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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:00 PM Original message |
For being so 'smart' why is George Will so stupid? |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. it is hard to sound smart when making a stupid point |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Think about Ayn Rand. Even if she was a terrible writer, she was |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. She WAS brilliant.A soulless bitch,but brilliant |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. brilliant? surely you jest. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. lol , I don't believe you sleep at all ;) nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. another brilliant? where is the evidence of this brilliance? |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why? Because usually smart and pompous... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder why he thinks his opinions should be succeeded by a paycheck. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. George Will has seldom offered anything of value. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Most people regard Will as very smart. He is an intellectual |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Name an example of something honest and insightful- much less intellectual that he's said or written |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's an IDIOT |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Dumb as a rock-with his head you know where |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. he has a thesaurus, glasses and talks slow ... He is a lightweight ... |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. He is classic phony. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. He is devoid of any emotion unless it's directed towards himself |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. My blood pressure went up 1,000 points this morning. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Take one of these |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Heh. I think, though, it would do Will more good. |
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Ghost of Tom Joad (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. mine too |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. He only gets stupid near elections. Otherwise he's actually rather rational. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I disagree ... he's never stupid ... just a calculating jerk. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I don't watch him on TV - I just read his columns outside of election season. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's all about the money. He's not stupid but he must present rightwing |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. He and KO are the top experts on Baseball History in the country...other than that... |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. I read a post to an article about Will that someone posted |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Old man yells at cloud. n/t. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. pseudo intellectual. bow tie, calm demeanor is just part of the act. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R big #5 for, Georgie Stolen Debate Books WILL?!1 n/t |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. He's not smart, actually he's fairly stupid but... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. He's Ben Stein, but does politics instead of economics |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yep! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Just because he was bad at sports, he didn't get to be smart by default |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. "I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. george will? smart? why do you even ask this question? |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's his party affiliation- Republican. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. In life I've found to be true so many times |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. Will is just another Republican hypocrite who occasionally |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. He's agenda driven and believes noone can see through it. Thats what makes him stupid. n/t |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. Will embodies what C. Wright Mills called "crackpot realism" |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. George Willful? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's a sniveling pantywaist who never held an honest job in his life. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. I wrote a fantasy book based on the "economics" of baseball with numbers from the owners |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. i can't stand the way will talks down to everyone...talks in certitudes |
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