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In reply to the discussion: Look I hate Lindsey Graham as much as anyone here, [View all]SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)S.C. Dems have discussed over the years whether to use Lindseys well-known closeted status during elections, and the decision has always been to take the high road.
But talk to anyone in the state, on either side of the divide, and this issue is known to everyone.
The first time he ran for Senate (for the seat that had been held by his hero and mentor Strom Thurmond) he had a pamphlet titled Family Values.
It had a typical picture on the front of his family: Lindsey and his wife and two kids. It was technically his Family, since it was his sister and her two children, with her husband conveniently off camera.
If he is going to pull this kind of dishonest bullshit, Im not sure anything about him should be off-limits.
All of this being said, I still come down on the side of not making his sexual status a campaign issue, and we didnt bring it up in the most recent election.