Explaining Lindsey Graham

[MoonRiver]

1.) He's just stupid.
2.) Chumpy/putin has something on him.
3.) He wants something from Chumpy.

Those are the only choices I can think of to explain this cretin.

[The Blue Flower]

1. All of the above

I'd also add that he's had a spine-ectomy.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. My guess is #2.

Graham was livid that Trump revealed his cell # during the primaries. Trump insulted repeatedly Graham's BFF, John McCain.

No way Graham would forgive and forget.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It's either 2 or 3, or possibly both.

Whatever we might think of Graham, he's clearly not stupid. IIRC, he did a complete 180 on Trump, whom he had previously derided in no uncertain terms, after a golf game in 2017. During that leisurely stroll on the golf course did Trump offer him something - a Cabinet position, perhaps - if he "behaved"? But the most suitable position for him, that of AG, was just filled by someone else. Maybe Trump's running mate in 2020? There's no good reason to keep Pence, who has all the charisma of a gaffed carp; maybe Trump wants someone a little more rabid.

The more sinister possibility is that Trump has some kompromat of his own. Or the Russians do, and Trump was just passing it along. And if so, it's likely to be something much more damaging to him than just dragging him out of the closet. I hope we find out eventually.

[NurseJackie]

5. Somebody has compromising photos of the Genteel Southern Gentleman from South Carolina.

I can't wait to find out what they are all about!

[democratisphere]

4. #2.

[Sherman A1]

6. I don't care to

explain Lindsey Graham. Simply don't see the need.

[brush]

7. Not much to him. He's a borh sychophant who sucks up...

on demand to those who he feels are more powerful than him. When McCain was alive he sided with him quite often in opposing trump.

Now McCain is gone and suddenly he's a trump toady.

Like I said, there's not much substance to his stances.

[Hassler]

8. All good, and add 4.) Afraid of getting primaried.

[cilla4progress]

9. I think most of the GOP

has been compromised with Russian rubles somehow or other....including through NRA $$$$$$.

[Sneederbunk]

10. He is so compromised that he cannot explain himself.

[demmiblue]

11. I'll add: attention whore (perhaps with some degree of insecurity) and his 2020 reelection.

Here is a good article from 2018:

Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/why-is-lindsey-graham-acting-like-this/2018/10/04/75e0fba0-c747-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html?noredirect=on

[struggle4progress]

12. "When you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow"

[FrankBooth]

13. Lindsey's positioning himself to soak up Trumpists

if anything happens to Dotard and he's unable to run in 2020. In my mind there's not another 'establishment' GOPer better positioned to soak up the Trump bloc.

That being said I defer to Occam's razor on this -- Lindsey's compromised and has been blackmailed.