[SharpRightTurn]

Wonder why the genius who wrote this article did not share his wisdom on the rough math involved in the 1980 and 1984 elections—you know, the ones where Reagan, running on an unapologetic conservative platform like Goldwater's, blew Carter and Mondale out, respectively?

[jjotto]

Because George Will is so old and out of touch he has to write from what his failing memory can dredge up.

[jospehm20]

GOP establishment members like Will always make a point of mentioning Goldwater’s election results and not mentioning Reagan’s election results. It just goes to show that you cannot trust a “conservative” like Will to be honest. This is the guy who hosted a dinner for Obama and other GOP-E “conservatives” and came away impressed with him. If these guys are so smart, why did it take them so long to figure out what Obama really is? I believe people like Will and the rest of the DC Uniparty establishment are completely out of touch with Americans. They have no clue how people outside the Beltway think and don’t care to learn.

[Josh Painter]

George Will, the “genius” who wrote this article, supported Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush over Reagan and claimed in 1979 and early 1980 that Reagan was too conservative to win.

[a fool in paradise]

The GOPe wasn’t happy with Goldwater or Reagan’s conservative rhetoric in the 1960s either.