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DFW

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Fri Oct 12, 2018, 05:10 PM Oct 2018

Why does Lindsey Graham care so much about whether anyone cares if he's gay or not? [View all]

On National Coming Out Day (I didn't know, either), Chelsea Handler apparently mocked him for not coming out. Instead of just laughing it off, Graham had to come out swinging. No, he isn't gay (OK, fine, so you're not).

But no, that didn't go far enough. “These comments … I don’t know how this makes us a better country.” Fer Pete's sake, WHO CARES OTHER THAN YOU????

One comment showed up on Raw Story, with a very predictable--under the circumstances--Shakespeare quote: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." I agreed:

Much too much, indeed. To think of what a hero he could have been to the Log Cabin Republicans, too. I can't stand them politically, but I applaud their loyalty to their identity, and as a US Senator, Graham could have been their proud leader.

Wouldn't that have ultimately been more satisfying to Graham than being Trump's pet poodle?

(Well, obviously not, but I had to pose the question)

If he's not gay, well, fine and dandy. But why does he react like he's been stuck with a fully charged cattle prod every time someone brings it up? I think he's been hanging around a few so-called "Christians" longer than is good for him.

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Look at the piece of shit party filled with troglodytes that he belongs to. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #1
Well, admittedly, there IS that part......... DFW Oct 2018 #2
Because he represents the Carolinas? pwb Oct 2018 #3
Maybe. I guess? DFW Oct 2018 #8
Huh? cwydro Oct 2018 #18
I don't see much difference between the two. pwb Oct 2018 #49
South Carolina. NOT "the Carolinas." yardwork Oct 2018 #24
Edit to delete the post janterry Oct 2018 #4
I'm confused. Who are you referring to? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #5
I don't support Chelsea Handler's 'outing' janterry Oct 2018 #7
Oh, I didn't know she served in the military. Don't know much about her (as obviously Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #12
I think the poster's "she" refers to Handler, not to the poster who said Handler tblue37 Oct 2018 #11
I've had a hard and confusing day janterry Oct 2018 #13
I get what you mean! Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #14
TY janterry Oct 2018 #16
Let me know if I am reading your post correctly: a DU poster's husband served with Handler tblue37 Oct 2018 #21
I totally understand hard days DFW Oct 2018 #41
After growing up in the South DFW Oct 2018 #6
Well, it's true janterry Oct 2018 #9
I must have missed Whoopi Goldberg "protesting that she's not black, or something." Autumn Oct 2018 #33
I was making an "as if" analogy. She never said that. DFW Oct 2018 #42
"Graham's the lame case here yet" you post that a proud black woman was Autumn Oct 2018 #44
Been there, done that grantcart Oct 2018 #34
Probably Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #10
Regardless of his personal orientation, Bucky Oct 2018 #15
Don't know if Graham's gay, but SOME refuse to live that Hortensis Oct 2018 #17
I think it's all poor form and bigotry. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #19
So sick of this shit on DU. cwydro Oct 2018 #20
Unfortunately, it is an issue if Russia and/or Trump is blackmailing him about it. pnwmom Oct 2018 #22
The only thing I know is that Lindsey is a true piece of dung. IluvPitties Oct 2018 #23
Doubt S Car GOP voters would take too kindly DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #25
If he admits to being gay, he admits to lying to his constituents for decades. tableturner Oct 2018 #26
+1 Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #28
I don't remember askin' him a goddamn thing Blue Owl Oct 2018 #27
Everyone already knows blue cat Oct 2018 #29
He would lose the votes of the fake evangelical christian cult if they knew he was gay. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #30
My House rep, Republican Steve Gunderson, was outed on the House floor by Robert Dornan in 1994. elocs Oct 2018 #31
Graham has bigger problems Blueman13 Oct 2018 #32
What are you meaning? Thx irisblue Oct 2018 #37
He could come out then agree to undergo conversion therapy redstateblues Oct 2018 #35
WHY? BigDemVoter Oct 2018 #36
I dunno why Evangelicals would split hairs over Graham being gay. no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #38
I remember when Mark Foley was the Congressman for WPB Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2018 #39
Why do people make jokes about his sexuality? oberliner Oct 2018 #40
I can think of one reason only DFW Oct 2018 #43
You are correct. (He's a Kinsey-Scale "5") NurseJackie Oct 2018 #46
Probably because he's single, never married, and rarely if ever goes on dates Polybius Oct 2018 #48
I laughed when he recently called himself a "single white male". peekaloo Oct 2018 #45
Chelsea didin't out anyone, Lindsey was outed back in the W's days. He's a confirmed bachelor. mulsh Oct 2018 #47
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