.@HillaryClinton expected to have partisan disagreements with Republicans in Congress, but the recent change she’s seen in politicians like Lindsey Graham have surprised her: “It’s like he had a brain snatch.” pic.twitter.com/F7lEmIuzyh
— Stern Show (@sternshow) December 4, 2019
Courtesy of Salon:
After remarking on how Clinton had close relationships with many Republican senators prior to her run for president in 2016 which soured during her campaign, radio host Howard Stern asked the first woman to appear at the top of a major party ticket about Graham.
Clinton began by noting that the South Carolina senator was once “good company. He was funny. He was self-deprecating.”
She added, “He also believed in climate change back in those days.”
After Stern expressed incredulity, Clinton added: “He was concerned about the future, absolutely. I saw him as somebody who, you know, had been working to try to figure out what he believed and how he could do things.”
When asked if Graham had sold his soul to the devil, Clinton replied that she was unsure. Nonetheless, she conceded that Stern had asked “a fair question.”
“What I don’t understand is how [Graham] went from being the friend and the real confidant of the Maverick — John McCain — who, you know, I didn’t agree with politically, but I found him to be a man of integrity, a man of real strength of conviction,” she added.
After commenting on how in 2006 Graham wrote a tribute to Hillary Clinton for Time magazine, Clinton concluded by asking, “It’s like he had a brain snatch, you know?”
I like to keep myself grounded in the facts when attempting to understand bizarre phenomena, but I have to admit that a “brain snatch” is as viable of an opinion concerning Lindsey Graham’s behavior as any I have heard.
I mean I typically go with the blackmail theory, but exactly how bad was the thing that they have over Lindsey Graham that would convince him to shred his legacy like this?
Miss Lindsey has become very nasty lately, maybe it is hanging around with the scum like trump has influenced his behavior. Nah, I think somebody has the dirt on him, however there is still no excuse for being so nasty, he is like a rabid dog.
I have a feeling Miss Lindsey will be gone after the 2020 election.
May we hope the same plight Moscow Mitch.
F you for “Miss Lindsay.” I have no patience for female being an insult.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ftc-finds-cambridge-analytica-engaged-in-deceptive-practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/12/ftc-issues-opinion-order-against-cambridge-analytica-deceiving
Hillary Clinton is so thoughtful and well-spoken. To think we could have her for president instead of orange shitgibbon. Nobody would be laughing at her behind her back.
No one?? Her own country for starters.
Remember when Sarah told Katie she would get back to Katie with the list of newspapers?
That was summer 2008. Still nothing.
Former Ukrainian Diplomat Will Cooperate With Graham’s Ukraine Probe
“A former Ukrainian diplomat plans to cooperate with a congressional inquiry into allegations that Kyiv colluded with the Democratic Party in 2016, The Daily Beast has learned. American national security officials have said there is no evidence that such collusion happened. But despite that, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced on Friday that they will look into the allegations, first raised nearly two years ago. Andrii Telizhenko, who worked at Ukraine’s embassy in Washington for six months and went on the record for the January 2017 Politico story telegraphing the claims, told The Daily Beast he will work with Congress. “I will fully cooperate with any request from the United States government, as I would like the U.S. Senate, Congress, DOJ, and FBI to investigate what happened,” he said. He said he has received a formal request from investigators, and this would be his first interview with Congress.”<The Daily Beast
Three more Republicans call it a day. Albeit Duncan Hunter isn’t going to have much choice. He’ll either be a lame duck, like King, stripped of his committees and not being allowed to vote or he can resign now. The other two are just cowards.
That bring the total to 23.
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-duncan-hunter-shows-no-143418941.html
“Representative Duncan Hunter (R., Calif.) has not indicated that he will leave his seat in the House after he pleaded guilty on Wednesday to campaign finance violations.”
“Hunter is scheduled to be sentenced on March 17. One Republican lawmaker said party leadership would give him time to “get his affairs in order,” but that time would be limited. Republicans had to force Hunter to give up positions on various House committees after his guilty plea.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-congressman-tom-graves-retire_n_5de94cd2e4b0d50f32b0931b
“Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia announced on Thursday that he won’t seek another term in 2020, swelling the ranks of Republicans who have decided to give up their House seats after next year.
The 49-year-old congressman, first elected in 2010, becomes the 21st GOP member of the chamber deciding either retire from public office or seek other posts in 2020. ”
https://news.yahoo.com/north-carolina-rep-holding-wont-161656889.html
“North Carolina Republican Rep. George Holding announced on Friday he won’t run for reelection — the victim of a congressional map redrawn following a court order that now makes his district lean to the left.
Holding represents the Triangle-area 2nd Congressional District, which was dramatically altered by the state legislature a few weeks ago because state judges ruled it was likely the previous map was tainted with extreme partisan bias favoring the GOP.”
And there it is. No committees. No voting. Hunter isn’t going to resign. He is going to sit around collecting his paycheck until he is kicked out or his sentence comes down and he goes to prison, just like Randy “Duke” Cunningham.
Man, the GOP can sure pick them. Or should I say criminals love to choose the Republican Party?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-ethics-committee-duncan-hunter-voting_n_5de98fd4e4b0913e6f8d995b
“The House Ethics Committee informed Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) on Thursday that he should refrain from voting on the House floor in the wake of his guilty plea this week in a federal corruption case.
In a letter signed by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), and ranking member, Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas), the ethics committee noted a House “code of official conduct” rule that Hunter would violate by continuing to vote.
House Rule XXIII states that a member of the House who has been convicted of a crime that may carry a sentence of two or more years’ imprisonment “should refrain from participation in the business of each committee of which such individual is a member, and a Member should refrain from voting on any question at a meeting of the House or of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, unless or until judicial or executive proceedings result in reinstatement of the presumption of the innocence of such Member or until the Member is reelected to the House after the date of such conviction.”
The committee stated that the rule, though not mandatory, was enacted “to preserve public confidence in the legislative process when a sitting Member of Congress has been convicted of a serious crime.””
Of course, that may not stop him. This is the Trump administration, where there are no norms and precedents are violated daily.
How can decent U.S. citizens vote for these scum?
Hillary will definitely be president. Likely in 2028. For 8 years. She will save us. She will save the human race. The evangelicals will worship her. The Bible will have her retroactively raising Jesus from the dead.
Its sad how Putin found the tools to work on our divisions. Now the chasms yawn before us. The one who wins? The cybernasty? Or the people who still try to play by the rules? Remember Putin discombobulated his country with the down and dirty. He now owns Russia and Crimea. Will America band together and resist? Or will we henpeck until theres nothing left but the feeling of wanting to win for republicans and or democrats. We shall see. What it boils down to is if we are a country of smart people 2ho can see behind the curtain, or are we j7st plain dumbasses? All this is in the works. Putins arsonal. Bots, trolls, plants, suggestions, innuendo, all on the sly. Remember with Putin, you are dead without knowing when and how. The devil is even more obvious.