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Pisces

(5,602 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:37 PM Sep 2018

I believe Lindsey Graham is being blackmailed by Trump. I think Trump has damaging info about a

Homosexual relationship etc. He is talking crazy and I think only a man being blackmailed would turn 180 degrees so quickly. Just my guess.

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I believe Lindsey Graham is being blackmailed by Trump. I think Trump has damaging info about a (Original Post) Pisces Sep 2018 OP
naaaa i think he would just resign...hes just a dick at heart... samnsara Sep 2018 #1
right - he is being what he has always been Cosmocat Sep 2018 #37
I suspect trump* has dossiers on quite a few in the GOP Siwsan Sep 2018 #2
Putin has provided Trump with Kompromat on everybody... lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #7
If not Trump, then Russia left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #3
No.. A short mushroom lover. Cartaphelius Sep 2018 #35
Perhaps a Russian Honeystick instead of a Honeypot? Nevilledog Sep 2018 #4
Heyooooooo! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #9
A closet full of Russian peppermint sticks-yum! YessirAtsaFact Sep 2018 #32
I've been thinking that too. Probably we're not the only ones. raccoon Sep 2018 #5
I thought Lindsey was playing a game mainstreetonce Sep 2018 #6
I dont if Graham were being blackmailed over sexuality standingtall Sep 2018 #8
If you read Woodward's book, Lindsey Graham pretty much sums himself up quite well. Snake Plissken Sep 2018 #10
You're guessing correctly. oasis Sep 2018 #11
Disagree atreides1 Sep 2018 #12
I think LG wants to be AG. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2018 #13
I'm betting the Con & the National Enquirer posse malaise Sep 2018 #14
SC is a Huge Trump state. Suck up to Trump or be gone. Yavin4 Sep 2018 #15
Pretty sure Trump only carried SC by about 5 points standingtall Sep 2018 #16
Think Republican primary voter Yavin4 Sep 2018 #23
Why doesn't he just call out the blackmail - if he IS being blackmailed, that is gratuitous Sep 2018 #17
If Graham is gay, he's certainly going about this all wrong DFW Sep 2018 #18
Maybe . . . something has certainly changed. He's like a Don adoration robot. Vinca Sep 2018 #19
I suspect Lindsey likes little boys GeorgeGist Sep 2018 #20
Many people have said that (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2018 #26
Another DUer posted this the other day... flotsam Sep 2018 #21
This is about Mitch McConnell being a homosexual Greybnk48 Sep 2018 #25
I absolutely got my closeted assholes wrong! flotsam Sep 2018 #27
LOL! It's hard to keep track with Republicans pols. n/t Greybnk48 Sep 2018 #34
I also believe he's being blackmailed. MBS Sep 2018 #22
I agree, I've thought that for a long time obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #24
Yep. But then, I think tRump has the goods on ALL of rhe Congressional GOP leadership stopbush Sep 2018 #28
Hmmm... Mike Nelson Sep 2018 #29
The power of a secret Turbineguy Sep 2018 #30
In all seriousness, I bet Trump has video of Lindsay performing oral sex on a young man BigDemVoter Sep 2018 #31
+1000 Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #33
Nah, I think he, like most Republicans, is up to his neck in rubles. tblue37 Sep 2018 #36
I have thought Putin all along. Maybe Trump also. Amaryllis Sep 2018 #38

Siwsan

(26,289 posts)
2. I suspect trump* has dossiers on quite a few in the GOP
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:39 PM
Sep 2018

The quieter they are, the harder they defend him, the more damaging the info.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
7. Putin has provided Trump with Kompromat on everybody...
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:44 PM
Sep 2018

...and the biggest folder is on Trump himself.

raccoon

(31,119 posts)
5. I've been thinking that too. Probably we're not the only ones.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:40 PM
Sep 2018

Graham used to speak out against some of the Dotard’s actions.

Now he’s totally turned around.

standingtall

(2,787 posts)
8. I dont if Graham were being blackmailed over sexuality
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:44 PM
Sep 2018

either one of his partners or a friend of one of his partners would've already came out with it. Lindsey Graham has also been a sleazeball. He may have gestured towards doing the right thing once or twice in the past, but he never followed through on it, and there has never been one inch of right wing crap he wouldn't vote for.

Democrats need to make him one of their top targets in the senate for 2020, that arrogant sob thinks he's untouchable, but he isn't.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
10. If you read Woodward's book, Lindsey Graham pretty much sums himself up quite well.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:46 PM
Sep 2018

He's basically a spineless salesman who sucks up to the customers that he has the most to profit from, and in his current situations that means blowing smoke up Trump's ass and telling him how bigly incredibly tremendously smart he is and how yuge his hands are.

atreides1

(16,093 posts)
12. Disagree
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 03:47 PM
Sep 2018

He wouldn't sell himself for anything less then protecting his sister and her family!!! The man has done a complete 180 since McCain died...and his change of heart just came in too damn fast!

He has been suspected of being gay for some time now and as long as he follows the "don't ask, don't tell" formula...his constituents don't really care!!!

Just an opinion and a theory!

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
15. SC is a Huge Trump state. Suck up to Trump or be gone.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:34 PM
Sep 2018

He has no choice unless he wants to leave the Senate.

standingtall

(2,787 posts)
16. Pretty sure Trump only carried SC by about 5 points
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:45 PM
Sep 2018

by 2020 Graham could be in jeopardy of losing his seat.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
17. Why doesn't he just call out the blackmail - if he IS being blackmailed, that is
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:50 PM
Sep 2018

Lindsey Graham is a big-shot Senator, and before that, he was a big-shot congressman (he was on the House Impeachment Team that presented the case against Bill Clinton to the Senate). He's got money, power, perks, and a guaranteed pension if things go horribly, irrevocably wrong.

What's that? His place in history could be at risk, too?

Goodness! With all those considerations, it's no wonder that if he's being blackmailed, Sen. Graham would have lots of reasons not to go public. He is, after all, just a United States Senator. Taking gambles on your life and livelihood is really more for vulnerable people going up against far richer and more powerful people. You can't expect Sen. Graham to have the courage to risk his career.

DFW

(54,436 posts)
18. If Graham is gay, he's certainly going about this all wrong
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 04:59 PM
Sep 2018

Instead of being a "confirmed straight bachelor," like he's been claiming all these decades, all he has to say is, "hell, even if I were gay, the Supreme Court has ruled that I can marry any man I want to, so what's the big deal?"

The more he denies it, the worse he'll look when it's made public. What's shameful is the hypocritical denial, not whether he's gay or not. Only the televangelists care about that these days, and only on Sunday mornings when they're trying their weekly fleece of the ignorant. So, at the end of the day, he should say, "I'll tell y'all what difference it makes: not a bit!" Hell, he'll even get a few more votes in SC, namely from SC Log Cabin Republicans, who can suddenly champion him in public.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
21. Another DUer posted this the other day...
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:28 PM
Sep 2018

Was Graham thrown out of the army for gay sex?

A new member of the 100th Army Reserve Unit in Basic Training at Ft. Knox was arrested in the barracks for sodomy. The guy is getting out of the military and the excuse will be due to an illness, an eye disorder. The Major then told a joke about it saying, "I guess the guy couldn't see the difference between guys and girls."

Lynch asked him how this guy could accomplish this and get a release from the army. The Major told him that the soldier had served as an intern to Senator John Sherman Cooper and Senator Cooper called the Commanding General of Ft. Knox to arrange the discharge.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/02/24/1189537/-The-Strange-and-Possibly-Sordid-Story-of-Mitch-McConnell-s-Military-Service

Greybnk48

(10,176 posts)
25. This is about Mitch McConnell being a homosexual
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:43 PM
Sep 2018

and being released from the Army Reserve for sodomy, which was changed to an eyesight affliction.

Not about Lindsey Graham, although that's a well known secret in regard to Graham. It's about McConnell being gay and closeted.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
22. I also believe he's being blackmailed.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:31 PM
Sep 2018

Something has to explain his sharp 180 on Trump and his increasingly bizarre sycophancy.

obamanut2012

(26,137 posts)
24. I agree, I've thought that for a long time
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:39 PM
Sep 2018

He's always been like Collins, wishy washy with no courage, but the last few months has been very different. He isn't acting even like Collins does or McCain did -- make believe you are moderate, vote the way 45 wants you to, but not kiss up much to 45. Graham is a total Trump stan now, and it happened like *snap* that.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
28. Yep. But then, I think tRump has the goods on ALL of rhe Congressional GOP leadership
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:01 PM
Sep 2018

because they all conspired with him and the Russians to win in 2016.

Mike Nelson

(9,966 posts)
29. Hmmm...
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:09 PM
Sep 2018

… First, I thought he was playing mole - staying cozy with the Don to keep an eye on him and "save the country" if needed.

… Second, I thought maybe Russian money.

… Did not think about the gay angle... just assumed he would say, "So what?" at this point.

… Did see his glassy-eyed perf on FOX and now feel it's all up in the air. I just don't know, anymore...

Turbineguy

(37,365 posts)
30. The power of a secret
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:12 PM
Sep 2018

lies in its being a secret.

If Graham turns out to be gay, well, it's too late to panic now.

BigDemVoter

(4,157 posts)
31. In all seriousness, I bet Trump has video of Lindsay performing oral sex on a young man
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:16 PM
Sep 2018

or young boy or something even more "colorful" than oral sex. Furthermore, I bet Lindsay paid cash for it, as I cannot imagine ANYBODY being interested in him for any other reason.

As far as a "relationship" is concerned, I would venture to say that it must be something on a more superficial level like sex for money.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)
36. Nah, I think he, like most Republicans, is up to his neck in rubles.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 07:39 PM
Sep 2018

Everyone already assume he is gay.

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