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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Steve Schmidt a master strategist
Or is he a poetic, wordy orator?
Asking because I can't make up my mind.
lame54
(35,321 posts)Baltimike
(4,146 posts)Good one
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)canetoad
(17,183 posts)meadowlander
(4,402 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,054 posts)Working for to be our next President in the next 2 weeks. Oh and Palin.
Hes a very good writer but I will never trust him.
dchill
(38,532 posts)spooky3
(34,476 posts)Trump and his enablers. Thats therapeutic for me these days.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)katusha
(809 posts)from twitter reacting to the pustule:
Youve never beaten me at anything. This is our first dance.
Did you like #covita. ?
We are so much better at this than your team of crooks, wife beaters, degenerates,weirdos and losers. You are losing We heard you loved Evita. You saw it so many times. Where will you live out your years in disgrace? Will you buy Epsteins island? One last extra special deal from him? Or will you be drooling on yourself in a suite at Walter Reed? Maybe you will be in prison?
I bet you fear that. Manhattan DA may not be around to cover for you or your crooked kids anymore.
elizaorlins doesnt believe in different sets of rules for the Trumps. What about the State AG? You know what youve done.
Oh Donald, who do you owe Almost $500 million in personally guaranteed loans to?
Its all coming down. You think you and your disgusting family are going to be in deal flow next year? Are you really that delusional?
You are lucky Chris Wallace interrupted you after Joe Biden said you Donald Trump Werent smart. You started to melt down. Thats the place that hurts the most. Right? Fred SR knew it. Youve spent your whole life proving it. You arent very smart. You couldnt take the SATs on your own. What was the real score? 970? We both know you know.
Are the steroids Wearing off? Is the Euphoria fading? Do you feel foggy? Tired? Do you ache? How is the breathing? Hmmm. Are you watching TV today Donald Trump. We will have some nice surprises for you. Everyone is laughing at you. You are a joke. A splendid moron turned deadly Clown.
Did you watch Martha McSally in her debate against American hero, fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut Capt Mark Kelly.
She is so embarrassed by you. She is ashamed and full of self loathing for the choice she made in following you over the cliff. She is in free fall now. She will Lose; like most of them, because of you Donald Trump.
We hear from the WH and the campaign everyday. They are betraying you. They are looking to get out alive and salvage careers and their names. Its Ivanka Trump and jared kushner vs Donald J Trump Jr and kim guilfoyle.
On the inside. They are at war over scraps and who gets to command what will be the remnants of your rancid cult. Its almost over now.
You are the greatest failure in American history Donald Trump you are the worst President in American History. Disgrace will always precede your name. Your Grandchildren and great grandchildren will grow up ashamed of their names. One day I suppose there will be some small and not much visited library that bears your name.
It will be the type of place where a drunk walks by, staring at the wall for a minute, before deciding it is beneath his dignity to piss on.
Donald Trump Thats what is waiting for you.
Joe Biden is a better man. Hes smarter. Hes winning.
Do you remember when you didnt want to name Donald J Trump Jr Donald because you were worried about him being a loser named Donald? You were right about that. He is. But it is you Donald Trump who will be remembered as Americas greatest loser. You will be crushed in the election.
Shhhhhhhh
canetoad
(17,183 posts)From Schmidt?
katusha
(809 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/31/uselections2008.barackobama
"Democrats do launch attack ads and campaign negatively but no one does it like the Republican party. Under a succession of dark geniuses, the party has perfected the black art of negative campaigning. It has created the most effective attack machine in the Western world, with the sole purpose of destroying opponents and winning elections. For opponents it is a source of shock, misery and more than a little envy. Its tentacles stretch from the McCain campaign into the murky corners of talk radio, the internet and shadowy groups willing to use any outlandish smear.
Now that machine is focused with laser-like intensity on Obama. The clamour is loud and shrill: Obama is vain, inexperienced, liberal and dangerous. It is backed by a clandestine chorus whispering that he has a secretive Islamic past and it uses racially loaded language. It is also only going to get louder. This week, as McCain and the Republicans gather for their party convention in the Minnesota city of St Paul, the noise will become deafening. It has one purpose - to keep the White House in Republican hands at all costs and against the odds.
The current mastermind of the Republican attack machine is known as the Bullet. He is Steve Schmidt, a protégé of Bush's guru, Karl Rove. Nicknamed for his results as much as his bald head, he made his name as commander of the war room that wiped out Democrat John Kerry in 2004. Brought in to shake things up in July, Schmidt imposed discipline on a disorganised campaign. He dissuaded McCain from his off-the-cuff chats with reporters, and honed the focus solely on making Obama unelectable.
Schmidt works on the principles of repeating simple messages loudly and often. Ads attack Obama as a 'celebrity' or a faux-messiah. By doing so they hope to turn Obama's greatest strength - his ability to inspire - into a fatal flaw. That is backed up by another line: that Obama is simply not fit to be president. NotReady08 is the name of a website set up by the campaign. The language can be harsh. 'We are in the hunt for the White House. Barack Obama is going to have to step up with more than a smart tongue, snappy words and a nice suit,' said Maryland Republican politician Michael Steele."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Schmidt
"Schmidt joined the Bush administration as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney. In 2004, he was a member of the senior strategic planning group, led by White House adviser Karl Rove, that ran President George W. Bush's re-election campaign; Schmidt oversaw the reelection "war room".[20] In 2005 and 2006, he was the White House strategist responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Samuel Alito[26] and Chief Justice John Roberts.[20]"