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How Lindsey Graham Convinced Me That Democracy is Dead
Let me start out by saying that I have never agreed with Senator Graham on policy. He’s a conservative. I’m a progressive.
I have never agreed with his views on economics or his views on foreign policy. I consider him to be a huge hawk to my little dove.
Nevertheless, over the past couple of decades, I have considered Lindsey Graham to be a man of integrity and a man of honor. I thought that he was a Senator who would fight for his own beliefs and values.
When Senator Graham referred to Republican presidential candidate Trump as a “kook” I thought he was an honest man. His full quote was this:
“I’m not going to try to get into the mind of Donald Trump because I don’t think there’s a whole lot of space there. I think he’s a kook. I think he’s crazy. I think he’s unfit for office.”
I agreed with him wholeheartedly and thought that it took some courage for a Republican to make such a statement.
Yay, Lindsey, I thought.
When the good Senator called on Trump to apologize for his racist birther attacks on then-President Obama, I was impressed with his integrity and his sense of…
