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Steve Schmidt: Trump’s Base Is a ‘Mindless’ Cult That Has Devolved into Cheering Water Drinking (McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign manager)
Breitbart ^ | July 16 2020 | PAM KEY

Posted on 07/17/2020 4:40:26 AM PDT by knighthawk

Thursday on MSNBC, Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign manager, described President Donald Trump’s supporters as “a cult of personality” that mindlessly cheer the president talking about drinking water.

Host Brian Williams said, “I caught an article yesterday, the gist of which is that American passports are useless right now. Let’s ignore for the moment that the pandemic has made travel unreachable, impossible, and unpalatable for most people. If you wanted to, if you had the means or perhaps the urgency, a mission to travel the world, we are allowed as Americans into Turkey, Tanzania and Mexico. Europe is cut off for us. We can’t drive north into the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. We have become pariahs because of our spike.”

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; steveschmidt; teamromney; teamsoros
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To: DuncanWaring

“”””“Mindless cult” or “Mindless deplorable cult”?””””””

I don’t want to be excluded. I am a mindless UNEDUCATED deplorable cult member.


21 posted on 07/17/2020 5:35:41 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: knighthawk

That “mindless cult” this idiot is referring to is about 95% of the Republican voting base. The GOP was a mindless cult when it blindly accepted the globalist policies espoused by Schmidt and the rest of the neocon Bush crowd, who in turn sold this country out to China and other foreign interests. They want the GOP back in their clutches. They may regain ultimate control of the party apparatus, but it won’t have many voters backing them anymore!


22 posted on 07/17/2020 5:35:59 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: knighthawk

Well, Brian, how about your hero Cuomo telling me I can’t visit New York because I live in Alabama?

It’s Blue States with these laws.


23 posted on 07/17/2020 5:38:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: knighthawk

More people will know what Schmidt said by reading this FR post today than heard him say it yesterday on MSNBC.

He’s a nobody on a network nobody watches.


24 posted on 07/17/2020 5:49:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: knighthawk

Steve is on the “Any Last Words” list...


25 posted on 07/17/2020 6:14:21 AM PDT by MCEscherHammer
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To: MCEscherHammer

Cigarette?

Blindfold?


26 posted on 07/17/2020 6:22:41 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Salamander

Well played.

Cities On Flame....

L


27 posted on 07/17/2020 6:26:10 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: knighthawk

Worst Campaign Manager, ever.


28 posted on 07/17/2020 6:27:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lurker

This ain’t the summer of love.


29 posted on 07/17/2020 6:28:40 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Salamander

I saw BOC back in the day. I blame them for a good portion of the hearing loss I have.

LOL.

L


30 posted on 07/17/2020 6:36:03 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: EnquiringMind

I have the same niece.
She hasn’t spoken to 3/4 of our once loving family after she realized we voted for DJT,
She’s probably around 23 now..


31 posted on 07/17/2020 7:21:31 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: EnquiringMind
My niece plastered the entire thing on Facebook yesterday

If these children didn't have social media I wonder how they would spend their waking hours.

32 posted on 07/17/2020 7:24:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: thoughtomator

I’m beginning to think McCain was simply repeating the things Schmidt said.
McCain was probably the dumbest GOP Senator of the last 20 years but something seemed to jog his brain to attack his base.

Back in 2010, Schmidt came up to Oregon to ‘help’ one of the candidates we were running for Senate seat.
First debate you could tell someone gave him very bad prep and advice.


33 posted on 07/17/2020 7:34:19 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: mewzilla

We all know why he was there.
Graham got appointed to his Senate Committee to make sure the rest of America never found out.


34 posted on 07/17/2020 7:36:20 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Lurker

Eh?

What’s that you say?

/sat on Buck’s Marshall stack for the whole show at a seedy roadhouse in WV.

:D


35 posted on 07/17/2020 7:41:37 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Salamander

“sat on Buck’s Marshall stack for the whole show at a seedy roadhouse in WV.”

Did that happen during the last days of May?

L


36 posted on 07/17/2020 7:42:40 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

23 January 1993
Honeybear’s
Martinsburg
West Virginia

Freaking epic.
Total hillbilly biker dive.

:D


37 posted on 07/17/2020 7:44:50 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Salamander

I saw them at the old Stadium in Chicago. 3rd row just right of center.

My ears rang for days.

https://youtu.be/jyLMgIR69G4

Enjoy your day.

L


38 posted on 07/17/2020 7:55:12 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Nope. A Bitterly cold January night.


39 posted on 07/17/2020 7:57:22 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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To: Lurker

First time was the old Cap Center in Largo MD, 1981.

Sat up in the nose bleed section for the Foghat/BOC show.
Still had some of the lasers, the giant Godzilla and the Oyster Boy who they brought out in chains to play the kettle drum on Veteran Of The Psychic Wars.

Sucked to be that far away *but* there was a bunch of Marines sitting behind me and we all had a blast when they encored with Roadhouse Blues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=7pFdkkjGiEs&feature=emb_logo


40 posted on 07/17/2020 8:03:25 AM PDT by Salamander (Flying Colours....)
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