<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Unfortunately, Stevens book title will fall on many deaf ears among those who appear to not really care about "lies" from the most powerful person on Earth, the leader of the "free" world.  Confronting these die-hard supporters with these lies will likely inspire their confirmation bias regarding the media/left-wing/deep state plot ("fake news media," the "enemy of the people") to dethrone their populist hero, who is defending their American "patriotic" way of life from socialist anti-Christian gun rights denying police defunding etc. etc. extremists.  How else can the popularity of this outrageous nonsense be explained?  </div><div class="gmail_attr"><b><i>8-19-20 "Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support"</i></b></div><div class="gmail_attr"><a href="https://apnews.com/535e145ee67dd757660157be39d05d3f" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/535e145ee67dd757660157be39d05d3f</a><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr"><font size="4">"It Was All a Lie" is a glum confessional unlike anything published in the Trump era. "</font></div><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr"><font size="4"></font><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/08/25/stuart-stevens-is-the-biggest-gop-defector-yet-and-very-different-from-his-pals-in-the-lincoln-project/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/08/25/stuart-stevens-is-the-biggest-gop-defector-yet-and-very-different-from-his-pals-in-the-lincoln-project/</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="background:0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;border:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:100%;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box">-------------------------------------<br></p><p style="background:0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;border:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:100%;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/fellow/stuart-stevens" target="_blank">http://politics.uchicago.edu/fellows-program/fellow/stuart-stevens</a><br></p><p style="background:0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;border:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:100%;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box">"Stuart Stevens is one of the nation’s most successful political strategists and media consultants. For twenty-five years, Stevens has been the lead strategist and media consultant for some of the nation’s toughest political campaigns such as U.S. Senators Rob Portman and Roy Blunt, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge and President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Most recently, Stevens was lead strategist for Governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 primary and general election presidential races."<br></p>--------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></div></div></div>
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