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NYETNYET

(237 posts)
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:03 PM Oct 2020

IS GRAHAM SICK?

He hasn't looked good the last couple days. All sweaty and his eyes weren't looking right. Today he was coughing and clearing his throat. Pushing ahead as he did, is he afraid he won't be able to hide anything tomorrow. Did he sit there for the last few days putting everyone else is danger? He looked sick! I don't know, I am not a doctor but if I worked with him I would want him to go home.
If all of this is true, what is hanging over his head that he would risk the death of himself or fellow senators to push this through?

Lindsey, you look awful! See a doctor. Get a test.

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IS GRAHAM SICK? (Original Post) NYETNYET Oct 2020 OP
I thought he was positive for the CV earlier this year, I seem to remember. Maybe he's having a SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #1
That was Rand Paul who claimed he had Covid-19 ScratchCat Oct 2020 #3
Thanks!! You can't trust any of these republicans to tell others if they're sick, ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #21
Did IT really have Covid? saidsimplesimon Oct 2020 #32
I worked with someone that I described that way. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #43
My mil was like that. She lied about the most insignificant Luz Oct 2020 #46
I don't remember that, but Ilsa Oct 2020 #7
Graham was never publicly positive for COVID greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #12
You are mistaken. LisaL Oct 2020 #14
If he he exposed dozens of people to Covid during a sham hearings... idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #2
Mentally ... surely! bedazzled Oct 2020 #4
Hmm... Mike Nelson Oct 2020 #5
Or hung over PatSeg Oct 2020 #16
I don't know... Mike Nelson Oct 2020 #17
Its been a really stressful time for poor Lindsey PatSeg Oct 2020 #23
He was at the rose garden event. BComplex Oct 2020 #77
Don't forget he was talking face to face with Mike Lee Marius25 Oct 2020 #6
Looks like he should see a mortician. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #8
I'm sure that was a freudian slip Backseat Driver Oct 2020 #18
A Fraudian Slip. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #25
I see what you dead there! dchill Oct 2020 #40
With Covid ? RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #9
He did refuse a covid test last friday at sc senate debate jcgoldie Oct 2020 #10
Shit, that's downright evil PatSeg Oct 2020 #24
Fuking assholes, all of them. I have no sympathy for their evil ways. triron Oct 2020 #27
They don't care how many people they kill PatSeg Oct 2020 #76
I remember that too. MFKR. Native Oct 2020 #36
Graham refuses to take a test. Might take one after Barrett confirmation if/when it happens. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #11
Maybe he found a Harrison in his soup underpants Oct 2020 #13
+1. yonder Oct 2020 #33
He's refused to get tested for covid. LisaL Oct 2020 #15
Didn't he refuse to get tested before the hearings? CanonRay Oct 2020 #19
Before the second debate he was supposed to have. LisaL Oct 2020 #22
That was it. CanonRay Oct 2020 #26
He's definitely sickening. marmar Oct 2020 #20
Is this a trick question? vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #28
He has refused to take the COVID test relayerbob Oct 2020 #29
Maybe he is rushing his SCOTUS sham before he ends up in ICU or loses more ground in his election. WyattKansas Oct 2020 #30
Graham sick? Nuffer Oct 2020 #31
graham has said he would be present to confirm even if on a ventilator...... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #34
That's bluster. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2020 #39
I would think much before that. triron Oct 2020 #42
All Republicans are on standby/scheduled to "get sick" at a time most convenient for their agenda. BamaRefugee Oct 2020 #35
Hmm.. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2020 #37
I want the actions of the current republican party to be a cautionary tale told for ages. Salviati Oct 2020 #38
Good Grief, People!!! All this speculatin'!!! griloco Oct 2020 #41
Delete this shit. Iggo Oct 2020 #44
Nothing trivial, I hope. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #45
By all means Lindsey, see a Doctor. And check into a conscience transplant while you're at it. marble falls Oct 2020 #47
I hope so with extreme predjudice still_one Oct 2020 #48
With you. triron Oct 2020 #60
if he has covid, barbtries Oct 2020 #49
"Lindsey, you look awful! See a doctor. Get a test." Botany Oct 2020 #50
He doesn't look well. When he refused to take the test before his last debate, liberalla Oct 2020 #51
Lindseed is sick all right. Whether he has COVID-19 is unknown. Hassler Oct 2020 #52
Douchebag will wait until after Barrett is confirmed IronLionZion Oct 2020 #53
Probably, he refused to take a test last week... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #54
maybe bdamomma Oct 2020 #55
Sick or not, Graham needs to fuck himself into oblivion. ASAP. (nt) Paladin Oct 2020 #56
Looked like a bad hangover after a night of binge drinking olegramps Oct 2020 #57
To bad, but it might not be speaknow Oct 2020 #58
What are you talking about? He NEVER looks or sounds "good"! Illumination Oct 2020 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #61
Anything to fuck him up! triron Oct 2020 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #65
He is sick alright! Has been since the day he first starting kissing Putin's puppet's ass. usaf-vet Oct 2020 #62
I wish McCain would reincarnate as a fly and land on Lindsey's head spooky3 Oct 2020 #63
I hope not, because Dianne Feinstein just hugged him maskless Polybius Oct 2020 #66
OMFG. What was she thinking??? SunSeeker Oct 2020 #68
And that's why adding seats to the USSC won't happen in 2021, and will have to wait until 2023 or AleksS Oct 2020 #69
No one is ever adding seats lol AkFemDem Oct 2020 #75
He did refuse to take a test before the debate... AleksS Oct 2020 #67
How can you tell a sick Lindsey from a healthy Lindsey? He always looks like mortician bait. Vinca Oct 2020 #70
He looks like his face is no fire. ffr Oct 2020 #71
Graham billymerk Oct 2020 #72
And how many people has he infected? calimary Oct 2020 #73
Sick? JeaneRaye Oct 2020 #74

SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
1. I thought he was positive for the CV earlier this year, I seem to remember. Maybe he's having a
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:04 PM
Oct 2020

relapse?

ScratchCat

(2,740 posts)
3. That was Rand Paul who claimed he had Covid-19
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:07 PM
Oct 2020

Trying to derail a Senate vote(he didn't really have it).

SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
21. Thanks!! You can't trust any of these republicans to tell others if they're sick, ...
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:19 PM
Oct 2020

Here's a blurb from Spring of this year (you're aware of I'm sure)...I suspect that he was sick that first time in the Spring of this year, and it's looking more and more per your note (I haven't seen LG lately) that LG is sick again. This time around, the CV (from what I hear) is going to do a number on LG. I've heard that reinfections do occur and the reinfections are worse the 2nd time around.

Take care and be safe!!

--snip--
Truly appreciate the care package from @FLOTUS Melania Trump and President @realDonaldTrump.

Can’t wait to get back to work with the President and my Senate colleagues to contain coronavirus and stabilize the economy.

We will get through this together! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/eFUFWBG8iZ

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 14, 2020

Wait a minute. This card from Melania Trump says “Hope you feel better soon.” There has been no reporting that Graham had any coronavirus symptoms; he was merely quarantining himself in case it turned out he was infected. So is Melania just being incredibly tone-deaf here, or does this mean that Graham really is sick?
--snip--

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
32. Did IT really have Covid?
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:32 PM
Oct 2020

Our current President is a liar. He lies when the truth would better serve him.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,217 posts)
43. I worked with someone that I described that way.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:58 PM
Oct 2020

Came to learn later, from her sister, the her family called her The Lying Machine.

Luz

(919 posts)
46. My mil was like that. She lied about the most insignificant
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:02 PM
Oct 2020

things, like what she had for lunch...even if she had lunch with you.

idziak4ever1234

(1,257 posts)
2. If he he exposed dozens of people to Covid during a sham hearings...
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:07 PM
Oct 2020

that would be very bad for his re-election efforts. I hate to be grim, but this is a fricken war for the soul of our nation.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
5. Hmm...
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:07 PM
Oct 2020

... he seemed bright-eyed and bushy-tailed the first day... but, today, he looked bloodshot and beat. Cold be worn out... probably, he's not getting his sleep.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
17. I don't know...
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:17 PM
Oct 2020

... if he was at the event. He could have been drinking wine with Amy Barrett, though... she mentioned needing a drink after the first day, and I believe Lindsay Graham gave some words of approval. I got the impression he would be having some wine, too.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
23. Its been a really stressful time for poor Lindsey
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:20 PM
Oct 2020

I'm quite he does a bit of drinking these days. Meanwhile, he has to worry about losing his own election on top of everything else.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
6. Don't forget he was talking face to face with Mike Lee
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:08 PM
Oct 2020

at the hearings, and Mike Lee is positive for Covid.

Backseat Driver

(4,671 posts)
18. I'm sure that was a freudian slip
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:19 PM
Oct 2020
Don't want to invite karma during Mercury Retrograde that ends 11/3. Surely you meant an aesthetician

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
25. A Fraudian Slip.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:21 PM
Oct 2020


I think mixing Western astrology mythology with Eastern philosophy is bad juju.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,163 posts)
9. With Covid ?
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

Couldn't be ?
He doesn't have a soul to sell anymore maybe this is his last gift to the R's

Thoughts and prayers, I really don't want you to have a retirement payed for by the taxpayers who you so clearly NEVER served.


jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
10. He did refuse a covid test last friday at sc senate debate
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

And it was speculated then he knew he was positive but didnt want to jeopardize the acb hearings.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
76. They don't care how many people they kill
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 04:41 PM
Oct 2020

They are all out for themselves all the time.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
11. Graham refuses to take a test. Might take one after Barrett confirmation if/when it happens. nt
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:10 PM
Oct 2020

relayerbob

(7,429 posts)
29. He has refused to take the COVID test
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:29 PM
Oct 2020

They had to change the NC debate due to that. One doesn't refuse it unless one thinks they have it

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
30. Maybe he is rushing his SCOTUS sham before he ends up in ICU or loses more ground in his election.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:29 PM
Oct 2020

Aside from his test refusal, it may be very shameful for him with his conservative base to lose his re-election to a black man in South Carolina and it is making him feel sick at the humiliation coming from his friends... Oh my, and then what if leaks happened, because he failed to win for those who put him in power. Frankly, it is no wonder he hasn't gone bonkers yet.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
34. graham has said he would be present to confirm even if on a ventilator......
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:35 PM
Oct 2020

But he refuses to get or disclose testing. He is just that kind of weasel.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)
39. That's bluster.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:44 PM
Oct 2020

If Graham had to go on a ventilator, he wouldn't be in the mental or physical shape to leave a hospital room. That virus drains all of the energy out of a person. They really don't want to move, and it's because of the physical damage the virus does. If Graham goes on a ventilator, he's toast.

BamaRefugee

(3,884 posts)
35. All Republicans are on standby/scheduled to "get sick" at a time most convenient for their agenda.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:35 PM
Oct 2020

Then, the MIRACLE recovery of these Supermen. And maybe Superwomen, don't know if they allow females into the "I BEAT COVID" club.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)
37. Hmm..
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:41 PM
Oct 2020

Could there be enough GOP Senators who've gotten infected to be hospitalized when the floor vote is scheduled? It looks like some of the Senators are dragging themselves to the hearing instead of quarantining. We can always be hopeful for odd twists and turns. Nothing is certain.

Salviati

(6,059 posts)
38. I want the actions of the current republican party to be a cautionary tale told for ages.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:42 PM
Oct 2020

That when you decide that that victory at any cost is the only acceptable outcome, that you end up invariably with a defeat that costs you everything.

If these fuckers knowingly pressed forth with railroading this justice onto the court, in the face of suspected, or worse confirmed, but hidden, covid diagnoses, then I really hope it tears through the gop caucus, with the inevitable outcomes, and that the future Biden administration makes it all moot anyway by expanding the court anyway, and rationalizing the system by which the Supreme Court operates.

griloco

(870 posts)
41. Good Grief, People!!! All this speculatin'!!!
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:51 PM
Oct 2020

You probably won't won't even believe the autopsy...

BobTheSubgenius

(12,217 posts)
45. Nothing trivial, I hope.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:00 PM
Oct 2020

Ungracious and nasty, I know. I feel he's earned that much vitriol and more.

YMMV, of course.

marble falls

(71,936 posts)
47. By all means Lindsey, see a Doctor. And check into a conscience transplant while you're at it.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:02 PM
Oct 2020

Botany

(77,324 posts)
50. "Lindsey, you look awful! See a doctor. Get a test."
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:16 PM
Oct 2020

I betya he already has been tested and he tested positive.

liberalla

(11,089 posts)
51. He doesn't look well. When he refused to take the test before his last debate,
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:17 PM
Oct 2020

it seemed very suspicious to me. The thinking was they couldn't have another gop senator test positive for Coney-barrett coronation...

If it's not CV-19 , it's something else.

IronLionZion

(51,271 posts)
53. Douchebag will wait until after Barrett is confirmed
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:21 PM
Oct 2020

to take a test or release the results if he's already taken a test. COVID is one thing GOP douchebags don't mind sharing with others.

speaknow

(321 posts)
58. To bad, but it might not be
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:38 PM
Oct 2020

the virus. Maybe his sick because he sees his time
as Senator coming to and end!

Response to NYETNYET (Original post)

Response to triron (Reply #64)

usaf-vet

(7,811 posts)
62. He is sick alright! Has been since the day he first starting kissing Putin's puppet's ass.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:51 PM
Oct 2020

He will carry that with him for the rest of his life. It is like being a leprosy survivor. You will always be considered a leper.

He will be a "Trumper" until the day he dies.

Here is the definition of a Leper/Trumper(?)
Leprosy (Covid) Is A Disease That Affects The Mucous Membranes Of The Upper Respiratory Tract.

Definition of a:
trumper
noun
A person suffering from trumpism. A person who is avoided or rejected by others for moral or social reasons.
"the story made her out to be a social "trumper"
Similar: outcast, a social outcast, pariah, untouchable, undesirable, an exile
"

spooky3

(38,634 posts)
63. I wish McCain would reincarnate as a fly and land on Lindsey's head
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 02:54 PM
Oct 2020

and tell him Covid has him in its clutches.

AleksS

(1,718 posts)
69. And that's why adding seats to the USSC won't happen in 2021, and will have to wait until 2023 or
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 03:33 PM
Oct 2020

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until Senators like Feinstein stop thanking the GrOPers for driving the knife into their backs.

Feinstein thinks this is just fine. She's forgotten Garland.

Lindsey and McConnel will chuckle all the way to the bank about the help they got from folks like DiFi. "Did you see? We stole Obama's nomination, we stole RBG's seat, and she THANKED me for it! HAHAHAHA!"

 

AkFemDem

(2,508 posts)
75. No one is ever adding seats lol
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 04:00 PM
Oct 2020

That’s a liberal pipe dream right now and will be a conservative one next time the court leans liberal.

AleksS

(1,718 posts)
67. He did refuse to take a test before the debate...
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 03:27 PM
Oct 2020

It's wrong, probably, but if his desire for power, and to push Barrett onto the SC actually kills him, I will not be disappointed in the least. If he infects anyone else out of his drive for power and slavish devotion to Trumpism, then I will cheer every moment he sits on a ventilator, applaud every blood clot that fills his black putrescent lungs, and hurrah every rupture in the cold dark twisted fibres of what, in others, would be termed a heart. It will not be near enough to justice, but it will be something.

Vinca

(53,994 posts)
70. How can you tell a sick Lindsey from a healthy Lindsey? He always looks like mortician bait.
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 03:37 PM
Oct 2020

calimary

(90,021 posts)
73. And how many people has he infected?
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 03:47 PM
Oct 2020

All sweaty? Coughing? Clearing his throat?

And he's refused to get tested.

It all adds up to something not good - for him OR for anyone who's been around him for the last few weeks.

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