# The Lincoln Project **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 10, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550 "2020-05-10T20:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/201 "2020-09-26T20:36:23Z")
Yep The ads are fun and entertaining. They entertain liberals and piss off Trump but they probably aren’t going to draw in any undecided or non-participating voters. That’s not the intent. The ad is aimed at likely donors, not likely voters. Which is straight out of the Republican playbook. It’s what all the Trump campaign PACS and outside groups do. It’s what the official Trump campaign does, although they also use donor money to pay outsized amounts for rents and events at Trump properties. Donor money pays Trump’s legal bills as well. And most of the ads they do run are aimed at donors and not wavering or unmotivated voters. I’ve read a lot of reporting on the various ways in which donor money is diverted. It’s insane. They built this gigantic donation machine and spent what they took in on overpriced fundraising, then spent that or more fundraising and they next thing you know, they’ve raised a billion and they’re broke. Lincoln Project is just doing what Republicans do. It’s why they fought for Citizens United. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/202 "2020-09-27T13:57:19Z")
I think that because the “trolling” ads are so good we tend to overlook the serious stuff they’ve done which is hard-hitting and very effective. The “Mourning in America” spot comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/203 "2020-09-27T23:26:37Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > think that because the “trolling” ads are so good we tend to overlook the serious stuff they’ve done which is hard-hitting and very effective. The “Mourning in America” spot comes to mind. That’s my impression, too. No matter how badly some want to believe that the Lincoln Project people are all corrupt hacks, it seems to me that some of them actually believe there is such a thing as decency (and that they deplore its lack in the current Administration). Even the trolling ads have their place. Bully-worshipers aren’t deterred by messages about how vicious their bully is. They are deterred ONLY by messages about how ridiculous and despised their bully is. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/204 "2020-09-28T01:28:09Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@E-DUB](#): > > > > think that because the “trolling” ads are so good we tend to overlook the serious stuff they’ve done which is hard-hitting and very effective. The “Mourning in America” spot comes to mind. > > That’s my impression, too. Another particularly brutal one, that I’ve cited and linked a few times already, is “Names”, in which they lambaste all the Senators who have enabled him. Learn. Their. Names. And never ever trust them again. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-vZp3FAQZvU/maxresdefault.jpg "Names") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZp3FAQZvU) ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/205 "2020-09-28T13:57:17Z")
Just wondering the possibility of getting that long of a photo montage of Trump hugging his children and other people, riding a train, speaking with constituents, and generally being positive and not an asshole. It think there is more footage of Trump dry humping flagpoles than any of these combined. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/206 "2020-09-28T22:56:19Z")
Senegoid: Yes, that’s a great video. I see it being retweeted on Twitter every day. (And I’ve done so myself, more than once.) Mickyfinn: You’re probably right: no such montage could be made of Trump. Unless they just pasted his head over Biden’s. But then people would wonder why the hell Trump is hugging Biden’s children… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/207 "2020-09-28T23:00:25Z")
Let’s see if they run “He lost $50 million a year since 2012. And he’s still losing money!” Both trolling and undermines the base’s opinion of him being good with money. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/208 "2020-09-29T11:38:54Z")
This ad is so good. I think I sort of squealed out loud when I saw it this morning. [https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln) I’m having trouble with my link. It’s the ad with Capt Sully. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/209 "2020-09-29T12:48:13Z")
Can the Democrats rent these ads from the Lincoln project so they can run them in markets that are not seeing them? This is good stuff, I especially like the Captain Sully comments on Trumps lack of leadership. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/210 "2020-09-29T13:02:11Z")
Never mind. I misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/211 "2020-10-01T19:34:31Z")
I just saw an ad, at the bottom of a different thread, proclaiming plummeting poll numbers for Moscow Mitch. If true, do we have the Lincoln Project to thank? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/212 "2020-10-01T19:45:11Z")
Unless something has come out super-recently, all of the polling on the Kentucky Senate race has given McConnell a sizeable lead. According to 538’s page on the race, the last poll to be done on the race was by Quinnipiac University, over two weeks ago, which gave McConnell a 12 point lead. Of course, that poll was done before RBG’s passing, so it’s possible that things have changed in the meantime, but I’m skeptical. > **[2020 Senate Election Forecast](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/senate/kentucky/)** > > Latest forecasts and polls for the 2020 Senate elections by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/213 "2020-10-01T22:49:44Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This ad is so good. I think I sort of squealed out loud when I saw it this morning. > > [https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln) > > I’m having trouble with my link. It’s the ad with Capt Sully. Just in case anyone is having trouble finding this, I think this is the one you’re referring to, on YouTube: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9mzcW0zUSKg/maxresdefault.jpg "Our Moment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzcW0zUSKg) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/214 "2020-10-02T01:38:19Z")
Wow, that ad is excellent. It gave me chills. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/215 "2020-10-02T07:54:30Z")
Damn! And it comes from Sully! This is a good thing! He’s telling us to vote him out. And this is a guy who you damn well listen to if he says, “Put on your seatbelt!” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/216 "2020-10-02T14:01:48Z")
Yeah, Sully is a definite draw: in terms of classic all-American heroes, it’s pretty hard to top him. I wonder if this will give some mild Trump supporters pause. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/217 "2020-10-02T14:11:04Z")
“I prefer airplane pilots who DON’T crash their planes into the Hudson River!” (Yeah, that was a good one.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/218 "2020-10-07T03:11:14Z")
Covita [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4tZVnbDq9B4/maxresdefault.jpg "Covita") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZVnbDq9B4) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/219 "2020-10-07T03:53:10Z")
Anecdotally, among military veterans that I know, the aviators seem to hate Trump or find him distasteful at best. It’s asking a lot to expect anyone who was drilled in rigid procedures, like pilots, to admire his reckless and impulsive attitude. Boots-on-the-ground infantry guys seem to like him though. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lincoln-project/853550/220 "2020-10-12T06:51:42Z")
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