Steve Schmidt was the master of hyperbole when it came to trashing Trump

[Tom Rinaldo]

Some may have thought him the ultimate drama queen too, with his over the top repeated and dire warnings that the entire fate of America's democracy rested on expelling Trump from the Oval Office, and utterly crushing each and every fascist enabling politician belonging to the Republican Party.

Except every fucking word Schmidt has said has turned out to be true. Same with Michael Cohen and Mary Trump. Not one person has ever bet wrong over estimating the danger Trump and his followers pose to America.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Remember what Adam Schiff said at the first impeachment hearing last year?

That what Trump did, he'd do again if he wasn't convicted and removed?

Yup. He did it again, and worse.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Everyone here knew it to be absolutely true the moment Schiff said it.

He warned the Republican Senate caucus, and only Mitt Romney bothered to listen.

[spooky3]

8. Oh, they listened. But they were perfectly fine with letting it happen. Nt

[Irish_Dem]

23. Anything and everything is OK if we win. And have power and money.

[cilla4progress]

3. What about the John Weaver news

this morning?

Co-founder of Lincoln Project - turns out he's an online abuser!

[hedda_foil]

4. It's very sad and he's out, but I won't paint the whole Lincoln Project with that broad brush.

[cilla4progress]

6. We won't...

but their public image, credibility. Orange foolius will savage them.

They came out strong against what he did with their statement this morning...good.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[cilla4progress]

19. How???

nt

[mezame]

30. See Ramblin_Dave's Reply...

...to Zorro's post: [link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142684765|

[cilla4progress]

34. Who is Girdusky

and how does he have inside info?

[OnDoutside]

47. You might want to delete or edit your post in light of Ramblin_Dave's edit ?

[MontanaMama]

5. TLP has denounced Weaver

up one side and down the other. While Weaver is a sexual predator, there will be those who try to sully TLP with this, unfortunately.

[cilla4progress]

7. Yes.

It does give them the opportunity to demonstrate their principles and conviction...

[MontanaMama]

13. We need to watch the NYT, Haberman

and other MSM on this. I do not doubt this could be an attempt to take down TLP. If it fails and I think it will, there will be more to come.

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. About as relevant, in my book, as Anthony Weiner was to Hillary Clinton

Some people go wrong in their private lives regardless of their political beliefs and usually they try hard to keep it a secret from their allies. Without strong evidence of a conscious cover up for Weaver by members of the Lincoln Project, there is no association of any guilt.

[cilla4progress]

10. Of course, Tom -

but we are rational and capable of discernment!

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. Those who have demonstrated through their allegiences that they are not...

...were not going to listen to anything the Lincoln Project said anyway. TLP has a mission to reach perhaps the 10% of Trump voters who still have some rational ability left buried in them somewhere.

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. P.S. (on some reflection)

It makes sense to acknowledge that this Weaver thing does hurt TLP even if not does not hurt them substantially. It might make sense for them, and for pundits in general on our side, to keep a current data base of all the Trump loving Republican elected officials, party leaders and bureaucrats, significant donors and major right wing activists, and Trump humping preachers who have been ousted or indicted for being sexual predators and/or pedophiles since Trump became President. A new name seems to pop up every three weeks or so and there have been so many that I have a hard time keeping their names and right wing roles straight

[cilla4progress]

44. Yes, sadly it fits the Qanon narrative

about elite Dems.

Course, Weaver is a Republican, right?

Even tho a never-*****er.

[Tom Rinaldo]

45. But they look right past a Jerry Falwell Jr etc. n/t

[pbmus]

40. BINGO...

And the truth is still the truth...no matter the sexual proclivities of one sick individual in LP...

[Mossfern]

43. I'm a bit naive

What's an 'online abuser?'

[riversedge]

11. I love Steve's hyperbole. He speaks TRUTH

[Volaris]

24. And now MTG has decided she wants an at-bat.

Schmidt is gonna toss some wicked inside pitches her way, and Rick Wilson will sit behind the plate and talk shit to make her look for low and outside.

Welcome to The Show, beeotch. Never forget that you ASKED for this lol.

[stollen]

14. The Trumpies are using the Nazi playbook

The putsch failed, so destroy democracy from within. That HAD worked in Germany.

[mrs_p]

15. Not a fan. And I will never trust him.

After he said Elizabeth Warren was a bigger liar than Trump, I knew his was just an act to get on shows and be relevant.

As for the OP, I think every one here on DU was saying the same thing about the importance of the election long before.

[Tom Rinaldo]

33. Sure, most important election of our lives and all of that...

I wrote my share of OP's about it, many did, but how many of us fully expected a majority of Republicans in the House to vote to throw out all of the votes from six certified State elections, and then actively participate in the whitewashing of a physical coup attempt on Congress? I thought my own fears were pretty extreme but I admit I underestimated what we are up against.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. +1

[mrs_p]

41. I 100% expected what happened

And then some. I was holding my breath until President Biden was sworn in and even now am surprised trump is gone. I’m in deep red North Dakota and know I’ll be one of the elites/academics executed if the crazies come into full on power. I live amongst these people and they are fucking insane.

[Tom Rinaldo]

42. Well living where you do provides you with an excellent perspective

Not that I envy you for that though. I hope you keep a suitcase packed at all times

[judesedit]

17. And as Nancy said, "with him (the Hump) all things lead to Putin"

[Demsrule86]

18. That is true...K&R...

[judesedit]

20. Hillary warned us loud and clear

[Silent3]

21. It wasn't hyperbole. Dramatic, maybe even overly so at times, but not hyberbole.

Hyperbole overstates the truth. Steve Schmidt has been hitting the actual terrible truth about Trump head on, truth that only sounds like exaggeration because Trump himself is a real-life exaggeration of awful human and political traits.

[Wednesdays]

27. Amen. eom

[Roy Rolling]

22. Big PR Problem

I’ll admit, I don’t even know who John Weaver is, and repeating him is part of the right-wing plan to get free airtime. And in general, smearing people for non-political behavior is the GOP brand—so it would appear to be a gift for anti-Lincoln Project PACs and operatives.

Except, who the fuck knows who John Weaver is? And almost everybody knows the name Lincoln Project.

Every mention of Weaver will strengthen the Lincoln Project brand, not diminish it. This weak attempt to take the LP down like ACORN, planned Parenthood, Al Franken, or Kathy Griffin won’t work because the Lincoln Project will fight back with a PR campaign of their own.

And I’ll take the LP media wizards over right-wing advertisement dinosaurs any day.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. +1

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Steve Schmidt is the political heavy weight that democracy has lacked after

it was sucked into cutthroat capitalism and consumerism and self-interest with the election of Reagan.

[cilla4progress]

26. Aaaaand....right on cue

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Wednesdays]

29. Huh?

MTG, who is defending John Weaver? Please name names, and be specific

[cilla4progress]

32. Um,

MTG going after TLP for Weaver actions.

[UCmeNdc]

31. Agree !00%

Trump will try to make a comeback. Trump will always try to get what he wants.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

35. Once you realize he stops at nothing he is totally predictable.

If you say no to his demand/request, expect an attack and double down. Was this behavior recommended in "The Art of the Deal"?

[Tom Rinaldo]

50. True. It was his willing cast of enablers among the GOP who were harder to predict

Especially when it has always been clear as glass that Trump inevitably returns any loyalty shown to him with an act of betrayal because it is always about him and him alone.

[marble falls]

36. Trump ALWAYS backed down when confronted. That person may have gotten fired or resigned ...

... the best back-down was when the preacher in Charlottesville stopped his impromptu remarks and reminded him he was not at that church for politics.

[BobTheSubgenius]

39. Whatever Schmidt's politics are - and I believe they are right of where I'd prefer them to be...

...no one can deny he's a patriot. He could have gone along to get along and still be a powerful voice in the GOP, but that was a bridge too far. He took steps that were probably difficult for, and damaging to him, personally, and did it with commitment and a certain ferocity.

BION, I actually had a measure of respect for him after watching the film story of Caribou Barbie joining the McCain campaign.

[mountain grammy]

46. He has long atoned for

taking Sarah Palin out from under her rock.. He's a Democrat now and I applaud him for it. No middle of the road Independent label for him. You rock Steve Schmidt! You've proven America is more important than anything.

Welcome to the Democratic Party which, despite any and all faults, is the party for America.

[BannonsLiver]

48. Rick Davis was actually the McCain staffer who found Palin on YouTube, not Schmidt

That’s a common mistake around here. It’s all detailed in the book Game Change.

[mountain grammy]

49. Thanks for correcting me on that..

I saw the film but didn't read the book and definitely had the impression it was Steve, but I'm more than happy to be wrong about that.

[Blue Owl]

51. K&R