Re: "Also, yesterday's guest, Rick Wilson, said something about Matt Gaetz and a dead person in his dorm room. I did not know what he was referencing and did some Googling after. There didn't really seem to be any evidence of that out there. There was a Snopes item on it. So, look, there are plenty of things to criticize Matt Gaetz on wi…
Re: "Also, yesterday's guest, Rick Wilson, said something about Matt Gaetz and a dead person in his dorm room. I did not know what he was referencing and did some Googling after. There didn't really seem to be any evidence of that out there. There was a Snopes item on it. So, look, there are plenty of things to criticize Matt Gaetz on without getting into conspiracy land. We're going to try to be reality-based here at The Bulwark."
So... Does that mean no more Rick Wilson on Bulwark podcasts?
He's been on Michael Steele's podcast several times. He said changing from Joe Biden to anyone else would be an impossibility. That didn't age well. Then, the next time, he was over the moon about how great Kamala Harris was, which is true, but he forgot to mention his prior take. The next time, after her loss, he dissected the failures of the Harris campaign. He was able to say that things are easy to see in hindsight, but he didn't mention how completely wrong HE was or why. And now this, peddling some weird story about a dead body in Matt Gaetz' dorm room for which there appears no evidence.
I mean ... why? I sent money to The Lincoln Project several times. I supported them from the beginning. Then they had their scandal -- about which Rick Wilson said on The Breakdown, a Lincoln Project production, he would "name names" when the time was right, but never did -- and I stuck with them. Then the documentary came out and I was still kinda on board. But now, I just can't anymore. I'm actually sorry about that because Rick's Rants are my rants, but it's really looking like The Lincoln Project is the grift a lot of people thought it was and I feel like a mark.
Re: "Also, yesterday's guest, Rick Wilson, said something about Matt Gaetz and a dead person in his dorm room. I did not know what he was referencing and did some Googling after. There didn't really seem to be any evidence of that out there. There was a Snopes item on it. So, look, there are plenty of things to criticize Matt Gaetz on without getting into conspiracy land. We're going to try to be reality-based here at The Bulwark."
So... Does that mean no more Rick Wilson on Bulwark podcasts?
He's been on Michael Steele's podcast several times. He said changing from Joe Biden to anyone else would be an impossibility. That didn't age well. Then, the next time, he was over the moon about how great Kamala Harris was, which is true, but he forgot to mention his prior take. The next time, after her loss, he dissected the failures of the Harris campaign. He was able to say that things are easy to see in hindsight, but he didn't mention how completely wrong HE was or why. And now this, peddling some weird story about a dead body in Matt Gaetz' dorm room for which there appears no evidence.
I mean ... why? I sent money to The Lincoln Project several times. I supported them from the beginning. Then they had their scandal -- about which Rick Wilson said on The Breakdown, a Lincoln Project production, he would "name names" when the time was right, but never did -- and I stuck with them. Then the documentary came out and I was still kinda on board. But now, I just can't anymore. I'm actually sorry about that because Rick's Rants are my rants, but it's really looking like The Lincoln Project is the grift a lot of people thought it was and I feel like a mark.
Am I wrong?
I think even Rick Wilson would admit that he is looking out for Rick Wilson first, and everyone else later.