By M. Walter Today marks the day, 18 years ago, that McCain made Sarah Palin a public figure, and 10 years ago, that Cindy McCain brutally and undeservedly snubbed her.
The senator represented my state in Congress for three decades. This is what I saw. The post Lindsey Graham Cheered Death. We Shouldn’t Do the Same appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Lindsey Graham Cheered Death. We Shouldn’t Do the Same The senator represented my state in Congress for three decades. This is what I saw. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died unexpectedly on Saturday at the age of 71. I was born and raised in South Carolina and was his constituent for most of his three decades in Congress. Graham became a member of the U.S. House in 1995. In 1996, my own political journey began in my early 20s as a Pat Buchanan conservative who avidly supported his insurgent populist bid for the Republican presidential nomination that year. Graham entered the Senate in January 2003, three months…Open
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died at 71 last evening from what his office called a "brief and sudden illness," found a way to remain relevant through nearly every phase of modern Washington. The big picture: Graham first rose to national prominence in 1999 as one of the House managers during President Bill Clinton's Senate impeachment trial. - After winning election to the Senate in 2002, Graham became one of President George W. Bush's most reliable defenders. - Graham's closest political ally, and best friend in the Senate, was the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). The two shared a hawkish worldview, a deep skepticism of Vladimir Putin and a belief that American power, when used wisely, could be a force for good. Zoom out: Long…
By Andrea Widburg Graham hid for years under John McCain’s shadow, only for McCain’s death and the Kavanaugh hearings to release Graham 2.0, a MAGA stalwart.
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Politics Trump’s New Media Army Will the president suffer losing his dovish supporters? As the United States is once again stuck in another war in the Middle East, it is worth remembering many people voted for President Donald Trump, and some of his most implacable conservative foes opposed him, precisely because they thought he might avoid costly nation-building projects. While the Never Trump movement was somewhat eclectic, it was always disproportionately hawkish. Some of the original Never Trumpers returned to the Republican fold when Trump turned out not to be a Trojan horse liberal. Others more animated by character…Open