Graham *reeks* of a guy treading water to hide a scary, closet skeleton.

The odds usually are that the simplest answer is the correct one.

... Russia has dirt on Graham and they passed it on to Trump. Besides Graham got lots of
Russian money too.


Is Russian Money Behind Graham's Growing Defense of Trump?
https://investigaterussia.org/media/2018-09-11/russian-money-behind-grahams-growing-defense-trump

It was abrupt, after that golf game. Something happened there to make Graham change so completely. I think he's compromised, and it's not just his being gay, which few people care about.

THAT, not being gay per se, should bother a lot of them (but let's face it, his being gay WOULD bother a lot of them).

You're right about some of his SC constituents, but rumors about his being gay have circulated for years; surely most of them have at least heard them if not believed them. I have a feeling he's compromised in a much more serious way. As always, follow the money.

And Graham came out and announced that Trump shot a 73. Such an outrageous lie. I bet Trump ordered him to make that announcement.

... a golf publication came out and called b.s. on that claim. They wrote that people
who play on the PGA tour (aka the best in the world) have trouble breaking par on that
course and that those pros average something like 75 on that track.

Trump lies on everything all the time and no doubt Trump showed Ms. Lindsey some
pictures, audio, video, or accounts of dirty Russian money that had something to do
w/Graham during that golf outing.

It appears there is money as well, but I'm sure Putin has something very compromising on Lindsey. His about face was too sudden and peculiar.

Ever since then Lindsey has been so far up trumpery's butt it is amazing his face has not turned shit brown. So the answer to the question is probably YES.

Destroy one of America's two major parties, blackmail the other into doing their bidding.

<POE>

<OPE>

on every repug in Congress. That evil bastard Cheney made sure of that with his illegal wiretapping activity.

Thank you for bring a Cheney conspiracy into the Trump orbit.

I needed that.

a legacy like that last several lifetimes.

The other got body snatched.



So long, real senator Graham, we hardly knew ye?

Anybody got a garden hose? Pod people Lindsay looks thirsty today.

there was also emails from Republican congressmen. I suspect Graham was shown one of his private emails.

Either that or he's the saddest, most pathetic human being on earth. Can you imagine demeaning yourself the way he's doing for the sake of Donald Trump????

More likely that Roger Stone rather than Putin has had some incriminating info or at least Trump insinuated to Graham that Stone had something in order to get Graham in line. Seems that everything changed after Graham joined Trump for golf.

Trump isn't the only narcissist.

in 2016. Russians and Putin have information on them perhaps, plus I think it could be money related cause they were paid off or receiving money like McConnell received from GOP campaigns took $7.35 million from oligarch linked to Russia

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns


snip of article:


Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank.

So (afaik) the donations aren't illegal. Senators are old pros at weaselling around super PAC money from less than stellar sources.

For Graham to have made such a rapid aboutface, it's got to be something much bigger and far more scandalous than that, imho.

He made such an obvious about face regarding Trump, that I think someone has the stuff on him.

The dirt was obtained by AMI/NI and not hackers, and Mueller already knows about it. Maybe Graham knows Mueller knows and he was told to "play along" so they could get Trump on that too. That would be best case scenario. But there is no doubt, Trump told him what he had at that golf match. complete 180 that day. Its probably pictures of him with a former lover, or a former lover was just going to tell the story and AMI caught/killed it.

When I started this thread, I didn't refer to salacious pictures, nor would I have.

I think you've went a bridge too far here. Graham is a US Senator and no one has seen any compromising pictures of him. And until some turn up, no one should be making that accusation.

If Trump "has something" on him, it doesn't mean photos. It could be emails, texts, or who knows what. I, for one, won't assume that there are photos.

And to add to this post, many assume that Graham is gay. I have no idea whether or not he is. But really, who cares? His constituents may care about the rumor and throw him out of office because of it. But why should anyone here on DU give a shit if he's straight, gay, bi, or whatever. Let his voters believe what they will. Why should any of us care?

As in the number of dollars of Russian oil money he has taken over the years. I would not be at all surprised if that number is actually much higher than what's being reported, or there are other things, as well.

Somebody has something compromising on the Genteel Southern Gentleman from South Carolina.

There's more to his mild-manner than meets the eye. I can't wait to find out what they are all about!

It is the worst kept secret in the state. Graham's emails were hacked in 2016. Yes, trump knows something and I suspect it has to do with who Graham was having an affair with.

Seriously, how can you blackmail him on that front?

"I will confirm what everyone assumes to be true....."

Like the rest of the dolts in the R party.

and people like Graham, Cruz, Rubio - who once were critical of Trump - started to kiss his ass in anticipation of their upcoming elections.

They know the Basket of Deplorables (along with Putin) now control their party, and Trump even has a high approval rating amongst "regular" Repub voters.. game over... "yes, Mr. Trump, may I have another..."