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Lindsey Graham explained by Steve Schmidt (Original Post) OnDoutside Jan 2020 OP
The RAT Party mrsv Jan 2020 #1
Nicer than I would put it. Lindsey is an OBLIGATE PARASITE. hlthe2b Jan 2020 #2
They just hold on and suck to survive safeinOhio Jan 2020 #3
Nicely put. NanceGreggs Jan 2020 #5
That pretty much tells it! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #18
That would make Leningrad Lindsey a virus meow2u3 Jan 2020 #21
I believe his behavior is because he has been compromised. Doodley Jan 2020 #4
Can't discount that Cosmocat Jan 2020 #10
I still suspect... Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 #16
So you think Graham is a pedophile? cwydro Jan 2020 #22
not sure ab out that... Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 #58
I've been in the closet before. Mickju Jan 2020 #59
I don't doubt it is a miserable situation, Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 #60
No. Certainly not Mickju Jan 2020 #61
Unattainable on his own merits rpannier Jan 2020 #6
Love that - Lackey Graham n/t mazzarro Jan 2020 #9
"Flimsy Graham" is what he was called in a... 3catwoman3 Jan 2020 #52
That was beautiful! Eom LittleGirl Jan 2020 #7
Steve Schmidt is the most articulate person around. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #14
I think Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson 2naSalit Jan 2020 #19
I wish I had his vocabulary LittleGirl Jan 2020 #23
It comical, in retrospect, thinking about how he must Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #25
Snicker, to be a fly on the wall, lol eom LittleGirl Jan 2020 #34
Thinking about that, poor Steve. He must have had to hit the bottle every night just to survive napi21 Jan 2020 #49
I'd like to think it was a desperation, Hail Mary for him Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #53
I HOPE it haunts them both. calimary Jan 2020 #57
Agree. Man is eloquent. emmaverybo Jan 2020 #54
Absolutely agree gademocrat7 Jan 2020 #8
Yes to all that but the reason why PCIntern Jan 2020 #11
I get your point. Have to give it to him for remaining scandal free... brush Jan 2020 #31
That makes sense it also explains Lindsey's belligerence. gordianot Jan 2020 #12
That may explain him in a general sense ScratchCat Jan 2020 #13
Good point. Trump's spell on people works very Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #17
He might have just learned who the new top shark was. BlueSpot Jan 2020 #51
I really like Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson. Yes, they're Republicans, but they're SANE! VOX Jan 2020 #15
+1 emmaverybo Jan 2020 #55
Schmidt remains very conservative, just moonscape Jan 2020 #56
Probably the best description of the weasel mcar Jan 2020 #20
"The way to understand him is to look at what's consistent." Elegant.... Hekate Jan 2020 #24
Lindsey Graham explained by DFW DFW Jan 2020 #26
Perfect. RhodeIslandOne Jan 2020 #27
I wonder if Christopher Steele alerted Sen. McCain on the degree of oasis Jan 2020 #28
Phew, I'd like a drink after that! 😀 BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2020 #29
He's a minion. cab67 Jan 2020 #30
We use to call persons like Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #32
Nah, he has always been a weasel a-hole. UTUSN Jan 2020 #33
A remora might be a better analogy. GoCubsGo Jan 2020 #35
Wow Joinfortmill Jan 2020 #36
All good points matt819 Jan 2020 #37
For me this is a mystery solved. Thanks. TryLogic Jan 2020 #38
Steve Schmnidt was on Nicole Wallace show yesterday... manhattan123 Jan 2020 #39
In other words (as I have been saying for a while now) Lindsey needs a DADDY Stinky The Clown Jan 2020 #40
I would suggest, similarly, that he is a Remora Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2020 #41
These were very revealing live love laugh Jan 2020 #42
Holy FUCK! I hope Lindsey is somehow exposed to that! 11 Bravo Jan 2020 #43
The pilot fish (Graham, Lindsey) is a spineless Senator of the jackass family, Carangidae.[3] It hai eppur_se_muova Jan 2020 #44
That has its own hazards ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2020 #45
I have to admit never Trumpers are the best attack dogs. Pepsidog Jan 2020 #46
In the Milgram experiment, people administered what they thought were 450V shocks to diva77 Jan 2020 #47
In other words, Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2020 #48
A small fish living off of Trump's detritus. I love that. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #50

hlthe2b

(102,304 posts)
2. Nicer than I would put it. Lindsey is an OBLIGATE PARASITE.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 07:20 AM
Jan 2020

He may live on his host's skin or internally, sucking nutrients in his host's intestine. Like all parasites, if his host dies, he dies--unless he can somehow transfer to a new host. Parasites have no conscience. They just hold on and suck to survive.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
21. That would make Leningrad Lindsey a virus
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:52 AM
Jan 2020

You just describe a parasite like #LeningradLindsey perfectly!

Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)
10. Can't discount that
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:18 AM
Jan 2020

cause pretty much every R is.

BUT, I lived through the 90s, and while people have some kind of romantic notion of what he was when he was McCain's wing man, he was the same now as he was then.

He has always been a childish, impetuous republican POS.

Trueblue Texan

(2,432 posts)
16. I still suspect...
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:23 AM
Jan 2020

...there are some young boys hiding in his closet and Putin and Trump are leveraging like crazy. But he's also political scum, no doubt.

Trueblue Texan

(2,432 posts)
58. not sure ab out that...
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jan 2020

...but there is something he is deeply ashamed of and will do anything to prevent going public. Pedophilia would definitely be shameful enough.

rpannier

(24,330 posts)
6. Unattainable on his own merits
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 07:29 AM
Jan 2020

How true

Rick Wilson must be using an alternate spelling because I thought it was Lackey Graham

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
14. Steve Schmidt is the most articulate person around.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:12 AM
Jan 2020

Bet he scored in the 100th percentile in "Language"

napi21

(45,806 posts)
49. Thinking about that, poor Steve. He must have had to hit the bottle every night just to survive
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 10:53 PM
Jan 2020

the interactions with Palin!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
53. I'd like to think it was a desperation, Hail Mary for him
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 12:01 AM
Jan 2020

and Nicole, to push Palin. Sure they had no idea how batshit crazy she was. Sure it haunts them both.

To me, Palin is solely responsible for making it ok to hate. She opened the door. Made it acceptable. The first to openly make it ok for racists to trash President Obama.

PCIntern

(25,558 posts)
11. Yes to all that but the reason why
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:53 AM
Jan 2020

is that he lives under a cloud of suspicion and his proximity to the shark-du-jour apparently protects him from exposure. Everyone is so busy analyzing him that the 800 pound gorilla aspect is ignored

brush

(53,794 posts)
31. I get your point. Have to give it to him for remaining scandal free...
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:51 PM
Jan 2020

for years, unlike that Foley character from a few years back.

gordianot

(15,242 posts)
12. That makes sense it also explains Lindsey's belligerence.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:02 AM
Jan 2020

McCain was still a warmonger and Graham encouraged the old “Bomb Bomb Iran”. Warmonger Lindsey has plenty of negative vibes to feed off Trump. As far as animal analogies go here is hoping the Graham moth finds a flame.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
13. That may explain him in a general sense
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:08 AM
Jan 2020

But it does not explain the complete 180 he did the moment he went and played golf with Trump. You don't rail against a person, promise to keep them "in check" and then become his sycophant overnight without something nefarious going on.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. Good point. Trump's spell on people works very
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:23 AM
Jan 2020

quickly and on all kinds of people. Was thinking about how most Apprentice contestants adore him and remained loyal. Of course there's Summer Zervos.

BlueSpot

(855 posts)
51. He might have just learned who the new top shark was.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:29 PM
Jan 2020

I get your point as to potential blackmail but this would also work.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
15. I really like Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson. Yes, they're Republicans, but they're SANE!
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:20 AM
Jan 2020

I do know that Steve Schmidt did say he left the GOP, don’t know about Rick Wilson, he’s more likely to remain conservative.

At least these two are doing their part to repeatedly point out how insane and ghastly Trump is.

Someone will probably rip this post with cries of “Steve Schmidt foisted Sarah Palin on us!” I’m willing to “let Saigons Be Bygones” (per Kinky Friedman) on this one.

I appreciate help from anyone at this point, liberal or conservative, and the use of whatever resources are available. Events have placed us all in harm’s way now.

Hekate

(90,727 posts)
24. "The way to understand him is to look at what's consistent." Elegant....
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:06 AM
Jan 2020

And people wonder why I like Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson so much.

oasis

(49,393 posts)
28. I wonder if Christopher Steele alerted Sen. McCain on the degree of
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:01 PM
Jan 2020

kompromat that had been compiled on his good buddy.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
32. We use to call persons like
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 01:53 PM
Jan 2020

Little Lindsey Groupies. Hanger-on-ers hoping to stay in the Photo but not being exposed to who,what or whom they are. Always in the photo,and if asked,they will give some snide comment to deflect attention away from themselves.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
35. A remora might be a better analogy.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:42 PM
Jan 2020

They actually attach themselves to the shark, much like Lindsey has attached himself to Trump's ass. Otherwise, yeah. Schmidt nailed it.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
37. All good points
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 03:39 PM
Jan 2020

And I hadn't looked at it that way.

But I really have to believe there's more to it, e.g., blackmail. Before, he was a dick. But he's a republican, so dickishness is a given. But he was a dick we could understand. And he had some moral limits, as indicated by his anti-trumpism previously. But his statements now, his slavish support for trump, are just so damn dramatically different.

So my bet is still on blackmail.

manhattan123

(302 posts)
39. Steve Schmnidt was on Nicole Wallace show yesterday...
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 04:57 PM
Jan 2020

...and did an amazing rant about about Trump using the strike against Soleimani as a smokescreen from his impeachment.

Schmidt: “Looking at the Ukraine issue, looking at every issue, is he over and over again acts in his own political interests. Looking at impeachment. What he did, for sure, is survey the situation and understood that with this action, with this strike, that he would create a giant smokescreen that clouds and distracts around the issue of impeachment. This is a political act that has endangered the country. Once again, this is Donald Trump acting in the international arena detrimental to American security interests. Now exceeding the outragesness in Ukraine by an order of magnitude for self.

“The consequences will be felt for many, many years. So we’re moving into the consequences stage of having an inept, selfish, boorish, incompetent president of the United States and blood will be spilled, American blood, because of it.”

Wallace sat there in silence for a few seconds, then said: “I’m just going to let that sink in. A terrifying thought."

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,416 posts)
41. I would suggest, similarly, that he is a Remora
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 05:06 PM
Jan 2020

They attach themselves to other creatures and ride them, which is more or less what Lindsey is doing with Trump.

live love laugh

(13,120 posts)
42. These were very revealing
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jan 2020

“He’s alone. It’s not like he has a family, a child. His time, when he’s away from the spotlight, I think is a lonely time. He’s more comfortable in the spotlight where he’s Senator Lindsey Graham...”

“You’re going to find Lindsey knows a lot of people, but he’s not close to anybody.”

“With regard to the cruelty and abuse that was directed at John McCain by Trump, I think Lindsey’s flaccidity in defending him says a lot about his character. Nobody wants to be in a bar fight when they go out on Friday night. But when someone walks up and punches your best friend in the face, you’ve got to do something. Lindsey has demonstrated he’s the guy who runs out the door.”

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
43. Holy FUCK! I hope Lindsey is somehow exposed to that!
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 05:15 PM
Jan 2020

That is as comprehensive a smack-down as I have ever read.

eppur_se_muova

(36,271 posts)
44. The pilot fish (Graham, Lindsey) is a spineless Senator of the jackass family, Carangidae.[3] It hai
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:41 PM
Jan 2020

Pilot fish
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The pilot fish (Graham, Lindsey) is a spineless Senator of the jackass family, Carangidae.[3] It hails from South Carolina.
Contents

1 Description
2 Etymology and metaphors
3 In popular culture
4 References
5 External links

Description
The pilot fish congregates around the Russell Senate Office Building, where it eats ectoparasites on, and leftovers around the host species;[4] younger pilot fish are usually associated with jellyfish and drifting seaweeds.[5]

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_fish




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diva77

(7,646 posts)
47. In the Milgram experiment, people administered what they thought were 450V shocks to
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:21 PM
Jan 2020

fellow human beings just because they thought they had been instructed to do so -- no kompromat, just a staged scientific study they thought they were a part of ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

No telling what the backstory is to Graham's extreme and unabashed hypocrisy.

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