Lindsey Graham: "It pisses me off to no end" when Trump says things about John McCain

[Miles Archer]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had some choice words to share about President Donald Trump’s “disturbing” way of handling the recent death of Sen. John McCain.

“It bothers me greatly when the president says things about John McCain. It pisses me off to no end, and I let the president know it,” Graham said in an interview with John Dickerson on “CBS This Morning” on Thursday.

“The way [Trump’s] handled the passing of John is just, was disturbing. We finally got it right. … I am not going to give up on the idea of working with this president. The best way I can honor John McCain is help my country.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-john-mccain_us_5b87f741e4b0cf7b0032e9ad

[Happyhippychick]

1. Oh please. Cut the crap you fucking sellout ass-kissing piece of shit.

eom

[kimbutgar]

20. +1

[hibbing]

22. I was going write my own reply, but nice work here n/t

[rurallib]

29. I will third that sentiment

[awesomerwb1]

2. What a coward this guy is

The best way to honor McCain is to stop sucking up to trump and start acting like someone who cares more about the country than his party.

F--k him.

[FreepFryer]

4. This. (n/t)

[smirkymonkey]

14. Thank YOU!

Thread winner!

[irisblue]

19. Yeah. This

[FreepFryer]

3. If Graham won't thumbs-down this administration's crimes as McCain did, he's going to answer for it.

(n/t)

[hlthe2b]

5. Note: Neither Lindsey nor Lieberman were chosen for eulogies NOR as pallbearers...hmmm

though both Obama and Biden were asked to do eulogies. Maybe McCain sent Lindsey a signal in death as well.

[PearliePoo2]

11. Holy shit! That's right! Supposedly they loved each other as brothers!

And he isn't invited to participate in his funeral? This is actually a big, big deal!

[hlthe2b]

13. Less surprising: Palin isn't even invited.

[PearliePoo2]

17. I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard that in his book...

McCain writes it was a mistake to bring Palin on board. (I'm glad you DID John because she was instrumental in sinking your chances)

In life, I don't recall him ever saying a bad word about Palin.

[dalton99a]

32. He never badmouthed Palin, but he did say he should have picked Lieberman

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html
At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends

Yet many in Mr. McCain’s own party believe that, by selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, he bears at least a small measure of blame for unleashing the forces of grievance politics and nativism within the Republican Party.

While he continues to defend Ms. Palin’s performance, Mr. McCain uses the documentary and the book to unburden himself about not selecting Mr. Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent, as his running mate.

He recalls that his advisers warned him that picking a vice-presidential candidate who caucused with Democrats and supported abortion rights would divide Republicans and doom his chances.

“It was sound advice that I could reason for myself,” he writes. “But my gut told me to ignore it and I wish I had.”

Even more striking is how Mr. McCain expresses his sorrow in the documentary. He calls the decision not to pick Mr. Lieberman “another mistake that I made” in his political career, a self-indictment that includes his involvement in the Keating Five savings and loan scandal and his reluctance to speak out during his 2000 presidential bid about the Confederate battle flag flying above the South Carolina Capitol.

Mr. Lieberman said he didn’t know Mr. McCain felt that regret until he watched the film. “It touched me greatly,” he said.

[PearliePoo2]

34. Thanks for this info!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. That's interesting. I assumed Graham would have been front and center.

Wonder what's going on? Maybe McCain's intent was to show that political rivals (e.g., Bush and Obama) don't have to be enemies so he didn't need to go to Graham or Lieberman, but it does seem odd.

[hlthe2b]

31. Here's the list of pallbearers: (and a correction, Graham will do a reading, tho not a eulogy?)

Pallbearers (Listed Alphabetically):

Vice President Joseph Biden: Friend. Former Vice President of the United States, six-term United States Senator from Delaware, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Warren Beatty: Friend. Actor and filmmaker, and political activist. He received fourteen Academy Award nominations for his work as an actor, director and screenwriter.

Michael Bloomberg: Friend. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bloomberg L.P. Served three terms as Mayor of the City of New York. Recognized as one of the nation’s leading philanthropists.

Secretary William Cohen: Friend. Founding partner of the Cohen Group. Formerly, the United States Secretary of Defense, three-term Senator from the State of Maine, and three term United States Representative from the Second District of Maine.

Senator Gary Hart: Friend. Author and attorney. Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver. Formerly, U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Co-chairman of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, and two-term United States Senator from Colorado.

Stephen Dart: Friend. Businessman.

Richard Davis: Friend. Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Pegasus Capital Advisors, LP. Formerly, national campaign manager for Senator McCain presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008, Special Assistant to President Reagan.

Carla Eudy: Friend. President, the Eudy Company. Longtime fundraiser.

Senator Russ Feingold: Friend. Visiting Professor at Marquette University Law School. Formerly, three-term United States Senator from Wisconsin and U.S. Special Envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Senator Phil Gramm: Friend. Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Formerly Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank, three-term United States Senator from Texas, and three-term United States Representative from the Sixth District of Texas.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Friend. Vice Chairman of Open Russia, and Chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom.

Governor Tom Ridge: Friend. Formerly United States Secretary for Homeland Security, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and seven-term United States Representative from the 21st District of Pennsylvania. Veteran of the Vietnam War.

Mark Salter: Friend. Author. Formerly, Chief of Staff to Senator McCain.

Fred Smith: Friend. Founder, Chairman and President of FedEx. Formerly, an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Veteran of the Vietnam War.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Friend. Serving his second term as United States Senator from Rhode Island. Formerly, Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.

[PearliePoo2]

35. Good work! Thanks!

[GusBob]

6. But he can lie anytinme he wants about everything else

hypocrit

[2naSalit]

7. ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. ...but Trump is still my guy....

[peekaloo]

9. Does Hair Furor hate his southern accent, too?

Which one of his personalities gave Thump a piece of his mind?

[gratuitous]

10. Whoa Linds, you're so . . . tough

You "let the president know it." Did you sock him in the jaw, too, so that the lesson had a chance to sink in good? Or did you then bow, tug your forelock and say that you weren't giving up on the idea of working with this president who pisses you off to no end? 'Cause that's kind of a mixed message thing. But I'm sure Donald Trump understands and appreciates the delicate nuance of your positions.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. No, He Refused To Grant A Gimme On A 30 Foot Putt

That'll teach 'em.

[marble falls]

12. This is Lindsey Grahams "disappointed in Trump" week. Next week he'll flip. Both weeks he's a flop.

[oasis]

15. "I'm not going to give up on the idea of working with this president"

We know that, Lindsay, especially since Putin let the Prez know about the "goods" he's got on you during their little talk in Helsinki.

[shraby]

18. And the best way you can help your country is resign or hold trump accountable for his crimes.

[Mr. Ected]

21. The best way to help your country is to stop blocking Mueller's path to justice

Running interference for a man that is the focus of a special counsel's investigation is the antithesis of what you claim to support.

You can't have it both ways, Lindsey.

[JHB]

23. If only Lindsay were part of an organization charged with providing...

...checks and balances on the executive branch.

He might be able to do more than whine about it. Ahhhh, if only.

[Thekaspervote]

24. It pisses you off!!! Then DO something... stand up against the dotard and his evil doings

[Doodley]

25. Bless Lindsey Graham. He is upset because Trump is disrespectful to his friend, but he isn't upset

when trump wants to take healthcare away from 32 million people.

[Jarqui]

26. He's a two faced piece of ____

I did not care for many of McCain's positions but at least you often knew where he stood and knew when he wouldn't budge.

I've been wondering if Trump offered Sessions job to Lindsey ...

[dalton99a]

27. What Lindsey means: "The best way I can honor John McCain is help my NEW country Russia"

[gordianot]

30. Don't be pissed off at Trump he is mentally ill, a traitor and a crook.

What exactly is your excuse Lindsey?

[Roland99]

33. Someone term limit that asshole

[BSdetect]

36. What about mitch and drumph and all the other gop turds "saying things" about O?

[Cousin Dupree]

37. But yet, you still support that a..hole. Hypocrite.

[Power 2 the People]

38. Graham is a calculating,self-serving bullshitter

He jumped on the Trump bandwagon while his dying best friend was being belittled by the orange asswipe. What kind of man is that?

[dsc]

39. Politics aside

His lack of steadfastness in behalf of his best friend makes, or at least should make, one wonder just what he would be steadfast about. I honestly couldn't vote for any candidate who I thought had such a weak moral fiber.