Trump has reportedly turned on Lindsey Graham over Obama-bashing strategy
Aldous J Pennyfarthing
Tuesday May 19, 2020 · 4:53 PM CDT
The redoubtable Gabe Sherman has another dispatch from the land of cray-cray kookaburras. And in this episode of the Fluorescent Lipo-Fat Golem Show, our intrepid protagonist is heartlessly tossing his most loyal puppies under the sputtering Trump Train.
Seems Trump doesnt think his campaign team is doing a good job of spinning his congealing couch sharts into gold (Trump feels hes doing it all alone, one campaign adviser told Sherman), and so hes hit on the idea of undermining Joe Biden by attacking President Obamas legacy.
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Vanity Fair:
But Trumps targeting of Obama has been causing consternation among Republicans, who fear he is pursuing a base-incitement strategy when he needs to appeal to crucial suburban voters in must-win battleground states. Going after Obama is a big risk, a former West Wing official said. Obama is seen as trustworthy and reasonable. If you attack him and people dont buy it, then you have a huge swing and a miss in front of the entire country.
More:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/19/1946264/-Trump-has-reportedly-turned-on-Lindsey-Graham-over-Obama-bashing-strategy#comment_77386466
leftieNanner
(15,058 posts)That's about right, according to reports uncovered about his baseball "prowess". Batted 138!
erronis
(15,170 posts)Sometimes a little clear talking up front while leading the erstwhile reader into the quagmires would be helpful. Malcolm Nance is a bit less opaque, only a bit less.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)"I get the photos out of my safe and look at them every afternoon, Lindsey."
Judi Lynn
(160,443 posts)Lindsey does look beaten down, too.
That scenario clearly could be at the bottom of Lindsey's sudden 180°. The relationship between the two isn't normal, it's over in the bullying category. I wonder if little Lindsey hasn't actually been fighting for his life when he has had his strange rage outbursts in hearings.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Trump had so much resistance from so much of the Repub establishment before the election. The 180°'s that most of them did is enough to give a person whiplash.
I wonder how many of them have been threatened, or their families threatened? The guy is mobbed up and a big fan of Putin, and look at how Putin treats his opposition. Perhaps it's far-fetched; the United States isn't Russia, and Putin has power that Trump can only dream of.
One always has to leave room for the draw of raw political power, and certainly the theocrats of the bunch see him as the key to power, and I suppose a certain percentage of them simply go along to get along. Still, I can't help thinking of how many of them chose to leave in one way or another. Certainly some, like Paul Ryan, accomplished what they had set out to accomplish and left for high dollar consultancies, but what about the rest of them? What was it that caused them to leave?
It's after midnight, my brain is scrambled, and my thoughts are wandering off into semi-conspiracy territory.
We have to win in November. We just have to.
niyad
(113,029 posts)to his knees. Lindsey looks fearful and in pain. You can see the strain in dumpy' clenched hand.
I find the pic disturbing.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Hence my previous comment.
niyad
(113,029 posts)MadLinguist
(787 posts)In both cases, you can almost feel the kompromat hovering above their heads
Judi Lynn
(160,443 posts)Wonderful to know someone's got him in a corner, anyway. Hope he is scared to death.
He doesn't cringe around anyone else.
Judi Lynn
(160,443 posts)niyad
(113,029 posts)live love laugh
(13,074 posts)Lord Ludd
(585 posts)"Ah dew deeclayah, Ah feels the vapors comin' on."
Jon Stewart, we miss you.