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TlalocW

(15,676 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 01:34 PM 8 hrs ago

Lindsey Graham was Chester

Remember the old Warner Bros cartoons from the 40s involving a big bulldog named Spike, and a yappy little dog trying to ingratiate himself to him? "Do ya wanna chase cars, Spike? Huh? Do ya?" Spike woukd then backhand him into some garbage cans while replying, "Nah." Chester would pick himself up and say that, yeah, it was a stupid idea then suggest something else.

That was Lindsey. Always needing to attach himself to an, "alpha." With McCain it was mostly benign, but when he passed, Graham chose to simp for Trump and continue doing so no matter the humiliation.

In the cartoons, the roles of the dogs changed through an amusing series of events.

Lindsey was always Chester though.

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ShepKat

(568 posts)
1. LOL
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 02:06 PM
8 hrs ago

I've thought of that too many times for the whole list of Spike enablers. Fits perfectly

Ray Bruns

(7,081 posts)
2. If I remember correctly, that was the cartoon where every time Spike went to beat up the cat,
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 02:58 PM
7 hrs ago

he ran into an escaped lion. But when Chester went to beat up the cat, it was always Sylvester.

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Martin68

(28,440 posts)
3. LOL, when I saw the headline I assumed its was a typo for "Lindsey Graham was a Cheater."
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 03:49 PM
6 hrs ago

slightlv

(8,306 posts)
5. I guess maybe we're different generations, or demographics...
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 04:35 PM
5 hrs ago

I didn't remember the cartoon at all at first... but the first thing that popped into my mind was "Chester the Molester"... which all republican's seem to be in form or another. Sorry... maybe it's just my twisted personality!

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