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Gothmog

(145,856 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 10:52 AM Jul 2020

Lincoln Project ad on trump being paranoid is brilliant

trump is already looking for the persons who leaked the Putin bounty story https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/07/07/new-white-house-searches-for-intel-leakers-489718

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has opened an internal investigation to try to uncover who leaked intelligence about Russians paying the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers. The administration maintains the story is overcooked and the leaks cherry-picked despite a steady stream of follow-ups from media outlets across the globe.

THE ADMINISTRATION has interviewed people with access to the intelligence, and believes it has narrowed down the universe of suspects to fewer than 10 people.

THE ADMINISTRATION has said it would search for leakers in its ranks on many occasions. Notably, they vowed to find out who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the NYT almost two years ago. They said they’d find who leaked the president’s calendars in February 2019. Most of these probes fizzled out or faded away.

BUT, THE ADMINISTRATION seems a bit more worked up about these leaks, due to the highly classified nature of the intelligence.

The Lincoln Project ad plays on trump's deep insecurity and paranoia.


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Lincoln Project ad on trump being paranoid is brilliant (Original Post) Gothmog Jul 2020 OP
That pushed every single button. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #1
That, Sir, Is How The Thing Is Done The Magistrate Jul 2020 #2
And it's a 2naSalit Jul 2020 #9
I really love this ad Gothmog Jul 2020 #12
The Lincoln Project ads keep getting better and better. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2020 #3
Yeah, that'll drive him even crazier. Poor turd (not). brush Jul 2020 #4
Wow, this will send the paranoid POS completely over the edge! MoonRiver Jul 2020 #5
Mean to the level of genius. BKDem Jul 2020 #6
Vicious mind-fuck. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #10
Holy F'ng Crap!!! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #7
"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. sop Jul 2020 #8
+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #16
That's fucking perfect. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #11
From Steve Schmidt Gothmog Jul 2020 #13
I couldn't get through it. The whispering would have been good for the first couple of times chowder66 Jul 2020 #14
"THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!" TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #15
trump's staff are leaking like crazy Gothmog Jul 2020 #20
K and R Quixote1818 Jul 2020 #17
Phenomenal ad K&R DenverJared Jul 2020 #18
tRump bdamomma Jul 2020 #19
RT The Hoarse Whisperer! TY Goth! Cha Jul 2020 #21
The Hoarse Whisperer has trump down pat Gothmog Jul 2020 #22
Mahalo for all this from The Hoarse, Goth.. I love his way of Cha Jul 2020 #23
I enjoy the Hoarse WHISPERER'S OBSERVATIONS Gothmog Jul 2020 #24

Gothmog

(145,856 posts)
12. I really love this ad
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jul 2020

I hope that the Lincoln Project runs it on Fox News during the Tucker Carlson hate hour

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,894 posts)
3. The Lincoln Project ads keep getting better and better.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:04 AM
Jul 2020

All Joe Biden has to do is keep doing what is working for him...Honesty, Decency, Compassion, Empathy, and telling the TRUTH.

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
6. Mean to the level of genius.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jul 2020

And no one has ever deserved it more.

Everyone hates you, Donald. You are a loser. You are ridiculous. We’re all laughing at you!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

sop

(10,296 posts)
8. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:29 PM
Jul 2020

Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage." - Saul Alinsky, from "Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals"

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. +1000
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:50 PM
Jul 2020

I have been saying this all along. The way to get to him and the way to turn off his most ardent supporters is through ridicule. It makes him look weak. He is weak, and we all know that, but his base has fallen for the false machismo and bravado. Making fun of him is the most powerful tool we have against him right now as far as messaging goes.

They don't care if he is evil, corrupt, stupid, incompetent or even under Putin's thumb. But when he starts to look like a joke, like a sad little clown, that is when they will start distancing. They do not want to align themselves with a laughingstock and an impotent, whining little loser.

chowder66

(9,104 posts)
14. I couldn't get through it. The whispering would have been good for the first couple of times
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:34 PM
Jul 2020

but throughout the whole thing? It was like nails on a chalkboard. It also obscures the message more than drives the point home... in my opinion.

Cha

(298,021 posts)
23. Mahalo for all this from The Hoarse, Goth.. I love his way of
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:53 PM
Jul 2020

waxing eloquence on the Narcissistic Hell Monster!



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