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The best political ad ever made. (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2020 OP
It's a great ad in isolation, but who is it aimed at...? regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #1
I was profoundly underwhelmed. wnylib Jul 2020 #2
Sad thing, for Lindsey, is that he could have owned this long ago LiberalLovinLug Jul 2020 #3
I remember this one cojoel Jul 2020 #4
I'm in total agreement. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2020 #9
Yup. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #10
Goldwater lost the election the night that ad ran. n/t sarge43 Jul 2020 #11
The target audience J_William_Ryan Jul 2020 #5
Thank you-Yuiyoshida marked50 Jul 2020 #6
Thank You yuiyoshida Stuart G Jul 2020 #7
Maybe Trump threatened him with something? Ligyron Jul 2020 #8
Kick! burrowowl Jul 2020 #12

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
1. It's a great ad in isolation, but who is it aimed at...?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jul 2020

I really don't see a lot of "traditional Republicans" searching for a reason to desert 45 right now. Either they've become NeverTrumpers who already left his camp years ago, or they're MAGAts who will reflexively stop their ears against any contrary information, even if it's drawn from Little Lindsey's thoughts before he bound himself to Cheetolini for eternity.

wnylib

(21,485 posts)
2. I was profoundly underwhelmed.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:24 PM
Jul 2020

Just one more R trying to distance himself from Toxic Trump and remake his own image.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
3. Sad thing, for Lindsey, is that he could have owned this long ago
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:30 PM
Jul 2020

Could have been one of the directors of The Lincoln Project. Instead of having courage like Mitt Romney, and many Republicans outside of Washington, he went the opposite direction. Licking the boots of a criminal and traitor.

And this ad only exemplifies how far he has fallen. He could have been one of the Republican Never Trumpers that will rise from the ashes to rebuild the party once Trump is gone.

Its brilliant also because.....how exactly will Graham react to it? Does he disavow it? Saying he's "evolved" since then to realize that Trump is actually a great man? (And that Biden is a POS?) Someone losing in the polls, and will most likely go down in flames?

Or does he admit he is an opportunistic two-faced idiot?

The sick thing also is that deep down, Lindsey probably knows he was right the first time. But he's so deep in doo doo that he has to keep up the illusion that he was wrong in those early clips, because he's now tied to Trumps fat gut forever in the history books. What a schmuck.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
9. I'm in total agreement.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jul 2020

I saw it the one time it was on television and have never forgotten it and the impact it had on me.

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
5. The target audience
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:22 PM
Jul 2020

is likely the tiny minority of independent, apolitical voters who are solely responsible for electing presidents every four years.

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