When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
@michaelcburgess You delivered one of my children, and I voted for you for many years. You lost my vote this year and after seeing this, I know I’ll never vote for you again. You are completely of touch with real problems in this country.
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People are saying we need “ordinary” people competing so that we can understand how incredible Olympians are. What I want to see is announcers having to draw straws to compete, I bet it would change their negative commentary pretty darn quick.
@Delta@Delta Thanks for your response. But the weather was a factor BEFORE we left. “Shooting the gap” between major storms is a lousy business strategy. Your ground crew in OKC did a great job taking care of us (food vouchers would have been nice though) Should have cancelled in SLC
I rarely call out a company for bad service, but I called @Delta at 3 pm about my 8pm DFW flight where baseball sized hail was forecasted. AA and SW both cancelled flights. Delta INSISTED they could get us there. So I ended up diverted to a OKC hotel at 2 am 😡