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WonderGrunion

(2,995 posts)
1. The Lincoln Project is not a champion of liberal causes or justice
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:02 PM
Jun 2020

They just want Trump gone to take their party back. Once this election is over, they will disappoint you.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
6. Once Trump is gone they're back to business as usual.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:06 PM
Jun 2020

Currently they're the enemy of our enemy in our pocket. This is a deeply fleeting moment in history.

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)
12. The mud they are slinging at Trump today will soon be redirected to us.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:51 PM
Jun 2020

These are pros, guys who make their living reading and exploiting political currents.

Professional strategists.

They're not attacking Trump because of a dawning self awareness.

They are positioning themselves to be players in the aftermath.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
13. And hoping to bond with some democratic voters so they can take them
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:57 PM
Jun 2020

with them back to the New republican Party after 2020. Or maybe before 2020 come out in favour of republican senators. I'd like to know if they are supporting anyone downballot and if so which party.

Jirel

(2,018 posts)
2. Never forget that they're Rethuglicans.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:04 PM
Jun 2020

They also want the USPS decimated. They just want someone other than Dump to do it.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
3. That might require a bit of soul searching on their part.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:04 PM
Jun 2020

I'm not saying they wouldn't do it, but it's a core issue of the GOP higher ups. That's on us to make ads about I assume.

brewens

(13,582 posts)
7. Show friendly carriers delivering packages to seniors, Santa hats in the snow, giving dogs
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:06 PM
Jun 2020

treats, really lay it on!

diva77

(7,640 posts)
9. Show privatized service rates go sky-high and delivery shut down to low-profit areas. Hmmm, not
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:11 PM
Jun 2020

a very appealing approach for the Lincoln Project people, I suppose...

JHB

(37,160 posts)
11. They're conservatives. They're fine with it.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jun 2020

The law that forced USPS into the red was passed during the Bush administration.

Also known as "a time the people in the Lincoln Project thought everything was peachy," before the escalator and suddenly their whole party, mysteriously and for no discernible reason (especially nothing they did), went all to hell.

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