Former Lindsey Graham donor backs his Democratic challenger after questioning Graham's principles
Source: CNN
(CNN)A prominent donor to Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week he broke with the South Carolina Republican to support his Democratic challenger after he started to question Graham's principles.
Richard Wilkerson, the former chairman and president of Michelin North America, said in an opinion piece published Sunday in the Greenville News that he supported Graham until 2017 when he "started having real misgivings about him when he failed to mount any significant defense" of the late Republican Sen. John McCain, who President Donald Trump frequently attacked both before his passing in 2018 and after.
"I asked myself, 'What is the character of a man who will not defend his best friend? If he won't defend John McCain, why would I expect him to defend any of us in South Carolina?'" Wilkerson wrote of Graham, who is one of Trump's strongest defenders in Congress.
He continued: "My conclusion was that he was more interested in currying favor than in honoring the memory of a true American hero whom he had described as his best friend. I was extremely disappointed."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/lindsey-graham-donor-support-challenger/index.html
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but when you want to purposely insult someone with maximum impact, you use whatever tact needed that will hit home for THEM.
When I came out in the mid-70's one of my biggest areas of discomfort was with (almost) ALL gay men referring to each other with feminine names, and the wholesale "camping it up" whenever we were in our own, isolated groups. (If we did it in public we would get our asses beat.) I saw it as implying that we all wanted to be women. I knew I didn't, so why would they do it? I also viewed drag as more of a freak show, than anything else.
It was a slow learning curve experience for me. Expressing our feminine side takes a lot more courage than MOST straight men will ever have.
As with anything, the more you are exposed to something, the less "other" it is. Our "feminine" side does seem to be where our sympathy and empathy lies. We would be better people building a better world, if we were more comfortable expressing it.
THEY (the haters) are the ones who have defined those qualities as lesser. But those traits to aspire to aren't defined by dresses, make up, "fuck me stilettos" (like Melania's 
), they just seem to be much more prevalent, and much more accessible by our sisters. We don't have to dress up like them to manifest those traits. We CAN if we want, and THAT is cool. But the LGBTQ community are so lucky in that it is already part of our basic make up, and can tap into it at will.
Poor widdle Limpsey (sic) can't. And THAT is where his problem lies. He is still just another fucking closet case. He can fluff and fellate in private (I apologize for THAT disgusting visual), but he is well aware that he is just another coward being philosophically raped by one of the most EPIC LOSERS of all time.
Sadly, little turdlette Graham is guilty of rampant and blatant HYPOCRISY. HE may be offended by the feminine references, which is why we use them, but WE aren't.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR DUALITY.
ALL HAIL RUPAUL!!!
And, honestly, if you have never watched Rupaul's Drag Race, DO!!! (preferably on VH1, since it is in true high definition, and you MUST see the makeup in high definition 
) Yes, they do have to act like "any of the housewives shows", because it is expected AND we can be catty bitches... But you will also see personal fears and self doubts displayed like few "real" men could ever do. It is a very touching and loving show.
And DAMN are those MEN beautiful. But NONE are as beautiful as Ru!
So, as a man, I don't take offense when others try using anything "feminine" as an insult, because I know that in reality, it is the ultimate complement.
and colorfully shared. Being straight but living in a gay community, I long ago realized what the Rainbow Flag meant to me... my straight friends are nice but mostly black and white, where as my gay friends are usually in radiant living color. I always look forward to seeing them with a tiny bit greater joy.
Every republican running should have his image paired with an image of Trump saying "I take no responsibility at all."
