length to show his fealty

[NoMoreRepugs]

28. Graham is an embarrassment to meat popsicles

as well as homo sapiens.

[PA Democrat]

33. Rabies?

Snorting testosterone?

[brooklynite]

34. Occam's Razor.....

He's always been seen as wishy-washy, and he has a Primary in 2020.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

45. Yup - he saw Sanford lose

And fears the Trump cult teabagging him out of office

[JenniferJuniper]

35. Kompromised...

no doubt about it

[gibraltar72]

36. He likes being Trumps golf partner.

[area51]

37. Lindsey on Trump, then & now

[dalton99a]

38. The guy who was captured is dead. It's time to move on to bigger and better things.

[Gothmog]

39. John McCain would be ashamed of Graham

[FromTheAshes]

40. At first I thought he was playing good cop to dump...I thought maybe he's playing him,

but this is just BEYOND...what is wrong with Lindsey? Something is wrong with Lindsey. Are their whispers in the Senate halls?

[Zorro]

41. Nothing happened to Graham

He’s always been a prissy sanctimonious asshole even before the Clinton impeachment.

And never get between him and a television camera.

[Trenzalore]

42. I think of him like Peter Petigrew in Harry Potter

He's a coward and weak. He seeks out more powerful people to bolster him up. With McCain dying he ran to Voldermort.

[moondust]

43. Opioids? Kompromat?

I don't know but he is clearly just a partisan hack who has no interest in truth or justice, which renders him unfit for the position he now holds in government.

[Hekate]

46. If he actually gets to be AG, as rumored he desires, his punishment will be severe in this lifetime

Remember: Everything Trump Touches Dies.

[Gothmog]

48. John McCain's former campaign manager slams 'tragically corrupted' Lindsey Graham

Link to tweet

[The empressof all]

51. He thinks he is saving the country

By acting like a bigger asshole. loudmouth. empty sack of skin with no soul he is trying to impress Trump by being a bigger Schmuck. He is trying to curry favor and privilege with the madman in chief. He thinks Trump will listen to him and he can pull him away from the brink when needed.

[SoCalDem]

54. Got his panties in a twist

and his best buddy is now gone