Lindsey Graham on Trump: "I said he was a xenophobic, race-baiting religious bigot (during 2016 campaign). I ran out of things to say. He won. Guess what, he's our President." pic.twitter.com/dupQZIxtjE
— Axios (@axios) January 8, 2018
… because I think Lindsey Graham might be blinking out HELP ME…
I wonder how it sounded in the original Wehrmacht. https://t.co/o8LpNGkiOB
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 8, 2018
Weirdest part of Graham's recent 180 on Trump is his using Trump's particular "like a dog" phrase to describe his own humiliation at Trump's hands: https://t.co/ztz9cmFEj7 pic.twitter.com/s8RMmY4JSo
— Charles Homans (@chashomans) January 8, 2018
Of course some people say that Lindsey is just eager to be named Secretary of State once Rex Tillerson beats the clawback clause in his Exxon severance contract…
Sen. Lindsey Graham: If President Trump Doesn't Call Himself a Genius 'Nobody Else Will' https://t.co/y3bOcxbMSk
— People (@people) January 8, 2018
At least nobody without kompromat on them. https://t.co/o4ZO1Zpwla
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 8, 2018
"@LindseyGrahamSC looks like a man possessed" – @RepSwalwell pic.twitter.com/ck8XTuRAR0
— Kasie DC (@KasieDC) January 8, 2018
Actually, my best guess is that @LindseyGrahamSC is being blackmailed, probably with something of a sexual nature. I’m just not sure whether it’s Trump or Putin who’s holding the dirt over his head.https://t.co/PEvcPuLbX9
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) January 8, 2018
It's pretty telling that Congressional Republicans see only two options in the face of the massive corruption and incompetence of Trump: Help him cover up his potential crimes or resign from Congress
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 8, 2018
burnspbesq
Has anyone been to Raven’s house and removed all the potentially dangerous objects?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
What’s the difference?
I tend to think that if Graham had ever had any kind of sex life, it would’ve leaked out by now. I think this is just the raw ambition of his unhinged war-mongering, and the silly belief that only he, Lindsey!, can make trump pivot into adulthood.
Villago Delenda Est
Kompromat.
It’s there somewhere, and it probably has nothing at all to do with Graham’s sexual orientation.
eyelessgame
he used “like a dog” *correctly*, which Trump does not – that is, “he beat me like a dog” is an actual saying.
MisterForkbeard
It’s crazy that Lindsay’s response to his own condemnations of Trump amounts to “Apparently Republicans are okay with that, so we’ve got to let him do anything he wants and that means he’s not crazy or racist.”
Sister Golden Bear
@MisterForkbeard: The base are xenophobic, race-baiting religious bigots, but hey, whatevah…
Duane
Graham folding like a lawn chair isn’t surprising. He’s a Republican. They’ve all fell in line. I hope they suffer complete humiliation for it.
John Revolta
Extra fucking crispy, buddy
MisterForkbeard
@Sister Golden Bear: I mean, that’s the obvious takeaway. “I said he was a xenophobic, race-baiting religious bigot and then republicans voted for him. Therefore: Republicans approve of racism, xenophobia, race-baiting and religious bigotry.”
But that’s just me.
jl
Who has ‘the win’ no matter what the cost? So, I’m not sure whether Graham smells a ticket to a cabinet position or he is being blackmailed, or more terrifying he thinks he can get himself a chance to gin up a war and get a bunch of people killed, but that approach to politics and governance is not that unusual in the contemporary GOP.
Edit: anyway, I think Graham is very sincere in his talk about wins and getting beat like a dog. The question is why is he being so transparent, and in a way that I think will disgust the majority of voters, maybe not in GOP circles in SC, but surely for most in the US.
Duane
@MisterForkbeard: If that’s what Graham meant it’s the most truthful damn thing he’s ever said.
James E. Powell
@burnspbesq:
I’m confident that Raven understands that in sports, as in life, there are ups and downs and that one must accept losses with quiet dignity and grace.
Markk
I was an 05D in the Army and we had to pass 20 gpm (20 groups of 5 characters per minute) of Morse Code and I still remember all of it even though I got out of military in ’81.
Lindsey is blinking “Just because I’m gay, doesn’t mean I can’t be an evil liar.”
?BillinGlendaleCA
Speaking of Morse Code, trains signal that they’re about to approach an at grade crossing by using their horn to say the letter ‘q’ in Morse Code.
MisterForkbeard
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Any idea what they signal q? Is it for “qrossing”? :)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@MisterForkbeard: It’s the only letter that has 4 sounds(- – . -) so it’s unique.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
?BillinGlendaleCA
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: Sounds like a hostage video.
Mike J
@?BillinGlendaleCA: On a boat, when you come into a port from another country, you fly a Q flag (solid yellow) to tell the customs people you need inspection. Q was originally for quarantine. Which has nothing to do with trains. Except Q.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@?BillinGlendaleCA: It’s a reference to The Manchurian Candidate.
Oddly, Roy Cohn was the inspiration for Shaw’s mother. That’s one name that has certainly proved Shakespeare’s line about the evil men do.
raven
@burnspbesq: It’s not like that but it seems to be, yet another, sleepless night.
NotMax
@BillinGlendaleCA
Train whistle codes date from the days of steam. Modern locomotives, of course, use a horn in place of the whistle. Standardized U.S. signals:
raven
@James E. Powell: Thanks
NotMax
Oh joy. USPS tracking system has been problematic all day, now is totally down.
:(
ZyklonBeaArthur
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Not sure if it’s okay to link, but gay site Datalounge has a bunch of threads about Aunt Pittypat’s fondness for twink rent boys. He’s so deep in the closet he can see Narnia.
Putin’s definitely the one holding the kompromat—you know Trump can’t keep his mouth shut about anything.
Bruce K
I’m reminded of “Guards! Guards!”, the first of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series to focus on the Watch. For those who haven’t read: a secret society decides to replace the current government of the city of Ankh-Morpork by summoning a dragon and having it “dispatched” by someone who will then claim the vacant throne of the city, but will let the secret society call the shots from behind the scenes.
Except that they can’t dismiss the dragon on cue, their puppet gets vaporized, and the dragon takes over the city, at which point the secret society is trapped in the dragon’s service. The reader almost feels pity for them, except for the niggling detail that they’re the ones who summoned the goddamned dragon in the first place.
There’s a lot more to it, of course, and we have yet to determine how closely the plot of the story on the Discworld will parallel the story we’re watching unfold here on the Roundworld.
I hope that Robert Mueller III properly takes up the role of Mister Vimes.
laura
https://youtu.be/Ygg2KlicnOQ
Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)
The whole thing is just so fucking weird. There’s some crazy shit going on, and for fuck’s sake, this is our country, after all, and we have no fucking clue what the hell it is. We don’t know what the fuck is going on.
stinger
The things I learn on this blog. Thanks, BillinGlendaleCA, Mike J, and NotMax! (And MisterForkbeard for “qrossing”.)
Uncle Cosmo
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Bull-Fucking-SHIT. During WW2 the Beeb signed on with the first 4 notes of Beethoven’s 5th – because it stood for the Morse code V-for-Victory ( . . . _ ). Four notes.