Colbert's Cartoon Team Take The Piss Out Of Rick Wilson & The Lincoln Project

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7/15/20 7:06am
Colbert's Cartoon Team Take The Piss Out Of Rick Wilson & The Lincoln Project
"Inside the Hill's most uncomfortable interview yet, the hosts confront Rick Wilson on his past tweets as well as The Lincoln Project's George W. Bush alum and overhead spending." Brutal.
By Ed Scarce

If you watch closely, about half way through this interview, Rick Wilson gets angry and you wonder if he's just going to get up and leave. He doesn't, but you can just tell he's seething inside. Their argument that Wilson and the rest of the Lincoln Project are just another bunch of savvy grifters, looking to make quick money working against a failed administration that devastated the United States in Trump, as opposed to working for a failed administration that devastated the United States in George Bush has real resonance among liberals. And Rick Wilson didn't like that one little bit. No sir, he did not.

Source: The Week

It doesn't appear Rick Wilson, the longtime Republican strategist who helps run The Lincoln Project super-PAC, knew he was walking into an ambush when he agreed to speak with the cartoon news anchors on CBS's Tooning Out the News, executive produced by Stephen Colbert. The Lincoln Project has been received warmly by many on the left for its ruthless savaging of President Trump. And the interview started out in that vein — until Wilson called Trump "a whining bitch addicted to Twitter," and "Inside the Hill" cartoon anchor Sarah Sabo (Maureen Monahan) jumped in, deadpanning: "Yes, he is a bitch. That is the biggest insult, comparing someone to a woman — I hate us."

Co-anchor Richard Ballard (Addison Anderson) started the battering in earnest by noting that seven members of The Lincoln Project's leadership (though not Wilson) are alumni of George W. Bush's campaign, adding, "I gotta say, we really miss Bush: He always did what was right for the country — and that country being Saudi Arabia." Things got increasingly uncomfortable from there, with Ballard, Sabo, and their color commentators highlighting Wilson's past tweets about liberals then digging into The Lincoln Project's use of its millions in donations.

The coup de grâce was with a Lincoln Project–style video on the "savvy grifters" at The Lincoln Project. Wilson did not appear amused, but there was a slightly lighter moment at the end.

They also provided this helpful chart for distinguishing between the recent Republican presidents.



And unlike some on the right, Rick Wilson doesn't delete his old tweets, apparently.

Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilson
·
Mar 18, 2010
Dear Nutroots lefties: You are Barack Obama's bitch. You are pathetic little whores satisfied with crumbs and head-pats.

[we can do it]

1. Exactly why they won't get a penny from me.

They helped create Frankenstein and need to clean up their own mess.

[BlueMTexpat]

15. Ditto.

eom

[bluedye33139]

2. I'm grateful that they're anti-Trump, but we are right not to trust them

Bush also pardoned felons who committed crimes in his name.

[theaocp]

3. I won't even give them an inch of praise.

Do your patriotic duty, you conservative fucks. Fuck all of them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. And their patriotic duty would be to tear down tRump & oppose his re-election; with ads perhaps?

[Volaris]

25. If they hand us the Senate on a silver platter,

and endorse (at least) Public Option Medicare for All as something that's good for americas businesses, they can BEGIN the process of being forgiven.

(On Edit) putting trump in prison for the rest of his worthless life isnt gonna be something we will NEED their help with, methinks.

[theaocp]

33. Indeed. And then fuck off.

They haven’t paid for their past and this isn’t a start. It’s the bare minimum for humanity. They get no cookies.

[LakeArenal]

4. I agree.

Still so many quote that enemy of my enemy thing. Cornball cliches hardly work against past unforgivable shit since 2008.

[RAB910]

5. Politics make for strange bedfellows

The Lincoln project brings the GOP/Right's talent to smear. If they can help the cause, I welcome them (for now)

[dewsgirl]

6. I totally agree.

[BlueMTexpat]

18. Certainly this.

But my contributions are going to Democrats who are running for office.

These guys will NOT get a penny from me.

[wryter2000]

29. I'm not going to turn down their help

It will be interesting to see how they behave if they manage to help bring down Trump and turn over the Senate. Are they going to go back to being greedhead, dishonest, enablers of people like Bush? Watching Nicole Wallace now, I can't imagine her working in a heartless administration again. I have a feeling some lessons have been learned, even if they're not fessing up to it. Even stupid Joe Walsh has admitted he had a part in creating Trump.

[empedocles]

7. Typical prototypical self-destructive Dems. The goal is to defeat trump,

not attack impure allies. For some on the left, almost no one can pass one purity test or another purity one. We can not only lose every impure ally with purity tests, but many decent Dems in the process - and lose to the republicons.

Stalin was an extremely impure ally. However, 'an allied victory in the anti-fascist war depended on the Soviets defeating Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.' [History News Network].

The Soviet Union, with major US arms help, mangled the 'invincible' Nazi armies invading Russia, and made Germany itself vulnerable.

Both Colbert and Maher can very entertaining people. As for policy, they can be cavalier - and very ineffective.

As Carville level, proven winner types; Maher and Colbert - do not help the winning cause.

[RAB910]

8. I agree

[HotTeaBag]

12. Just what I was thinking.

If Rick Wilson wants to do all he can to get Joe Biden into the Oval Office in November, then FUCKING LET HIM.

Without the Lincoln Project pushing our digital teams to up their game, we would be still making committee-made, non-offensive crap which would do zero to move the needle.

Never-Trumpers are vital to defeating Trump, and Colbert should shut his mouth and stay out of it - it's all fun and games until we lose the fucking election.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

19. Well said.

[OnDoutside]

26. Well said. There are some out there who would rather refuse their help, and lose, rather than accept

their help and win (or at least contribute to it). It's this purity politics that did for Hillary in 2016. It's a fucking binary choice, all hands on deck.

[empedocles]

36. ' . . . some out there . . . ' almost forced BS on us as the Prez nominee.

What a trump target BS would've been. Been great to see trump and the 'cons flail and fail to stick a label on JB that works.

[OnDoutside]

44. 100% agree. It's a shuddering thought to think what might have happened.

[Sewa]

31. How does showing Rick Wilson was, is and always

will be a POS hurt dems. I don’t understand your logic

[misanthrope]

46. +1,000

The myopia is astounding.

[NurseJackie]

10. Meh... I'm delighted to have them on our side in opposition against Trump.

I'm not too proud or too pure to welcome their efforts in a fight against a common enemy.

[empedocles]

39. Helped us nominate more electable candidates in this primary season already.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Purists don't accomplish much at all. Skip the loyalty tests

Praising people for doing a good thing is not excusing bad things they have done.

Churchill rallied England to stand firm against the Nazis, but he wasn't perfect.

Washington defeated the English in the Revolution but he wasn't perfect.

[empedocles]

37. Purists, remember 2018? Damn. The Speaker knew what it really took, red seats,

for the Dems to take the House. No way the 'blue wave' did it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Not sure what your drift is. Nancy Pelosi is a pragmatist and delivered. . . . nt

[empedocles]

40. My 'drift' is pragmatism, not purism.

[demmiblue]

13. Damn, he was pissed.

[awesomerwb1]

14. You don't have to trust the Lincoln project

And personally I hope people didn't and just leave it as two different groups fighting for the same goal: removing trump.

But right now, their ads are effective and we're both pulling from the same side. Once trump is gone, we can part ways and hopefully learn a few things from them regarding their social media/ads handling to use them against them when the time comes. Because these guys aren't Dems and they'll revert to being the "conservative" a-holes they are when Dems are in power.

It's not that complicated.

[grumpyduck]

16. As long as someone can help get rid of that thing in the Oval Office,

I couldn't care less what they did before. I don't have to "trust" them, and I don't have to waste my energy being pissed off at them over old news. If they can make some Republican voters see the light and get them to turn, even if it's only this one time, I'm all for it.

Let me put it this way. I'm walking down the street and get hit by a car, badly. Hit and run. No one else is around. A known mobster pulls over and helps me. What do I do, tell him to go fuck himself? I'm sure some people would cut off their nose to spite their face, but I wouldn't.

Let me put it clearly: the goal now is to get rid of that thing in the Oval Office.

[ScratchCat]

17. I like having them on our side, but...

But the truth is the truth. Wilson, Jolly, Schmidt - they are all opportunists and grifters.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. God help us, we'd never survive in a Parliamentary system.

The idea of having to make coalitions for the greater good is lost on too many folks.

[ibegurpard]

21. These people aren't my allies

I welcome their efforts to rid their party of the fascist Trump cancer but my efforts and praise will go to people who have actually been in the trenches over the decades trying to move the needle TOWARD a more egalitarian society.
If there truly are so many dissatisfied "conservatives" out there then they can finance and support the Lincoln Project. I am not their audience.

[Cosmocat]

22. I support TLP but am fine with this

I love what they are doing, but they have a past and have to own it.

Can't hurt to remind them to keep them honest

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. That's kind of where I'm at too. . . . nt

[demmiblue]

47. Same. The hair on fire types accusing others of PURITY...

And several of those types don't even live in this country (not that Trump's policies don't affect them, but...).

That word is one of the most overused words on this site... people are capable of having two thoughts at once.

[GusBob]

23. Colbert needs Trump like a junky needs smack

Dana Carvey loved it when Bush won

[Coventina]

24. This is why I'm astounded when Dems give TLP money.

They are war criminals and Trump enablers, whether they realize it or not.

[wryter2000]

30. I have limited money

And better places to put it. I'm sure TLP will do very well without my help.

[oasis]

27. If Biden beats Trump in a landslide, I'll thank the Lincoln Project for

their valuable contribution in that effort.

Then to the hard work of patching up the Trump damage.

[wryter2000]

28. That was savage

I'm not saying it wasn't well deserved, but dayum...

I thought Wilson handled it pretty well.

[Music Man]

32. I don't get the sudden mistrust of the Lincoln Project.

Are we trying to piss them off or dampen their enthusiasm to help us out this year?

Let's keep our eyes on the prize. We are allowed to accept help from people who typically oppose us, after all. It doesn't mean we are indebted to them and have to enact Bush-like legislation.

I choose to be gracious and work together to absolutely crush Donald Trump this November. I want landslide of epic proportions that sends Trump to another dimension and leaves no doubt that his ideology is done.

[OnDoutside]

45. I think there are two hits out on LP currently.

Firstly, there's the hate from the right, who see the LP hitting them hard, and making a difference. Certainly from creating campaign talking points pov. That's sucking the oxygen out of Republicans own talking points. They have been trying to take Wilson down for the last two weeks.

Secondly, there's the hate from the left, who have largely been sidelined, and purity politics is driving them nuts that the Lincoln Project have been welcomed into the fight against Trump.

Nothing else matters more than beating Trump.

[not_the_one]

34. Fucking idiots

Yeah, I got problems with ALL republicans.

I was barely politically aware for Nixon, but I knew he was bad.

I did not think I could hate anyone more than Reagan.

Until W.

Then I did not think I could hate anyone more than W, until the turd.

The turd takes the cake, pie, donuts AND mini muffins. He is the shit that the GOP has squirted after decades of purposely trying to destroy this country.

And we want to INSULT THE ONES WHO ARE MAKING THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-TRUMP ADS ON TV.

Fucking idiots. USE them, then cast them aside. But DON'T do anything to make them stop what they are doing right now.

Fucking idiots.

[Cosmocat]

42. lol

righteous ...

[Solly Mack]

35. K&R

[dustyscamp]

43. Some people just love to push potential allies away because of past or current grievances

Conservatives, Libertarians, Bernie Bros, White Women, White Men, etc could all possibly help us defeat Trump and his bastards. We really need more allies than enemies right now.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

49. did you pay attention to their overhead %? let them run ads atainst Trump but

our money should go to Dems

[SiliconValley_Dem]

48. so good to see Colbert and team going after these Bush grifters

[Sewa]

50. It's about time someone called them out

I really enjoyed watching Rick’s head turn red from rage.