Lindsey Graham was once a somewhat reasonable Senator. Like many a starlet, Lindsey seems to prefer the company of older men – at least in public. Graham was once under the wing of John McCain, a man who might have had some misguided policies, but was ultimately an honorable person. As McCain became ill and approached death, Graham searched for another mentor to latch onto, and came under the spell of Donald Trump, a man he had previously, and correctly, labelled as “a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” He had also stated that “if we don’t reject Donald Trump, we’ve lost the moral authority … to govern this great nation.” He even tweeted that “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.” But now, he has gone beyond the typical Trump sycophant and catapulted himself into Matt Gaetz’ orbit around Trump’s ass. He seems especially proud of the fact that Trump has made him his personal caddy for many of Trump’s trips to his golf club outside of D.C. where Graham is charged with tracking Trump’s balls, washing them, and, sometimes, even holding onto them.

Lindsey Graham is the saddest man in Washington.

He once was a voice of reason on the Judiciary Committee, saying that “elections have consequences,” as he voted to confirm judicial appointments of Democratic Presidents as long as they were qualified.

He seemed to snap during the Kavanaugh hearings, believing for some reason that the belligerent lying candidate demonstrated just the sort of judicial temperament that had to be on the court. He assailed those who questioned Kavanaugh about his finances and behavior to women, as if those topics were off limits.

He has since even claimed that Democrats “ruined” Kavanaugh’s life, notwithstanding that Kavanaugh has fulfilled his lifelong dream of landing a seat on the Supreme Court – and having a mysterious benefactor pay off his mortgage and huge gambling debts in the process.

The devolution of Graham was complete when he said, “What concerns me about the American press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy [Trump] as some kind of kook not fit to be president.” Of course, it was Graham himself, who had said in 2016 that “I think he’s a kook. I think he’s crazy. I think he’s unfit for office.”

And now, Graham, once the voice of judicial reason, has embarked on a Giuliani-esque quest to “uncover voter fraud” and “ensure election integrity” by improperly – and possibly illegally – contacting Secretaries of State (or other, unnamed officials) in battleground states, proposing ludicrous remedies (essentially throwing out non-Trump votes in massive quantities) in order to “correct” election “anomalies.”  All in service of a man he has acknowledged to be an unfit charlatan. It’s hard to see how Graham can possibly sleep at night. What does he turn to in order to do so?