The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2022

Ah, yes ... it's time once again to heap dishonor upon yet another worthy ass clown! As the primary election season grinds on, the midterm elections draw nearer, and the right continues to scream about the terrifying injustices heaped upon Der Furor, the most persecuted person of all time, I sift through the swirling cesspool of ass-clownery so you don't have to.

And so it is that I have selected an appropriate individual to serve as

The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2022

and that person is

Senator Lindsey Graham (R, SC)

This marks Senator Graham's fourth solo Ass Clown award*, and his seventh when shared awards** are counted. Today's award is based on the senator's frantic and relentless efforts to avoid having to testify in the investigation into attempts by Der Furor and his minions to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. 

You might well ask yourself why the senator from South Carolina would attempt to meddle in the results of an election in a state not his own, but Senator Graham insists that his efforts to browbeat Georgia election officials were nothing more than his responsibility as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, protected by the speech and debate clause*** of the Constitution. 

Senator Graham, of course, has a long and distinguished record of posterior osculation in slavish support of the disgraced former president, and is unable to stay mad at the person of whom he said after the January 6th storming of the Capitol by a mob of Der Furor's supporters ...

“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh, my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president. But today, the first thing you’ll see, all I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”

Well, enough clearly isn't enough for a spineless legislator who continues to work to undermine public confidence in the often-confirmed results of the 2020 presidential election, and the security and accuracy of our elections in general. It isn't enough for a political gumby who once said he wouldn’t support Der Furor’s presidential bid, calling him a “jackass,” a “kook,” “a race-baiting bigot,” and “the most flawed nominee in the history of the Republican Party.”

Beyond his Ass Clown Awards, Senator Graham is a legendary poster child for opportunism and political amorality.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2022, is South Carolina's senatorial embarrassment, Lindsey Graham. The fact that he could rise so far above other candidates for this award says a lot not only about him, but also about the voters of the Palmetto State who have kept him in the Senate for 19 years.

Have a good day. More thoughts coming tomorrow, when Cartoon Saturday returns.

Bilbo

* The three prior solo awards were: Right cheek, November, 2014; Left Cheek, January 2019; Left Cheek, September, 2020.

** The three shared awards were: Left cheek, September, 2017; Right Cheek, March, 2022; Left Cheek, March, 2022.

*** Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1: "The Senators and Representatives shall ... in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."