Salon is kind of getting embarrassing (Reply #10)

In the discussion thread: Salon: "...interesting theory about Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham's relationship" [View all]

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Wed Mar 10, 2021, 02:03 PM

Mike 03 (16,616 posts)

10. Salon is kind of getting embarrassing

Lindsey Graham is a lot like the character Tom Ripley in the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley.

He selects people he thinks are powerful, idealized figures and wants to become them and vicariously share their power by hanging around them and becoming their best friends.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
Salon: "...interesting theory about Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham's relationship" [View all]	Pluvious	Mar 2021	OP
Or pay him off.	marble falls	Mar 2021	#1
What a lovely bunch of people.	Dark n Stormy Knight	Mar 2021	#2
Graham is too afraid of the Trump base to turn on him. Lindsay is no hero.	dem4decades	Mar 2021	#3
That's the simplest explanation and is consistent with evidence.	spooky3	Mar 2021	#18
I agree but what Neal Katyal just did was put some doubts into	Bev54	Mar 2021	#35
Doesn't explain why he fell for drumpf in the first place	soothsayer	Mar 2021	#4
Thank you!	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#6
Exactly. And Graham changed his tune about Trump LONG before the 2020 election	Taylor Picker	Mar 2021	#8
If T***p has any kompromat on Lindsey	leftieNanner	Mar 2021	#22
If drumpf and v putin have kompromat on Lindsey, he already knows what it is	soothsayer	Mar 2021	#23
Good Point	leftieNanner	Mar 2021	#25
Great point. I'd love to know his motives here	soothsayer	Mar 2021	#27
Remember back to 2016	The Wizard	Mar 2021	#29
He's a real a-hole isn't he	soothsayer	Mar 2021	#32
I have a feeling that	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#26
+1, ... or worse, Graham is a true believer	uponit7771	Mar 2021	#38
they are more than golf buddies. They are bearded dragon breeders.	Trueblue1968	Mar 2021	#31
It's a horny toad !!!!!!!!!!!!!	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#41
ha ha ha ... donnie and lindsay are horny toads. lol	Trueblue1968	Mar 2021	#45
Nah	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#47
+1, Graham was hugging on Putin's Whore from the start	uponit7771	Mar 2021	#37
Sorry,	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#40
That's all there is.	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#5
"let something slip" - if Lindsey flips for any reason, Drumpf will unload on him in an INSTANT!	UTUSN	Mar 2021	#7
That would be a nice theory,	FoxNewsSucks	Mar 2021	#9
Salon is kind of getting embarrassing	Mike 03	Mar 2021	#10
Well, Katyal's speculation that Graham could be trying to increase his value	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#11
The turning point for Graham's about face on Trump seems to have come on a visit to Mar-a-Lago	OAITW r.2.0	Mar 2021	#12
Hm, yes. Graham was only one of several who abandoned his	Hortensis	Mar 2021	#17
Fanciful nonsense	greenjar_01	Mar 2021	#13
I don't buy it. I don't think Lindsey is that clever.	Goodheart	Mar 2021	#14
Meh...my only "interest" is in taking them both down...	Wounded Bear	Mar 2021	#15
Whatever dirt Trump has on Lindsey must be spectacular.	keithbvadu2	Mar 2021	#16
There is only ONE thing	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#30
And they have it	ScratchCat	Mar 2021	#33
Bingo, your last line	DENVERPOPS	Mar 2021	#42
Epstein. They are all pedophiles. They don't hang out together	FlyingPiggy	Mar 2021	#46
That makes sense because I believe trump has the goods on Graham, his 180 degree after one round	Escurumbele	Mar 2021	#19
So a delusional person can act on whatever delusion beliefs they have?	PoindexterOglethorpe	Mar 2021	#20
I think everyone looks for a lot of stuff that just isnt there.	oldsoftie	Mar 2021	#21
Yes, I heard Neal Katyal say that last night.	msfiddlestix	Mar 2021	#24
To repurpose a meme in response to these theories:	Salviati	Mar 2021	#28
Probably both are trying to gather Kompromat.	lagomorph777	Mar 2021	#34
It's a Burns/Smithers relationship	Disaffected	Mar 2021	#36
It is hard to figure out a logical reason for Graham's actions	karynnj	Mar 2021	#39
Nah. Graham is just a stupid racist two faced southern 'gentleman'.	Tommymac	Mar 2021	#43
Trump knew they were going to lose before election day - that's why they cancelled the	Lucinda	Mar 2021	#44

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