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Schmidt Versus Gabriel; Who Do You Got?
Never Trump likes to think of themselves as the thoughtful, reasoned, and above all principled(TM) alternative to MAGA. They are the wise, diplomatic Picards to MAGA’s boorish James T. Kirks. Which makes watching Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt’s descent into madness so compelling. And the most recent target of his outrage is our own fearless leader, Jon Gabriel. Who, according to Mr. Schmidt, is “a Christian Nationalist … an extremist and a fascist.”
The backstory is here. The TL;DR version is that Mr. Schmidt gets very, very testy when people point out that one of his Lincoln Project co-founders, John Weaver, had an unsavory interest in teenage boys and that this troubled the rest of his Lincoln Project cohorts about as much as teaching five-year-olds about gender ideology bothers Disney executives. After this and another recent Schmidt Twitter tirade against Sarah Palin (whom Schmidt called a “nut ball”) and Meghan McCain whom he called insane; Mr. Gabriel gently recommended Mr. Schmidt should perhaps seek help. And it was this that prompted Schmidt’s “Christian Nationalist, extremist, and fascist” riposte. Mr. Gabriel handled the insult with the class and aplomb we have come to expect.
Seriously, though, it does kinda look like the shingles are coming off Mr. Schmidt’s roof and maybe someone ought to look into that.
Really wanted to work in a reference to the crack pipes that the corporate media claimed no way would there be crack pipes in the taxpayer-funded safe smoking kits the Biden administration was distributing, but yeah, there totally are crack pipes in those kits, but… maybe I’m feeling too nice today to suggest a metaphorical connection between Mr. Schmidt’s tirades and the contents of the Biden Administration’s safe-smoking kits.
By the way, the “principled conservatives” at the NAMBLincoln Project have laid out their “2022 Roadmap for Republican Defeat.”
“The Lincoln Project’s mission heading into 2022 is simple and direct: Defeat the Republican Party and their candidates in key states and Congressional districts.”
Certainly sounds like something a group led by principled conservatives who aren’t at all a grift operation fronting for the Democratic Left would say.
Speaking of things angry people say on Twitter, Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw says if you don’t support sending billions of dollars to Ukraine with no financial oversight, you’re probably a Russian stooge.
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Thanks for taking time to look into this. I respect Crenshaw and thought it out of character for him to play the “you disagree with me, so you’re a Russian stooge” card. One reason I like Ricochet—I can almost always get the full picture of a matter if I’m patient. Thanks again.
Ah. “Go do what you do and stop trying to make me ‘respect’ it” cuts no ice then.
Isn’t it surprising that Ricochet’s Resident Apologist, Defender and Supporter of all things Lincoln Project hasn’t shown up yet?
AKA the Russian Orthodox Cross. Putin.
The reason I dislike him is because he keeps pushing for expansion of the H-1B and other “temporary” worker visas, despite evidence and reports that corporations are using these (especially the H-1B visa) to displace American workers. There are well-documented instances of Disney, Southern California Edison, and others companies that required their employees to train the replacement workers (on H-1B visas and being paid substantially less than the workers they replace) under threat of losing their severance. Why should I support Crenshaw when he pull crap like this?
And it is on the Main Feed.
But this is that meme of buttons: repost Jon’s impulsive articles on the Capitol Riot or support the Lincoln Project
Not you, what? You were wise all along? You watched the GOP insiders nominate McCain, who you didn’t like, and then Romney, but then somehow didn’t understand the Trump phenomenon in 2016? You might be a rare bird. Who did you support, may I ask? Jeb? Huckabee? Christie? Rubio? Oh wait, Pataki??
I don’t understand this. “They” refers to Max Boot, Bill Kristol and Jen Rubin. Are you aligning with them?
And you thought wrong. People criticized Trump for just about everything, and a lot of completely fabricated things which were generally the most egregious. Impeached twice over nothing. Undermined and attacked by nefarious actors at the very top of our Intel agencies. While the MSM was committing character assassination, the Nevers were piling on with their own pet peeves. Trump detractors in the GOP came along and said, yeah, all that, and I don’t like that he used the wrong salad fork!
I think we finally got through to him on that one. He doesn’t support the North American Man Boy Lincoln Project.
Bush Republicans gonna Bush.
~GASP~ That means Jon is a crypto-Commie! …Christian Nationalist Nazi practically Hitler dude.
That was a pretty crazy 24 hours, but Mr. Schmidt gained me several hundred new Twitter followers. Thanks, Steve!
Poor guy has been manic for a week straight; really bizarre to watch.
Perhaps he has to wash his hair.
I don’t see any evidence that he said that. Maybe you gave us the wrong URL?
Of course, I could have missed it, but I did look.
I get suspicious about this sort of thing ever since the news media started claiming Trump said things that he didn’t say.
Consulted a post-Soviet presidential candidate against a pro-Russian politician. Using a multifaceted approach to quantitative research, we were able to create a paradigm shift as to how voters perceived both the race, and the candidate.
That’s some really hideous writing. Write. There.
Don’t you want to hire him as a campaign consultant?
“Multifaceted approach.”
“Quantitative research.”
“Paradigm shift.”
That’s brilliant, I tells ya!
Last I remember, he still likes their videos and such, he just stopped donating to them directly.
Now that this post is on the Main Feed, that could happen at any time.
Well, Marjorie Taylor-Greene had this response to a Crenshaw tweet:
To which Crenshaw replied:
So I think the interpretation stands.
When you raise issues with this proxy war, and your interlocutor decides to just call you a Russian Stooge, you know you’re asking the right questions.
Any insight to what Josh Holmes is planning? Anything you can share in public?
Seems like it’s the Ukrainians who decide whether or not the Ukrainians are going to fight. Once they decide to fight, should we refuse to help them because then it becomes a “proxy war” which our Kryptonian Father has forbidden us to engage in? And, by refusing to help, ensure their defeat?
@garyrobbins helps to pay 6 Figures to CoFounder Who Claimed PAC ignored Allegations John Weaver preyed on men and boys.
“Hey. Buddy. Youse can’t squat here. Shift yer paradigm or it’s the hoosegow for ya.”
So I guess the Russo-Ukrainian thing really is just a private civil war – between Republicans I mean.
wut
In order of preference for 2016, it was Rand Paul, Rick Perry, and Ted Cruz. The more I learned about Bobby Jindal, the more I liked him. Chris Christie, Donald Trump, and Rick Santorum were at the bottom of my list.
You explained the whole thing really well. Truth seems to be losing its stature as a conservative value these days. If anything, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tweet was just nonsensical, by saying that because we support Ukraine winning their war then we don’t value Ukrainian lives. That would be a statement worthy of AOC or Maxine Waters, but not of a sensible Republican.