Given the body blows the news has dealt us this week, including Graham's votes against continuing unemployment compensation, I grew practically giddy over Murphy's article. Or maybe "punchy" is a better word than "giddy." Either way, I'm whipsawed by Graham's power strategy and his posturing for the limelight; he starts to remind me of another Congressional diva, Joe Lieberman.
Graham's accent makes this S. Carolinian crazy and don't get me started on the haircut, but I'm really grateful that somebody in The Palmetto State occasionally backs the POTUS or tries for bipartisanship--it's a miracle, when it happens, but I'll take it! Especially when he pronounces the demise of the Tea Party: "The problem with the Tea Party, I think it's just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out." Lindsey, my main man! For about a whole hour in a row, until the next time you give with one hand and take away with the other!
Compared to most of the quotable moments that come out of SC, Graham will sometimes sound like an intelligent guy; so, how come on the gay subject he sounds as dumb as Jake Knotts?
"I know it's really gonna upset a lot of gay men -- I'm sure hundreds of 'em are gonna be jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge -- but I ain't available. I ain't gay. Sorry."I don't get it. He knowed how to talk real good t'other day when he was being bizarrely coy and playing cat and mouse with Elena Kagan, and he dumbs down on affectional orientation?
It's not the first time the G-bomb has been hurled at Graham, by the way; calling a politician gay is a frequently used ploy in SC, where any legislation related to LGBT's is dead in the water--they hurl such accusations because they work! SC's politicians are sophomoric that way. The senior senator dignifies the accusation by answering it at all, much less by being asinine about it. In fact, Graham's silliness, his irrelevant commentary, his whole manner are all consistent with an adolescent mind set; I don't care how smart he's said to be, he's just another home state embarrassment and it's got zero to do with his gender identity.
I originally published this post at The Swash Zone, where I provide comic relief to folks who are a lot more politically savvy than I. They often have a little difficulty with my sense of humor, but this time my friend Shaw Kenawe got it. She posted this response, the sly fox:
"Maybe Sen. Graham needs The Ultimate Test."
And Arthurstone wrote: "I never thought the Senator was gay. I had him down as a eunuch."
Such wags, those Swashbucklers.
I was half listening to NPR the other day and heard that the meager funds for AIDS treatment in SC are gone. The message I heard was "People are going to die." The guest then went on to say that in SC, AIDS is considered a 'black' disease and so there is no hope that additional funds will be found. Where is Senator Graham standing on this disaster? I suppose that if he were to press for funding, he would be considered gay and so I'm certain he won't do that...all he has to do is ignore it and he is winner! Anti-black and anti-gay, all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteIt is too bad more men don’t dance. Kline was looking pretty good; too bad Selleck didn’t get equal time to shake his booty. Can anybody argue with how much we’ve enjoyed Astaire, Kelly, Cruise, Swayze, Travolta performances, etc. over the years?
ReplyDeleteDignifying the accusation; maybe a direct rebuttal is an effective ploy to stop the silliness. I’m just sorry he had to pick on a particular bridge.
Picking on Graham’s hairdo (kind of a silly word), like Carly Fiorina picked on Barbara Boxer, Fire the Barber!
Sweeny Todd.
Steven, SC should probably have been encouraged to secede when they first proposed it. They'd have self-destructed long before now. You make an excellent point. I hadn't heard that broadcast, but I'll pull up the podcast today!
ReplyDeleteVZ: It's very strange to me that Graham's recent hairstyle looks a LOT like Andre Bauer's.