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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 01:50 PM Jan 2018

Rick Wilson who appears on CNN: how good or not is he ?

I must admit, when he did his famous gut-you-like-a-fish moment on CNN, he got a few points with me!

I'm not real familiar with him, but he's never struck me as super hard right-wing. Is he RW or more moderate?

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Rick Wilson who appears on CNN: how good or not is he ? (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2018 OP
Hard core Never Trumper. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2018 #1
yes but is he RW? steve2470 Jan 2018 #2
"He's pretty conservative but absolutely an ally in the fight against Trump." DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2018 #4
He's pretty conservative but absolutely an ally in the fight against Trump. Drunken Irishman Jan 2018 #3
thank you! nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #5
He's an asshole melman Jan 2018 #6
thank you, great info! nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #7
Watch the video again Clarity2 Jan 2018 #8
thank you, that is true about what triggered him nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #9
Hes the kind of RW anti-Dump person you want to see involved in the Repuke civil war. roamer65 Jan 2018 #10
He got a ton of freeper/Trumpy death threats on Twitter yesterday. Kingofalldems Jan 2018 #11
He is an intelligent sane Republican dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #12
I follow him on Twitter and like him womanofthehills Jan 2018 #13
Hes one of the people who paved the road Trump is drag racing on... JHB Jan 2018 #14
 

melman

(7,681 posts)
6. He's an asshole
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:19 PM
Jan 2018

But you don't have to take my word for it. Just consider some of his most infamous work.


Remember this attack ad that put Max Cleland next to Osama bin Laden?






Or how about the Jerimiah Wright 'God Damn America' one.





Both are Rick Wilson productions. 'Never Trumper' or not, this is who he really is. An asshole.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
8. Watch the video again
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:35 PM
Jan 2018

The rw pundit he smashed down was about to get into who Wilson has supported in the past. Thats why he was triggered.

Ive heard Wilson is pretty far to the right. He can also be incredibly thinned skinned and as a result tweet some pretty offensive things to people who respond to him. Thats what turned me off.

There are plenty of outspoken heros in media on the left to go around. I unfollowed every never trump conservative recently because, well, we just dont have the same beliefs and never will and I just noticed an authoritative tone and/or nasty side with many of them...eventually.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
10. Hes the kind of RW anti-Dump person you want to see involved in the Repuke civil war.
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:48 PM
Jan 2018

Just sit back and enjoy the show.

Wilson, Schmidt and Jolly are going all out on these Dump scum. They see the demise of the Repuke party on the near horizon.

When the Repukes lose their majorities in November, these 3 mentioned above will begin the party purge.


womanofthehills

(8,718 posts)
13. I follow him on Twitter and like him
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:25 PM
Jan 2018

Very anti-Trump. OMG! he is getting hate mail off the wall for being negative about Trump.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
14. Hes one of the people who paved the road Trump is drag racing on...
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:44 PM
Jan 2018

...and he’s “never Trump” because he’s pissed that Trump is drag racing on the road that HE’s supposed to be drag racing on.

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