I find that I rarely agree with George Will, but thought his approach on Trump was not out of line. Who knows what other questions were asked but not included in the article. Will's background and history make GOP questions more pertinent, though. I just agreed with the overall tone of the article.
I am not sure I would heap that much praise on him, but I, too, agreed with him on this article.
Principles for which he is not willing to fight. He showed us this in 2016.
I don’t know how old you are but if you ever watched Will on *This Week With David Brinkley* as he weekly went toe to toe with Cokie Roberts, Al Hunt, Sam Donaldson you would not consider him an establishment pussy. I know of no other pundit or journalist who has maintained his libertaruan/conservative principles with his rock solid fortitude. In 2016 Will recognized the wolf in sheep’s clothing in Donald Trump, knowing full well that Trump was far more “establishment” than certified conservative and a man with loathsome political “form,” and it drained him of any desire to call himself a Republican. He could not bring himself to endorse anyone with Trump’s persona. I know that makes you mad, but George Will is about as far from being an “establishment pussy” as one can get.
THere was a time when Republicans had teeth and beliefs and George takes us back to that time. I frequently disagree with him but man can that guy write.I agree with a lot of what he says here, surprisingly:
George Will’s verdict on the state of politics: Voters are ‘exhausted’ and ‘embarrassed’
Madison Cawthorn “crashed and burned,” said George Will, the political commentator, offering his assessment on NC and US politics as well as Trump during a visit to Raleigh.www.yahoo.com
Yea Will is a smart and thoughtful writer whose views allowed the left to take control of this country because he wanted to play nice and refused to fight back. I'm sure you would like everyone on the right to be like Will but that ship sailed when you crossed the line. The left pushed to hard to soon and is now facing the backlash of people that do not want the left's vision for the country.
Get his name out of your mouth. People like him build and create. I disagree with him politically but he's the opposite of you. You only like corrupt morons. He does not.
I think you have confused George Will as a “conservative in name only” ala Mitt Romney. Will’s views and writings have done nothing to aid the cause of the left, exactly the opposite. I would encourage you to read his 2019 book *The Conservative Sensibility* and then make up your mind on what kind of man he is. That he loathes Trump’s “form” is not an adequate reason to mischaracterize him.
Sorry, he's smart. He's wrong politically, but he's smart and a great writer.
I honestly don’t understand what you’re claiming about his unwillingness to fight. Is it because he lacks snarkiness and doesn’t bully or insult? I don’t think you recognize his place on the political foodchain. He is on the philosophical end, not down in the mud with the unrealistic bickering partisans. His job is to present principles, a framework from which a party should operate. Policies are not possible without them. The policies like lowering taxes are the extension of principles laid out and explained with clarity by people like George Will. The politicians - guys like DJT, for example - have neither the intellect nor the composure for that, they have to rely on the intellectuals, the philosophers if you will, for those things. George Will has fought the intellectual battle with the left for over 50 years. He deserves recognition and admiration for his contributions to the political battle.
As usual, you did not refute a single substantive point. Yes, George Will is a great writer, with no stomach for confrontation. Perhaps he should write political thrillers or spy novels, because he can talk the talk, he just won’t walk the walk.
I will always remember George Will as the Washington Generals to David, Sam, and Cokie’s Harlem Globetrotters. He was nothing more than a blocking dummy for three libs.
Like I said. Chum for David, Sam, and Cokie.
I don’t get how it was Will that allowed the left to take control. Trump was the one who got his ass kicked where it matters at the polls but hey, at least he talks tough. The Republican Party thrived under his principles in the 80s and 90s.
There is no basis for this line of thought, at all. Clarence Thomas went through a helluva lot rougher confirmation than Kavanaugh and I don’t recall the Republicans folding up and going home. The weak Republican narrative is pure fiction to try to make Trump look good. He won one election and then got smoked in the two that followed. If he were willing to turn that tough talk inward I think he’d refer to himself as a loser. Hell even GWB won two elections and neither was against an 80 year old with dimentia.
No basis, other than that we saw it with our own eyes.
Was that when Mitch refused to even have a hearing on Garland?…or when he pushed through Barrett at then end of Trump’s term? Again….the narrative of Republicans laying down is completely fake news.
When McKeating5 and Mittens both went deer-in-the headlights against Obama. When Roberts betrayed conservatives on fag marriage. When both Roberts and McKeating5 betrayed us on Obamacare. When GWB pretty much phoned it in at the end of his term. And don’t forget that sad excuse of man Boehner who would cry all the time. Establishment republicans have been a bunch of limpdicks since GWB’s second term.
So McCain and Romney losing to an enormously popular President makes them weak but Trump losing to a much weaker and completely incompetent and incoherent half the time Biden doesn’t have the same effect on him? Boehner cries?….are you kidding me?
Political correctness in and of itself is weak. It represents a “go along to get along” attitude.
So nick is a liberal trying to tell us what a good conservative is? That’s exactly how we ended up with McKeeating5 and Mittens as our nominees in 2008 and 2012.
