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In reply to the discussion: DU's Instincts Are Right About TLP -- Its FEC Filing Proves The "Opportunist Apostate" Argument [View all]ancianita
(35,932 posts)power and credit. And then bash a DU'er who agrees with their not dissimilar take expressed by other DU'ers.
Like their message all you want -- hell, I like them, too -- but don't put me down for my distrust -- hell, everyone else has in this thread -- and don't ignore who they are and what they do behind the hype. The Project has been criticized for channelling most of the groups spending through two of the founders consulting firms. Galen, who owns one of the firms whose Project collaborators are Republicans who dont want to be publicly identified. Keeping this party alive is the long term goal. We know they and the people they want to get to vote against Trump are never going to be Democrats.
But to raise the issue that we need to shut up while our allies are working for dual ends? That doesn't work for me.
If I were to believe you, the Democrats couldn't win without these guys. I beg to differ. Trump and his 5th column gang provide enough material. Think Democrats don't have fight ad potential?
One recent example among many...
The Biden campaign tweeted a ten-second video of Trump promising supporters that, if he loses, I will never speak to you again, and appended a snarky caption: Im Joe Biden and I approve this message.