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14. For once we agree on something

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Thu May 4, 2017, 08:00 AM

May 2017

Strange times. Strange bedfellows.

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George Will: Trump has a dangerous disability [View all] babylonsister May 2017 OP

Sez one of the lead cheerleaders for the GOP swamp that led to Trump's election. Orrex May 2017 #1

I'm glad he's on board now. He might still have a few babylonsister May 2017 #2

To his credit, Will has never been a Trump supporter. He's one of the few "smart" ones who has OregonBlue May 2017 #30

I thought he had left the party. ginnyinWI May 2017 #34

I didn't realize he actually left. I hear him offering a lot of criticism of the current bunch of OregonBlue May 2017 #44

Will left the Republican Party. Brooks claims he was always an Indy. nt Blue_true May 2017 #53

He did leave the party, but like all the other "rational" GOP "wise men," tblue37 May 2017 #40

+1 billion!!! sharedvalues May 2017 #3

One My Least Favorite Columnists ProfessorGAC May 2017 #5

He's the smartest commentator in the business Orrex May 2017 #7

Good One! ProfessorGAC May 2017 #12

George Will is articulate, Mr.Bill May 2017 #56

Indeed I have often fooled people with exactly that same trickery Orrex May 2017 #57

Right on! Scarsdale May 2017 #46

Yeah, no kidding. Too late to do much to turn this around, I suspect. calimary May 2017 #47

It a lot like a "remorseful" Trump voter Orrex May 2017 #49

The nice thing about being a repuglican - you don't have to be rational. Just say right words. / erronis May 2017 #59

Will's smart - the Penn angle is interesting sharedvalues May 2017 #4

I doubt a university is responsible for a 70 year old when they educated him at 18-22. former9thward May 2017 #8

Universities track their "distinguished" alums like hungry beasts... VOX May 2017 #13

Haha! I keep picturing him on the Penn Newsletter. The one from Trump Steaks. Missn-Hitch May 2017 #23

As a Penn alum, I agree DFW May 2017 #67

since it was a different era back then NewJeffCT May 2017 #16

W's daddy's money and political power bought W two Ivy League degrees, tblue37 May 2017 #41

not sure if it's true or not NewJeffCT May 2017 #45

Oh, please. It's a well-known fact that ALL universities admit iffy applicants in Nay May 2017 #18

It's not that they admitted him, it's that they graduated him. SharonAnn May 2017 #24

Trump commuted to Penn every day while living in NYC and working for his father MrPurple May 2017 #54

Bush didn't kill Yale. Penn will be just fine, says this alumni. Barack_America May 2017 #66

While this is very well written and incisive janterry May 2017 #6

I think winning a few more seats in 2018 will send a "clearer" message to Congress. Missn-Hitch May 2017 #25

Yes janterry May 2017 #31

Said the pompous, self-righteous asshole. pangaia May 2017 #9

oh but I loved reading every word! ginnyinWI May 2017 #35

Actually he is a good wordsmith. pangaia May 2017 #42

File under: "No Shit, George"... VOX May 2017 #10

He is part of the problem as are all ReTHUGs but this is true malaise May 2017 #11

For once we agree on something Generic Other May 2017 #14

When a GOP type loses George Will, they are in trouble Gothmog May 2017 #15

He left the GOP when The Executive Producer of The Apprentice became the nominee. Missn-Hitch May 2017 #26

Well, there's "left the GOP" and there's "left the GOP." calimary May 2017 #48

As always, cutting to the quick. And what they DO is much less obvious erronis May 2017 #60

Well, Will wrote a good article. And that's what he does. nt babylonsister May 2017 #63

"he does not know what it is to know something." BumRushDaShow May 2017 #17

You know we're screwed when this asshole becomes a bedfellow. GoCubsGo May 2017 #19

George Will has a dangerous liability: He thinks the Republican Party is somehow un-Trumplike. WinkyDink May 2017 #20

I don't believe trumps resume, I don't think he could even pass a high school level class. Sunlei May 2017 #21

Let's not be silly. WinkyDink May 2017 #70

I do like the "intellectual sloth"... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #22

What tRump DOES know is that he doesn't want to learn anything. No study, no work, all golf. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #27

tRump only knows whatever someone told him in the last ten minutes. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #28

Spot on... Mike Nelson May 2017 #29

This quote sums it up Danmel May 2017 #32

+ 100! ginnyinWI May 2017 #33

Will having a sad-on because last two Republican Presidents have been know-nothings. yellowcanine May 2017 #36

piss on george will anyway KG May 2017 #37

"Rather, the dangerous thing is that he does not know Hortensis May 2017 #38

The problem is that my elected officials.... usaf-vet May 2017 #39

I saw this on the ed page of my morning newspaper. lpbk2713 May 2017 #43

What is scarier is there are people who still think he is great. What disability do they have? Maraya1969 May 2017 #50

Like I said in another thread, they'll invoke the 25th amendment and then Trump will skate Wednesdays May 2017 #51

People like Will are posers. Blue_true May 2017 #52

Will never liked him: babylonsister May 2017 #64

I don't agree with George about much lillypaddle May 2017 #55

Nailed it. Wow. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #58

he's a pealey bora13 May 2017 #61

K&R, George Will and Anna Navarro really have Trump's number. R B Garr May 2017 #62

Well,this was good anyway Ligyron May 2017 #65

"dangerous disability" loyalsister May 2017 #68

Yeah, I know this new anti-intellectual GOP is killing Will's soul deep down inside... Blue_Tires May 2017 #69

Best first sentence in any piece about Trump. Nitram May 2017 #71