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New Lincoln Project: Learn. Their. Names. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 OP
Worth a contribution! elleng Jul 2020 #1
wow that group is good.... samnsara Jul 2020 #2
The Lincoln Project does it AGAIN! These guys are GOOD! n/t napi21 Jul 2020 #3
The youtube video - over 36,000 likes vs. 303 dislikes. groundloop Jul 2020 #67
Tell me again why Dem ads are almost never so direct and destructive? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #81
Dare I say "Chicken Shi*". Can't think of any other reason. n/t napi21 Jul 2020 #87
AND remember their names. MFGsunny Jul 2020 #4
Just saw that on Twitter, came here to post it. Already here!!! Good job. George II Jul 2020 #5
Kick this one. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #6
God, I love those people! Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #7
I love this group!! lark Jul 2020 #8
This one is GREAT! n/t Laelth Jul 2020 #9
Best ad so far! maryallen Jul 2020 #70
This one ASSUMES Trump is a failure. Laelth Jul 2020 #71
This is the most powerful ad, I think, Miigwech Jul 2020 #10
It's also an attack on some Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #14
Here, here! Miigwech Jul 2020 #24
Absolutely - the down ballot candidates are going to be as important as the top of the ticket. whopis01 Jul 2020 #25
Yes! Amazing! EleanorR Jul 2020 #11
Love this! Never trust them again. Dream Girl Jul 2020 #12
They betrayed our nation dmr Jul 2020 #13
Glad to see Steve Daines MontanaMama Jul 2020 #15
Awesome Auggie Jul 2020 #16
Impressed by Trump Dumping Republicans Nululu Jul 2020 #17
DAYUM! qwlauren35 Jul 2020 #18
Except they will not beg for wnylib Jul 2020 #19
Incredible work by The Lincoln Project! Sent them money after viewing this one. BurgherHoldtheLies Jul 2020 #20
REALLY impressive. They got it all out without once using the term "shitweasel"! n/t TygrBright Jul 2020 #21
*snort* Nevilledog Jul 2020 #31
It should be noted at all times that this ad was made by Republicans... kentuck Jul 2020 #22
send this to them onethatcares Jul 2020 #23
youtube version: rurallib Jul 2020 #26
TY! Sending out Duppers Jul 2020 #35
+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #50
Turtle needs his own 2 minute ad just like this one! Brainfodder Jul 2020 #57
⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Jul 2020 #27
INCREDIBLE...THANK YOU FOR POSTING....K AND R Stuart G Jul 2020 #28
Cory Gardner Hip2bSquare Jul 2020 #29
These people are like a 200 ft tall Lincoln that shoots lasers from his eyes, out for revenge. roamer65 Jul 2020 #30
Wow, wow, wow!!!! I understood their enthusiasm going after Trump, am shocked they are Fla Dem Jul 2020 #32
Exactly my 1st thought. Duppers Jul 2020 #36
They've said that they want to burn the Republican Party to the ground, and build anew. OnDoutside Jul 2020 #40
I hadn't read that was one of their objectives, but that was certainly the conclusion I reached. Fla Dem Jul 2020 #55
Yes, though potentially, in the medium term of the Post Trump GOP, or whatever may come after it, is OnDoutside Jul 2020 #78
I believe that the Lincoln Project wants to destroy the modern Republican Party. Blue_true Jul 2020 #42
I've been trying to get an important message to them. summer_in_TX Jul 2020 #66
Maybe you can send Rick Wilson an email with your idea. Blue_true Jul 2020 #68
I've tweeted a thread (but the number of followers I have is just 500 odd) summer_in_TX Jul 2020 #69
You have it exactly right DeeDeeNY Jul 2020 #74
Kick for Trump's secret admirers to read. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #33
Kick again for exposure.... Stuart G Jul 2020 #34
K&R. - They keep getting better. Spot on - we need to take lessons in messaging. c-rational Jul 2020 #37
Yeah, they don't mess around. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #43
Devin Nunes didn't make the cut? slack-bot Jul 2020 #38
All were Senators ? OnDoutside Jul 2020 #41
Yes. They were responsible for keeping Trump in office ultimately. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #44
Did I miss McConnell in that ad? Democrat 4 Ever Jul 2020 #76
Moscow Mitch was in the first 5 seconds of the ad !!! OnDoutside Jul 2020 #79
Those people don't mess around. They hit hard and to the point. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #39
Excellent! So glad to see this, expect more. They're on it. nt Hortensis Jul 2020 #45
Too bad Trump wrecked their brand. Kid Berwyn Jul 2020 #46
Excellent! RT.. This from Peter DeLuise on TLP thread... Cha Jul 2020 #47
WOW! Just wow. n/t moonscape Jul 2020 #48
Outstanding! dalton99a Jul 2020 #49
EXCELLENT!!! OMG! I love the drumbeat and building sense of urgency. liberalla Jul 2020 #51
Wow. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2020 #52
wow!! this was FANTASTIC n/t orleans Jul 2020 #53
Great work. Defeat all (or even most) of these quislings, and we have the Senate. (nt) klook Jul 2020 #54
Wow! StarryNite Jul 2020 #56
These guys are for real. yardwork Jul 2020 #58
"Learn their names, and never ever trust them again". DAMN THAT'S GOOD!!! onetexan Jul 2020 #59
Wow! Stunning! highplainsdem Jul 2020 #60
MAGA is the Mark of the Beast Dukkha Jul 2020 #61
That's fucking awesome demtenjeep Jul 2020 #62
YouTube version here. denem Jul 2020 #64
Brilliant. Powerful. Yeehah Jul 2020 #63
That draws blood! RainCaster Jul 2020 #65
Yo! The Lincoln Project goes hard in the paint... SKKY Jul 2020 #72
K&R demmiblue Jul 2020 #73
Never Trust Them GusBob Jul 2020 #75
I trust them also in regards to standing for the Republic against Trump's GOP Tom Rinaldo Jul 2020 #77
The biggest problem for them in the future, is that they have to marginalise abortion and gun rights OnDoutside Jul 2020 #80
I trust the Lincoln Project stopdiggin Jul 2020 #86
Bravo !! Sogo Jul 2020 #82
Excellent bagimin Jul 2020 #83
Republicans can be fucking brutal. liberalmuse Jul 2020 #84
They forgot Cornyn the asshole. flying_wahini Jul 2020 #85
kick and rec again LiberalLovinLug Jul 2020 #88

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
67. The youtube video - over 36,000 likes vs. 303 dislikes.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:58 PM
Jul 2020

Yep, this is one of the best ones yet. It'd be fantastic if they can help us win back the Senate.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
81. Tell me again why Dem ads are almost never so direct and destructive?
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jul 2020

We need to pay attention and learn from these guys!

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
7. God, I love those people!
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 04:45 PM
Jul 2020

I may not agree with their politics in the long run, but damn! They are doing some good work there.

maryallen

(2,172 posts)
70. Best ad so far!
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 12:17 AM
Jul 2020

Lincoln Project: You guys/gals are terrific! You have taken political ads to a new level --- dramatic, challenging, and confrontational. Learn Their Names so consequences can be delivered.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
71. This one ASSUMES Trump is a failure.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 06:25 AM
Jul 2020

Then it asks whom to hold accountable for the damage that Trump has been allowed to do to the country. It knocks out several birds with one stone.



-Laelth

whopis01

(3,467 posts)
25. Absolutely - the down ballot candidates are going to be as important as the top of the ticket.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:42 PM
Jul 2020

If Biden is elected, the Republicans will do all they can to obstruct him. Keeping the House and winning the Senate are critical.

dmr

(28,321 posts)
13. They betrayed our nation
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:02 PM
Jul 2020

They might've chose Trump, but they betrayed their oath, and betrayed each and every one of us.

The repercussions of their betrayal is immeasurable.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
19. Except they will not beg for
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jul 2020

forgiveness or offer to fix the mess.

They will have convoluted reasons for why they did what they did. They will try to downplay the damage and their role in it. They will have excuses for why they thought they were doing the right thing. They will try to portray themselves as innocent.

BurgherHoldtheLies

(4,137 posts)
20. Incredible work by The Lincoln Project! Sent them money after viewing this one.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:31 PM
Jul 2020

These guys mean business. It's not just the orange menace...it's all his enablers that need to pay the price.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
22. It should be noted at all times that this ad was made by Republicans...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jul 2020

...or former Republicans.

Democrats have not yet reached that level of expertise.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
57. Turtle needs his own 2 minute ad just like this one!
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:21 PM
Jul 2020

Mitch did this, Mitch did that, and this and this and....




K&R!

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
32. Wow, wow, wow!!!! I understood their enthusiasm going after Trump, am shocked they are
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:02 PM
Jul 2020

targeting the Trump ass kissers. After all, many of them are the stalwarts of the Republican Party. To go after them is to cut the legs out from under the Party.

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
55. I hadn't read that was one of their objectives, but that was certainly the conclusion I reached.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:28 PM
Jul 2020

They want to recreate their party and get all those Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, etc, devotees out.

OnDoutside

(19,908 posts)
78. Yes, though potentially, in the medium term of the Post Trump GOP, or whatever may come after it, is
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:38 AM
Jul 2020

a positive for the country and a potential challenge for the Democratic Party.

The positive is that there may well be a re-alignment of the opposition to the Democratic Party, where a New/Rebooted GOP marginalises the RWNJ of their current party. In the short term that would hurt them electorally against Democrats, however by moving their political ground to "mainstream politics", they would appeal to those independents, conservative in outlook but disgusted by what the GOP has become. The challenge for the Democrats is that they would then appeal to Centrists who have become fertile ground for the Democratic Party. I think, in the long term that is good for Democracy in the US, but it's something Democrats need to prepare for..

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
42. I believe that the Lincoln Project wants to destroy the modern Republican Party.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jul 2020

Some of them helped build it, but it turned into a Frankenstein on them, it got taken over by the angry White evangelicals that the Lincoln consort played footsie with since Nixon. They want angry White evangelicals gone and they want us to help them achieve that - which is ok with me, Trumpism is a serious threat to this country and it’s future.

summer_in_TX

(2,685 posts)
66. I've been trying to get an important message to them.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:54 PM
Jul 2020

If any of you know them, please encourage them to help dismantle the propaganda machine that has made our country almost ungovernable because of the irrational tribalism they built up.

I'd urge the Biden Administration to appoint a blue-ribbon commission much like the Hutchins Commission (officially named the Commission on Freedom of the Press) after World War II to tackle disinformation and set up protocols that led to the FCC's "blue book" and Fairness Doctrine regulations.

Their charge would be to:
1. Lay out a history of what and how.
2. Make the harm visible and crystal clear.
3. Propose legislative and possibly constitutional remedies.

Our media landscape is far more complex now than back then so it will be far more difficult. And the 1st Amendment issues are very thorny. A Truth and Reconciliation process might help uncover their methodology and go a long way to deprogramming the cultists.

I definitely want some of the Lincoln Project people (or backers) to be part of helping us to unwind the damage done.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
68. Maybe you can send Rick Wilson an email with your idea.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:01 PM
Jul 2020

I don’t know his email address or whether he reads his email, or would read yours, but he is a key player in the Lincoln Project.

summer_in_TX

(2,685 posts)
69. I've tweeted a thread (but the number of followers I have is just 500 odd)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:09 PM
Jul 2020

I'll see how to find an email address. He's bound to have at least one for his business.

Thanks for the idea.

slack-bot

(78 posts)
38. Devin Nunes didn't make the cut?
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:21 PM
Jul 2020

Let me know if I missed him in the fray there.

Otherwise, I'm hoping the Lincoln Project releases an extended dance remix soon.

liberalla

(9,166 posts)
51. EXCELLENT!!! OMG! I love the drumbeat and building sense of urgency.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:55 PM
Jul 2020

Of course, I've felt this way for over 3 years. It's been urgent since Jan. 2017.
Finally there's a LOT more people sensing the urgency.
Thank you!



onetexan

(12,994 posts)
59. "Learn their names, and never ever trust them again". DAMN THAT'S GOOD!!!
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:46 PM
Jul 2020

I'm glad the Lincoln Project folks are on our side

Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
63. Brilliant. Powerful.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:07 PM
Jul 2020

There must be strong repercussions through the entire rotten core of the republican party.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
75. Never Trust Them
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:12 AM
Jul 2020

Interesting, as there was a poll on DU about trusting the LP

I do

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
77. I trust them also in regards to standing for the Republic against Trump's GOP
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:36 AM
Jul 2020

Of course they want to see a viable conservative political party rise from the ashes of the current Republican Party, that goes without saying. And of course, should that happen, said party will stand in opposition to many program priorities of Democrats, and those disagreements will be consequential. I get all that. But I also get that they are all in when it comes to exposing and countering the toxicity to our democracy of Trump's regime. And they put their professional lives where their political ads mouth is when they also take on all of the current Republican Party office holding Trump enablers. They know that nothing of any integrity can rise from the ashes of today's Republican Party until the existing structure is first burned to the ground. I can't ask for more than that from people with whom I ideologically differ. They know our nation is at stake.

OnDoutside

(19,908 posts)
80. The biggest problem for them in the future, is that they have to marginalise abortion and gun rights
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:41 AM
Jul 2020

as issues, otherwise they'll never be able to move on.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
84. Republicans can be fucking brutal.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jul 2020

I'm glad these guys are on our side, but then again, it would be hard to make ad after ad calling out most Democrats because they aren't a majority of corrupt degenerates like the Republican Party are.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
88. kick and rec again
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 12:17 PM
Jul 2020

This is the ad that should be kept on all the time. Or at least brought back again and again until right before the elections.

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