The Lincoln Project: Even The Police Began To Sit Up And Take Notice

I'll admit up front to feeling a little bit icky posting this video of notorious Beltway hack Chris Cillizza dunking on the Lincoln Project.  Because we all know the only reason he's doing it now is that the Lincoln Lads have so completely kneecapped themselves that it's safe for a hack like Cillizza  to snipe at them from cover without fear of retribution:

But that icky feeling is almost entirely mitigated by my vivid memory of the tons of "Shut up!  Sit down!  The enemy of my enemy is my supervisor and so forth" shit I took from my fucking allies back when I was just about the only voice out there trying to sound the alarm.  Here's a recent sample.

So I just found out Mr. Electrico has been permanently suspended from Twitter.

Probably due to his insufferable, downright hateful Never Trumper Derangement Syndrome.

Oh well.

— Isaiah L. Carter (@IsaiahLCarter) January 19, 2021

Politico has also stepped up to take a swing, because now that one of the Beltway hominids has shown the rest of the tribe that it's safe to do so --

-- the rest of them are grabbing a bone club and taking their shots.

The Way to Fix the Lincoln Project: Shut It Down for Good

Flagrant profiteering and sexual impropriety have a way of slowing momentum.

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It took Weaver’s sins of the flesh to end the flush of sympathetic media coverage that for the past year greeted the Lincoln Project’s gaudy anti-Trump messaging. Attention now has shifted belatedly to the sins of the purse that evidently pervade the entire organization. Colleagues were mad at how Weaver’s transgressions detracted from the Lincoln Project’s purpose. Breathtaking self-dealing and personal enrichment by many of the founders turns out to be a primary purpose.

This is the scandal that likely will be more lethal to the Lincoln Project over time. The Associated Press found that of $90 million raised by the Lincoln Project, $50 million went to firms controlled by its leaders. This is Trump-style brazenness, and also an example of the kind of behavior that made Trump’s rise possible. Once voters conclude that politics is not on the level, and everyone is in it for themselves, it makes the blow-up-everything nihilism of Trumpism easier to contemplate...

If you want the long, long version of this with every twist and turn so far, click here.  It's all there.

As for me, I'm going back to banging away on my treatment for docudrama to pitch to Netflix-- working title, "The Bilking Project."

Here's a small taste...

We open on a small clutch of dirty, unshaven, hard-eyed Republican mercenaries and button men hiding out in a rundown shack.  Through the window we see the Republican Party in ruins, on fire, with meteors still streaking from the sky, pounding the rubble.

Despite the devastation outside, one of the group's leaders speaks in a chipper, upbeat voice.

"Don't worry," Rick Wilson says. "If we play this right, not only will the Libtards make us all rich, they'll go to the barricades for us should any of the skeevy shit we're up to ever come to light."

The group laughs at him.

"I'm not kidding," he says. "All we have to do is keep beating on Trump and keep pretending that all that wrath of god hellfire [points out the window] is entirely because of him. Just keep talking the same shit we were talking in the primaries when we were working for Cruz and Rubio or Evan McMullin."

Wilson shoots a hard look at Bill Kristol, "Or who tried to convince the party that David Fucking French was the answer to their prayers."  

Bill Kristol smirks and shrugs.  

Steve Schmidt speaks up.  "You can't be serious?"

"Dead serious. You don't know these people. I've run some of the filthiest ads ever against their heroes. Dumped on them constantly. Stomped all over everything they love and care about. There are pics of my Confederate flag cooler all over Instagram. My Twitter stream is full of the most hateful, toxic poison imaginable. I mock the Newtown families, go apeshit on Obama endlessly, there are dead Muslim jokes, fag jokes, all of it."

He pauses for effect.

"And if we just keep on slagging Trump, these same Libtards will not only let all of that slide, they'll mob any of their own who tries to bring it up."

The group's eyes are now collectively glowing. Ravenous wolves who are suddenly being promised an endless, belt-fed buffet.

"In fact, we don't really have to do any work at all," he pauses again, thumbing a yellowing stack of paper. "Here are samples of what Libtard bloggers have been writing about us for decades. 'Racist'. 'Deranged.' 'Fascist.' 'Conspiracy mongers.' 'Fox News.' 'Hateful.'"

"So what? We've all heard it. Bunch of impotent losers in their mother's basements pissing into the sink." Schmidt says.

"So we just take it," Wilson leers. "Take it all. Every adjective. Every cuss. Everything. All we have to do is scratch out 'Republican' and write in 'Donald Trump' and -- bingo! -- the greatest political boondoggle in history. These losers are so desperate for validation they'll pay us to read their own shit back to them."

Cut to time passing and Tweets like these superimposed like old timey, spinning newspaper headlines over events as they race past.

Thanks for giving voice to the ppl we don’t hear from, don’t see. I believe @ProjectLincoln made the difference this election. I’m willing to wait for the independent review. Why aren’t others? I’m reminded when the @nytimes began its full on, non-stop assault on the Email Lady.

— Lucy Barrett (@Lucybpalermo) February 17, 2021

If trump can gloss over all he has without an ounce of contrition all for his own selfish gain, then The Lincoln Project should NOT fold! They r doing good work & should not allow the failings of 1 man & his abhorrent behavior 2 derail that. Make the necessary changes but keep on https://t.co/A5Vh7UHyFG

— Apple J. (@Kaidukas1) February 17, 2021

We know what @ProjectLincoln is and the good it does. We know powerful forces want to take you out of the equation before the 2022 election cycle heats up. We recognize democracy-loving patriots when we see them. Please keep right on doing what you do so well.We got your back.👊 https://t.co/ZCaV7VRQs0

— Mae B Someday Soon (@mspoint1106) February 17, 2021

We know what @ProjectLincoln is and the good it does. We know powerful forces want to take you out of the equation before the 2022 election cycle heats up. We recognize democracy-loving patriots when we see them. Please keep right on doing what you do so well.We got your back.👊 https://t.co/ZCaV7VRQs0

— Mae B Someday Soon (@mspoint1106) February 17, 2021

The Lincoln Project was a much-needed light in the darkness that was the Trump era.

Keep up the good work. You're still desperately needed.

— Lorraine loves reptiles (@LorraineWelden) February 17, 2021

@ProjectLincoln saved our nation from that crazed man u call daddy. Our nation couldn't withstand another 4 years of his hate and chaos. So we would like to thank all the donors & hard working employees. The one who did wrong will be held accountable to law, as your dad should.

— Human (@4HumanUnity) February 17, 2021

The Lincoln project saved America https://t.co/qkreNNXSPJ

— Claire Klein (@art_lover10) February 14, 2021

Steve, don't carry one moment's feeling of regret for anything you and the Lincoln Project have done because John Weaver was part of your team.

And don't you dare feel any responsibility for his being on the team.

You saved our democracy from evil forces and evil people. ❤

— Alice (@Jebobuddyscuddy) February 13, 2021

It's a little rough.  Work in progress.  But you're all invited to the first table read once the big, big development money starts rolling in.

Does anyone know if Woody Harrelson would be up for playing Steve Schmidt one more time?

 

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