George Will Continues His War Against the Prius

[Danny]

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George Will Continues His War Against the Prius

Every Sunday I watch This Week with George Stephanopoulos, which features a round-table discussion to talk about the week's news. George's literal right-hand man on the round-table is George Will, a conservative columnist for Newsweek. I have no problem with George Will. He spoke at my brother's college graduation and I enjoyed listening to him (I stayed awake through it, at least). When he is talking about issues he has a lot of knowledge about, he presents good arguments and admits when his "side of the aisle" is wrong. But

[richard schumacher]

Will's opinions on technology are about as reliable as his opinions on politics. Thanks For Sharing, George.

[Politburo]

George Will is one of the vehement climate change deniers. He has written columns recently for the Post that were blatantly wrong, and refused to correct them even after the Post's public editor called him out. He was wrong last year when he said China was drilling off the coast of Florida. That one at least got a correction.

He also had quite a silly column recently in which he argued that blue jeans were responsible for America's troubles and implied that people who play video games should not be allowed to vote.

People need to stop acting like George Will, et al, are generally reasonable people who just happen get one or two things wrong from time to time. It's deliberate, and no one can claim to be a reasonable and rational person if they hold a view that is diametrically opposed to reality.

[Celtic Blue]

Originally Posted by Danny

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George Will Continues His War Against the Prius

George Will pretends to be intelligent and reasoned, but when you examine the details behind many of his arguments, it soon becomes clear that he's either an idiot or will readily repeat known falsehoods. He also relies on that old conservative political standard of making s*** up.

[snead_c]

How sad...we need leadership and vision, we get bs

[jayman]

Oh boy, a lot of folks will eagerly read what that guy has to say.

[1SMUGLEX]

Originally Posted by Shawn Clark

George Will pretends to be intelligent and reasoned, but when you examine the details behind many of his arguments, it soon becomes clear that he's either an idiot or will readily repeat known falsehoods. He also relies on that old conservative political standard of making s*** up.

lol, I needed that laugh.

[KK6PD]

Another PUTZ talking head. Newsers love taking heads...no matter if they are talking out their butt or normal. Its all the same!!!

[bac]

It's just more of the same tired, classic neo-con propaganda. Most have figured it out by now, others never will.

... Brad

[zenMachine]

As conservatives go, George Will is a bona fide fake. Oh how William Buckley is sorely missed...

Will: Today, we have a very different kind of foreign policy. It's called Wilsonian. And the premise of the Bush doctrine is that America must spread democracy, because our national security depends upon it. And America can spread democracy. It knows how. It can engage in national building. This is conservative or not?

Buckley: It's not at all conservative. It's anything but conservative. It's not conservative at all, inasmuch as conservatism doesn't invite unnecessary challenges. It insists on coming to terms with the world as it is, and the notion that merely by affirming these high ideals we can affect highly entrenched systems.

Will: But something odd is happening in conservatism. And we have a president and an administration that clearly is conservative, accepted as that. Yet it is nation-building in the Middle East. And conservatism seems to be saying government can't run Amtrak, but it can run the Middle East.

Buckley: Yes. That's of course an effrontery that both of us are familiar with. The ambition of conservatism, I think, properly extends to saying [that] where there are no human rights, it's not a society I can truly respect. It's impossible to draw up a template that gives us an orderly sense of "send democracy there," but let this go for awhile. One recognizes that you can't export democracy everywhere simultaneously...

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