Professional con artist Steve Schmidt has revealed his true self. Again. This is the same political genius who decided in 2008 that it would be a good thing to make the incompetent far right bimbo moron Sarah Palin the vice presidential nominee for a presidential candidate who wasn’t in good health and might have died in office had we been unfortunate enough to elect him.
Unf**kingbelievable. Don’t subscribe but thought he was a straight shooter these days. I’ll never forgive him for that Palin debacle. Obama may have had a chance but for the tornado of bull Schitt that greeted him.
I'm glad I told you to read the scumball's letter. I've read damn near everyones comment and it is basically a universal "FUCK YOU", to quote your eloquence, Tom.
Time for me to bail now too. See you soon. Perhaps I should go back and hit edit and put in a FU too, as a aparting shot.
Schmidt, like Rick Wilson, has no concept that he did anything wrong before this and contributed to the state the republican party, which is no longer a party but simply a terrorist organization, is in. Stuart Stevens actually seems to. And the comments about Schmidt's genius in 2008 reminds me that Charlie Pierce referred to her as Princess Dumbass of the North Woods. 'Nuff said.
Stuart Stevens - who I definitely didn't like in 2012 when he ran Rmoney's campaign, appears to be someone who can walk the walk as well as talk the talk. He appears to know the meaning of the words "personal integrity." His book "It was all a lie" is an eye-opener.
Yes, Stevens at least gets it. Schmidt is too wrapped up in his ego, proof of which is everywhere, but I noticed that he wrote, "I founded the Lincoln Project ...." Oh, HE did? I thought Rick Wilson had something to do with it. And Wilson is flaying and filleting Dean Phillips, so you know what he's also saying.
Well, since he's guilty of treason against the United States by trying to divide the Democratic Party at the moment that it really needs to be united against far better known traitors than Phillips.
I won't feel it's safe until he's at 100% loss. Too many people want things to get better, they are grasping at dirty plastic straws, like this guy. I've been watching him for a few weeks. WARNING indeed. He is misleading people, a vile man, who has the intent o undermine the coming election for his own gain.
You forgot one, professor. Michelle Bachmann, The Girl With Faraway Eyes. Or, maybe "I married someone my imaginary being told me to, even though he was gay."
(First paragraph is my comment posted earlier today on Today’s Edition.)
Forgive my repetition here. Last April in his Substack, Steve Schmidt wrote how he would always admire Justice John Roberts and how Sam Alito was damaged by the criticism he received after being nominated for SCOTUS. Schmidt also blamed Democrats for losing a seat on the Court as they bashed Bush’s nominee Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O’Connor in 2005. Miers’ nomination was withdrawn. Alito nominated four days later. Last April I cancelled the $100. subscription to his Substack based on that column.
Thank you for this TC. No surprise he is supporting someone to challenge President Biden. He supported/campaigned elbow-to-elbow with OH Congressman Tim Ryan during his run for U.S. Senate. Many of us fully supported Tim Ryan but he lost by a lot. It is Ohio after all. Following that loss Schmidt wrote bitterly, rather placing the blame on Chuck Schumer. Go figure. Or maybe don’t go figure. Better left to mental health professional.
Didn’t Schmidt toy around with backing that Starbucks character in 2020? Some people will do anything for money. It’s disappointing because he is a good polemicist. But taking money to jeopardize your country? Nope. The Republican Party rots souls. Even makes me suspicious of Stuart Stevens.
I know it’s a good book and Stevens has the look of a man who lost everything in a divorce. But anymore I have no faith in anything the GOP has touched. I know that doesn’t speak well of my own soul, but….
like you, Gary, I find them ALL suspicious until one of them actually DOES something to demonstrate some actual remorse and willingness to burn those bridges, name names, etc.
Stevens strikes me as genuinely remorseful with a man-without-a-country vibe. All the other Lincoln Project jackals are frauds running away in a pack after taking down democracy and leaving it to die, feasted upon by the maga hyenas.
Oh boy.....sometimes you cannot tell whom those people are working for. Challenging Biden when most things are going for the US far better than in most other countries (thank you, John Maynard Keynes) is just STUPID. This will only give an opportunity for those opposed to Biden to come out swinging and lessen his chances of winning in 2024, and if he doesn't win, we all know who will.....
Unsubscribed. He used to do this crap on Twitter, waaaaay back when I was on Twitter . He writes well, touts his credentials, but when the time comes to take a meaningful stand, he goes with . . . The money.
Schmidt's a guy with pockets full of rationalizations, as you wisely pointed out here. Challenging Biden means tearing him and his good works down and listening to the magas snort, howl, and laugh till they soil themselves. If Biden chooses to hand the baton to someone younger because of an emerging health issue, that's quite another thing that doesn't involve having Biden fight a war on two fronts.
Unf**kingbelievable. Don’t subscribe but thought he was a straight shooter these days. I’ll never forgive him for that Palin debacle. Obama may have had a chance but for the tornado of bull Schitt that greeted him.
Cancelled my subscription yesterday.
Canceled immediately. Feel disgusted. (BTW, Crowe actually "only" donated the max, $2,800, to Phillips in 2018.)
And what's he financing now?
Other than clearance? I'd like to know. Do you?
Harlan Crow is the Nazi-obsessed cretin that only has our best interests at heart. What fools we mortals continue to be.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Smebody we all know of said that.
I'm glad I told you to read the scumball's letter. I've read damn near everyones comment and it is basically a universal "FUCK YOU", to quote your eloquence, Tom.
Time for me to bail now too. See you soon. Perhaps I should go back and hit edit and put in a FU too, as a aparting shot.
Do it!!
I will . Right now.
DONE!!
Pain in the ass, but gone.
Schmidt, like Rick Wilson, has no concept that he did anything wrong before this and contributed to the state the republican party, which is no longer a party but simply a terrorist organization, is in. Stuart Stevens actually seems to. And the comments about Schmidt's genius in 2008 reminds me that Charlie Pierce referred to her as Princess Dumbass of the North Woods. 'Nuff said.
Stuart Stevens - who I definitely didn't like in 2012 when he ran Rmoney's campaign, appears to be someone who can walk the walk as well as talk the talk. He appears to know the meaning of the words "personal integrity." His book "It was all a lie" is an eye-opener.
Yes, Stevens at least gets it. Schmidt is too wrapped up in his ego, proof of which is everywhere, but I noticed that he wrote, "I founded the Lincoln Project ...." Oh, HE did? I thought Rick Wilson had something to do with it. And Wilson is flaying and filleting Dean Phillips, so you know what he's also saying.
From everything I didn't know yesterday that I know today about Phillips, there is a lot to fillet and flay.
Well, since he's guilty of treason against the United States by trying to divide the Democratic Party at the moment that it really needs to be united against far better known traitors than Phillips.
That "T word" has gotten tossed around on Schmidt's substack today. He's lost 90% of his subscribers in the past 16 hours.
I won't feel it's safe until he's at 100% loss. Too many people want things to get better, they are grasping at dirty plastic straws, like this guy. I've been watching him for a few weeks. WARNING indeed. He is misleading people, a vile man, who has the intent o undermine the coming election for his own gain.
serves his dumb ass right, the prick.
You forgot one, professor. Michelle Bachmann, The Girl With Faraway Eyes. Or, maybe "I married someone my imaginary being told me to, even though he was gay."
you forgot to add "...and is therefore going to hell" or something along those lines.
Well, she had four kids with him (supposedly). As I like to say, we're all proof that our parents had sex.
(First paragraph is my comment posted earlier today on Today’s Edition.)
Forgive my repetition here. Last April in his Substack, Steve Schmidt wrote how he would always admire Justice John Roberts and how Sam Alito was damaged by the criticism he received after being nominated for SCOTUS. Schmidt also blamed Democrats for losing a seat on the Court as they bashed Bush’s nominee Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O’Connor in 2005. Miers’ nomination was withdrawn. Alito nominated four days later. Last April I cancelled the $100. subscription to his Substack based on that column.
Thank you for this TC. No surprise he is supporting someone to challenge President Biden. He supported/campaigned elbow-to-elbow with OH Congressman Tim Ryan during his run for U.S. Senate. Many of us fully supported Tim Ryan but he lost by a lot. It is Ohio after all. Following that loss Schmidt wrote bitterly, rather placing the blame on Chuck Schumer. Go figure. Or maybe don’t go figure. Better left to mental health professional.
wasn't Harriet Myers his personal attorney? or at least the WH attorney? I recall that she was utterly unqualified from jump box.
if Steve Schmidt wants to dry hump (or, for that matter, wet fuck) his old companions-in-arms, let him have the decency to do it PRIVATELY.
and SILENTLY.
I thought Repugs were the ones who were so good at compartmentalizing when it suited them. maybe Schmidt needs a visit to Republican Rehab.
Just canceled with the following comment.
“First Palin, then Mr. $tarbuck$, and now Mr. luxury vodka. Exactly what do you stand for?”
Oh! That's very good!
yes, it's EXCELLENT.
Well, now I'm sorry I never subscribed to Schmidt's Substack (or, to be honest, even read it) — because now I can't cancel my subscription.
I laughed out loud.
Love dark humor!
same here...and I'm the one who reposted his little video.
Didn’t Schmidt toy around with backing that Starbucks character in 2020? Some people will do anything for money. It’s disappointing because he is a good polemicist. But taking money to jeopardize your country? Nope. The Republican Party rots souls. Even makes me suspicious of Stuart Stevens.
Stevens is good. Genuinely remorseful and walks the walk as well as talks the talk. "It Was All A Lie" is a pretty solid "FU" to the GOP.
I know it’s a good book and Stevens has the look of a man who lost everything in a divorce. But anymore I have no faith in anything the GOP has touched. I know that doesn’t speak well of my own soul, but….
like you, Gary, I find them ALL suspicious until one of them actually DOES something to demonstrate some actual remorse and willingness to burn those bridges, name names, etc.
fuck GESTURES.
Stevens strikes me as genuinely remorseful with a man-without-a-country vibe. All the other Lincoln Project jackals are frauds running away in a pack after taking down democracy and leaving it to die, feasted upon by the maga hyenas.
Thanks for this.
I guess “reverting to form” is the term.
I wasn't a Schmidt subscriber, but now will no longer be a reader.
This is like a sucker punch
I never subscribed.
but in that video I found on YouTube, he talks about cynicism, so uhh...
deeply fucked up.
is he serious, or does he want something? you know, LEVERAGE?
wow.
I think Tom can handle all of us. Certainly many of SS's followers follow TC.
SS? HMMMMM ......
I hadn't thought of that, but there's absolutely nothing to lose except a few minutes.
Done.
Oh boy.....sometimes you cannot tell whom those people are working for. Challenging Biden when most things are going for the US far better than in most other countries (thank you, John Maynard Keynes) is just STUPID. This will only give an opportunity for those opposed to Biden to come out swinging and lessen his chances of winning in 2024, and if he doesn't win, we all know who will.....
Unsubscribed. He used to do this crap on Twitter, waaaaay back when I was on Twitter . He writes well, touts his credentials, but when the time comes to take a meaningful stand, he goes with . . . The money.
Tim Alberta of The Atlantic did quite an interview with
Dean Phillips and then Steve
Schmidt crept in towards the
end. It was published yesterday. Quite an eye opener, if what Phillips
says is to be believed, about
dirty pool within the Democratic party and congress, concerning Joe
Biden.
The article pointed out, in my
estimation, a junior political
congressman with no experience in anything, who
underneath it all, has backed
off twice from this, until Steve Schmidt showed up.
It's a lengthy, unfortuneately behind a paywall, good article. If you can access it,
it's worth the read.
I basically said FU to Schmidt and canceled my Substack.
BIDEN 2024!
Schmidt's a guy with pockets full of rationalizations, as you wisely pointed out here. Challenging Biden means tearing him and his good works down and listening to the magas snort, howl, and laugh till they soil themselves. If Biden chooses to hand the baton to someone younger because of an emerging health issue, that's quite another thing that doesn't involve having Biden fight a war on two fronts.
EXACTLY.