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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham defends Joe Biden.. (Original Post) HipChick May 2020 OP
And so the Orange Wall begins to crack. TreasonousBastard May 2020 #1
That does it! Now I can't vote for Biden. Damn it! I was all in, too. Midnight Writer May 2020 #2
Lol! What the hell was Graham Cha May 2020 #3
Really. He's already in a neck to neck Senate race. His MAGA supporters don't go for heresy. Midnight Writer May 2020 #4
yeah, it seems too late for that. he threw Biden Cha May 2020 #7
His poll numbers? sheshe2 May 2020 #9
So he thought he'd throw some Cha May 2020 #12
Senatorial Courtesy Does Run Deep, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #5
He'll change his tune after a golf game with Wuhan Don. Talitha May 2020 #6
lol nt orleans May 2020 #13
😹nt Meowmee May 2020 #16
writing on the wall. zak247 May 2020 #8
Senator Graham, President Trump is on line two Funtatlaguy May 2020 #10
Lol! HipChick May 2020 #19
Nice words. elleng May 2020 #11
I immediately thought of the same thing. crickets May 2020 #22
oh lindsey orleans May 2020 #14
He is in a very tight race. This is probably calculated. nt Quixote1818 May 2020 #15
VERY calculated DFW May 2020 #17
This doesn't surprise me that much. RDANGELO May 2020 #18
Graham still has his moments PatSeg May 2020 #20
Bah, this was about Lindsay protecting his class interest Bucky May 2020 #23
Oh, I have no doubt about that PatSeg May 2020 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2020 #21

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
2. That does it! Now I can't vote for Biden. Damn it! I was all in, too.
Fri May 1, 2020, 11:54 PM
May 2020

I do look forward to seeing Leningrad Lindsey on Trump's shit list, though.

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
4. Really. He's already in a neck to neck Senate race. His MAGA supporters don't go for heresy.
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:01 AM
May 2020

But what is he thinking?

I cannot believe for a second he has grown a spine or a conscience.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
7. yeah, it seems too late for that. he threw Biden
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:11 AM
May 2020

and Hunter under the bus on Ukraine but now he comes to Joe's defense.. which I believe. But, why now?

Biden: Lindsey Graham will 'regret his whole life' doing Trump's bidding on Ukraine

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/politics/joe-biden-don-lemon-cnntv/index.html

As you say.. he's already up to his neck in the Senate race.. Good Luck to Jaime Harrison, btw!

Cha

(297,323 posts)
12. So he thought he'd throw some
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:34 AM
May 2020

humanity Biden's way? Yeah, his pols went through my mind, too, she.

But, like MidnightWriter said.. ".. magats don't go for heresy.." lol

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
5. Senatorial Courtesy Does Run Deep, Ma'am
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:04 AM
May 2020

But Graham is a two-faced twit, and not likely to hold to a righteous position for long....


"Defeat of a dangerous enemy is something to be for."



 

zak247

(251 posts)
8. writing on the wall.
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:13 AM
May 2020

Or maybe he sees the writing on the wall. IF everything stays( somewhat) legit this may be a landslide. Trump is so bad, as Graham knew from jump street that Biden, although not greatly charismatic may blow out Trump.

Of course, Lindon Johnson beating the crap out of the right-wing nut Goldwater proved one doesn't have to be charismatic when the candidate is so bad as is Trump.




Funtatlaguy

(10,879 posts)
10. Senator Graham, President Trump is on line two
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:16 AM
May 2020

He’s very angry over your recent statement considering Senator Biden. He wants to know if you’ve forgotten about some pictures he has of you in a Russian hotel room with some young Boy Scouts.

elleng

(130,974 posts)
11. Nice words.
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:17 AM
May 2020

F* him.

'Over our dead bodies': Lindsey Graham vows Congress won't extend additional $600 coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, as US death toll crosses the 60,000 mark.'

https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-congress-coronavirus-unemployment-benefit-over-our-dead-bodies-2020-4

crickets

(25,981 posts)
22. I immediately thought of the same thing.
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:37 PM
May 2020

Lindsey may be trying to recover from some blowback he got for that comment. Too little too late.

DFW

(54,408 posts)
17. VERY calculated
Sat May 2, 2020, 04:52 AM
May 2020

You can bet that the reason Graham waited until now to say something is that he spent all this time trying to find out if there was ANYTHING to the accusations. When the answer came back, "nothing whatsoever," then and ONLY then did he remember what an upstanding guy Biden was. If he starts in with the slightest innuendo, and he turns out to have been wrong, his tight race for re-election just got a lot tighter.

Graham is a former prosecutor. Aggressive prosecutors who acquire a reputation using flimsy evidence to go after people who then turn out to be innocent, do not fare well in the public eye. Just ask Kamala Harris.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
20. Graham still has his moments
Sat May 2, 2020, 09:42 AM
May 2020

though very few and far between. He has show a very high regard for Biden for years. Apparently Trump didn't buy his entire soul.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
23. Bah, this was about Lindsay protecting his class interest
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:48 PM
May 2020

He'll be back to kissing orange ass before the weekend is out

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
24. Oh, I have no doubt about that
Sat May 2, 2020, 12:57 PM
May 2020

Trump owns him for some bizarre reason, maybe some kind of blackmail, but he still didn't throw Joe under the bus. So there is a sliver of humanity left, though very, very small. Well hopefully, he won't be in the senate much longer and won't have to be Trump's performing monkey anymore.

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