Rick Wilson's typically measured response to RW 'fucking traitors'

[speak easy]

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. He's hopping mad, and it's good to see

Too often I find him sly, content to poke fun at Trump to get inside his head. Rick needs to broaden his scatter shot, and this is it.

[speak easy]

4. When the cudgel fits

... use it

[Hekate]

2. Don't hold yourself back, Rick! Tell us how you really feel -- don't bottle it up!

[Drum]

3. Righteous!

[Glamrock]

5. Oh fuck Rick Wilson.

I get it the enemy of my enemy and all that. But fuck him. He was a cheerleader for Iraq and he helped build the machine Trump rolled in on. Fuck him.

[Azathoth]

7. At least Iraq was built on pro-America sentiment nt

[Glamrock]

9. Tell that to an Iraqi

Personally I give two shits about wether it was pro American sentiment when a million people were killed. It was a fucking disaster that we caused and he sold. Period. I still love my country and I hear what you’re saying, for the record. These people are absolutely traitors. But let’s not forget the vitriol he carried for those of us that opposed that blunder. Him calling these people traitors for siding with Russia Carrie’s no weight when he was calling Americans traitors for not siding with one of America’s biggest mistakes. This fucker can go pound sand. I’m not going to sing his praises when he hasn’t accepted his responsibility or because he’s seen what is politically expedient or financially good for him in the future. Fuck this asshole.

[speak easy]

11. Wilson made the decision to invade Iraq?

Unlike John Edwards for example?

[Glamrock]

17. No he didn't make the decision

Or Hillary…

He was a cheerleader for it. And called those who disagreed traitors.

Jesus Christ I can’t believe this motherfucker is being defended here. He called us all traitors. We are now the same in his mind as those that are defending Putin.

Yeah, fuck this guy.

[speak easy]

19. Defend Warhawk Edwards then

listen to him for godssake.

[Glamrock]

21. I can't see how you think im defending Edwards.

[Indykatie]

20. Oh Give It a Rest.

[Glamrock]

23. Never gonna happen.

He nor his conservative views are welcome in our tent. Just because he’s saying things we like to hear is not changing opinion fucking one. Do you really think he’s having any affect on todays Republicans? He’s a traitor in their eyes because he won’t support Trump. What? He says things I like to hear so all is forgiven for his role in building this nightmare? Sorry. Can’t do it. If you want to Cheerlead a man who has brutally insulted everything we stand for because he suddenly felt the winds of change and tells you what you want to hear? It’s on you. E ain’t changing a single fucking Republicans view so his words mean nothing.

[certainot]

40. dems will not challenge the cheerleaders as long as they ignore rw radio

winds of change

- that's 1500 radio stations that, unlike fox, are locally coordinated and totally ignored by democrats, endorsed by 87+ universities and many pro teams, to lie constantly and in coordination, and have been used by putin since at least 2008/palin

that's what the con cheerleaders, including manchin, support, and because liberals have no fucking clue what's on 1500 radio stations there's no way to call them out. what they are cheerleading is invisible and ignored by them but heard by 50 mil a week with many secondary recipients of the lies and alternate reality, building on week after week for 30 ignored years, the biggest political mistake in history

[Azathoth]

34. This is incoherent

There is a difference between being deceived by lies and propaganda to believe you are supporting your country, and knowingly, consciously siding with an enemy of your country.

In 2003, Bush Republicans still thought they were doing something to "protect" America.

[oldsoftie]

52. And Cheney provided the false evidence for us to believe.

When people point out who voted for the war, I always remind them WHY many of them voted yes.
Its like if I'm told my house is on fire while I'm at work, I'll call the fire dept. Maybe its NOT on fire. I made my decision based on what I believed to be true

[wnylib]

55. The only reason that any Republicans

oppose Trump is that they want the establishment Rs to rule in his place, with most of these same policies in a more presentable dressing.

[oldsoftie]

56. Well if I HAD to choose I'd take "establishment" over "insanity"

But I'll vote agains BOTH!!

[GaYellowDawg]

36. This is so fucking stupid.

He was wrong in the past. He’s right now. People are allowed to evolve, and he’s a powerful voice that has turned to our side. To repudiate that voice because it was once in opposition to ours is just flat dumb. If you want purity, go distill some water.

[Cha]

43. Agree..TY!

[Martin68]

14. No, Iraq was not built on "pro-American sentiment." Iraq was built on the deception of the American

people by a right wing administration bent on garnering more power. They fucked up.

[luvtheGWN]

25. And Vlad the Invader is following in that

Repub administration's footsteps.

[Martin68]

26. You missed my point entirely. Where's the "American sentiment" in your calculation?

[Azathoth]

32. Yes, it was built on pro-America sentiment

The fact much of it was based on lies doesn't change that.

The vast majority of Iraq war supporters, including Republicans, thought they were doing something that would protect and/or avenge America.

[Evolve Dammit]

57. Iraq was a pack of lies sold to the American public who willingly swallowed it.

[speak easy]

8. The guy has been bashing/organizing against Trump for six years now.

His stated aim is to exterminate the GOP.

Yeah, I get it, some ppl will never forgive. I get it.

[Glamrock]

10. Goddamn right

He’s a political pundit that makes a living bloviating. I trust him as far as I can throw him.

[stopdiggin]

22. So, essentially Wilson and Steve Bannon are on

equal footing here - as far as you're concerned? That's - - interesting.
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[Glamrock]

30. No, not even close!

Steve Bannon, as evil as he is hasn’t been building this disaster for nearly as long as Rick Wilson…

[stopdiggin]

35. Ah - so Wilson actually kind of 'bests' Bannon here?

Keep going, friend ...

[Glamrock]

38. No problem see the post above about what he thought about attacking Max Cleland and then

tell me how much you admire him.

[stopdiggin]

41. I did. And I still see a significant difference

between a political opponent (even one with a dirty tricks 'hatchet man' history) - and a Putin ally / enemy of the state. The fact that you put them on the same level (or even account Wilson a greater threat) I find fairly inexplicable.

Steve Bannon has no legitimate place - even as opponent - in the political landscape, or even the political dialog of this country. Wilson might be a scum-bag - but he is not Steve Bannon. I think the OP was worth posting. You apparently disagree.

[Glamrock]

42. Listen man,

I’m sincerely not trying to pick a fight with you….or anyone else that disagrees. Cool. Alls I’m saying is:

1) This guy called all of us traitors when we disagreed with his war (Iraq)
2) This guy built the machinery on the GOP side that gave us Trump

And most importantly,
3) He isn’t influencing anyone on the GOP side. The lines have been drawn. All he’s doing is giving us a a “own the cons” feeling of gratification. He’s not contributing fuck all to changing anything. He will bash the Democratic Party the first chance he gets. If he was contributing to change? I’d have not posted fuck Rock Wilson. But he isn’t. He simply isn’t. The GOP base views him as a traitor to the “conservative” (whatever the fuck that means anymore) cause. All he’s good for is making liberals feel good. And coming from the likes of him? Yeah, I’m good. Please keep moving down the street asshole.

[KS Toronado]

54. He's one of the founding members of the Lincoln Project.

[Glamrock]

59. I realize

And they ain’t changing fuck all with the conservative base. Which means, once again, they’re only contributing to good feelings of liberals.

[progressoid]

24. +1 And what he did to Max Cleland is unforgivable.

"The Cleland ad was powerful because it went to his strengths," Wilson explains. "Everyone assumed Cleland was immune to critiques on national security issues ... we found a lot of votes where he'd voted the wrong way ... we tested those messages and discovered those messages were very effective against Cleland ..." There was an outcry against the ad by some Republican veterans, like John McCain, and it was eventually pulled. But Cleland, who'd started the campaign 22 points ahead, lost to Chambliss. No one on his campaign ever figured out how to counter the ad. Considering Cleland had lost an arm and both his legs to a grenade in Vietnam ... they assumed no one would dare to hit him on defense. Rick Wilson dared: "... they didn't calculate that I have no moral center when it comes to political ads, and I will destroy the innocent and the guilty ...

https://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2397-the-nasty-realities-political-attack-ad-industry.html

[Glamrock]

31. Thank you!

Can’t believe people here are defending this fucking asshole. It’s fucking embarrassing.

[Baked Potato]

27. Agreed! I think Wilson is crap. He will go back home

to his R people when the old guard rises back to the top.

[Glamrock]

33. Damn right

[crickets]

6. Don't hold back, Rick. 👍

[The Unmitigated Gall]

12. I disagree.

They don’t deserve the cigarette.

[Martin68]

13. Absolutely!

Rub their noses in it, never let them forget. If they fuck with our democracy, we will do whatever it takes to restore it. Anything.

[Baked Potato]

15. Republicans hate the troops because they are loyal to

the Constitution and each other.

They can’t control the troops with money like they control everything else, so they have given up on them.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Every American should be "furious." These are the same individuals who supported the insurrection.

[speak easy]

37. Every public official in America has sworn an oath to defend our Constitution

“against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

This is not an IQ test, people.

[monkeyman1]

18. don't forget military is for " loser's & sucker's as per trump " !

[Joinfortmill]

28. Amen, brother.

[dalton99a]

29. Kick

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Absolutely correct. Trump IS a traitor.

Trump sides with Putin as Biden tries to stop a war

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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Excerpt…

"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine, of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful," Trump said in an interview on "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show."

The ex-President added: "So Putin is now saying, 'It's independent,' a large section of Ukraine. I said, 'How smart is that?' And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That's the strongest peace force," Trump said. "We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy. ... I know him very well. Very, very well."

Trump was referring to Putin's declaration on Monday that he would regard two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine, where he has been fostering separatism, as independent and his order for Russian troops, which Putin misleadingly called "peacekeeping" forces, to reinforce the enclaves. The move was a flagrant violation of international law, was resonant of the tyrannical territorial aggrandizement of the 1930s that led to World War II and was, as Biden said on Tuesday, tantamount to "the beginning of a Russian invasion."

In effect, the ex-President is trying to undermine US foreign policy as the current President tries to stop a war that could kill thousands of people and threaten the post-Cold War peace.

Continues…

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-joe-biden/index.html

[live love laugh]

44. But they wave the flag 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 like they're patriotic.

[thucythucy]

45. And these are the folks who claim teaching accurate American history

is somehow denigrating and unpatriotic.

[ratchiweenie]

46. TuckyoRose. It's perfect.

[niyad]

47. KNR

[AngryOldDem]

48. Rick never disappoints.

[BlueJac]

49. Kick ass Rick...

Tell it like it is, traitors!

[Martin Eden]

50. And don't EVER claim to be freedom loving patriots

You DESECRATE the flag when you wave it for your cause, which is the same cause of Vladimir Putin in the current global struggle between violent autocracy and free democracy.

[oldsoftie]

51. Didn't Ukraine suffer more than Russia during WW2?

[mgardener]

53. Here is what Elise Stefanik's R NY 21 response was

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gi3z2LZdArNSLSxb8

[czarjak]

58. You were going to drag us "kicking and screaming"" if I remember correctly.