Sen. Lindsey Graham’s role as a gyrating political provocateur should be a major concern for the country. It’s the kind of chaos America’s enemies could only dream of sowing.
This nation has never had a foreign enemy that’s done anything like a good a job at tearing the nation down as our own conservatives. They’ve promoted, among other things and in no particular order: climate change; an exploitative, extractive economy; divisions along racial, gender, religious and other lines; anti-democratic election rigging; and blocking a nationwide response to a pandemic.
Someone descrbed Graham's proposal as trying to 'give other repubicans something to point to' on the subject of abortion while campaigning. I think that sounds reasonable and that it can be viewed as an expression of Graham's desire for a leadership post
This nation has never had a foreign enemy that’s done anything like a good a job at tearing the nation down as our own conservatives. They’ve promoted, among other things and in no particular order: climate change; an exploitative, extractive economy; divisions along racial, gender, religious and other lines; anti-democratic election rigging; and blocking a nationwide response to a pandemic.
Every foreign enemy we ever had must be jealous.
Someone descrbed Graham's proposal as trying to 'give other repubicans something to point to' on the subject of abortion while campaigning. I think that sounds reasonable and that it can be viewed as an expression of Graham's desire for a leadership post
"Blackmail," he said snidely, "is such an ugly word."
So is treason.
To my knowledge, not one MSM poseur has reported out the likelihood of either explanation for the perfidy of Trump and Graham.
But you can bet the farm -- even if it's Hammersmith -- that state intel agencies have looked deeply into those possibilities.
Nice essay.