George Will is under the impression the American people ‘feel’ the same as phony ‘elites’ in Washington DC. They don’t.
George, take that bowtie and stick it.
This guy needs to stop with the tough words and simply speak at a regular level for all to understand. I know, I know he is a blow hard from the 70’s and 80’s when a persons vocabulary placed you in a high tower, but who cares, George Will is a never trumper bill Kristol lover.
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry,
When the boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.
No, I didn’t read the article. I won’t waste my time. Knowing what Georgie has become, I’ll just dismiss him with an appropriate nursery rhyme.
What a dense, overwritten and bitter, mean spirited article. Will is the John McCain of journalists.
There are those of us who recall David Brinkley and his Sunday show This Week on ABC after he had had years as an anchor etc formerly at NBC with Chet Huntley
1981-1996
Will was on the show with Hodding Carter Jr and Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts
Will never telegraphed what a kook he was then
Not that I noticed
Well the Left certainly knows that those who control the language are the best at transforming culture.
Hey George, You ain’t all that!
George Will likes pepperoni pizza.
George Will is a highly educated person...and, simultaneously, an utterly self-absorbed idiot.
Will professes to want what most conservatives want and, in fact, was a leader in putting such ideas into the minds of many people over the decades. He favored such things as originalist judicial nominees, a strong military, less spending by government, lower taxes...we all know the drill. He also doesn’t like it when people rock the boat and act impolitely, because...rules.
Well, now comes along one Donald John Trump. He’s no conservative, and Will knows it and doesn’t like it. Neither is he a politician - he’s a lowly (though very successful) businessman and (gasp!) a purveyor of reality shows. More importantly to Will above all else (including politics), he doesn’t like how direct Trump is...because only “sophisticated” and “nuanced” people (like him) deserve to be in positions of power - people like John Kerry, even if Kerry undercuts American power and prosperity with every utterance and every vote they cast.
Except something happened on the trip from Will’s ideal world that (maybe) existed decades ago to now...the “sophisticated” and “nuanced” Republicans turned into a bunch of Big Government toadies, promising their constituents Republican and conservative things, but actually delivering Democrat and liberal things (oh, and just coincidentally, getting quite wealthy in the process). And this guy Trump - the one who isn’t sufficiently pure ideologically, and who is (in Will’s elitist mind) a bit of a buffoon - well, it turns out that not only his promises, but his actions in actually fulfilling those promises, are at least as conservative as those of Ronald Reagan, and perhaps more so. We have an originalist Supreme Court justice, literally dozens of new originalist/conservative Circuit Court judges, we have the largest tax cut in history - one so massive that it is drawing back literally hundreds of billions of previously untaxed earnings into the US, generating both revenue and new jobs. In addition, we have the single most massive cut in regulations in history (in just 15 1/2 months), with emphasis on boosting our energy independence by utilizing the incredibly massive oil, natural gas and coal resources with which we’ve been blessed. We have a Reaganesque military build-up which, coupled with an assertively pro-American foreign policy that has already forced North Korea to the negotiating table (which hasn’t been done since Ike privately threatened to nuke their asses the rest of the way back to the Stone Age if they didn’t release our POWs), and even has the ball-less Europeans kicking in more of their wealth for their own defense.
This list of pro-American and conservative accomplishments goes on and on - and the bottom line is that Trump is, from a policy perspective, doing pretty much everything that George Will ever advised, or even had a wet dream about...and despite these actual facts on the ground, Will simply cannot even give Trump a grudging or back-handed complement because...he’s not good enough, he’s not polite enough, he’s not “sophisticated” or “nuanced” enough - in short, he’s not an elitist prick like Will. So the spoiled little baby, who’s been pretty much left uninvited to those parties with all of the powerful people in the country, has to throw his tantrum. Well, guess what, George: we’re on to your games. You were once among the most admired columnists and authors out there, especially during the Reagan era, but you never moved on. People like you are EXACTLY why we got Trump - because your elitist snobbery, coupled with your obvious need to be part of the so-called ruling class, made you AND most Republican office holders into objects of hatred and contempt because you all lied to us in order to get what you REALLY wanted - power, money and recognition. After 77 years, it is way past time for you to hang up your cleats, George. Go home, enjoy your family during your remaining years, take in a few baseball games around the country...and watch Donald J. Trump do what no politician has done in a LONG time - actually do the bidding of the American people, not the big campaign contributors nor the elitist snobs like yourself. In short, just go away.
Holy Smoke - that is nearly unreadable. Needless to say, I didn’t click at the link to read more. What was there was already too painful!!!
Hard to believe this guy ever had anything interesting to say about conservative policy. He’s nothing more than a gossip columnist now.
F. George Will.
“George Will has jumped the shark.”
Amen to that.
I had years of memories of his commentary, for which I had respect. Emotionally with me, he has burnt that bridge.
I doubt that I will ever see him as really reasonable or honestly thoughtful again.
So much venom and vitriol for Trump and those around him - he clearly has lost his objectivity. Maybe it is just what he needs to do to maintain his paychecks from the Washington Post, NBC and MSNBC.
What a vicious, mean-spirited, nasty, little article, written by a vicious, mean-spirited, nasty, little alleged “man”.
George Will is intellectual, you see. He used “oleaginous” instead of “greasy.” (Oleaginous is the chemists’ term used for “greasy.”)
This kind of hate is unhealthy. Will needs help.
People love Trump, George. You? Not so much. Sorry, whine on...........
George Will is now officially the biggest ass hole in Washington.
I think George was given one too many swirlies in the toilet when he was in High School.
It's not pretty.