Everybody else is laughing at this, so let’s you and me laugh at it too:
“This is a very frustrated Lindsey Graham. Which is a very dangerous thing.” — Lindsay Graham.
If Lindsey ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
What’s he gonna do? Get Ron Fournier to tweet something mean about the people he’s mad at? Make threats on “Meet John McCain”?
Patricia Kayden
Lindsay thinks very highly of Lindsay. He needs to take out his frustration on Rafael Cruz.
piratedan
ahhhh that unpleasant feeling when you wake up to find that you’re no longer relevant enough to even be the King of the Douchebags….
Professor
I’ll wait for Charles Pierce’s take on this!
Keith P.
The best part about that quote is that I can’t help but hear it in Lindsay Graham’s voice.
Ben Franklin
Huckleberry Hound channels Walter White….
Hill Dweller
Republicans still seem to believe they are in a position to demand concessions for doing their most basic job.
I thought the Republicans would cave eventually, but it’s looking like the crazy people in the House are willing to default.
eta: The Village is trying to prop up Sen. Collins again, but her offer was rejected by the House. Can’t blame it on the Dems.
BBA
“George is getting upset!”
dr. bloor
When asked to comment, Bob Dole said, “When Bob Dole is angry, there’s nothing more dangerous than Bob Dole. I knew Bob Dole, and let me tell you Lindsey, you’re no Bob Dole.”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
all together now:
h/t Charlie Pierce
I was thinking today as I read that Pittypat had joined with the hostage takers, we haven’t heard from the Villagers in a while that default and destroying the US economy would really be all too bad, but Lindsey Graham faces a possible primary challenge, so we must have priorities.
MP
Trying to picture Huckleberry on a Vincent Black Lightning 1952, and just can’t quite get the images to mesh….
dmsilev
I like what he said this morning on one of the gab-fest shows:
Do we really want to compromise John Boehner as leader of the House? Oh my. Number one, why the hell not? Number two, calling Boehner the ‘leader’ is pretty much an Inigo Montoya “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means” moment. Number three, I’m not really sure caving to a bipartisan Senate bill (and by ‘cave’ I mean ‘allow to come to a vote on the House floor’) would be all that dangerous to Boehner at this point. I mean, it’s not like the House looks capable of passing anything on its own right now.
chrome agnomen
it’s the kung pao. george likes his chicken spicy!
BBA beat me to it!
Corner Stone
What’s awesome is the comments. Graham has zero constituency at this point. The right hates him. He’s getting crushed between his fear and his reality.
chopper
worst Incredible Hulk ever.
Botsplainer
The guy always struck me as the pussy who’d stand there with his fists balled up, tears running down his face, and yelling “stop abusing me before you make me do something!” if he got teased in grade school, middle school, high school, college, work, etc.
Come to think of it, that seems to pretty much define most GOPers and their pundit fluffers these days – getting back at their betters.
Ruckus
Maybe he’ll grab his blankie and sit in the corner holding his breath till he turns blue.
That would be about the level of his maturity.
Hunter Gathers
He’s going to call them bastard people and then he’s gonna go home and bite his pillow.
dmsilev
A very ‘frustrated’ Lindsey Graham should be informed that there are ways of …relieving that frustration.
I’d suggest Craigslist.
raven
there’s nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl.
raven
there’s nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl.
SiubhanDuinne
Lindsey? Lindsay? You just know he’s frustrated and dangerous when he’s not even sure how to spell his own name.
Narcissus
He’ll scratch your eyes out DougJ
Crashman
We’re all screwed now, aren’t we? I mean at this point there’s no way we don’t default, right?
Keith P.
Lindsay’s internet alter ego is “Carla Danger”
Villago Delenda Est
Is Lindsay Graham (aka Huckleberry Closetcase) taking lessons from Bob Dole? Stealing Bob Dole’s schtick? Then ol’ Huckleberry is cruisin’ for a trademark violations suit.
Joey Maloney
What’s he gonna do?
Burst into tears and bury his head in John McCain’s shoulder.
MattF
Be sure to leave Earnest a note before you go.
Jewish Steel
Aw. Now if you keep frowning like that it’s going to give you wrinkles, sugar.
Villago Delenda Est
@dmsilev:
Lindsey, do you see that smokestack on the horizon there? That’s that particular ship, well on its way to its destination.
It’s gone, Lindsey. Gone. On its way to Constantinople. You missed the party boat, Lindsey. Now all you can do is whine about it.
Damn, there goes my Schadenfreude meter again…pegged out!
dmsilev
@Crashman: I don’t think we’re completely screwed yet, though there isn’t much room for maneuver. Chuck Schumer was more upbeat in his assessment of negotiations with McConnell, that basically all of the hostage crap is off the table and the question now is primarily for how long the debt ceiling should be raised and the continuing resolution be in effect. The Dems want a big increase in the ceiling (i.e. a year or more before we have to deal with this again) and a short CR so that they can quickly move to negotiating a full budget that hopefully can undo some or all of the sequestration pain. The Republicans want a long CR (the Collins plan from yesterday was a 6 month CR), locking in the sequestration cuts. That’s a gap which can be bridged, and hopefully will be.
Then, said plan passes the Senate and presents Boehner with a stark choice. Either he lets the Senate bill get a vote on the floor of the House or he, personally, gets the blame for the first-ever US default. Hopefully (there’s that word again) he chooses Door A.
It’s a narrow needle to thread, but it’s about the only path open right now.
Hill Dweller
@Ruckus:
Nobody puts Lindsey in the corner.
Crashman
@dmsilev: Thanks for that bit of optimism. Makes me feel a little better. I’ve been sitting here all weekend watching my 4 month old son babble away happily while I feel sick to my stomach thinking about what’s going to happen and the mess we’re going to leave for him.
Bob
This from a comment at POLITCO:
“If you can’t say something nice about somebody…You’re probably talking about Lindsey Graham.” Franklin Kochergin
elftx
had Chris Wallace on for a bit this a.m., not once was Ted C. or Rand P. mentioned by anyone, but Ryan was a number of times…could not help but laugh
Baud
Don’t make Lindsey angry. You wouldn’t like him if he’s angry.
scav
A good flounce is deadly at twenty paces. Thwacks with a closed fan are saved for close infighting and committeework.
dmsilev
@Baud: I don’t like him when he isn’t angry either. So why not?
Ash Can
@Crashman: Maybe your son and all of his fellow happy 4-month-olds will grow up smart enough to fix any lingering shit and avoid repeating any more of it. Think about that instead, and you’ll feel better.
Villago Delenda Est
@dmsilev:
Indeed. Why doesn’t Huckleberry try holding his breath until he turns blue?
Oh, wait. That won’t save his comfy Senate seat. So that’s out.
MattF
@dmsilev: The problem is that any inference about the House Republicans that contains the premise “Only a complete lunatic would…” doesn’t work the way you might intend.
Baud
@dmsilev:
Are you unaware of America’s cultural heritage?
Karen in GA
Does that make John McCain Red Molly?
Ruckus
@Hill Dweller:
Except hisself.
Baud
@dmsilev:
Sorry. My last comment sounded nastier than I intended. Would delete if I could.
? Martin
@Keith P.: It’s even better in Jon Stewart’s Lindsay Graham voice.
YellowJournalism
Sounds like someone may have had one too many mint juleps.
dmsilev
@Baud: Oh, of course. I’m just pointing out that Lindsey Graham in a suit and with relatively normal skin coloration is every bit as detestable as a hypothetical Lindsey Graham who is green, swelled up, and is only wearing a loincloth.
Skippy-san
Graham is under threat of a primary challenge from a tea party sponsored oaf-who I am ashamed to say has as her only main accomplishment in life that she is the first female graduate from my Alma Mater. She is seriously indebted to Jim DeMint and the rest of the like minded wackos-but S.C. being S.C. its a problem for Graham. So he has to act stupider than he normally would be.
jayboat
Lindz just needs a little red with the black leather-
it’s my favourite colour scheme.
Collin
Glad to see a few commenters understood the Richard Thompson reference. Was worried for a while
kc
Why not link directly to Digby?
kc
@kc:
Oops, never mind . . .
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
The Richard Thompson reference was got by many, no doubt.
Mustang Bobby
“This is a very frustrated Lindsey Graham. Which is a very dangerous thing.” – Lindsey Graham.
“Screw you, honey. Boy, if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a queen without a sense of humor. You can die with your secret… miserable piss-elegant fairy.” – Chris, The Ritz.
LAC
Senator Mc huckleberry closetcase – The hiss heard around the country. That will show ’em.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@Villago Delenda Est: Wasn’t Huckleberry blue to begin with?