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(12,712 posts)
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:59 PM May 2020

Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One

The Al Franken Podcast.

Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One (May 17, 2020)

Steve Schimidt is one of the founders of the Lincoln Project. The podcast is close to an hour long.

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Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One (Original Post) Newest Reality May 2020 OP
I thought this was a great interview. MontanaMama May 2020 #1
Bookmarking... Blue Owl May 2020 #2
Bloody brilliant, so far. Podcasts seem to be more honest than the video personna that OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #3
KR! Cha May 2020 #4
Great interview mountain grammy May 2020 #5
Thanks for posting this. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #6
That was so good. Al bored in deep to get real feelings out of Schmidt as to why... brush May 2020 #7
It was a great one (for a change, as Al would say !) and the parallels between OnDoutside May 2020 #9
that was such a good interview KT2000 May 2020 #8
Gotta Like Schmidt Joe Mauriceovich May 2020 #10
Just as I suspected... jaxexpat May 2020 #11
Loved listening to this JI7 May 2020 #12
I love Schmidt's rants Gothmog May 2020 #13

MontanaMama

(23,242 posts)
1. I thought this was a great interview.
Wed May 20, 2020, 12:05 AM
May 2020

Al held Schmidt’s feet to the fire a couple times and Schmidt didn’t have a script to fall back on. Al Franken is a national treasure. There. I said it.

OAITW r.2.0

(23,849 posts)
3. Bloody brilliant, so far. Podcasts seem to be more honest than the video personna that
Wed May 20, 2020, 12:14 AM
May 2020

needs to be served on the tube.

OAITW r.2.0

(23,849 posts)
6. Thanks for posting this.
Wed May 20, 2020, 12:39 AM
May 2020

Not a big fan of podcasts, but this is really interesting. Podcasts seem to give a more honest dialog between the 2 parties. Franken gets Schmidt to open up....his words on McConnell are very interesting.

One of the best 50+ minutes of political discussion I have heard in a while. Schmidt can't and doesn't apologize for today's Republican Party.

brush

(53,475 posts)
7. That was so good. Al bored in deep to get real feelings out of Schmidt as to why...
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:39 AM
May 2020

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he stayed with the repug party for so long, and why he's now out of it. Franken needs to be back in elective office and thank God for Schmidt and the rest of the never-trumpers. We need them to be the inept, orange bastard.

OnDoutside

(19,908 posts)
9. It was a great one (for a change, as Al would say !) and the parallels between
Wed May 20, 2020, 02:17 AM
May 2020

him staying in the Republican party versus the Catholic church says a lot about Schmidt being so invested in what he believes in.... it takes a long time for him to come to the realisation of what those on the outside can see. One of the best never Trumper interviews I've listened to....I hope Rick Wilson does it too.

One question I would love to hear explored is when Schmidt, Scarborough, Wilson etc call themselves Small C Conservatives. They've never been pressed on what exactly does that mean.

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
8. that was such a good interview
Wed May 20, 2020, 02:08 AM
May 2020

I really like Steve Schmidt. I listened last night and periodically during the day I recalled him saying - the parties were not enemies then.

jaxexpat

(6,703 posts)
11. Just as I suspected...
Wed May 20, 2020, 09:20 AM
May 2020

Schmidt's understanding of history is shallow and tends to rely on dogma. He obviously doesn't understand that the modern Democratic party is "right of center".

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