Reply #20: Swill [View All]

George's career really took off when he dropped the 'S' from his last name. Prior to that, people would see one of his editorials and say "this smells worse than last week's garbage; throw it out!" Yes, dropping the 'S' left him with a much more palatable moniker, one which invokes nostalgia of Triumph and of the leader descending out of the clouds to address the assembled masses.

As far as accuracy, he suffers from the same symptom that infects all Republican 'thinking' (and I use the term loosely): interpreting all facts to fit in a preconceived model of how the world works; ignoring data that might contradict your worldview; idolatry of the "free market"; and elitism. The last one is particularly rich, as they use it to tear down anyone offering a ladder for other to climb up to their heights.