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melman

(7,681 posts)
42. Yeah
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 05:58 PM
Sep 2020

So Steve Schmidt was bragging about his role in filling the Court with right-wingers well into the Trump era.


What a guy.

It's about the LP response to RBG's death. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #1
Right I meant that too! soothsayer Sep 2020 #3
Hmm. Working on a new campaign? soothsayer Sep 2020 #2
I welcome his help, believe me, but I wonder IF we survive all this, and we get normalcy Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #4
They go back and try to rebuild the Rep Party. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #6
We need a healthy Republican party lostnfound Sep 2020 #15
You know EndlessWire Sep 2020 #35
Whatever grows in opposition to the Democratic Party, it's better if it's healthy lostnfound Sep 2020 #38
+1000 Celerity Sep 2020 #44
I don't wonder about that at all. JHB Sep 2020 #13
I think they'll be more measured and less full of shot in their attacks because blm Sep 2020 #17
Sounds like they're trying to prevent the Senate from approving a new SCJ this fall. yardwork Sep 2020 #5
I agree. hedda_foil Sep 2020 #7
Ahhh wryter2000 Sep 2020 #10
They'll be out with a power punch soon enough... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #8
I take it to mean LP is re-prioritizing. ooky Sep 2020 #9
Sounds perfectly clear to me. Go, Lincoln Project! Hekate Sep 2020 #11
cant wait to see what they come up with BootinUp Sep 2020 #12
Maybe he's a Republican who isn't a Nazi. lunatica Sep 2020 #14
Since when are conservative Republicans against conservative Supreme Court Justices? Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #16
I can tell you don't know anything about the Lincoln Project BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #18
Thanks for the advice. Let's see, Wilson worked for Dick Cheney, Rudolph Guiliani, Saxby Chambliss Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #19
And they don't deny any of that. In fact their whole thing is they are Republicans JI7 Sep 2020 #21
Every time this argument comes up, the fact that they're republicans and we shouldn't accept.... George II Sep 2020 #28
Exactly. So why would these conservative lifelong Republicans want to block a conservative Judge? Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #33
Because they hate Trump and his destroying the country even more JI7 Sep 2020 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Sep 2020 #45
If they can help us defeat trump, and we'd have a possibility of losing to trump in November.... George II Sep 2020 #29
Of course not. But we should keep in mind they are working for themselves, not for us. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #36
Steve Schmidt to this day brags about "running" the Alito and Roberts confirmations melman Sep 2020 #20
"to this day"? Those tweets are from 2018. George II Sep 2020 #32
. melman Sep 2020 #37
Looks hungry, maybe he hasn't eaten "to this day"? George II Sep 2020 #39
Who was president in 2018? melman Sep 2020 #40
.. George II Sep 2020 #41
Yeah melman Sep 2020 #42
But you said "to this day" (On September 21, 2020), which is two years from being true. George II Sep 2020 #43
I think it bothers some they are effective and far more harsher on Trump JI7 Sep 2020 #22
...and fundraising for themselves. George II Sep 2020 #30
As they've shown over the last several months, they're more in favor of preserving America's.... George II Sep 2020 #25
The LP went quiet right after RBG's death. backscatter712 Sep 2020 #23
These guys make their living off the Republican campaigns FakeNoose Sep 2020 #24
Means they are working behind the scenes DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #26
Follow up tweet from Rick Wilson, looks like they're busy working: George II Sep 2020 #27
It's the Twitter text equivalent of ominous music at the beginning of a movie trailer. JHB Sep 2020 #31
I think it means peggysue2 Sep 2020 #46
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