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(6,454 posts)madaboutharry
(40,190 posts)Trump is acting like the three-year old he has been since he was three.
musclecar6
(1,684 posts)How anyone still voted for this inept fool is beyond me.
pazzyanne
(6,544 posts)I hate to say it, but I and my youngest brother are out numbered by members of the other three siblings families. I use to think they were intelligent, but something drastic happened when tRump came on the scene. I don't understand the attraction.
Evolve Dammit
(16,702 posts)pazzyanne
(6,544 posts)is the saddest. Those of us who "lost" family to this cult may never have a whole, healthy family again. That is an outcome of the past 4 years. My heart is heavy for all of us who deal with this.
jaxexpat
(6,804 posts)In my neck of the woods, if I'd acted like him at two, I wouldn't have made it to three.
Bayard
(22,011 posts)Too bad he's a rethuglican.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I keep recommending Game Change, the book and movie, because it is so damn good at capturing the plague that was Palin. Many people involved in that campaign spoke of the veractiy of the story.
She will go down as a remarkable but negative footnote of political history.
Trump will overshadow Nixon for ages, hopefully no one will overshadow him in future political crime stories.
George II
(67,782 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,165 posts)As far as I saw it, he wasn't against appointing more conservative judges. He wasn't against tax breaks for billionaires. He wasn't FOR M4A or the Green New Deal, or anything close to that.
All TLP wanted was to rid the party of the embarrassment of Donald Trump as their leader.
As far as stymieing any of the more liberal Democratic agendas by keeping the Senate, I don't think they are particularly sad about that.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)ffr
(22,665 posts)In It to Win It
(8,226 posts)ChazInAz
(2,559 posts)onecaliberal
(32,786 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)of the opposition, I'm not sure. I just hope what he says comes to pass.
Cha
(296,893 posts)bringthePaine
(1,727 posts)relayerbob
(6,537 posts)But if it hadn't been for people like him, George Will, and other Goppers supporting policies that separated us, destroyed our educational system and suported obstructionism, FOR DECADES, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Yes, Trump is a loser, but he doesn't exist in a vacuum.
calimary
(81,139 posts)Hes on our side - FOR NOW.
STRICTLY for NOW.
Glad to have him pushing and pulling in the same direction we are. But hes still GOP. Hes still on that side of the aisle. And as far as I can tell, he hasnt renounced ANY of that sides basic philosophy. Its just trump he cant stomach.
So, FINE! Ill take it. But with eyes wide open. Ill shake his hand with one hand but Ill have a big spiked club in the other hand, hidden behind my back.
Not ready to drop my guard with ANY of these people. Even the ones who sound good - at the moment.
The proof of the pudding comes later. Do folks like them go back to their bad old ways and bad old thinking after trump is no longer a factor?
And one more thought:
I heard some commentator saying trump may lose this, but trumpism is FAR from dead and buried. And while any of THAT still walks the earth, we arent safe, we arent secure, and we havent fully vanquished the enemy.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)
..fully trust The Lincoln Project. They still worship Trickle Down Reagan. One of them brought us Sarah Palin, whom Obama always said "set the table for Trump".
Anyone who built up the Republican Party for decades has a lot to atone for. This is just the beginning of undoing the damage they caused.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,560 posts)I may hate the reason that he feels compelled to comment, but I find his barbs very sharp, and quite cathartic.
rainin
(3,010 posts)And I said so awhile back. I said I hoped somebody was keeping an inventory of all the antiques and carpets, draperies, paintings, busts, and other collectibles. Because I FULLY expect him and some wrecking crew to come in and make off with some priceless objects - as much as they think they can get away with.
pazzyanne
(6,544 posts)it will make the fumigation easier.
Capperdan
(492 posts)Everywhere
George II
(67,782 posts)Greybnk48
(10,164 posts)world wide wally
(21,739 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,064 posts)Link to tweet
Charles P. Pierce
@CharlesPPierce
The Lincoln Project didn't move 10 votes. They certainly didn't materially affect the Republican side.
See Tweet for link to Pierce Esquire article.
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I agree with Pierce. As much as I love Steve Schmidt - and he arguably provided the intellectual ballast for defeating Trump - I have frequently derided TLP on DU for merely supporting each other in self-congratulatory back slapping, it is a rebellion of the Republican intelligentsia.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Mainly due to the fact that the Big Con voter is intellectually challenged...
alfredo
(60,071 posts)Scully
(60 posts)....because they play the propaganda game better than we do, and after this election, they will NOT be on our side.
bucolic_frolic
(43,064 posts)and claim forthrightly - they have no party to return to. The Trumpian GOP without Trump is still the Trumpiam GOP at this point.
Mr.Bill
(24,253 posts)is to start a new conservative party. I don't know if they can be successful, but now is a good time to try.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)
..sharp knives and they could easily turn on The Democrats.
Who are they deep down?
Upthevibe
(8,018 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)COL Mustard
(5,871 posts)I'm proud of what you've done (and your partners)!
czarjak
(11,254 posts)I remember when you talked down to me for not being you not that long ago. GFY.
PatrickforO
(14,561 posts)He sure knows how to push Trumpy's buttons.
Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,702 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,165 posts)More often
napi21
(45,806 posts)disagreeing with him, much DT who he ALWAYS criticizes. Thanks Steve
!
Blue Owl
(50,291 posts)onetexan
(13,024 posts)Thank you sir, for doing your part to protect our democracy
I'm with with Charles Pierce - these guys, unfortunately, did nothing useful.
Great ads - no effect.
I've come to like Steve Schmidt & respect his eloquence but at this moment I'd be happy if he shut up and stayed on his horse in the mountains of Utah for a spell. A good long spell.