A straddle is not a political philosophy; it is what you do when you do not have one … Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage GOP chances of capturing the Senate. Republican successes down the ticket will depend on the energies of the Tea Party and other conservatives, who will be deflated by a nominee whose blurry profile in caution communicates only calculated trimming … Republicans may have found their Michael Dukakis, a technocratic Massachusetts governor who takes his bearings from ‘data’ … Has conservatism come so far, surmounting so many obstacles, to settle, at a moment of economic crisis, for THIS?
— George Will, writing like the cranky old fart he has become, in the Washington Post.
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Actually, I am in 100% agreement with the cranky old fart.
Maybe not 100%. From Will’s second graf: “Obama, a floundering naif who thinks ATMs aggravate unemployment, is bewildered by a national tragedy of shattered dreams, decaying workforce skills and forgone wealth creation.”
I just meant I agreed with him on the Romney thing. Obama is neither a naif nor bewildered.
It’s interesting how so many corporate bloggers picked up the bit about Romney from Will’s quote but ignored the “Obama as naif” part, which is just ridiculous. (If Obama came into office naive about anything, it was the depth of depravity and decadence among Republicans like George Will.) And what is Will talking about in the ATM reference?
George Will is such a tool.
Last June, in discussing the jobless recovery, Obama noted that productivity is up, aided by technology: “You see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM. You don’t go to a bank teller. Or you go to the airport and you’re using a kiosk instead of checking in at the gate.” A hardee-har-har rumbled through the rightwing echo chamber that morphed Obama’s point into, “ATMs are to blame for unemployment.” Will, johnny on the spot as always, apparently wants to keep the “joke” going, even though what Obama said was correct.