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[DieHardBrownsFan]

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WE ARE REPUBLICANS, AND WE WANT TRUMP DEFEATED

The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.

By George T. Conway III, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson.

The authors have worked for or supported numerous Republican campaigns and administrations. This article was originally published in The New York Times.

Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes, corruption and corrosive nature of Donald Trump are a higher calling than mere politics. As Americans, we must stem the damage he and his followers are doing to the rule of law, the Constitution and the American character.

That’s why we are announcing the Lincoln Project, an effort to highlight our country’s story and values, and its people’s sacrifices and obligations. This effort transcends partisanship and is dedicated to nothing less than preservation of the principles that so many have fought for, on battlefields far from home and within their own communities.

This effort asks all Americans of all places, creeds and ways of life to join in the seminal task of our generation: restoring to this nation leadership and governance that respects the rule of law, recognizes the dignity of all people and defends the Constitution and American values at home and abroad.

Over these next 11 months, our efforts will be dedicated to defeating President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box and to elect those patriots who will hold the line. We do not undertake this task lightly, nor from ideological preference. We have been, and remain, broadly conservative (or classically liberal) in our politics and outlooks. Our many policy differences with national Democrats remain, but our shared fidelity to the Constitution dictates a common effort.

The 2020 general election, by every indication, will be about persuasion, with turnout expected to be at record highs. Our efforts are aimed at persuading enough disaffected conservatives, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in swing states and districts to help ensure a victory in the Electoral College and majorities that don’t enable and abet Trump’s violations of the constitution; even if that means Democrat control of the Senate and expansion of the Democratic majority in the House.

The American presidency transcends the individuals who occupy the Oval Office. Their personality becomes part of our national character. Their actions become our actions, for which we all share responsibility. Their willingness to act in accordance with the law and our tradition dictate how current and future leaders will act. Their commitment to order, civility and decency are reflected in American society.

Mr. Trump fails to meet the bar for this commitment. He has neither the moral compass nor the temperament to serve. His vision is limited to what immediately faces him — the problems and risks he chronically brings upon himself and for which others, from countless contractors and companies to the American people, ultimately bear the heaviest burden.

But this president’s actions are possible only with the craven acquiescence of congressional Republicans. They have done no less than abdicate their Article I responsibilities.

Indeed, national Republicans have done far worse than simply march along to Mr. Trump’s beat. Their defense of him is imbued with an ugliness, a meanness and a willingness to attack and slander those who have shed blood for our country, who have dedicated their lives and careers to its defense and its security, and whose job is to preserve the nation’s status as a beacon of hope.

Congressional Republicans have embraced and copied Mr. Trump’s cruelty and defended and even adopted his corruption. Mr. Trump and his enablers have abandoned conservatism and longstanding Republican principles and replaced it with Trumpism, an empty faith led by a bogus prophet. In a recent survey, a majority of Republican voters reported that they consider Mr. Trump a better president than Lincoln.

Mr. Trump and his fellow travelers daily undermine the proposition we as a people have a responsibility and an obligation to continually bend the arc of history toward justice. They mock our belief in America as something more meaningful than lines on a map.

Our peril far outstrips any past differences: It has arrived at our collective doorstep, and we believe there is no other choice. We sincerely hope, but are not optimistic, that some of those Republicans charged with sitting as jurors in a likely Senate impeachment trial will do likewise.

American men and women stand ready around the globe to defend us and our way of life. We must do right by them and ensure that the country for which they daily don their uniform deserves their protection and their sacrifice.

We are reminded of Dan Sickles, an incompetent 19th-century New York politician. On July 2, 1863, his blundering nearly ended the United States.

(Sickles’s greatest previous achievement had been fatally shooting his wife’s lover across the street from the White House and getting himself elected to Congress. Even his most fervent admirers could not have imagined that one day, far in the future, another incompetent New York politician, a president, would lay claim to that legacy by saying he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.)

On that day in Pennsylvania, Sickles was a major general commanding the Union Army’s III Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg, and his incompetence wrought chaos and danger. The Confederate Army took advantage, and turned the Union line. Had the rebel soldiers broken through, the continent would have been divided: Free and slave, democratic and authoritarian.

Another Union general, Winfield Scott Hancock, had only minutes to reinforce the line. America, the nation, the ideal, hung in the balance. Amid the fury of battle, he found the First Minnesota Volunteers. They were immigrants. Many didn’t speak English. They were the very people the Know Nothings tried to keep out of the country.

They charged, and many of them fell, suffering a staggeringly high casualty rate. They held the line. They saved the Union. Four months later, Lincoln stood on that field of slaughter and said, “It is left to us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”

We look to Lincoln as our guide and inspiration. He understood the necessity of not just saving the Union, but also of knitting the nation back together spiritually as well as politically. But those wounds can be bound up only once the threat has been defeated. So, too, will our country have to knit itself back together after the scourge of Trumpism has been overcome.

George T. Conway III is an attorney in New York. Steve Schmidt is a Republican political strategist who worked for President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. John Weaver is a Republican strategist who worked for President George H.W. Bush, Senator John McCain and Gov. John Kasich. Rick Wilson is a Republican media consultant and author of “Everything Trump Touches Dies” and the forthcoming “Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America From Trump and Democrats From Themselves.”

This article was originally published in The New York Times.

Follow The Lincoln Project on Twitter @ProjectLincoln

[calfoxwc]

dh wants to give the ignorant ass rino woshippers great big smoochies.

corrupt mccain was a piece of scum in civilian life.

thanks for playing stupid again.

won't work.

[Tour2ma]

11 minutes ago, calfoxwc said:

corrupt mccain

And I suppose he wasn't a war hero either...

[DieHardBrownsFan]

14 minutes ago, calfoxwc said:

dh wants to give the ignorant ass rino woshippers great big smoochies.

corrupt mccain was a piece of scum in civilian life.

thanks for playing stupid again.

won't work.

Unlike brave Calfox the air farce hero.

[calfoxwc]

1 hour ago, Tour2ma said:

And I suppose he wasn't a war hero either...

never said that - I said his civilian life.

You don't know the difference, it's okay.

[Tour2ma]

14 minutes ago, calfoxwc said:

never said that - I said his civilian life.

You don't know the difference, it's okay.

Knew the difference... just did not know your position.

And I still don't...

So was McCain a war hero?

[calfoxwc]

stop trying to change the subject - I wasn't there - there are different takes on that

Mccain was a corrupt loser sold out asswhole in civilian life.

do you deny it and why?

[Tour2ma]

31 minutes ago, calfoxwc said:

stop trying to change the subject - I wasn't there - there are different takes on that

OMFG!

You believe he was a hero and are afraid to say it least you damage your TeamTrump standing...

What a chickenshit.

[calfoxwc]

3 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

OMFG!

You believe he was a hero and are afraid to say it least you damage your TeamTrump standing...

What a chickenshit.

stop being that ignorant. I didn't say anything about him being a hero or not. There are differing opinions on that, from people who served with him.

   I'm talking about him being a traitor and a worm in his civilian life.

It's tough to be a conservative, and try to have any kind of serious discussion with you, dh, and tex.

You can't back up your hate, so you resort to trolling.

haha.

The unreasonable hostility, with no explanation, just slurs and bs, seem to mean that you are trying to goad conservatives to getting kicked on the board or something.

   If you can't back it up at all, you lose the argument, again.

Have a nice day !

[hoorta]

1 hour ago, calfoxwc said:

stop being that ignorant. I didn't say anything about him being a hero or not. There are differing opinions on that, from people who served with him.

   I'm talking about him being a traitor and a worm in his civilian life.

It's tough to be a conservative, and try to have any kind of serious discussion with you, dh, and tex.

You can't back up your hate, so you resort to trolling.

haha.

The unreasonable hostility, with no explanation, just slurs and bs, seem to mean that you are trying to goad conservatives to getting kicked on the board or something.

   If you can't back it up at all, you lose the argument, again.

Have a nice day !

Sorry Cal- it's not about McCain- the article is about Trump, though you are proving your POV that any Republican who doesn't totally embrace Trump is a POS. 

But I'm glad you and your fellow Trumpers agree with this from the article.  In a recent survey, a majority of Republican voters reported that they consider Mr. Trump a better president than Lincoln.

Some of us Republicans would disagree with that opinion. And Trump wasn't a worm in his civilian life? I do recall him stiffing a bunch of his subcontractors. Oh, there's plenty more. But that's old news. The leopard doesn't change his spots Cal, now he can do it on a much bigger platform, but you guys just don't see it. 

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/11/509168365/trump-d-c-hotel-contractors-say-theyre-owed-millions

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/

[LogicIsForSquares]

6 hours ago, hoorta said:

Sorry Cal- it's not about McCain- the article is about Trump, though you are proving your POV that any Republican who doesn't totally embrace Trump is a POS. 

But I'm glad you and your fellow Trumpers agree with this from the article.  In a recent survey, a majority of Republican voters reported that they consider Mr. Trump a better president than Lincoln.

Some of us Republicans would disagree with that opinion. And Trump wasn't a worm in his civilian life? I do recall him stiffing a bunch of his subcontractors. Oh, there's plenty more. But that's old news. The leopard doesn't change his spots Cal, now he can do it on a much bigger platform, but you guys just don't see it. 

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/11/509168365/trump-d-c-hotel-contractors-say-theyre-owed-millions

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/

Born and raised in NJ before moving to WV. Dad was a construction  foreman. It was a known thing that Trump and his associates would seek out small companies for work knowing he could short them and tie them up in court till they gave up. 

[DieHardBrownsFan]

16 minutes ago, LogicIsForSquares said:

Born and raised in NJ before moving to WV. Dad was a construction  foreman. It was a known thing that Trump and his associates would seek out small companies for work knowing he could short them and tie them up in court till they gave up. 

You just labeled yourself an agent of the deepstate!

[TexasAg1969]

14 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

And I suppose he wasn't a war hero either...

 

13 hours ago, calfoxwc said:

never said that -

You certainly did which is why I supplied you with youtube interviews with two different cellmates whose opinions were the opposite of your "songbird" BS.

You are losing your memory there cal.

[The Cysko Kid]

13 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

Knew the difference... just did not know your position.

And I still don't...

So was McCain a war hero?

Eh, I don't know that I'd call him a war hero. John Basilone was a war hero. McCain stood by his fellow POWs but does that qualify as heroics? It depends, I suppose, if you think nurses are heroes for doing their jobs that they signed up to be compensated for then I suppose you would be disposed to call him a hero. 

[Westside Steve]

4 minutes ago, The Cysko Kid said:

Eh, I don't know that I'd call him a war hero. John Basilone was a war hero. McCain stood by his fellow POWs but does that qualify as heroics? It depends, I suppose, if you think nurses are heroes for doing their jobs that they signed up to be compensated for then I suppose you would be disposed to call him a hero. 

Not to mention teachers. But we do throw the term hero around pretty liberally these days.

The man put up a lot and I respect him for it but face it that's his only qualification to hold public office. And the left hated his guts until he started a personal Feud with Donald Trump. Or reacted to 1 oh, your choice.

WSS

[Gorka]

12 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

OMFG!

You believe he was a hero and are afraid to say it least you damage your TeamTrump standing...

What a chickenshit.

Since you can't tolerate Cal keeping you in suspense, I'll answer your question.

Yes McCain was a war hero, went through hell as a POW, but that doesn't absolve him from being an asshole toward the end of his political career. Like Romney, once honorable turned bitter over the election of an outsider who they felt had no business being president. TDS, both of them.

So let me ask you a couple of questions.

You do know that the fake dossier used to illegally obtain FISA warrants to spy on Trumps campaign was obtained and forwarded by McCains office. Correct?

You do know that McCain was staunch opponent of Obamacare vowing to vote to repeal it, but did a 180 and became the deciding vote against repealing it right? It was clearly evident this was done to spite Trump

Well? Don't be a chickenshit now.

 

[Gorka]

15 minutes ago, The Cysko Kid said:

Eh, I don't know that I'd call him a war hero. John Basilone was a war hero. McCain stood by his fellow POWs but does that qualify as heroics?

Good point. An authentic war hero would have received a military award for valor and heroism. Not sure if McCain had been awarded as such.

[Gorka]

14 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

 

So was McCain a war hero?

Was Kaitlyn Jenner a  hero? You libs seem to think so.

Feel free to chime in on this Tex.

[Gorka]

8 hours ago, hoorta said:

Sorry Cal- it's not about McCain- the article is about Trump, though you are proving your POV that any Republican who doesn't totally embrace Trump is a POS. 

But I'm glad you and your fellow Trumpers agree with this from the article.  In a recent survey, a majority of Republican voters reported that they consider Mr. Trump a better president than Lincoln.

Some of us Republicans would disagree with that opinion. And Trump wasn't a worm in his civilian life? I do recall him stiffing a bunch of his subcontractors. Oh, there's plenty more. But that's old news. The leopard doesn't change his spots Cal, now he can do it on a much bigger platform, but you guys just don't see it. 

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/11/509168365/trump-d-c-hotel-contractors-say-theyre-owed-millions

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/

And in what ways have Trumps business dealings negatively affected his record as POTUS?

That's what I thought.

Funny how you had implied that Cal has changed the subject while proceeding to change the subject. The letter in the OP mentions nothing about his business dealings as a private citizen. Even the idiots who created it understood the irrelevance.

[calfoxwc]

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

 

You certainly did which is why I supplied you with youtube interviews with two different cellmates whose opinions were the opposite of your "songbird" BS.

You are losing your memory there cal.

Your cognitive abilities are being badly affected by hate stress. I supplied testimony that contradicted your worship of rinos crap.

Try to shut up and let the rest of us actually talk about an issue. Your trolling is boring and counter-productive. You already caused one board member to leave the board.

[Gorka]

18 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan said:

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WE ARE REPUBLICANS, AND WE WANT TRUMP DEFEATED

By George T. Conway III, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson.

 

 

Lol...all four members of this club want Trump defeated.

A letter written prior to the impeachment fiasco by establishment Rinos from day one, full of nothing but innuendo.

[TexasAg1969]

3 hours ago, calfoxwc said:

Your cognitive abilities are being badly affected by hate stress. I supplied testimony that contradicted your worship of rinos crap.

Try to shut up and let the rest of us actually talk about an issue. Your trolling is boring and counter-productive. You already caused one board member to leave the board.

Really? You just claimed here you never said he was a not hero and now you correctly say you "supplied testimony" that he wasn't. So your "supplied testimony" hoists you on your own petard. 

So I see no reason to shut up at all concerning your contradictory statements.

PS-I'll try for more to leave. Once again projecting onto others what you have managed to do all by yourself. Ask multiple people on the FB board why they won't come here. It's full of MAGATS.

[Gorka]

44 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Really? You just claimed here you never said he was a not hero and now you correctly say you "supplied evidence" that he wasn't. So your "supplied testimony" hoists you on your own petard. 

So I see no reason to shut up at all concerning your contradictory statements.

PS-I'll try for more to leave. Once again projecting onto others what you have managed to do all by yourself. Ask multiple people on the FB board why they won't come here. It's full of MAGATS.

Why don't you just put him on ignore again you pussy?  He always manages to get your panties knotted up.

[hoorta]

5 hours ago, Gorka said:

And in what ways have Trumps business dealings negatively affected his record as POTUS?

That's what I thought.

Funny how you had implied that Cal has changed the subject while proceeding to change the subject. The letter in the OP mentions nothing about his business dealings as a private citizen. Even the idiots who created it understood the irrelevance.

Check out post #2 in the thread Gorka. Cal brought up McCain first. The short attention spans around here needed some reminding that Trump's not exactly a saint.

You're too in love with DT's agenda to even think  otherwise. It was pretty  funny watching  that fake news  channel  CNN put together a string of Trump's soundbites showing how he contradicts  himself.  Why don't you get tested for covid? DT said all  you have to do is ask. Cal has too much time on his hands looks like 1\2 the threads of late are stuff he's  started and it's a  broken record. 

[TexasAg1969]

45 minutes ago, Gorka said:

Why don't you just put him on ignore again you pussy?  He always manages to get your panties knotted up.

Seems to me he's done an excellent job of knotting himself up about his claim to have never said McCain was not a hero. I see no need to ignore that.

Au contraire mon ami. It just needed the light of day which I was more than happy to provide. So keep your panties on.

[TexasAg1969]

Also here is the Grand Plan turmpy has in mind for the country. Pretty much the way he does everything I'd say.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-has-no-plan/611506/

 

[TexasAg1969]

And the above plan kind of harkens back to what he had in mind at the end of March. 

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/25/trumps-magical-thinking-snake-oil-an-easter-resurrection-and-killing-nana-for-capitalism/

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/489664-trumps-magical-thinking-wont-stop-the-coronavirus-pandemic

 

[DieHardBrownsFan]

8 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Also here is the Grand Plan turmpy has in mind for the country. Pretty much the way he does everything I'd say.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-has-no-plan/611506/

 

Outstanding article.  100 percent correct.

[hoorta]

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And the above plan kind of harkens back to what he had in mind at the end of March. 

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/25/trumps-magical-thinking-snake-oil-an-easter-resurrection-and-killing-nana-for-capitalism/

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/489664-trumps-magical-thinking-wont-stop-the-coronavirus-pandemic

 

 few nuggets from the articles  "Apparently, these people are so primitive they believe in human sacrifice to the market gods."  Gee, I think we know someone around here with that attitude.... 

"Moreover, he can't just order the virus to stop infecting people so we can get the economy going again. Article II of the Constitution is powerful, but it doesn't make him God." But he does think he can predict the future that "it's just going to go away" and vaccine? We don't need no f***king vaccine. Bold my "Oh, really?  Should I sell short on Trump Industries Donny? What say you?