Lindsey Graham’s ‘Pool Room’ Past Is How He Knows ‘Iranians Are Liars’

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“Lindsey Graham is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the US Senate. Here he is, slipping into his Mr. Hyde role:

“Senator Lindsey Graham, the first speaker Friday morning, appearing from Washington via video, spoke of losing his parents as a teenager, working in a pool hall and having to help raise his younger sister — and how it relates to his leadership style.

“Everything I learned about Iranians I learned working in the pool room,” he said. “I met a lot of liars, and I know Iranians are liars.””

Well, there you have it. It’s not entirely clear to me how you’d become so adept at spotting liars in an open game like pool, but I guess ol’ Lindsey managed it.”

Read more here: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/05/sen-lindsey-graham-iranians-pool-halls-are-all-liars

John Iadarola (Think Tank; http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola), Ana Kasparian (The Point; http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) & Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks break it down.

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