Lawrence O'Donnell: Lindsey Graham is living in terror of Donald Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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[Iliyah]

1. No he is not . . .

Graham chose this route.

[Perseus]

15. I don't think so, no one makes such a 180 in one round of golf without some "incentive"

He understood trump is trash, and all the things we all know he is, but at the end of a round of golf Lindsey was a changed man, after one round of golf he was a lapdog for trump, I believe Graham was forced to take that route.

[OliverQ]

21. What do you think is bad enough to make Lindsey

behave like such a lapdog? The only thing I can think of is some kind of child sex trafficking.

[11 Bravo]

23. I'm guessing teenage boy, dead girl, or indiscriminate mammal.

[TruckFump]

24. Under age male.

Pictures and/or video.

I has to be more than just a preference for men, IMO. It has to be something for which he can be charged criminally. Sexual involvement with an underage male.

[MurrayDelph]

25. At this point I think

it's photos of him wearing women's clothing while in bed with an underage male AND wearing blackface.

[joost5]

35. lol, with swastika patterned bondage gear

[MurrayDelph]

37. And singing

"I enjoy being a girl."

[yonder]

27. Poodles. Lots of 'em.

[irisblue]

2. Suffer #LeningradLindsey

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. wonder how much Putin assisted Leningrad Lindsey?

That sudden turnabout by Lindsey sure looks suspiciously like (a) he committed some offense, (b) knew it was criminal, (c) is terrified TrumPutin will expose it.

[dem4decades]

3. I wish McCain could see this coward.

[wnylib]

18. If McCain was alive in the senate today,

Moscow Mitch would have a harder time controlling votes and Trump would be furiously tweeting insults trying to discredit McCain. I did not agree with McCain on politics most of the time, but I did respect him as a person of courage and integrity. Never doubted his commitment to the nation.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. I'd say it's more than "worship"

Think "perform an act" on him

[Newest Reality]

5. Nope!

I don't accept that narrative at all. It gives some kind of an excuse to Republicans who are working with Trump to subvert our system and take control.

Yeah, right. Living in terror? Please. Those who have clearer picture of this situation are not going to be moved by attempts to create emotional fictions that miss the target like that.

[gratuitous]

6. Agree

You want to see people living in terror? Try some refugees fleeing death squads in Central America. Lindsay Graham may be terrified, but it's a terror solely in his own mind. Instead of facing that terror like a mensch, he indulges it, bathes in it, revels in it, and then lashes out at others for their fortitude.

[Big Blue Marble]

7. I strongly disagree with Larry.

Lindsay is a conniving shunk that is using Trump to his advantage.

If you have any doubt read this current article from Rolling Stone:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/lindsey-graham-senate-trump-928948/

I do not think Larry read this article prior to his comments last night.

[progressoid]

9. Yep. He's a pilot fish.

“People try to analyze Lindsey through the prism of the manifest inconsistencies that exist between things that he used to believe and what he’s doing now,” Schmidt says. “The way to understand him is to look at what’s consistent. And essentially what he is in American politics is what, in the aquatic world, would be : a smaller fish that hovers about a larger predator, like a shark, living off of its detritus. That’s Lindsey. And when he swam around the McCain shark, broadly viewed as a virtuous and good shark, Lindsey took on the patina of virtue. But wherever the apex shark is, you find the Lindsey fish hovering about, and Trump’s the newest shark in the sea. Lindsey has a real draw to power — but he’s found it unattainable on his own merits.”

[sandensea]

8. Sure. He's got million different things in the closet.

Starting with, of course, himself.

[OMGWTF]

17. insert drum sting here

[LisaM]

22. I'm sorry to say that I think that's it.

Sorry in the sense that I wish he could live his real life, and not have to hide it.

[Lonestarblue]

10. Russians also hacked the RNC servers.

We can assume that Trump has any dirty laundry found on those servers. He has some way to cudgel Republican senators, who are usually fairly arrogant, into doing his bidding. In addition, I’m sure Putin has had investigations done on all elected representatives of importance inncase he needs Trump to pressure someone.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Which one is the toddler?

[Perseus]

12. I strongly believe that Graham and the others are running scared by more than election issues with

the con, I believe they are running scared for their lives and those of their families.

We are under a mafia administration, ask Epstein about it...oh wait, I forgot that Epstein was silenced already. Does anyone know where Epstein tapes/notes/diaries are? Why is it that we haven't heard of any of it? It is known that Epstein kept records of the people who he dealt with, the ones he invited to his parties, his mansions, etc., where is that information? Why is it that we hardly ever hear about Epstein?

[kentuck]

13. He doesn't even have to threaten a primary for Lindsey...

All he has to do is make a joke about Lindsey and he will lots of votes, perhaps the election. They specialize in rumor mongering and creating scandals out of the least of evidence.

[Kid Berwyn]

34. Smears work.

Ask Low Energy Jeb.

[stillcool]

14. there's something going on...

but I'm not sure it is Trump who is pulling the strings...but his connections. There has got to be some there, there. I keep thinking about those Republicans who went to Russia on the 4th of July...not to mention the Mueller Report about those 'units' doing the propaganda work. I wonder where the CIA, NSA, whatever....is in all this stuff.

[OMGWTF]

16. Butt Lindsey, if Trump is removed, he's no longer a threat to your re-election. Kapish?

[Totally Tunsie]

19. Time for Lindsey to go.

I can't vote for his opponent, Jaime Harrison, as I don't live in SC, but I just donated to his campaign via ActBlue. https://secure.actblue.com/

While there, I also threw in a donation for the candidate ultimately running against McConnell.

These races are winnable by us!

[bdamomma]

33. I did too

last night, we have to get them out by putting in their opponents. VOTE THEM OUT!! Even if it's a small donation every little bit helps.

Jamie Harrison Lindsey Graham
Amy McGrath Moscow Mitch
Sara Gideon Susan Collins

Those are my three.

[gibraltar72]

20. Trump knows what the Russians know about Lindsey

[Kurt V.]

26. Isn't it just as likely that graham needs to be second fiddle to strong (or powerful) men.

[moondust]

28. "his voters"

I'm guessing Lindsey knows that many if not every last one of his own voters in SC are crazed white supremacists who are metaphorically holding a gun to his head in case he does something their white supremacist savior in the WH doesn't like.

[Turbineguy]

29. He should remember:

Nobody likes a blackmailer.

[Historic NY]

30. Must be some mighty good, goodies, El Trumpo has on him.....

[tenaciousdem]

31. Uh

Gerbils, lots and lots of pet gerbils.

[Peregrine Took]

32. Astounding how these gov'mint hatin' rethugs cling on so desperately. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

36. There's a lot of that running through the Repub party these days...nt

[WyattKansas]

38. What was that bizarre Leningrad Lindsey screech last night about tRUMP really believing...

All of the debunked conspiracy theories coming out of Russia about the 2016 election?

Aside from the obvious question about why in the hell anyone like that would actually be in the most powerful office in the world.

Is it not a concern with the media and the country that Lindsey was basically was saying on national tv that tRUMP is bat shit loony and isn't coherent enough to understand anything???

There is simply no other explanation for why Lindsey would have said that.