# Only speak good of the dead. Lindsey Graham is dead. Good **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 12, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619 "2026-07-12T12:01:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/21 "2026-07-12T16:29:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > which came just hours after he returned from a trip to Kyiv. > > Did he bring back a souvenir umbrella? Or a teapot? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/22 "2026-07-12T16:29:50Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > How’s Susan Collins looking these days? The furrows in her forehead are deep enough to meet her brain soon. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/23 "2026-07-12T16:52:14Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Seen elsewhere: > > The turtle > The queen > Now take the tangerine As popular as that may be I _think_ the rule of 3s would require it be another Senator. That’s why I mentioned Collins earlier. At least that would be a clean restart to the race in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/24 "2026-07-12T17:02:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Did he bring back a souvenir umbrella? I’m wondering if he had a meeting with Vance? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/25 "2026-07-12T17:12:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My money is on deep vein thrombosis. Boy if that doesn’t sound like a euphemism 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/26 "2026-07-12T17:21:16Z")
I’m hearing the drone factory he was visiting yesterday in Kiev was blown up. There is speculation that his “sudden illness” was exploditis. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/27 "2026-07-12T22:02:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ukraine lost one of its most vocal supporters in Washington this weekend following the death of US Sen. Lindsey Graham, **which came just hours after he returned from a trip to Kyiv.** > > My bolding. > > Am I the only one who is a bit suspicious about this timing? No, you are not. Here’s William Browder, who has a stellar reputation as an expert on Russia: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/bafkreic7bnmm7ccihitsxziapopmutcyhhuffugbj7bw727vomfuxpakfi) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/bafkreic7bnmm7ccihitsxziapopmutcyhhuffugbj7bw727vomfuxpakfi) Loathe as I am to associate myself with Laura Loomer—there is reason to examine this death closely. Will Donald allow it? He wouldn’t want to annoy Vlad. But on the other hand, if he starts to believe that Vlad was sending him a message with this death, he might want to get the facts nailed down. (I know, that doesn’t sound like a Trump thing at all…) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/28 "2026-07-12T22:03:56Z")
Eh. That strikes me as pure conspiracy mongering to rile up the MAGAs. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/29 "2026-07-12T22:05:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Loathe as I am to associate myself with Laura Loomer—there is reason to examine this death closely. > > Will Donald allow it? The preliminary report from the medical examiner is an “aortic dissection.” From Google: “An aortic dissection is a tear in the main artery carrying blood away from the heart. This can cause the aorta (the body’s largest artery) to rupture.” So, unless the medical examiner is lying this seems pretty obvious for any medical examiner to spot with ease (ease for the trained examiner). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/30 "2026-07-12T22:05:29Z")
They sacrificed Lady G to bring McConnell’s soul back from Hell, didn’t they? > **[McConnell says hospitalization was due to a fall | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/12/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-announcement)** > > Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Sunday announced, after weeks of speculation, that he had a fall last month that landed him in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/31 "2026-07-12T22:19:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That strikes me as pure conspiracy mongering to rile up the MAGAs. Browder wouldn’t be involved in that. (Which is not to say that his opinion is the same as fact–just that asking questions is reasonable in the circumstances.) A tear in a main artery does sound non-toxin-related (not that I’m knowledgeable on the topic). As for Mitch resurfacing: hmn. He fell in a Capitol hallway last October. Then went home. Then had another fall, in June 2026? Where? Then someone called an ambulance. Reliable accounts are still claiming that cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed, but the July 12 release says he “didn’t have a heart attack” and was merely unconscious. And apparently he didn’t mention Lindsey’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/32 "2026-07-12T22:36:47Z")
Room for a new pair of lips on… ehhh! Don’t wanna think about it! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/33 "2026-07-12T22:40:27Z")
That makes so much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/34 "2026-07-12T23:47:31Z")
Putin’s agents might be able to assassinate random folks on the street in Kyiv. But if they could assassinate VIPs with heavy security in Kyiv, then Zelenskyy would have been dead years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/35 "2026-07-13T00:00:50Z")
I was trying to make some joke about a drone following him all the way home. But they’re so advanced now, nothing sounds outlandish. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/36 "2026-07-13T03:34:18Z")
I had wondered if he’d been given some kind of long-acting poison, but until the full tox screen comes back in a couple months, we won’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/37 "2026-07-13T12:39:20Z")
To speak in words he should understand as a Southerner. Bless his heart. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/38 "2026-07-13T20:40:33Z")
And we’ve got our first concrete accusation from an AMAB who says Lady G paid them for sex. > **[Trans writer makes explosive allegations against Lindsey Graham](https://www.rawstory.com/trans-writer-accuses-lindsey-graham-of-soliciting-work-in-explosive-viral-allegations/?utm_source=superhead)** > > A transgender author and actress has alleged in a viral post that staunch anti-LGBTQ+ lawmaker Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had hired the writer for sex work, The Advocate reported on Monday.Jesse James Rose, author of "Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex,"... ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/39 "2026-07-13T20:41:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But if they could assassinate VIPs with heavy security in Kyiv, Well, Kyiv isn’t the only place Lindsey was. Anyway, as far as ‘opposition to Putin,’ we don’t know the stance of Graham’s (at least temporary) replacement: his sister. Darline Graham Nordone has been working for the South Carolina Commission for the Blind–a (gasp) advocacy group for DISABLED people. Already she’s on the wrong side of today’s GOP. Does she also fail to want to give Putin everything he wants? We’ll get a chance to see with her vote on the upcoming ‘sanctions on Russia’ bill. (I would bet that she’ll vote exactly as Donald wants—not as Lindsey would have wanted.) BTW I’m seeing ONLY Fox News as confirming that the SC governor did appoint her. All the other outlets are from a few hours ago and simply say ‘Trump urges SC governor to appoint the sister’ and the like. (I won’t link; you can find it if necessary.) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619/40 "2026-07-13T20:45:59Z")
Well, it’s in the Times, now. (Gift link) [Lindsey Graham’s Sister Appointed to Finish His Senate Term](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/us/politics/trump-graham-sister-south-carolina-senate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xVA.k90Y.2ED2lyiQqvaA&smid=url-share) From the article: > Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina said on Monday that he would appoint Senator Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to finish his Senate term, after [Mr. Graham’s death](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/us/politics/lindsey-graham-dead.html) on Saturday. > > “It is my honor to ask his little sister, Darline Graham, to finish his work for him now,” Mr. McMaster said at a news conference held in the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. > > Ms. Nordone, standing next to Mr. McMaster, said it would be a “privilege to get to finish” some of her brother’s work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-speak-good-of-the-dead-lindsey-graham-is-dead-good/1031619.md?page=3)