The Lincoln Project's final ad (Ray Charles!)

[My Pet Orangutan]

Link to tweet

[rzemanfl]

1. K&R for the Lincoln Project and Ray Charles. n/t

[northoftheborder]

2. Beautiful!

[no matrix]

3. Thank you Lincoln Project!

"Country before party" beautiful expressed in the land that we love.

[Spazito]

4. Beautiful! n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

5. For some reason

I was expecting Hit the Road Jack.

[Brother Buzz]

36. You and me, both

[calimary]

47. No. That would be for November 4th.

[Goodheart]

6. Ray Charles gets my vote as the best singer who ever lived.

[BComplex]

7. I love that picture at the end; Lady Liberty w/ VOTE written in a nice font, NY in the background.

Thank you, Lincoln Project. You've made this election as bearable as was possible for a bunch of rebels to do, and I appreciate all you've done.

[sheshe2]

11. +1 🇺🇸

[AllaN01Bear]

8. made me tear up on what we may loose if drunph wins. go biden/harris.

thank you The Lincoln Project.

[bdamomma]

64. I know

Let's make Lady Liberty proud again.

We need to be normal again.

[CatMor]

9. Beautiful ... brings tears.

[crickets]

28. Gorgeous. It's perfect. I was getting all choked up at the end.

Then all of a sudden I hear Flip Wilson's voice in my head saying, "Chris gonna find Ray Charles!" Morning made. Likely only people over a certain age will get it, but there you go.

😄

[wryter2000]

38. I remember "Chris gonna find Ray Charles"

He also created "What you see is what you get."

[crickets]

57. And "the devil made me do it!" /Geraldine -- I miss Flip. He was hilarious. nt

[Duppers]

42. Same here....

We LOVE our country. And g.d. those fakes, those know-nothings who claim we don't. It is they who don't love the democracy that built the country.

[Indykatie]

10. Collectively the LP Put Out the Best Ad Campaign I've Seen in My 68 Years

This final one is simply magnificent.

[Duppers]

44. Truth! ☝

[Owl]

60. Totally agree!

[brer cat]

12. I had goosebumps listening to that.

Beautiful ad!

[My Pet Orangutan]

16. The soul of the nation is African America.

[Lonestarblue]

25. Oh my gosh, they are so young and gorgeous in that photo.

The Obamas will always be beloved by people all over the world.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Reminds me of the 1984 Republican Convention.

They had a lot of patriotic fanfare with Ray Charles doing that song live on the convention floor. Whoever planned that convention that year was a master at manipulating emotions. I never was a Republican, but when I saw that convention, I knew then that the race was over. Reagan was always going to beat Mondale, of course, but that convention with Ray Charles was a fucking barn-burner.

[sheshe2]

14. Thank you, Lincoln Project 🇺🇸

[Hortensis]

15. Magnificent! Couldn't have said it better.

Thank you for everything, Lincoln Project fighters.

[C_U_L8R]

17. Lincoln Project. Thank you so much for all the fantastic work !!!

Now let's all vote and win this !!

[My Pet Orangutan]

18. Kick.

[RGTIndy]

19. One more day for the Lincoln Project

Before they turn into the "Oh My God the Deficit is Out of Control! Austerity! Austerity! Austerity! Project". But I'll take it.

[My Pet Orangutan]

20. I'm sorry. But that is lie.

[RGTIndy]

21. If you think those Never Trumper Republicans are going to suddenly become Democrats

I think you're crazy. But it won't be long until we find out.

[My Pet Orangutan]

22. The cofounders have said, multiple times,

they are focused on burning the GOP to the ground. How? In the most effective way. Civil rights. Voting rights. Ethics reform.

[RGTIndy]

24. Okay. Good.

I guess we'll see. I think they had power and influence in the Republican Party and Trump took it from them, and they want it back. But sure, maybe you're right.

[octoberlib]

49. Power and influence? Lol, they worked on campaigns. John Weaver , one of the founding members,

was McCain's campaign manager the first time he ran , then worked on John Kerry's campaign. Reed Galen, another founder said that he's open to working on Democratic campaigns as well. They hated Trump from the start and made their own decision to turn against the Trump Republican party. Trump didn't take shit from them. They're doing fine.

[RGTIndy]

51. Look, I get it, the establishment loves Never Trumper Republicans

It should come as a shock to no one. And you are free to form some centrist neocon/neoliberal coalition with them. I don't happen to trust them to be on our side after the election, at least not on the issues that I care about. But maybe I'm wrong. I'm certainly not standing in the way of your love fest.

[JI7]

23. please stop with the sense of victimhood over things that didn't happen

[Hekate]

29. Not this again. No one is saying they are Dems now & no one expects them to be. What they are...

...is patriots who love their country. They are patriots who disagree with Democrats on various issues. But they are patriots who recognize Fascism when they see it, and they could see Trump and his cult coming a mile off. No Party name is worth the destruction of the United States as a republic.

Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace sat in the darkened convention hall after Trump’s catastrophic acceptance speech and talked for the MSNBC cameras about what they had just witnessed. You know what Steve talked about? The US Constitution. It was as heartfelt and heartbroken a soliloquy as I have ever heard.

When he says the goal of The Lincoln Project is to destroy the GOP as it is today because it has become rotten to its core — I believe him.

[RGTIndy]

32. When it comes to winning the election, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

But I am a progressive Democrat, and once the election is over, assuming we prevail, I have no interest in their "Third Way" centrism, their supply side economics or their "Dick Cheney was a hero" nonsense. If you think we should be the John McCain Party, more power to you. I don't.

[Tommymac]

41. I'm a progressive Democrat too.

And I will support ANYONE who is going to help heal Our country.

This includes The Lincoln Project.

And Joe Biden.

I will stand shoulder to shoulder with both of them in SOLIDARITY.

Purity has been put on hold. Hopefully forever.

WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.

[Hekate]

43. You obviously don't know me or most of the rest of us unless you are a returnee (& of course not)...

But speaking solely on my own behalf, I’ve been a Democrat my entire life: Senator Eugene McCarthy was the first presidential candidate I worked for.

One thing I’ve learned: purity tests and purges ensure Democratic losses. Democratic losses means Mitch McConnell remains the Senate Majority Leader and some right wing hack gets to be Speaker of the House. Democrats and other Left of Center voters who sit on their asses in midterm elections, either because they fail to see the importance or they are trying to send a message, ensure that a Democratic POTUS will be crippled.

My interest in purity tests is nil, at this point. If we don’t win elections, we will get nothing. If we don’t win this election and the next and the next, Fascism will continue to roll over us & you can bid a fond farewell to the republic.

Your characterization of my comment about John McCain is insulting, but I really don’t care.

[RGTIndy]

46. I think everyone agrees about winning the election

And I never once said that the work of the Lincoln Project to help us win shouldn't be welcomed and praised. I'm only talking about after the election. If we win and you somehow think we should reward the Lincoln Project by moving to the center, or if you naively believe that the Never Trump Republicans are going to help us with a liberal agenda, well, I don't agree. Count me in for the purity test when it comes to national politics and the new President's agenda. (and no, that doesn't mean we need AOC to run in Omaha). We need a bold progressive agenda, not some third way triangulated bullshit agenda. If you think moderate republican-lite is the way forward to win elections, I think you need to leave the '90's and join us in the '20's. And while it was not my intention to insult you, much like you, I don't really care. As for me having been on DU before, well that's just crazy talk. Of course not.

[betsuni]

56. "You need to leave the '90s and join us in the '20s." Why worry about "third way triangulated"

agendas -- it's 2020. The Lincoln Project's members aren't elected officials, they work on campaigns. The 2016 platform was the most progressive in history, so's this year's. Kamala Harris has one of the most progressive voting records in the senate. Why would Biden chose her as his VP if he's not progressive? And finally, Republicans won't control the House as they did in the '90s.

Establishment
Centrist
Moderate
Third way
Neoliberal
Triangulation
Republican lite
Progressive Democrat (close enough to FDR Democrat)
Authoritarian

I need "status quo" "corporatist" or "incrementalism" to win at 2016 Clinton/Trump Election bingo.

[LanternWaste]

65. In a subtle way, yours may be the best DU post (imo) of 2020

As you've both summed up and then beat down the petulant catalogue of paper bullets that has been constantly nipping at the heels of the Democratic platform like a littler of over-active puppies since I've been on DU.

[betsuni]

67. Wow, thank you!

[RGTIndy]

66. Why are you talking about Joe Biden? I'm talking about your Republican heroes.

I’m a county vice chair and a max donor and I will GUARANTEE that I’ve done more to elect Joe Biden than you have. So don’t fucking lecture me. I simply don’t think your Republican friends can be trusted once the election is over. But you are free to love anyone you want. I think George W. Bush is a war criminal. Your friends think he is a great man and a great President. They are never going to be my friends. Sorry.

[betsuni]

68. ...

[RGTIndy]

69. I don't know what that means, but okay.

And I’m sure you’re a good Democrat and you do more to help the party than make thousands of posts on a message board. Best of luck.

[betsuni]

70. ...

[panfluteman]

26. I Thought It Might Be "Hit the Road, Jack",

Telling Trump to leave the White House. But this is so much more positive than that.

[VA_Jill]

27. That

should really be o ur national anthem. I can't sing the other one any more.

[Hekate]

30. Perfection

[My Pet Orangutan]

31. Makes me proud to be a Democrat.

[wiggs]

33. May I also offer Whitney?

[iluvtennis]

39. Yes!...the voice. nt

[StarryNite]

34. Beautiful!

Thank you The Lincoln Project. Your work to make change this election cycle has been outstanding.

[Auggie]

35. Brotherhood, environmentalism, and self-rule. Takes a sick mind to be against that.

[wryter2000]

37. Perfect

Ray Charles takes that song to a heavenly level.

[Tommymac]

40. WOW

[Hermit-The-Prog]

45. Brotherhood -- what the GOP has attacked for over 40 years.

[NightWatcher]

48. Stay hydrated!

[calimary]

50. These folks are GOO-OOOOD. I dread the day when they go back to being

Republicans (or whatever becomes of what we've long known as the GOP).

It's been fun. But I think we trust them beyond this point - AT OUR PERIL.

If they aren't or don't become full-on DEMOCRATS, my fear is that they'll go back to a lot of the ideas that make up the lifeblood of the GOP body politick. Cutting taxes for the rich, ignoring everybody else - AND what they need help with, going for the bucks regardless how it harms the ecosystem, shortens life on this planet, and shortens OUR life-expectancy. In other words - "starving the beast." That's how that hideous worshipper of the god of greed and selfishness, Grover Norquist, described it. Cut taxes so we can't pay for programs that help the poor, the sick, the homeless, the needy, the unemployed or underemployed, the general welfare. Oh, yeah. THAT old thing. "... to promote the general welfare ..."

https://www.acslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ACS_KeepFaith_Chap-4.pdf

Notice, it's "GENERAL welfare," too. NOT "to promote the affluent welfare" or "to promote our friends' and allies' welfare" or "to promote the privileged welfare" or "to promote the pre-selected/pre-determined recipients-whom-WE-find-worthy welfare" or "to promote the welfare exclusively of those who agree with us on the issues".

"... to promote the GENERAL welfare." That means the REST OF US WHO AREN'T YOU AND DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU OR BELIEVE AND WORSHIP YOUR WAY, Republicans.

[My Pet Orangutan]

52. If they come up against progressive policies, I will be very disappointed,

but I don't see it.

These people are Republicans. bent on burning to the ground, those who betrayed the party of Lincoln.

[Clearly fogged in]

53. Thank you Lincoln Project

[George II]

54. What a great closing act! Encore! Encore!

[betsuni]

55. K&R

[Cha]

58. Rt.. Beautiful!

[My Pet Orangutan]

59. Like you.

[Cha]

61. Mahalo.. & Like you..

[MustLoveBeagles]

62. K&R

[bdamomma]

63. This is our country

let's get it back again. Please.

Thank you Lincoln Project.

[radius777]

71. Those who object to TLP don't 'get' what they're about. They're reformers

who agree with us on a foundational level (democracy, voting, the rule of law, etc) while disagreeing on policy issues.

Throughout history people who have had ideological or policy differences - when faced with the threat of fascism or authoritarianism - have put their differences aside to fight for the greater good - and that's what TLP is about. They stated they would've even supported Sanders if he was our nominee, who has wide policy differences with TLP but who believes in democracy and the rule of law as they do, and they will continue to support Dems until Trumpism and the GOP who enabled him is destroyed.