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In reply to the discussion: Pajiba: "There are no bigger grifters than The Lincoln Project" [View all]brooklynite
(94,502 posts)28. You don't understand their strategy
Their goal isn't to discuss policy matters to get undecided voters to make a thoughtful choice, and its not to make Biden supporters feel good. Their goal is to provoke Trump into another outburst with direct personal attacks, to convey the message (even to his supporters): "Do you REALLY want to go through four more years of this?
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Of course they're not moving the needle. They're just sucking up money from Democrats
Bucky
Oct 2020
#6
Except when anti-trump donor dollars that can go to our candidates go to them instead
Bucky
Oct 2020
#7
Possibly more appropriate to say 'the enemy of my enemy is.. not my enemy, TODAY.'
Volaris
Oct 2020
#37
They're not just doing ads. They have people in Swing states like Florida where
octoberlib
Oct 2020
#11
I gather you rather see these folks run ads against Biden and democrats geesh
beachbumbob
Oct 2020
#17
Had FDR taken this stance with allies of necessity like Stalin, Hitler may have prevailed in WWII
hlthe2b
Oct 2020
#21
Very true. Steve Schmidt likened it to explorers burning their ships upon arrival to the new world.
Volaris
Oct 2020
#38