Am I the only one who is sad for Lindsay Graham?

[tavernier]

No, I don’t like him a bit, and I think he will end up in the pile of Trump’s discards.

But I thought for one second that he might have been a hero, a senator worthy of fighting for us.

He appeared to be a fighter against a man whose values were destructive to our nation.

He traveled the world and knew our enemies.

What would it take for this man to turn traitor?

I’m thinking a lot.

[customerserviceguy]

1. He likes being somebody's lap dog

Right now, Trump is his master.

[live love laugh]

2. Yes. You're the only one. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Whatever it is, he did it to himself.

It's hard to feel much pity for someone who sells himself so cheaply to the likes of Trump. “For Trump? Why, Lindsey, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Trump!”

[tavernier]

12. Yes.

A bit Shakespearean, except he should know the outcome.

Well, we hope.

[hatrack]

4. No.

Fuck. Him.

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. He's a lackey.

Latches on to who he thinks is strong in order to benefit himself. No guts or leadership of his own.

[PJMcK]

6. Don't waste your precious emotions on such a dirt bag as Graham

Graham has never been a good American. As a congressman then as a senator, he's been a fraud.

You ask a rhetorical question: "What would it take for this man to turn traitor?" Who cares? His behavior throughout his career has been despicable.

In short, fuck Lindsay Graham. He's a dead end.

By the way, I think the answer to your question is that he's compromised one way or another. Trump simply reminded him of that.

[Raven123]

7. Fear. He is afraid of something or someone.

[MBS]

20. """ n/t

[pwb]

8. His character is falling apart .

He has to look in the mirror at himself every morning . The image has changed for sure.

[we can do it]

9. I think so.

[hlthe2b]

10. at some point sympathy is no longer appopriate. IMO, that line was passed with Graham

coincident with his promotion and the election of Trump and even more so after McCain's death.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Whatever shreds of decency and honor Graham might once have had

were buried with McCain.

[Blue Owl]

11. The man who helped bring us Brett Kavanaugh?

Um, no...

[live love laugh]

22. Exactly! He's scum. nt

[ProudLib72]

13. I feel sorry for myself that I have to live in a world where

Graham is a senator instead of the guy who sucks sewage out of septic tanks. Come to think of it, maybe he does that in his spare time. Seems like something he would be into, sucking it out with a krazy straw.

[Anon-C]

15. I think they are ALL each and every one deathly afraid of being poisoned

...by polonium, dioxin, novichuk or who knows what...they are in fear for themselves and their families I sincerely believe.

Sure, the Russian money is the carrot paired with the stick, but these cowards are scared, imho.

[Leghorn21]

32. +++ yup. It's the only reasonable explanation for such utter and complete capitulation, C.

Maybe they don’t care about themselves, but mothers/children/spouses in danger? Whole different deal.

I wonder if we’ll ever really know

Oy

[Shrike47]

16. He is a weak man who yearns to be dominated and directed.

[tavernier]

17. My only sadness for him was that i thought

he might have presented himself as a human being.

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. Most likely. I abhor the asshole.

[Claritie Pixie]

19. Sad he decided to sell his soul to the devil? No.

Like you, I once thought he might have a shred of integrity. But instead of doing the right thing, he caved to whatever stick or carrot he was offered.

He is not a victim. It was his choice.

[tavernier]

26. And I agree, but why???

He was noble, a Senator, a man of conviction, a true patriot? Best friend to McCain. Traveled and worked side by side with HRC.
What made him goofy???

[Claritie Pixie]

29. Stick or carrot - blackmailed or bought off.

Or maybe he never was a man of conviction and he's nothing more than a con man.

[Golden Raisin]

21. If there is damning Kompromat

I hope whoever has it releases it publicly. Soon.

[volstork]

23. "What would it take for this man to turn traitor? "

The compromising photos with which he is being blackmailed.

[sheshe2]

24. He is a traitor to America and her people.

[gratuitous]

25. Let's say you're right: A lot has turned Graham

How long does he realistically think he can ride the tiger? Someone, somewhere, has information that could utterly ruin Graham's career. Maybe even cost him his life.

So every day, Sen. Graham has to run the odds: Is today the day I'm exposed? Is today the day I collapse without warning, dead? What would my survivors have to face when it all comes out? How could I face my loved ones and supporters? If I'm killed, how will they ever know my side of things? When will the day come when he says, "Screw it! I'm tired of living on my belly, waiting for the ax to fall." What will it take? Why wasn't today the day?

[NNadir]

27. I doubt that he ever had a shred of integrity, but used to be good at pretending to have it.

The fact is that he has such a poor moral sense that he has become the peon of a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

You cannot have ever been a decent human being to do what he has done, fronting for suspected rapists (Kavanaugh) and elevating the suspected rapist to the Supreme Court, cheering for a slovenly idiot pig of a President.

There's nothing to do for him other than to hold him in the contempt his despicable soul deserves.

[Midnightwalk]

28. What did he ever do that was praise worthy?

I dread when George W Bush or Gingrich dies and I’ll have to read how decent they were compared to the current republicans.

I’ve been watching this crap for years and it gets old. Screw Lindsey Graham and let him rot.

[Buckeyeblue]

30. Trump makes him feel tough and important

Lindsay wishes he could be bold like Trump. It's not in his nature. But he sees how it works with Trump and it makes him want to be part of the inner circle.

It's sad, really. Because if Lindsay were to have a misstep, he would be cast out tomorrow, left to wonder what happened.

That's how a narcissist works.

[dawg day]

31. When John McCain was alive--

Graham followed him.

Now McCain is gone, so he's turned to Trump for "guidance."

No respect, no pity for him from me. He's weak and easily led, and someone like that should know better than to run for high office. And there's no respect deserved by someone who would worship Trump.

[SharonAnn]

33. I'm more puzzled than sad.

[UTUSN]

34. Imho, the O.P. is over-thinking.