Remember when Rick Wilson wished Matt Gaetz a happy birthday on twitter?

[melman]

Link to tweet

#TBT Good times.

[SharonClark]

1. Hum. Did he wish him a happy birthday

in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020?
Isn’t that included in your Rick Wilson research?

[BannonsLiver]

3. "Research"...That's an interesting way of putting it.

You’re far more diplomatic than I am.

[TexasTowelie]

2. The campaign to smear anything associated with the

Lincoln Project continues.

[Cha]

4. lol No shit.. how's that working out?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14908412

[BannonsLiver]

6. Impotent rage.

[Quixote1818]

7. I never understand why people want to trash something that is extremely effective for us?

[Cha]

11. I don't either but they sure do.

[OnDoutside]

24. "People" need someone to focus on. I can only imagine the bile that is being dished out on other

forums where DU's TOC don't exist.

[George II]

17. Methinks this thread was a............

[Cha]

18. lol.. And, he Swings &

misses! Sorry Kid!

[Hekate]

27. He's taking a little break now

I checked his file — as anyone can A little break. Clears the mind.

[Cha]

28. ...

[MineralMan]

39. Maybe a little time is needed for some rethinking?

Seems unlikely, though.

[BannonsLiver]

5. Yep. Wait till the Biden policy "critiques" start.

(I’m not talking about policy critiques from TLP to clarify.)

[George II]

15. It did, shortly thereafter:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14927540

Why did it change from $2,000 checks to $2,000 *total*?

[obamanut2012]

8. Seriously

I know many of TLP guys have done some pretty loathsome stuff in the past.

In the past.

AOC is working with them now.

NOW.

I do not care right now -- they want the Nazis out, that is all I care about now.

[TexasTowelie]

12. I am in agreement that some of the activities from the TLP members were loathsome.

The members of TLP are not asking for forgiveness and they do not appear to be formulating any policy proposals for the Biden administration to follow. They are working to rid the extremist elements that enabled the Trump regime and get Democrats elected so I have difficulty understanding the vendetta that we have observed over the past few months.

[moonscape]

29. Totally agree. We know they do not agree with

many to most of dem policies, but are singularly focused on democracy and destroying Trumpism. They’d love nothing more than feeling free to get back in the mud with us on policies and I for one can’t wait.

I have a good friend who is a conservative never-Trumper, and is as anguished as we are about it. I told her - we are suffering equally with the horror of what we’re enduring, but you have it tougher. I haven’t lost my home, my party, while you’re left wandering the streets. She agreed.

Their fight for democracy means working hard for our success, which means also our policies they don’t agree with. What could be more admirable and country-first than that?

[George II]

14. And the campaign to look backward vs. forward continues.

[Hekate]

25. It has gotten old by now

He must get something out of it

[Sympthsical]

31. When your co-founder is accused of sexual harrassment and assault, hard to paper over it

But our side likes these Republicans, so I guess that sort of thing deserves ignoring.

It's always curious. Which victims we value and which we do not, because it's politically convenient.

[TexasTowelie]

32. Playing the victim card can also be politically convenient.

The OP dug nearly 6 years back into the past. It looks like you are digging nearly two decades in the past to try and make a point. People change and the more thoughtful of them try to atone and make amends for their faults. Some people have the capacity to forgive while others lack that ability--I consider myself to be in the former group rather than the latter. YMMV

[Sympthsical]

33. Rick Wilson stirred up Newton nonsense. Some things are unforgivable.

That's a big one for me. Hating Trump is not absolution. Bush and Cheney hate Trump. When do we give them their pass?

John Weaver is an accused sexual assaulter.

TLP had very little effect on the election. We do not need them. And we certainly do not need to be promoting or praising them. All they're interested in are Democratic dollars as they try to regain the place in the Republican establishment that Trump displaced them from.

Hard pass.

[TexasTowelie]

34. It's your right to have that opinion.

However, it appears that you are in the minority based upon the responses in this thread. Maybe melman will post another thread about Rick Wilson and/or TLP?

By the way, this is the second time that you have used the word "accused". Anyone can make accusations. The challenge comes in proving those accusations.

[George II]

45. That Weaver accusation was third-hand from Ryan Girdusky with no substantiation and it went nowhere.

Girdusky is also a contributor to the "Ingraham Angle" so he's got an axe to grind.

[Sympthsical]

46. There was a first hand account, with DM screen shots

A long thread by an investigative journalist who is not right-wing.

Link to tweet

If this were Bernie Sanders, I wonder how it'd go?

[George II]

47. 1. What does this have to do with Rick Wilson? 2. What does this have to do with Bernie Sanders?

[Sympthsical]

48. It's about the Lincoln Project

And the kind of people being praised by some Democrats.

They're awful Republicans to the core. Trump messed with their gravy train and that is all. And yet, from some quarters, they earn leeway that progressives do not. It's very odd to me, as a liberal Democrat. Very odd.

[George II]

49. So what does it have to do with Sanders, is he a member of The Lincoln Project?

[Sympthsical]

50. I'm going to go play World of Warcraft now

It is, oddly, a more interesting game than this.

[George II]

51. In other words, it has nothing to do with Sanders but you just threw that in for whatever...

I never played World of Warcraft before, but I know it's pretty popular.

Are there characters other than humans, like lions, or tigers, or maybe a giraffe?

[George II]

44. I guess I missed the trial. When was he convicted of "sexual harassment and assault"? Don't forget..

....several months ago Joe Biden was accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Do you think he should not have been our nominee and now our President in 5 days. Of course we know those accusations were false.

So what was the outcome of those accusations against Rick Wilson, anything?

[SunsetDreams2]

9. You seem focused

On a birthday that happened 5 years and 8 months ago

[Caliman73]

10. 5 years ago?

I understand that there is a reluctance to accept with open arms and no scrutiny, the presence of Republicans who prior to Trump, were right in there trying to establish conservative domination.

I personally think it is too much to pick at a generic Tweet from one person to a former colleague.

I would be more concerned if Wilson was still buddy buddy with Gaetz. A LOT has happened in 5 years.

[George II]

13. Years ago? Guess what, I farted in class when I was in 2nd grade. What say you about that?

BTW, at the time of that tweet from Rick Wilson, Matt Gaetz was an unknown. I seriously doubt that he'd say anything even close to that today.

Again, what say you? Waiting..................................................................

[TexasTowelie]

23. In hindsight (pun intended), did you remember to tweet about it?

[Generic Brad]

19. There was no treason in 2015

Rick Wilson is not a time traveler and was a Republican then. That was an entirely different world back then.

[Vivienne235729]

20. It's no secret that Rick Wilson WAS a RW operative. But he's clearly not now.

He may go back to being a Republican later on, too. But for now, he and TLP are working hard to dismantle trump and this virus that is taking over our political landscape. Considering they are pretty damn good at what they are doing, I’d just as well take their help and appreciate it for what it is. Good grief. Life isn’t always neat and tidy. Move on...

[melman]

21. Wilson is still a Republican and has never said otherwise

This is just a fact. Schmidt has renounced the Republican party but Wilson has not.

[Vivienne235729]

22. Fine. He's still a republican who is speaking the truth and that should be

The real focus right now. He can call himself a libertarian or independent or whatever he wants. It doesn’t matter. They’re just labels. I’d take what he’s doing right now any day over “Democrats” who carry water for the RW smear machine. The proof is in the pudding. He and TLP do good work taking down authoritarianism. Let’s celebrate that...no matter what he calls himself.

[George II]

35. He's not a "RW operative" as noted. But I guess now it doesn't really matter anymore.

[NurseJackie]

37. Bazinga!

[Vivienne235729]

40. so we should tell him to shut up bc is isn't pure in ideology?

[George II]

52. Not at all, in fact I agree with you 100%. I don't believe in that purity thing, NO ONE is pure...

...including those who demand it from our politicians.

I'm extremely happy with what The Lincoln Project, Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt and all the others did during the general election campaign and the runoff elections in Georgia.

Throw in Republican Veterans against Trump and The MeidasTouch, too. They all contributed to President Biden's win and our majority in the Senate.

[FreeState]

43. He is no longer a republican

He states clearly he is not a republican.

https://www.salon.com/tv/video/3txl76

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson explains on "Salon Talks how Donald Trump killed the GOP and why it caused him to leave the party for good. According to Wilson, the Republican Party was once held together by three types of conservatives: individual liberty, social and fiscal conservatives, but Trump helped "burn it all down".

[herding cats]

26. You realize that's 5-years ago, right?

Now he's working to take him down. I'm good with that.

These are exceptional times in need of exceptional measures. As is evident by Wilson now handing the hard right their asses on a daily basis.

There's zero harm in letting him do his thing. We get to sit back and watch him turn his skills on his own. It's a thing of beauty.

[Hav]

30. How does one even find this irrelevant stuff

from years ago?

[NurseJackie]

41. Calvin Klein knows...

[betsuni]

36. LOL

[Tom Rinaldo]

38. You know how folks appeciate convicts let out of jail to fight on front lines against forest fires?

I kind of feel that way about the likes of Rick Wilson now. It's all hands on deck time for democracy.

[NurseJackie]

42. I like that analogy.