"The 9th Circus Court of Appeals" (George Will TOUTS McCLINTOCK!)

Townhall ^ | Sep 17, 03 | George Will

[churchillbuff]

LOS ANGELES -- All that was lacking to complete the awfulness of California's recall was supplied when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shoved its oar in.

He has her determination to revive what she called ``the vigorous virtues''-- entrepreneurship, deferral of gratification, individual initiative, personal responsibility in making appetites conform to resources. Together, these aptitudes can be called adulthood.

[churchillbuff]

"Only one California candidate, State Sen. Tom McClintock, is, like Thatcher, a ``conviction politician'' prepared to discipline the nanny state. He has a Thatcherite charm deficit but -- perhaps these attributes are related -- determination to summon California, as Thatcher summoned Britain, up from infantilism.

He has her determination to revive what she called ``the vigorous virtues''-- entrepreneurship, deferral of gratification, individual initiative, personal responsibility in making appetites conform to resources. Together, these aptitudes can be called adulthood.

[churchillbuff]

Does this make George Will a "Tombot"?

[churchillbuff]

California voters who have chosen him twice deserve each other, unless and until the voters choose Thatcherite medicine. "

Translation for star-struck Arnold followers: California needs the tough medicine that McClintock is offering.

[churchillbuff]

George Will:

""Only one California candidate, State Sen. Tom McClintock, is, like Thatcher, a ``conviction politician'' prepared to discipline the nanny state. He has a Thatcherite charm deficit but -- perhaps these attributes are related -- determination to summon California, as Thatcher summoned Britain, up from infantilism.

""He has her determination to revive what she called ``the vigorous virtues''-- entrepreneurship, deferral of gratification, individual initiative, personal responsibility in making appetites conform to resources. Together, these aptitudes can be called adulthood.""

[annyokie]

I hope you Tombots don't mind taking your medicine while you watch Busamante being sworn in.

[churchillbuff]

You callin' George Will a Tombot?

[Weimdog]

Does this make Tom McClintock a liar? -

Maybe his comeback story needs an asterisk

For the past week Tom McClintock has been saying he has the momentum in this race because he has come from “an asterisk behind Peter Camejo” in the polls a month ago to a strong third place today. He repeated this line several times at the Republican convention last weekend and in national television interviews. But it’s not true. While McClintock has improved his standing in recent polls, he was never worse than third in any public poll, and never came close to trailing the Green Party’s Camejo.

In the Field Poll released August 16, McClintock was third with 9 percent, just ahead of Bill Simon, who has now withdrawn. Camejo had 2 percent.

In the Public Policy Institute of California poll published Aug. 21, McClintock was third with 5 percent of the vote. Bill Simon and Peter Ueberroth had 4 percent each. Camejo had 3 percent.

And in the Los Angeles Times Poll published Aug. 24, McClintock was third with 12 percent, followed by Ueberroth, Simon and Arianna Huffington. Peter Camejo was tied with porn peddler Larry Flynt at 1 percent

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[annyokie]

Nah. He's on the East coast. I wish he'd stick to baseball columns until after the World Serious.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Being the token conservative on Sunday alphabet network mornings, George Will hardly a good representative of conservatives. He comes off as an annoying little fag man boy. Cannon fodder for libs to laugh at conservatives for years.

Reading his drivel makes me ill too. His campy baseball books sucked, because he never even played the game. Who cares what he thinks? He thought (and some commentators too), that what he said influenced the party. It never did.

I've waited years to say this. AHHHHHHHHH!

[churchillbuff]

I wish he'd stick to baseball columns

I know how you feel - - it can be unsettling when clear-headed analysis intrudes on one's daydreams.

[annyokie]

Let's shake hands and return to our respective corners. ; )

[churchillbuff]

"up from infantilism"

Now there's a good slogan for those of us trying to shake some reality into "conservatives" who've become star-struck worshipers of the he-man candidate.

[churchillbuff]

Fine by me; no hard feelings.

[annyokie]

None on my part, either. Reasonable people can disagree.

[churchillbuff]

ping

[Bommer]

Does this make George Will a "Tombot"?

No it make him intelligent, instead of all these celebrity fawning dimwits who think a movie catch phrase spewing actor who can't think without liberal advisors surrounding him is going to fix the problems of California. Funny how people in NY were blasted for worshiping Hitlery for being elected just because she was a celebrity. Guess the standards change when theres a (R)ino next to your name.

[duckln]

Where have all the Arnold supporters gone? This is one
of the many times Geo is on the money.

[aristeides]

Guess what? Turns out the 9th Circus panel lied about what Bill Jones had said. It turns out he did not say that punchcard ballots are unacceptable.

[spam_bank]

He has her determination to revive what she called ``the vigorous virtues''-- entrepreneurship, deferral of gratification, individual initiative, personal responsibility in making appetites conform to resources. Together, these aptitudes can be called adulthood.

Let's analyze this shall we?

• Entrepreneurship: McClintock is a career politician and his sole source of income throughout his life has been the taxpayers of California. Arnold, OTOH, is a real entrepreneur who became a millionaire based on his business acumen.
• Deferral of gratification: McClintock is in this race not because he wants to fix California but because he (1) wants everyone bow down to his genius (2) wants to stick it to the state GOP and (3) wants the political power that he feels he so richly deserves. His campaign's complete fixation on taking Arnold down is just one indication of this.
• Individual initiative: McClintock only instance of this was a tax rebate act he co-sponsored in 1987 (with Gary Condit no less). He has done NOTHING since then.
• Personal responsibility in making appetites conform to resources: McClintock's idea of responsibility is "My way or the highway". If the majority of people choose the highway because I'm an arrogant, pompous fool well it's all their fault. Why should I bother taint my genius plan by compromising with those idiots? Let them drive California into ruin. I'm won't be responsible

[rdf]

A fine article, and one reflecting what alert conservatives are seeing more and more clearly.

The malice and/or ignorance of the negative comments on this thread more or less speak for themselves.

Thanks for the post, and kudos to George Will!

Cheers,

Richard F.