(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . You will want to watch this! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-09-11 In the last presidential election cycle, a lot of us found the most incisive, historically grounded analysis of the election from Steve Schmidt. To say he took a wrong turn is charitable. I unsubscribed when he began attacking the incumbent president running for reelection. He tried to run a campaign to compete for the Democratic Party primary saying that it would be a scorched Earth approach despite having zero experience in Democratic Party politics and despite the odds against running against the incumbent president. A few might be okay with that, but most likely won't. Even Tim Miller of the Bulwark (note: I find them very difficult to watch) called out Steve Schmidt as a grifter. Since Vice President Harris has been the nominee, his podcasts are helping the Pro-democracy movement and supporting our nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. Those podcasts have been helpful and effective. He's very articulate with a great knowledge of history and he is incisive. He will offer insights that you won't find elsewhere. He often has a helpful perspective. I know he loves this country deeply. He is an astute political observer. He gets the importance of this election and is going to support her throughout the remainder of the campaign. He has a large following. His podcast is entitled , "The Warning" . I guess he is like a political version of an Old Testament prophet. Here, I found particular value in what he had to say about the debate. Even if you aren't great fans of him either because of what I wrote above or for some other reason, I think you will find value and enjoy his analysis of the debate: Steve Schmidt: . . 56 days to go and Kamala Harris is in command. She was from the first instant of the debate when she surprised and shocked Donald Trump crossing the floor shaking his hand, returning to the podium and putting on the show of a lifetime . This is the Warning. Wow is not the word to describe the best debate performance by any presidential candidate in the history of the television era which goes all the way back to 1960. Just extraordinary, over and over again Donald Trump took the bait . The vice president had him chasing his tail over and over again leading up to one of the most remarkable moments in the history of presidential debate . . Shows Donald Trump claiming that in Springfield there are Haitian immigrants eating dogs and shows Vice President Kamala Harris response to this absurd and false claim. "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in , they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets of the people that live there. . . Steve Schmidt : Now you can look back with time at these great exchanges online (laughs), but whatever your favorite is, how can it possibly eclipse Donald Trump screaming into the empty studio , 'They're eating dogs! They're eating dogs! They're eating dogs!' Truly incredible. Now understanding how that happened requires backing up a bit to the landing of Trump Force One because what disembarked was one of the most extraordinary assemblages of scumbags a creature cantina of political ne'er-do-wells, the likes of which has never, ever been assembled to escort a presidential nominee into the debate. You have the indicted Boris Epstein who previously plead guilty for groping women . You have Corey Lewandowski another sexual assaulter, you have Jason Miller who drugged a stripper with abortion drugs so he wouldn't knock her up. And the conspiracy theorist Lara Loomer which explains why Trump by the middle of the debate was screaming about, 'But they're eating dogs!' Incredible doesn't begin to describe it. Donald Trump is tweeting out these car memes suggesting that wild hordes of Haitian immigrants are kidnapping and eating pets like he did in front of one of the largest political audiences in American history tonight when he declares, 'They're eating dogs!' None of which is true! Over and over again, Kamala Harris would lay the trap and Trump would respond.... . . [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/11/2269514/-You-will-want-to-hear-this?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/