btw, ever since the no name funeral, I’ve been wondering what the deal is with Lindsey Graham.
At first I thought that no name’s death freed him because no name was blackmailing him. But that didn’t really make a lot of sense, because if no name had the blackmail info on him, then someone else must have it, too. And even if LG thought only no name had the info, how could he be sure that it wouldn’t fall into the hands of someone else.
So theory 2: LG was in love with no name. If so, it appeared on the surface to be unrequited and that no name was just using him. Seemed improbable to me for many reasons. In particular, the sudden about face that LG did after nn’s death.
Theory 3: More “out there” than the first 2, but what if LG was always a white hat and his mission was to stay close to no name and keep tabs on him. Then, with no name gone, the mission was over, so LG no longer had to keep up the pretense of being buddies with nn. This seems kind of crazy to me, but it explains his behavior a lot better.
Anyone else have any other theories or thoughts on this?
I don’t think no name had any blackmail on Linda, someone else would have used it by now...
I think he just finally looked around and saw what was happening and decided it was time he took a stand, or he would be out of office this next term …
I am amazed at what he has done, what he has said to support Our President, and how he is acting, I’m holding my breath that tomorrow he will back to ‘Linda’...
He’s kind of turned around, but then he came out flailing about the Sauds and Kashoggi. i wondered if he hadn’t been compromised by the Saudis and now is free and has a big bone to pick with the Royal family.
Remember No-Name’s funeral where two generals were eying Huma intently as she apparently handed something small into Linda’s pocket?
What if that was surrendered original of blackmail material.
I love your theory 3.... that never occurred to me.
*sigh* what a horrible mission for poor Lindsey, if that’s true!
I had always figured that it went back to the first State of the Union - I figured that the blackmail items were known, not just for Graham - and were set aside, no matter who wielded the knowledge. Not sure how that all worked though, given what you say about people not wanting the dirty laudry aired in public, and other derps could drop the black knowledge. Maybe there was a mission before the SOTU, and the trove of blackmail items was removed from the 7 dwarves? But there still remained the possibility the dark goods could still be held outside of the dwarves.
Also, a possible problem with #3, is that in order to be NoName’s minion, LG would have had to be compromised. That dirt would probably be outside the dwarves, and in other hands. It’s a sticky wicket any way you look at it!
Hmmmm. Nevertheless, those who had the bad knowledge removed and forgiven at SOTU - however it happened - would certainly have had something to cheer about.
Since NoName made his exit, it has been a joy to see LG’s transformation from Linda back to the solid patriot we see today.
As I noted to another FReeQ recently, I surely do hope that all the little details which niggle at us now will someday be known!