He's a tragic figure but ultimately far too weak to be in politics. He'll be remembered for his loyalty to Trump, to whom he sold his soul, but as history will very rapidly look upon Trump with complete contempt, the stain and dishonour of Trump will stick to him....in so far as Lindsay Graham is ever remembered.
Happilyeverafter obits are easily defined by the ratio of legacies to regrets. How much money one has amassed - or not - most often winds up in the regrets column, whether it is billions in the bank or coins from a beggar bowl. Legacies are things that outlive you - that you can point to that made life better for society - like a 40-year career as a grammar school teacher or health scientist or the architect of new government programs that improve education, health, safety, etc.
Graham's legacy seems mostly described as encouraging reckless wars that got soldiers killed or wounded for no reason besides saving America from non-existent Iraqi WMDs or non-existent Iranian nuclear missiles aimed at America. Both of those events were regrettable, not legacies.
Never-married Graham came across as gay in speech and mannerisms, but he made a point of associating with he-man colleagues like McCain and helping draft-dodger presidents to rattle sabers and invade far-off lands posing no threat to the homeland.
Graham was the political equivalent of someone who entered the phony phone booth of Simon Bar Sinister (i.e. Trump) and came out of there promising to do what Simon said. That was also true of Marco Rubio and JD Vance. The blackmail DJT must have had on them was the equivalent of the hypnosis that Simon Bar Sinister must have done in that phony phone booth.
Whoever dreamed that a cartoon show for children back in the mid 1960's would be so prophetic of our current political situation?
Incredibly well-written; so emblematic of the tragic trajectory we witness daily.
Thank you.
Gerontocracy — exactly right. A bunch of “warriors” reduced to fawning old men with white supremacist dreams and no sense of shame. Legacy, schmegacy.
He's a tragic figure but ultimately far too weak to be in politics. He'll be remembered for his loyalty to Trump, to whom he sold his soul, but as history will very rapidly look upon Trump with complete contempt, the stain and dishonour of Trump will stick to him....in so far as Lindsay Graham is ever remembered.
Well said! Thank you!
Happilyeverafter obits are easily defined by the ratio of legacies to regrets. How much money one has amassed - or not - most often winds up in the regrets column, whether it is billions in the bank or coins from a beggar bowl. Legacies are things that outlive you - that you can point to that made life better for society - like a 40-year career as a grammar school teacher or health scientist or the architect of new government programs that improve education, health, safety, etc.
Graham's legacy seems mostly described as encouraging reckless wars that got soldiers killed or wounded for no reason besides saving America from non-existent Iraqi WMDs or non-existent Iranian nuclear missiles aimed at America. Both of those events were regrettable, not legacies.
Never-married Graham came across as gay in speech and mannerisms, but he made a point of associating with he-man colleagues like McCain and helping draft-dodger presidents to rattle sabers and invade far-off lands posing no threat to the homeland.
Great recap of Graham's career! A chameleon.
Graham was the political equivalent of someone who entered the phony phone booth of Simon Bar Sinister (i.e. Trump) and came out of there promising to do what Simon said. That was also true of Marco Rubio and JD Vance. The blackmail DJT must have had on them was the equivalent of the hypnosis that Simon Bar Sinister must have done in that phony phone booth.
Whoever dreamed that a cartoon show for children back in the mid 1960's would be so prophetic of our current political situation?