Rick Wilson on Stephen Colbert's 'Tooning Out The News'

[melman]

[The Magistrate]

1. Have You Thought Of Pursuing New Hobbies, Sir?

Something fresh, to clear out the musty cobwebs of the mind?

A good airing out can do wonders when one is stuck so deep in the rut he cannot see over its lip.

[Nevilledog]

2. *snicker*

[melman]

3. Did you get the impression I made this video?

Because I actually didn't.

[The Magistrate]

5. No, Sir

It is clear your present hobby is not making videos, but rather is posting up things like this video incessantly. It has become far too predictable, and neither interests nor entertains. Certainly it does not inform --- no one you address here is ignorant of these people's backgrounds.

[melman]

9. Incessantly?

I haven't posted at all since Saturday. Posting videos takes a couple of seconds.

A couple of seconds every three days really isn't much of a hobby.

[JoeOtterbein]

14. Sounds like you have the same problem as me.

Some like to attack certain posters for some odd reason. I posted two completely different articles and was accused of double posting.

I'm thinking they read who posted the article or video first, attack the poster second and never even read, or watch the OP.

This video was so funny, you had to laugh at least once!

[la-trucker]

34. "Incessantly" is certainly the most poignant key word.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

35. I disagree. I think "hobby" is a better key word.

[sheshe2]

50. Both work for me.

That is the key.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

51. lol

[NurseJackie]

57. I think "incessantly" is clearly a reference to the topic, not the format.

Here's what he said (quoted below) and I think the word "incessantly" is clearly a reference to the topic, not the format.

It is clear your present hobby is not making videos, but rather is posting up things like this video incessantly. It has become far too predictable, and neither interests nor entertains. Certainly it does not inform --- no one you address here is ignorant of these people's backgrounds.

I think that there can be no denying that there's a certain element of tedious predictability in the timing of the posts. And with regard to overall content, the posts are most assuredly suffering from an absence of useful or helpful or new information. It's all predigested and repetitious. That's simply my own opinion and even though a few may disagree, it's easy to see that a much larger percentage of individuals agree with me (based on what I've seen here and elsewhere).

[lame54]

22. I found it interesting...

I was informed and entertained

And I'm glad he posted it

[JoeOtterbein]

7. Dang! I thought you made the video, and thought it was great!

Now imagine, what they would say, if they found out it was my daughter who made it!

LOL!!!

[melman]

11. Ha

I wish I had the skills to make something this hilarious.

And I can only imagine. I'm sure it would be very ugly.

[betsuni]

19. Good advice!

[Gothmog]

20. I love the fact that the Lincoln project is targeting Sen. John Cornyn

Senator Box Turtle is going to be very unhappy. This will be fun to watch

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[herding cats]

39. Same.

I'll take any and all help in flipping his seat!

[Brother Buzz]

4. Rick Wilson's deadpan at the end was, like, the only redeeming part of that

The more I thought about it, the funnier it was.

[melman]

10. Deadpan?

More like impotent fury.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Yes, deadpan

He was struggling REAL hard to not burst out laughing.

[melman]

13. lol

He was obviously extremely angry.

[Brother Buzz]

15. That was the whole point of the video

It was just a setup for the ending. YMMV, but the ending was the only entertaining bit of the whole thing.

[George II]

18. Stephen Colbert and Rick Wilson did a great job on that satirical cartoon/video. Kudos to them.

[sheshe2]

36. He was smirking.

He teamed up with the king of comedy, the man that played a ‘repub on teevee’ And had so many people fooled. Colbert always had a gotcha in the end.

Welp. Ricks smirk in the end was perfect.

I am heartbroken that you don’t like Colbert and seemingly believe he is a repuke.



Psst....he is a comedian and a good one. He is also a Democrat.

[lapucelle]

21. It seemed deadpan to me,

but then again I don't know much (if anything at all) about impotent fury.

[Brother Buzz]

28. Of course it was; he was in on the joke

That being said, I can believe Rick Wilson may borrow 'impotent fury' and use it down the road to describe the orange anus' antics with delicious results.

[lame54]

23. Yeah, he was pissed in a how dare they sense

[George II]

16. Rick Wilson has a very wry sense of humor. He's a very entertaining guy.

[NurseJackie]

17. I, for one, am grateful to have him on our side. The Lincoln Project ROCKS!!

[BannonsLiver]

26. Yep we all should be grateful.

I don’t give two shits what Rick Wilson does after Trump is gone. That’s his business. It’s not a fucking marriage. He doesn’t owe me an explanation. The purity dead Enders take it too personally.

[NurseJackie]

27. I agree. I've seen Dead Enders all over the Internet. They disgust me...

I agree. I've seen Dead Enders all over the Internet. They disgust me with their efforts to make things easier for Trump, all for the sake of showboating and trying to demonstrate how pure they are. It really serves no good purpose.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

37. You are getting tens of millions of dollars in ads for free

including some very hard-hitting ads that we cannot air ourselves.

They are keeping Trump off balance and throwing him off his game.

And we have some people complaining!

[sheshe2]

54. It's crazy.

We had people telling us for years that we had a big tent and we needed to reach out to Republican voters. Now we actually have someone doing something about it and it’s wrong? Seriously?

[GeorgiaPeanut]

55. It is all about purity

Sort of like some medieval cultures require a bride to be virgin.

[sheshe2]

56. snort

[kas125]

6. I took a break from Mary Trump's book and this was the first post I saw.

OMG, thank you. That was beautiful!!

[Leith]

8. Fantastic

They may be fighting the good fight at the moment, but I refuse to warm up to anyone who was a rethug during the 1990s. If they supported the political cabal that supported monsters like Gingrich, Cheney, Bolton, etc., etc., they have to start their journey back from scum by doing a lot more than make a few videos.

I like TLP's videos - it's nice not being on the receiving end of their viciousness for once, but they have a lot of explaining and soul searching to do before they can be considered worth the trouble.

[aidbo]

24. I am disheartened but not surprised to see so many ostensibly smart people..

..taken in by Rick Wilson’s grift.

Fuck Rick Wilson and his grifting project.

I’m just grateful that the younger generations are less susceptible to falling for this kind of con.

[melman]

29. +1

[George II]

30. The US and USSR were mortal enemies in the 1920s and 1930s. Should we have refused....

....their assistance in defeating Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo in WWII?

[aidbo]

32. Rick Wilson is not trying to help Democrats win an election.

He is trying to rehabilitate the image of the Republican Party by disowning Trump. He's being helped in that effort by desperate foolish democrats and raking in big bucks while he's doing it.

He has nothing but contempt for Democrats and Joe Biden.

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[George II]

33. I don't understand your logic. Trying to defeat trump IS trying to help Biden and Democrats win....

Have you seen how they're expanding to Senate and House races now?

Many here on DU and around the country welcome their help.

[The Magistrate]

45. Just Doing The Time-Warp, Sir

It is like the last ten years or so simply vanished....

The odd thing about that '57 states' wheeze, by the way, is that there actually are 57 primary/caucus contests --- in addition to the fifty states, five territories, DC, and for expatriates, the 'overseas' balloting.

[George II]

46. Yes, most Democrats understood that reference to 57 "states", we all know that....

In fact, as of Sunday 56 "states" have voted, with only Connecticut remaining in August.

But it makes for good theater for some.

[herding cats]

44. Look how far back you had to go...

He's actively turned on Trump and the Republicans who have been propping him up.

Sure, he's not getting a seat at the table when it comes to policy. He knows this, they all do. They openly discuss this and accept it. Trump is so bad (wiping his tush with our Constitution of the United States of America), even these people are fed up.

What you posted is more a testament to how serious they are now than anything else.

Enjoy them selling out their party to unseat Trump and many of his vile enablers in the Senate.

Relax, you're gaining and not losing a damn thing here.

[Eliot Rosewater]

58. He is a prick, for sure. But if he and his Lincoln group actions take ONE vote away from traitor

then good.

We can go back to treating people like him the way they deserve to be treated AFTER we put out the fire that is ACTUALLY killing us, for real, actually killing someone in your family in all likelihood and mine.

Think about that for a minute.

Also, I am confused why any liberal would be so bothered by a group working so hard to remove the traitor

I mean the ONLY result of what the Lincoln group is doing can be is less votes for traitor, so yeah, call me confused.

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. I dont know how this video was made but I do know younger people dont tend to vote

as much as others.

Sure hope that fucking changes this time around, otherwise we could all be fucking dead in a few years.

[octoberlib]

40. Fuck purity. It sure as hell doesn't win elections in the electoral college swing states we need to

win the Presidency. We're not taken in by anybody's grift. We want to win by any means possible. Too bad younger generations are also less susceptible to actually showing up and voting.

[sheshe2]

43. The younger generation doesn't get off their ass to vote.

They have the most at stake, their future. They won’t even bother to vote for their parents and grandparents last years.

[George II]

25. Quite frankly, I don't understand the "gotcha" factor here. Colbert and Wilson did a great job....

....of producing a piece of satire.

[DenverJared]

38. Some people are unable to grasp humor.

This was produced jointly by Colbert and Wilson who was a willing participant. I think he took it well in his stride.

[George II]

49. The key word being "humor".

[DenverJared]

52. There are just so many key words here

Humor is a good one!

[SpaceNeedle]

53. It is always important to have the right key word

I think

[herding cats]

42. Right? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Damn. It's obviously scripted. How else wouldi it sync up? Think people!

People blow my mind sometimes twisting things into knots to see what they want to see, rather than what's staring them in the face.

[George II]

47. Methinks some want to see Biden lose. Sad.

[herding cats]

48. Me thinks some just can't accept reality. Biden's leading right now.

But the pretzel logic is kind of funny. I mean, how the F do you think the toon and the dialogue coordinated? Come on man, it was a toon and not a live interview?! Seriously, who is silly enough to take this this as literal? Seeing this propagated by anti Biden folks on social media has seriously made me lmao!

In the end we're neither one of us is wrong.

[herding cats]

41. You do realize this was an obvious collaboration, right?

I'm mean, damn. It's painfully obvious, folks. How else would the dialogue fit correctly?

Think. We all have brains use them!

If we'd have done that in 2016 we'd not be where we are today. I'm just sayin'. #DumpTrump2020

It's actually kind of cool to see Colbert doing this! He deliberately just drew more eyes to the Lincoln Project!