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To: ez
Really, George Will calling Newt egotistical is the like the Pope calling Billy Graham too religious.

Will and Gingrich both have a way of saying things that are basically sensible and true in such a way that they turn people off.

They're both trying to sound super-intelligent. That's no surprise, since both are Ph.D's. But it looks like they share some insecurity that causes them to overreach.

Newt kind of stumbles into things that he really hasn't worked out yet. He wants to be an expert in everything, even when he's manifestly not an expert, even when a more modest approach would suffice.

George Will loves the sound of his own voice and takes way too much pride in his own cleverness. He doesn't get that sometimes less is more, that not trying to sound too clever is the way to get the job done.

205 posted on 12/08/2011 4:05:48 PM PST by x
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You see the real world. FReegards...


206 posted on 12/08/2011 8:53:26 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, "Paradise Lost")
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