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Blue_true

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52. People like Will are posers.

Thu May 4, 2017, 12:59 PM

May 2017

He knew that Trump was trouble from the start. Once Trump got the republican nomination, people like Will and other republicans that were repulsed by him should have come out in guilty voice saying that they would vote for Clinton and explaining why.

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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