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George Will in 2011, demonstrating the toupée fallacy

“”Kramer: I'll tell you who is an attractive man… George Will.
Jerry: Really?
Kramer: Oh yeah! Yeah, he has a clean look. Scrubbed, and shampooed...
Elaine: He's smart.
Kramer: No, no I don't find him all that bright.

—Seinfeld, The Jimmy^[1]

George Frederick Will (1941–) is an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winner, best known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, the Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann (1889–1974).^[2]^[3]

Views[edit]

Even while acting as an independent apologist for the Republican Party, Will differs from most of the Republican Party. He is a self-declared "amiable, low voltage atheist"^[4]^[5] and his political and social views are fairly mixed. For instance, he opposes the death penalty,^[6] proposed that the United States withdraw all troops from Afghanistan,^[7] criticized the Bush administration for engaging in warrant-less surveillance,^[8] and favors legalization of drugs^[9] while supporting tighter border security,^[10] abolishing the minimum wage,^[11] and lowering taxes.^[12] Occasionally with his conservative views, he will give a truly independent conservative opinion, but those times are rare.

He believes that progressives are obsessed with the construction of high-speed trains, and not for the stated reasons of reducing traffic congestion or improving the environment, but as part of an innate desire to control other people, destroy individualism, and turn all Americans into collectivists.^[13]

Getting off the crazy train[edit]

Will has been a frequent critic of Donald Trump since the very start of his 2016 campaign. Following the annoying orange's rise to power, Will left the Republican party,^[14] and has since sensibly dismissed the GOP as a cult.^[15]

References[edit]

↑ S06E19
↑ D'Evelyn, Thomas (October 26, 1986). "Will's collection of columns chronicles his conservatism". The Christian Science Monitor. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Quoted in Eric Alterman, Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (1999) pp. 87–88.
↑ "George Will: "I'm an amiable, low voltage atheist"". The Daily Caller. May 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ Isaac Chotiner. "George Will Finds His Wild Side - The New Republic". The New Republic. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ Ponnuru, Ramesh (November 6, 2003). "Penalty Box: George Will gets capital punishment wrong". National Review Online. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
↑ Will, George F. (September 1, 2009). "Time for the U.S. to Get Out of Afghanistan". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will, George F. (February 16, 2006). "No Checks, Many Imbalances". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will, George F. (April 11, 2012). "Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs?". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will, George F. (March 30, 2006). "Guard the Borders – And Face Facts, Too". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will, George F. (January 4, 2007). "The Right Minimum Wage". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will, George F. (June 10, 2007). "Democrats' Prosperity Problem". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)
↑ Will: Why Liberals Love Trains By George F. Will On 2/27/11
↑ Kristen East. "George Will leaves the GOP". Politico. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ "George Will's case for conservatism and how the Republican Party became "part of the cult" of Trump". Salon. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[1] S06E19

[2] D'Evelyn, Thomas (October 26, 1986). "Will's collection of columns chronicles his conservatism". The Christian Science Monitor. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[3] Quoted in Eric Alterman, Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (1999) pp. 87–88.

[George_Will:_.27I.27m_an_amiable.2C_low_voltage_atheist.27-4] "George Will: "I'm an amiable, low voltage atheist"". The Daily Caller. May 5, 2014. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[5] Isaac Chotiner. "George Will Finds His Wild Side - The New Republic". The New Republic. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[6] Ponnuru, Ramesh (November 6, 2003). "Penalty Box: George Will gets capital punishment wrong". National Review Online. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] Will, George F. (September 1, 2009). "Time for the U.S. to Get Out of Afghanistan". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[8] Will, George F. (February 16, 2006). "No Checks, Many Imbalances". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[9] Will, George F. (April 11, 2012). "Should the U.S. legalize hard drugs?". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[10] Will, George F. (March 30, 2006). "Guard the Borders – And Face Facts, Too". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[11] Will, George F. (January 4, 2007). "The Right Minimum Wage". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[12] Will, George F. (June 10, 2007). "Democrats' Prosperity Problem". The Washington Post. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |title= (help)

[13] Will: Why Liberals Love Trains By George F. Will On 2/27/11

[14] Kristen East. "George Will leaves the GOP". Politico. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[15] "George Will's case for conservatism and how the Republican Party became "part of the cult" of Trump". Salon. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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George Will

Contents

Views[edit]

Getting off the crazy train[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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