Did Jon Stewart imply that Senator Lindsey Graham is gay?

[Gothmog]

Jon was in great form tonight on fake outrage over Benghazi. Jon accused Graham of being more interested in going to a dance with a male colonel than dealing with up armored vehicles

[CatWoman]

1. Lindsey Graham implies that he's gay

[MindMover]

2. Lindsey Grahams demeanor is gay ... nt

[Nye Bevan]

4. Bit of offensive stereotyping there.

All gay men have the same demeanor?

[MindMover]

6. Did I say all gay men have the same demeanor.. ?

I said that Lindsey Graham has a gay demeanor ...

All gay men do not have a gay demeanor ... I know many gay men and they do not have the slightest gay demeanor ... not even one iota of gay demeanor ... but then I know other gay men that you can tell in the gay twinkle ...

Never said nor even implied that all gay men have a gay demeanor ...

[DonViejo]

29. No, you did not say...

...Lindsey Graham has a gay demeanor

You said:

Lindsey Grahams demeanor is gay...

BIG difference. Nye Bevan is correct, your original comment IS offensive stereotyping.

[MindMover]

37. The difference must be between a male and a female joint ... nt

[jberryhill]

11. Meh... it's kind of an old Southern Gentleman demeanor

The plantation class, being free of the burden of physical labor, took on the dress and affectations more like European royalty. It comes across these days as somewhat effeminate, but running around in lace panties, silk stockings and wearing a wig and face powder was fairly standard men's attire, so...

I always am impressed that the English legal system is still based on the idea of seeking wisdom from a guy in a dress who wears a wig.

[Tom Ripley]

18. It's the old "Southern Bachelor Choir Director" demeanor

Think of Howard Sprague from the Andy Griffith Show with his annual vacations to Raleigh where he always stayed in a hotel overlooking...the bus station.
Those writers were sly.

[arely staircase]

21. Floyd the barber always pinged my gaydar nt

[doc03]

3. Like they say on Fox some people are saying Lindsey Graham is gay. I have heard

numerous people make that accusation.

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. I don't know (or care) ...

whether Lindsey is gay, or not; but it must be a terrible world where one has to hide who they are.

[Old Codger]

7. Really doesn't matter

He is still a dipshit

[hootinholler]

17. IMHO He is no dipshit

How could you talk about Jon that way?

Now, dipshit is perhaps too kind for L.G.

[Old Codger]

27. LG

Is who I was referring to...and I do apologize, it was to early in the morning to come up with anything more appropriate..

[liberal N proud]

31. It would matter to the GOP and his conservative voters.

Although, I would imagine you can't keep something like that secret in Washington from everyone.

[jberryhill]

8. No, just a genteel Southern Gentleman

I get more of an Ashley Wilkes vibe, but he ocassionally wanders off into Blanche DuBois. It's French for "the white woods".

[Tom Ripley]

19. Some have suggested that Williams also intended "DuBois" as a pun on "of boys"

It works for both Blanche and Lindsay.

[Le Taz Hot]

23. You know that the actor who played Ashley Wilkes

in GWTW, Leslie Howard, was gay, right? Just a bit of irony there.

[jberryhill]

24. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

But I can understand that folks are Lindsey-curious.

[Le Taz Hot]

25. Thankfully, Lindsey isn't my problem.

Feinstien, however, can waltz her corporate ass out anytime and I wouldn't shed a tear.

[mulsh]

28. Leslie Howard was not gay. If you'd like to find out about him

Last edited Tue May 6, 2014, 12:18 PM - Edit history (2)

here's a pretty good place to start: [link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)

or just enter "Leslie Howard gay?' in your favorite search engine.

[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)|

[Le Taz Hot]

32. I just did and every result that came up

says he was gay. I was born and raised in L.A. and Angelinos often knew who was gay even though they weren't out. We knew about Rock Hudson, Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Burr for years, just as an example. It was common knowledge for those three, and others, including Leslie Howard. For the record, no one that I knew really cared.

[Gothmog]

42. Juanita Jean made this point about Graham last week

Juanita Jean had fun pointing out how delicate Graham was last week http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/05/01/thank-you-senator-prissy-pants/

Oh dear Lord, Senator Lindsey Graham is just a’ titter about Benghazi again. Since that story never grew legs, Graham is carrying it around and trying to get people to smell it. It don’t stink. Graham, however, does.

Get a load of this caca del toro.

l"Our Democratic friends, for the most part, have been in the tank over Benghazi,” the senator said. “Some guy said this about me yesterday on the left: The only reason I cared about this was because I have six tea party opponents. Well, if that’s true, I’m the biggest scumbag in America.”

“I don’t think that’s true; I know it’s not true. It would be almost impossible for Lindsey Graham — given who I am and what I’ve been doing for the last 20 years — not to care about those in harm’s way, who get killed, and not go on to hold the administration accountable that lied about it.”

“The scumbags are the people in the White House who lied about this.”

Keepin’ it classy, Senator Petulant.

[trublu992]

9. He always protrays Lindsey Graham as Miss Lindsey the southern belle

its hilarious, even if he isn't gay it describes his personality and world view to a tee.

[L0oniX]

10. MiniMcCain.

[okaawhatever]

12. I won't say anything about what I know, but i would bet my life savings Lindsey is gay and has

a partner with whom he shares a home. Me, I could care less. I would say it's hypocrisy but I don't understand what it's like to be gay and to have to deal with it publicly.

[JI7]

13. in his case he would lose his senate seat if he came out

it's one of those things that everyone pretty much knows .

[ForgoTheConsequence]

14. I don't like Graham for his policies.

Whether he is a closeted homosexual or not, I don't know, and it doesn't matter to me. I don't like implying that anyone "acts gay" just like I don't like when people say white kids who sag their pants and wear hats off to the side "dress black". I know lots of gay men who aren't the slightest bit effeminate.

[murielm99]

15. I don't care about his sexual orientation.

If he is a hypocrite and closeted, and discriminating against LGBT people, that would be right in character. It is the hypocrisy that bothers me, nothing else.

I wish we could grow up stop worrying about who is gay and who is not.

[xxqqqzme]

16. He has referred

to him as Lady Lindsey on occasion.

[fadedrose]

20. McHale at the WHCD

said something like, Graham should stop his portrayal of Blanche in "Streetcar Named Desire," but it's been so many years since I saw the movie, I can't remember anything but the husband wearing the wifebeater tshirt...I used to know the stars and the plot, but these are lost to me.

[closeupready]

22. As a gay man, Graham WAY sets off my gaydar - always has.

I'm talking Amber Alert. YMMV.

[underpants]

34. As soon as I see Graham's picture on TDS I start laughing

I know that Stewart's "oh my...." bit is on the way and to the OP - yes Stewart had been implying that Graham is gay for years.

close up - he has set off my 'dar for years and I am hetero.

[MADem]

36. Are you my cousin? He's gay and said the same thing--using rather colorful language

that would probably earn me a HIDE if I posted it here!

[leftynyc]

26. It wouldn't be the first time

Same with Michelle Bachmann's husband.

[Harmony Blue]

30. Southern sensibilities

and Graham fits that description.

[Zambero]

35. One would have to check back with Larry Craig

The former GOP Senator from Idaho.

[Gothmog]

38. Jon was making fun of Graham for being an hypocrite and the gay issue was secondary

Jon did a great job last night of pointing out why no one should take the GOP's Benghazi crap seriously http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jon-stewart-mocks-hypocritical-outrage-benghazi Graham is one of the major offenders here and Jon was having fun with the gay issue in connection of pointing out the Graham is an asshole

[NuclearDem]

39. I think he was just doing his Ashley Wilkes-esque voice

and tried hitting every facet of the stereotype.

[Gothmog]

40. Here is a transcript of Stewart having fun with Graham

This transcript confirms what I saw last night http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297207/-Jon-Stewart-s-brilliant-takedown-of-right-wing-s-hypocritical-Benghazi-outrage

But that's just Fox News. I'm sure our elected officials like your Lindsey Grahams there, seemingly dedicated the rest of his career to keeping alive the memory of the four we lost at Benghazi, was just as outraged and eager at this flagrant inability to provide for Americans in harm's way.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, R-SC (12/12/2004): Let's get the people what they need, let's press on and learn from our past mistakes. ... I don't want to play politics with this.

(in Southern accent) "I would much rather play a nice game of pinochle." (audience laughter) "Rather than play politics, I'd rather pass this lovely summer afternoon before Colonel Beauregard arrives to escort me to a ball at Tara Manor." (audience laughter)

So, if I may say, your hypocritical outrage and sanctimony aside, the reason it's hard for everybody to get outraged by this terribly tragic and ultimately preventable disaster that was Benghazi is that everybody in this country has seen this movie before. Only that movie was on an IMAX. We'll be right back.

[KamaAina]

43. Well, no one has ever gone THERE before

[lame54]

44. He's calling him Blanche Dubois