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In reply to the discussion: An observation about the Lincoln Project [View all]
summer_in_TX
(3,970 posts)102. Wonderful to have the help of those behind the Lincoln Project.
I for one have a feeling that they've done some soul-searching and repenting of their part in bringing on the election of Trump. I follow Joe Walsh on Twitter and he has apologized multiple times.
They are putting their considerable talent, their money, and their time at the service of saving our country. They are serving the best interests of the country with skill and passion. That makes them heroes to me.
I'm sure there will be many things we will never agree with them on, but they recognized and are affirming decency and rejecting indecency and corruption.
I am cautiously hopeful that they will continue to find some common ground with Democrats and that maybe, just maybe, they can help the country move to a less hyper partisan state. It will mean taking on the systematic propaganda that FOX News and the 1,200 conservative talk radio stations in the country that are major players in that system.
A girl can dream, can't she?
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NO ONE has forgotten ANYTHING. Deferred animosity is not permanently voided animosity
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#87
We are never going to get the hardline Republicans to meet us halfway the TEA PARTY destroyed that.
usaf-vet
Jun 2020
#43
I don't get it. We're ready to "reach across the aisle" with republicans, who know NOTHING about
BComplex
Jun 2020
#52
Animosity is OK when directed against left, but not for the the very Republicans who built this.
Gore1FL
Jun 2020
#84
Animosity toward those("Left " or "Right") who won't support our Democratic candidate, certainly.
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#85
You really need to quit misrepresenting what others are saying. No one is "forever hating people
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#89
Let's attack the people on the left who share most of our vales and embrace GOP operatives.
Gore1FL
Jun 2020
#95
They aren't our allies but they are against Trump. We'll stand next to them in this battle ...
marble falls
Jun 2020
#112
FAR FAR FAR more dangerous, indeed...Some are out there DYING to BASH Joe, but
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#114
But what is the POINT of making this point now? Let me help you, there is none
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#115
I don't know - I think the people in the Lincoln Project have probably permanently burned all their
Midwestern Democrat
Jun 2020
#118
Their attacks on Trump are welcome, but their motivation is crystal clear: they want to save the
sop
Jun 2020
#12
I think they want to take the Republican Party back to the Nelson Rockefeller path instead of the
LiberalArkie
Jun 2020
#33
Maybe. Or maybe they would be fine with the Goldwater path of his later years
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2020
#40
He is that natural progression of the path from Goldwater to Reagan to the bush wackers to himself
LiberalArkie
Jun 2020
#49
They're also producing anti-Republican and pro-Democrat videos for the senate
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2020
#20
I'll give them some credit for trying to blow up right wing rule in the Senate. And not just
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jun 2020
#36
Yeah, I think the person you are responding to knows that but what fun is it
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#116
Yep. They're Republicans, I don't think there are many here who will agree with their politics.
backscatter712
Jun 2020
#120
They're our frenemies right now. It's a good opportunity to learn how they operate.
backscatter712
Jun 2020
#65
Many of those behind the Lincoln Project are those who were not the ones you describe....
George II
Jun 2020
#75
Of course they would , this is not about Joe, it is about a traitor in the WH who is helping
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#117
Well said. They're doing their part to save the country. Welcome it. nt
Cognitive_Resonance
Jun 2020
#50
Our party could stand to learn a few things from them about effective advertising.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2020
#59
Anything that brings trump down lower and lower is fine by me and earns my respect...
George II
Jun 2020
#61