Yeah, I think we went to different schools.—“Spartan,” David Mamet, in his way of turning a phrase on its “ear”...
Yeah, I Lindsey a fruit, but he was always thought of as “our” fruit, a moderate conservative reflective of our politics. I know people think of us as “deep red,” and we are, but our politics aren’t nearly as coarse and (openly racist) as GA. Not a defense of SC, but Lindsay was always a reasoned, measured, and intelligent voice on Judiciary and whatever the Senate calls Armed Services (Defense), and willing to (!!??) compromise.
Then the tea party happened, and he tached right rhetorically (but was still “our Lindsay”)
And then McCain still held the talisman of All things Holy over Lindsay.
Then McCain died, and the talisman rolled out of his hand and (I was told in slo-no), a birds eye shot of said icon shattered into a million pieces while the canera panned the shock and dismay of those in attendance.
And then, I’d course, Lindsay lost his goddammed mind.