Tag Archives: George Will

Super Stupid

Posted on January 30, 2013 at 11:46 am by Bob Cesca

Very Serious George Will continues to confound rationality with his total ignorance and deliberate deception on the climate crisis. In his latest piece, he attacked the president for connecting the upswing in wild fires with global warming in his inaugural … Continue reading →

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George Will Can Hardly Contain His Contempt for Americans

Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

George Will is very uncomfortable with the idea of automatic voter registration or even the idea of more people voting, and here he is explaining why. Because the likelihood of any individual’s vote mattering is infinitesimal and because the effort … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Morning

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 10:34 am by Bob Cesca

“There is something like an emerging consensus. Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.” George Will on This Week with George Stephanopoulos But you know what? It’s not just marriage equality. It’s nearly every issue: … Continue reading →

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Republican Tokenism

Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:13 am by Bob Cesca

George Will thinks Marco Rubio will solve the party’s problems. “During the Republican nominating process, the party turned first to one person and then to another to try and avoid what turned out to be inevitable. If there’s a winner … Continue reading →

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George Will on the Debate, and Credit Where Credit is Due

Posted on October 17, 2012 at 5:26 pm by Bob Cesca

I was really hard on George Will a couple of weeks ago, but I have to say, the following clip is not only spot on, but it was remarkably fair. And I agree with him about the best debate thing. … Continue reading →

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Limbaugh on George Will’s ‘Affirmative Action President’ Column

Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:06 am by Bob Cesca

They simply can’t accept that President Obama has had a successful first term and that their candidate is way out of his depth. So it must be affirmative action latitude at the expense of the white man. And it’s all … Continue reading →

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George Will: Obama is Winning Because Whites Don’t Want to Fire a Black Guy

Posted on October 3, 2012 at 7:03 am by Bob Cesca

My Wednesday column is a merciless takedown of George Will’s new column in which there are lots of baseball references and a huge dog-whistle. For the first time in a year or two, I read a George Will column yesterday. … Continue reading →

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George Will: Conservatism Didn’t Fail. White Guilt Failed Conservatism.

Posted on October 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm by JM Ashby

Conservative serious person George Will appears to be throwing in the towel today, but not without offering a not-at-all clever excuse for the failure of his party’s platform and their presidential nominee. That Obama is African American may be important, … Continue reading →

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The Death of the Republican Party?

Posted on September 12, 2012 at 7:23 am by Bob Cesca

The far-right is losing its shpadoinkle over the awkward, struggling Romney campaign. My Wednesday column examines who, exactly, is responsible for the uncertain future of the Republican Party: Holy hell, if we were only that lucky. Rush Limbaugh and his … Continue reading →

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Romney Education

Posted on May 27, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Dave Granlund In other news, I found something I can agree with George Will on. I agree that Donald Trump is a “bloviating ignoramus.” I also don’t believe Romney has anything to gain by being seen with him, … Continue reading →

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