Sam Wilson Possibly Endorsed
September 10th, 2008 by Bill ColleyA great many people have spent portions of their summers asking me what I’ve got against Sam Wilson. My only reply is I’ve nothing against the savior of Western Sussex County. The better question you could ask is what does Sam Wilson have against me? It could well be argued our politics are very much alike. We’ll vote for most, if not all, the same candidates in November.
Some of you know my talk radio history. I was enjoying ratings growth and pressuring state and local governments at my last job. Then a U.S. Senator pressured my employer and I was out on the street. Senator Clinton wished to control my speech and in turn the public dialogue, which is why Sam Wilson also has something in common with the woman who would be Queen.
Some of you may remember the foot in mouth disease suffered in early summer by William Swain Lee. Sam and I both like Mr. Lee but Sam sought to silence my coworkers and me by threatening an advertiser boycott. He threatened our ability to ply our trade. Strange behavior from an avowed defender of the Constitution but then it appears Mr. Sam and his acolytes believe it’s something you bend for the purpose of the current day. It’s my hope Wilson doesn’t intend to run Sussex County in the same manner. If you ever disagree will he then “make” you follow his diktat?
Sam’s cronies insist he’s just joking. Yeah, so was Hillary.
Government by force isn’t the American way. I keep hearing the geographically challenged telling me to return to my New York penthouse ways. Surely they were taking a pass when map reading was being taught at school. My corner of New York State is more remote than Sussex County and always has been. Ever see a movie called Allegheny Uprising? It’s loosely based on my people. Some of my ancestors were buried just north of where I grew up. They fell in an Indian massacre. Some of my more recent ancestors are buried in the Pacific where they fell fighting Japanese.
Sam Wilson would certainly have my support if he acknowledged what this country is all about but instead he sulks, feels wronged and threatens lawsuits. He would get my support because if he could ever shut his mouth during a conversation and listen to what’s being said I believe he would understand. It’s why he’s a far better man than some in local politics. His logic gets blindsided by his emotions but he isn’t self serving and devious and he doesn’t beat his wife. I appreciate Sam Wilson for his faith, his dedication to his friends and because he’s good to his family. I just don’t want him governing me by fiat.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I can understand the intitial concern Bill as no one wants their job security threatened by outside influences, especially when they’re pretty damn good at the job. I don’t know all of the details surrounding what went down after Judge Lee made the comments about Driver’s Licenses but I get the jist of it. Things were said, sure, in the heat of the moment most likely which isn’t to suggest that Sam Wilson get a pass but having known him for a while now I’ll tell you that he’s not one to hold his tongue, and that’s a good thing most of the time because you don’t have to wonder where he stands on something.
Listening to you over the last year and Sam for the last several I can say that Sam Wilson and Bill Colley have a lot more in common than a little bit.
I’ll submit that the admission of jumping the gun and being wrong is difficult, even for men of good character, and that’s a group that I would put both Sam Wilson and Bill Colley in every day of the week if asked.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hey Bill why do you keep calling us (Sam’s friends) cronies? We are just your normal everyday Sussex Countians, you know those people you like to refer to as “callers.”
When you call us cronies you end up sounding like some kind of conspiracy theorist who imagines Sam Wilson is in control of a vast right wing conspi…. oh wait a minute maybe I’ve confused you with someone else.
Just for the record I will take 1 hard working Sam Wilson over 10 talk show host any day.
Sam Wilson 2008!!!!!!!!!!
September 11th, 2008 at 7:38 am
I also called you folks acolytes. Would sycophants work? Supporters works just as well but I’m sure someone will imply I’m calling people trusses. And if hoping Sam gets elected makes me a crony then I can live with it.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
No Bill sycophant won’t work seeing Sam isn’t even in my district. I prefer the term friend.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
So how will Sam Wilson be any different than the robber barons who currently serve on council on behalf of developers, the PGA, polluters et al? Its very sad that Sussex Republicans would reject Bennett for more of the same. I guess visceral rhetoric is more important than good government…
September 12th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
My comment is awaiting moderation? I thought you right wingers on talk radio didn’t believe in moderation, LOL
September 12th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I AM SO SICK OF YOU BASHING ON SAM WILSON. SERIOUSLY HE IS A GOOD MAN AND YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A LOW PERSON WHO HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN JUST SIT THERE AND WRITE A STUPID BLOG ABOUT PEOPLE. I MEAN SERIOUSLY YOU OBVIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW HIM BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY KNEW THE SAM WILSON I KNOW THEN YOU WOULD SEE HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON AND I HOPE HE WINS IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE HE IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS PLACE NEEDS.
SAM WILSON-SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE WILL BE A WILSON ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL!!!!!!!!!!
September 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
So, if Sam is such a great guy why is he so darned willing to try and get people fired who don’t agree with him? And why would you want such a man representing you? Clearly, Sam believes he’s been wounded after trying to close down my employer. Explain to me the logic in that belief? If he’s as bright and magnaminous as you people say he is then why doesn’t he say that he believes in freedom of expression? Again, I’ve nothing against Sam Wilson. My question is what does Sam Wilson have against me?
September 17th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Be careful Bill. I recognize “awilson1588,” she is Sam’s young and impressionable granddaughter. Cut her some slack…she is sticking up for her pop-pop.