Everything Trump Touches Dies

Posted on 21 August 2017 by Rick Wilson

1NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA respected, long time Republican strategist, ad maker, and contributor for The Daily Beast, skewers the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP Trumpism.In Everything Trump Touches Dies, political campaign strategist and commentator Rick Wilson brings his darkly funny humor and biting analysis to the absurdity of American politics in the age of Trump Wilson mercilessly exposes the damage Trump has done to the country, to the Republican Party he served for decades, and to the conservative movement that has abandoned its principles for the worst President in American history.No left winger, Wilson is a lifelong conservative who delivers his withering critique of Trump from the right A leader of the Never Trump movement, he warns his own party of the political catastrophe that leaves everyone involved with Trump with reputations destroyed and lives in tatters.Wilson unblinkingly dismantles Trump s deceptions and the illusions to which his supporters cling, shedding light on the guilty parties who empower and enable Trump in Washington and the news media He calls out the race war dead enders who hitched a ride with Trump, the alt right basement dwellers who worship him, and the social conservatives who looked the other way Everything Trump Touches Dies deftly chronicles the tragicomic Trump story from the early campaign days through the shock of election night, to the inconceivable trainwreck of Trump s first year Rick Wilson provides not only an insightful analysis of the Trump administration, but also an optimistic path forward for the GOP, the conservative movement, and the country Combining insider political analysis, blunt truths, and black humor, Everything Trump Touches Dies is perfect for those on either side of the aisle who need a dose of unvarnished reality, a good laugh, a strong cocktail, and a return to sanity in American politics. New Read [ Everything Trump Touches Dies ] By [ Rick Wilson ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Rick Wilson the most viciously funny of the Never Trumpers has no illusions about who he is or what he does He is a libertarian conservative making a living as a political consultant, but not the high minded, high profile, Steve Schmidt kind of consultant, but rather in Wilson s words a gleeful hatchet man for the GOPI am the guy you call when it s time to run the ads that end the campaign, in part because my skin is thick enough to endure the inevitable screeching and rending of garments Rick Wilson the most viciously funny of the Never Trumpers has no illusions about who he is or what he does He is a libertarian conservative making a living as a political consultant, but not the high minded, high profile, Steve Schmidt kind of consultant, but rather in Wilson s words a gleeful hatchet man for the GOPI am the guy you call when it s time to run the ads that end the campaign, in part because my skin is thick enough to endure the inevitable screeching and rending of garments that come when it s time to wade into the fight You call me when you re in back of the police car outside the shady massage parlor and you have to be on the floor of Congress to vote in 24 hours. But even though h...So, this is the first contemporary political book I have ever read as opposed to historical books on politics, which I have looooong lost count of It s fun It s basically a 300 page rant by Rick Wilson about Trump, which is leavened by the fact that Wilson is actually a rather entertaining ranter he s witty, erudite, periodically profane, and really knows his stuff when i...I think I need a new bookshelf Books that keep me sane in a crazy world This one is the first on that shelf.Make no mistake, Rick Wilson is a conservative Republican strategist He and I would nod coldly at a party and go talk to others, but man, this guy is someone you don t want on your enemy s list He describes himself at the beginning as the guy you call in when you need a nasty hit ad on your opponenthe goes for the throat, and he does so gleefully.From the first sentence to the las I think I need a new bookshelf Books that keep me sane in a crazy world This one is the first on that shelf.Make no mistake, Rick Wilson is a conservative Republican strategist He and I would nod coldly at a party and go talk to others, but man, this guy is someone you don t want on your enemy s list He describes himself at the beginning as the guy you call in when you need a nasty hit ad on your opponenthe goes for the throat, and he does so gleefully.From the first sentence to the last, I felt an affinity for his frustration and anger If you re like me, the Trump presidency has turned you into a light sleeper Wilson sets out the conservative position on Never Trump, and he makes a convincing argument that ETTDHe calls the current Republicans who manage to tie themselves in knots to excuse Trump s behavior, Vichy Republicans His scorn is clear.He talks about the candidates Trump demeaned, insulted, on his way to the GOP nominationhe talks about ...August 22, 2018 5.0% Did Not Read scanned through audiobook only I bought this yesterday, 22 08 18, thinking it might add something interesting to my limited non media knowledge of Donald Trump.I was not impressed with the scan, and this, plus reading the highest rated review on Goodreads,...A hilarious extended exercise in invective by a conservative operative who drew the line at supporting Trump He takes on anyone and everyone though the one target he doesn t aim at much is Russia.This liberal enjoyed reading it.This was well worth the investment of my time I ll capture the essence of the book in the following quotesIt s an administration that combines astounding incompetence and consistent failure with a pungent combination of arrogance, bullish stupidity, and a relentless, juvenile desire to run a government dedicated not to service, but to offense The collection of misc...The monster is out of its cage, and its new trainers both here and in Russia encourage only its dumbest, darkest, most capricious, cruel and violent behaviors This book is, I hope, one of a number of poison darts in the neck of the monster I ve been enjoying Rick Wilson on Twitter and was looking forw...My excuse This was sitting face up on a library table of new arrivals right beside Ann Coulter s new book Assuming I was at the new in humor for Halloween table, I picked up this book right beside it after turning Coulter s book face down because I felt lunch coming back up Anyway, Wilson IS hilarious and you know it when he titles the first section, The Road to the Shitshow Just quoting the book, I don t mean to offend anyone Then he goes on about other things people About Trump s My excuse This was sitting face up on a library table of new arrivals right beside Ann Coulter s new book Assuming I was at the new in humor for Halloween table, I picked up this book right beside it after turning Coulter s book face down because I felt lunch coming back up Anyway, Wilson IS hilarious and you know it when he titles the first section, The Road to the Shitshow Just quoting the book, I don t mean to offend anyone Then he goes on about other things people About Trump s Base I know I m not supposed to make fun of Trump s base voters, but between their cultish worship of Trump, their abandonment of conservative principles, and their headlong embrace of batshit conspiracies, they make it all too easy About Melania you can see how dead her soul is with every appearance I m starting to think this isn t much of a comedy book by now but really is a Hall...Ive long despised Rick Wisonfor his Jeremiah Wright ad against Obama in the 2008 election I thought who is this craven low life who twists the words of a black preacher, speaking truth to power and makes the first black presidential candidate have to walk a delicate race driven line Rick Wilson was that man I am the political opposite of my beloved conservative Republican father and we have argued and agreed and vehemently disagreed my whole life and my dad loved methan himself, s Ive long despised Rick Wisonfor his Jeremiah Wright ad against Obama in the 2008 election I thought who is this craven low life who twists the words of a black preacher, speaking truth to power and makes the first black presidential candidate have to walk a delicate race driven line Rick Wilson was that man I am the political opposite of my beloved conservative Republican father and we have argued and agreed and vehemently disagreed my whole life and my dad loved methan himself, so I have been able to listen across the aisle for the majority of my life Along comes Trump, an ignorant, ...I have very mixed feelings about this book I enjoy Rick Wilson s appearances on news shows and his column for The Daily Beast He has a way with words and is unstinting in his condemnation of the current president However, a little vitriol goes a long way It s one thing to read an article containing it it s quite another to read a whole book of it It grew tiresome, especially his constant harping on the president s diehard supporters and how a bun...

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21 August 2017

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