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Dilbert creator on The Beat now. (Original Post) muntrv Oct 2020 OP
Yes. He's mentally deranged. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #1
As I understand it, he is. Ninga Oct 2020 #2
he is a right wing nut job lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #3
tell us what he says on the tv mucifer Oct 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author dewsgirl Oct 2020 #8
Ugh. Gross. n/t demmiblue Oct 2020 #5
yes he is RW, and a MAGAt asshat Celerity Oct 2020 #6
Ari Melber just moved further up on my shit list. oasis Oct 2020 #7
He's going real horseshoe left, like an asshole greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #15
Ari's the most tiresome host on MSNBC. I'm done with his oasis Oct 2020 #24
Same. His Mr. too cool for school schtick is childish and a turnoff. nt Kahuna Oct 2020 #26
I switched to CNN immediately BKDem Oct 2020 #9
I was watching CNN and went back to watch Joy LSparkle Oct 2020 #12
FWIW, I'm back with Joy now. BKDem Oct 2020 #13
WTH Ari Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #10
It sounds like he's all over the map politically MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #22
yeah I noticed that Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #23
Climate denying dickweed asshole. Dagstead Bumwood Oct 2020 #11
He's a completely fanatical Trump fascist greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #14
He listed all the great accomplishments Trump made he says we don't need to worry about ISIS anymore, doc03 Oct 2020 #16
Now I understand why I never liked that comic. nt procon Oct 2020 #17
Adams is a typical smug right wing douchebag... MatthewStLouis Oct 2020 #18
Addams predicted a huge landslide victory to Trump in 2016 Nexus2 Oct 2020 #29
Right! Ari really should've pointed that out. MatthewStLouis Oct 2020 #32
I thought he was mad at trump Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #19
Yes, he surprised everyone - OhZone Oct 2020 #20
He's a jerkoff. Go vote. As if any of us hasn't already. dem4decades Oct 2020 #21
Appropriate venue... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #25
What is the opposite of "a thorough beating"? oasis Oct 2020 #27
Does anyone know how much control the hosts have over the show content and guests? bullimiami Oct 2020 #28
I'm still trying to figure out who the hell still watches Ari? He's as skeevy as Chuck Toad. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2020 #30
True dat. Kahuna Oct 2020 #34
I'm imagining for a post-Election Day cartoon Vogon_Glory Oct 2020 #31
Umm...Ari Melber's Guest Is Also A Hypnotist? Southpaw at Law Oct 2020 #33

Response to mucifer (Reply #4)

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
15. He's going real horseshoe left, like an asshole
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:04 PM
Oct 2020

Get in bed with fascist trash sorta thing. Despicable.

LSparkle

(11,660 posts)
12. I was watching CNN and went back to watch Joy
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:01 PM
Oct 2020

Back on CNN now. I don’t know is MS is trying to scare us into vigilance but I don’t like it.

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
10. WTH Ari
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 06:59 PM
Oct 2020

Why put his dumbass on

From Wikipedia

Adams has often commented on political matters, although in 2016 he wrote on his blog "I don't vote and I am not a member of a political party."[36] In 2007, he suggested that Michael Bloomberg would make a good presidential candidate.[37] Before the 2008 presidential election he said, "On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff",[38] but said in December 2011 that, if he were president, he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that "would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground".[39] On October 17, 2012, he wrote "while I don't agree with Romney's positions on most topics, I'm endorsing him for president".[40] In a blog post from September 2017, Adams described himself as being "left of Bernie, but with a preference for plans that can work".[41]

In 2015, although Adams stated that he would not endorse a candidate for the 2016 elections, he repeatedly praised Donald Trump's persuasion skills, especially on his blog,[42][43] extensively detailing what he called Trump's "talent stack",[44] the then-candidate's unusual skill set combination. Adams predicted that Trump would win the Republican nomination and the general election.[45]

Of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, he said the following: "If you're an undecided voter, and male, you're seeing something different. You're seeing a celebration that your role in society is permanently diminished. And it's happening in an impressive venue that was, in all likelihood, designed and built mostly by men."[46] Adams said that he temporarily endorsed Hillary Clinton out of fear for his own life, stating that he had received direct and indirect death threats ("Where I live, in California, it is not safe to be seen as supportive of anything Trump says or does. So I fixed that." In late September, however, Adams switched his endorsement from Clinton to Trump. Among his primary reasons for the switch were his respect for Trump's persuasion skills over Clinton's, Clinton's proposal to raise the inheritance tax, and his concerns over Clinton's health.[48] Adams states that being labelled a 'Donald Trump apologist' ended his public speaking career and reduced his income by about 40%.[47]

On July 1, 2020, Adams predicted that Republicans would be hunted if Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,591 posts)
22. It sounds like he's all over the map politically
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:20 PM
Oct 2020

I get a strong whiff of misogyny and susceptibility to propaganda.

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
23. yeah I noticed that
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:23 PM
Oct 2020

Libertarian, but to the left of Bernie....Loved Clinton because he was a centrist, but supported Romney over Obama............I hate people like him, they have so much privilege and live comfortably that they can afford to be all over the place and still survive regardless of who is POTUS/

doc03

(35,325 posts)
16. He listed all the great accomplishments Trump made he says we don't need to worry about ISIS anymore,
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:08 PM
Oct 2020

the economy yada yada yada According to him the only worry today is COVID. I turned to CNN before he finished his bullshit.

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
18. Adams is a typical smug right wing douchebag...
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:12 PM
Oct 2020

He relishes the implication that he may be some kind of genius of human nature...

Well, he's only right about Trump's persuasive power on his own tribal base. He's so damn wrong about the reason Trump won in 2016. It was a combo of targeted Russian propaganda and, sadly, an ingrained misogyny in many low info voters. Yes, I'm still afraid of the closeness of the race this time, but there's a huge level of democratic enthusiasm this time around. Hope to god it's a blue tsunami.

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
29. Addams predicted a huge landslide victory to Trump in 2016
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 08:50 PM
Oct 2020

Trump 'won' but due to several external factors and even then only squeaked by. I was surprised Ari Melber didn't point any of that out.

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
32. Right! Ari really should've pointed that out.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:00 PM
Oct 2020

2016 was just enough to win. Not a landslide like Dilweed was proud of "predicting".

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,325 posts)
19. I thought he was mad at trump
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:15 PM
Oct 2020

This is the first search that came up. Not sure of the source page. But this is the interview

OhZone

(3,212 posts)
20. Yes, he surprised everyone -
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:16 PM
Oct 2020

He apparently LOVES the pointy-haired, incompetent, evil boss he he satirizes

It's like if we found out Colbert really voted straight GOP.


Well, maybe not. I guess Adams just hates everyone.


bullimiami

(13,084 posts)
28. Does anyone know how much control the hosts have over the show content and guests?
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:51 PM
Oct 2020

does ari actively book these assholes?
if so, i sure dont get it because i have to shut that bullshit off.

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
31. I'm imagining for a post-Election Day cartoon
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:10 PM
Oct 2020

where the Pointy-haired boss is collecting Dilbert’s bet that Joe would lose and the mean cat is grinning like a Cheshire you-know-what.

Southpaw at Law

(4 posts)
33. Umm...Ari Melber's Guest Is Also A Hypnotist?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:06 AM
Oct 2020

Scott Adams said, in addition to being a cartoonist, he is also a hypnotist. What?!?

Did anyone notice that Rachel Maddow joked with Chris Hayes about what was newsworthy and that some “news” did not deserve airtime? Seemed aimed at Melber - and for good reason.

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