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		<title>By: Diane</title>
		<link>http://xrlq.com/2008/11/01/is-george-will-smarter-than-a-third-grader/comment-page-1/#comment-512958</link>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! thanks for the info!</description>
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		<title>By: Bull Grubb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bull Grubb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George Will is the David Brooks (of the New York Times and PBS). He appears on ABC programs as the &quot;official conservative&quot; for the media. That means, as with Brooks, you spend your time knocking conservatives and thus are guaranteed an ongoing spot on such programs as This Week with George Stephanopalous or Election Night coverage on ABC. When the Liberal Media attacks, in this case the scary Governor Palin, Will can make up any reasons he wants, but he is expected to join the pack and start biting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Will is the David Brooks (of the New York Times and PBS). He appears on ABC programs as the &#8220;official conservative&#8221; for the media. That means, as with Brooks, you spend your time knocking conservatives and thus are guaranteed an ongoing spot on such programs as This Week with George Stephanopalous or Election Night coverage on ABC. When the Liberal Media attacks, in this case the scary Governor Palin, Will can make up any reasons he wants, but he is expected to join the pack and start biting.</p>
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		<title>By: Olson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Olson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Xrig, I would guess that we agree.  The senate majority leader is not mentioned in the constitution, but the power to create one is clearly there.  &quot;Constitutionally optional&quot; is, perhaps, the best verbiage and it is apparent that Will is wrong about the constitutional role of the VP (but he is mostly correct on the historical role, which is a different matter).

I think the words that Palin used &quot;(in charge of the senate&quot;) are sketchy.  I would argue that &quot;to preside&quot; does not mean to &quot;be in charge of&quot;.  For example, the president of the school board isn&#039;t in charge of that body.  He&#039;s a voting member that helps move the agenda along, but he isn&#039;t the master.

Of course, the great irony here is that the left has saddled Bush, &quot;the president&quot;, with tremendous blame for being &quot;the president&quot;.  When Katrina hit, it was Bush&#039;s fault, according to the rabid left, because he is &quot;the president&quot;.  That means he is in charge.  When the Iraq war went south, it was Bush&#039;s fault, because he is &quot;the president&quot; and is in charge.  Same with the economy, unemployment, the stock market, oil prices, crime, education... you name it.  The same people, though, claim that &quot;president&quot; is just a fancy title regarding the VP, and the VP, as &quot;president&quot; of the senate, isn&#039;t in charge of anything.  It&#039;s amazing how some of this double speak works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xrig, I would guess that we agree.  The senate majority leader is not mentioned in the constitution, but the power to create one is clearly there.  &#8220;Constitutionally optional&#8221; is, perhaps, the best verbiage and it is apparent that Will is wrong about the constitutional role of the VP (but he is mostly correct on the historical role, which is a different matter).</p>
<p>I think the words that Palin used &#8220;(in charge of the senate&#8221;) are sketchy.  I would argue that &#8220;to preside&#8221; does not mean to &#8220;be in charge of&#8221;.  For example, the president of the school board isn&#8217;t in charge of that body.  He&#8217;s a voting member that helps move the agenda along, but he isn&#8217;t the master.</p>
<p>Of course, the great irony here is that the left has saddled Bush, &#8220;the president&#8221;, with tremendous blame for being &#8220;the president&#8221;.  When Katrina hit, it was Bush&#8217;s fault, according to the rabid left, because he is &#8220;the president&#8221;.  That means he is in charge.  When the Iraq war went south, it was Bush&#8217;s fault, because he is &#8220;the president&#8221; and is in charge.  Same with the economy, unemployment, the stock market, oil prices, crime, education&#8230; you name it.  The same people, though, claim that &#8220;president&#8221; is just a fancy title regarding the VP, and the VP, as &#8220;president&#8221; of the senate, isn&#8217;t in charge of anything.  It&#8217;s amazing how some of this double speak works.</p>
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		<title>By: largebill</title>
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		<dc:creator>largebill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Obama wins, the blame primarily falls on McCain.  McCain had a nonsensical idea of running a nice campaign and putting somethings (&quot;Rev.&quot; Wright, Frank Davis, etc) off-limits.  After McCain, the rest of the blame falls on any voters dumb enough to fall for the rhetoric of that hopey-dopey-change guy.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;largebill&#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://keaneobservation.blogspot.com/2008/11/texas-tech-39-texas-33.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Texas Tech 39 &amp; Texas 33&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Obama wins, the blame primarily falls on McCain.  McCain had a nonsensical idea of running a nice campaign and putting somethings (&#8220;Rev.&#8221; Wright, Frank Davis, etc) off-limits.  After McCain, the rest of the blame falls on any voters dumb enough to fall for the rhetoric of that hopey-dopey-change guy.</p>
<p><abbr><em>largebill&#180;s last blog post..<a href="http://keaneobservation.blogspot.com/2008/11/texas-tech-39-texas-33.html" rel="nofollow">Texas Tech 39 &amp; Texas 33</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Jim Prichard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Prichard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;George Will is more like a minor league William F. Buckley and if Mr. Buckley were still alive I wonder where he would stand on the issue of having an undereducated hick possibly run the Republican Party.&quot;  --ajacksonian

&quot;I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.&quot; --William F. Buckley, Jr.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;George Will is more like a minor league William F. Buckley and if Mr. Buckley were still alive I wonder where he would stand on the issue of having an undereducated hick possibly run the Republican Party.&#8221;  &#8211;ajacksonian</p>
<p>&#8220;I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.&#8221; &#8211;William F. Buckley, Jr.</p>
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		<title>By: WadeZ</title>
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		<dc:creator>WadeZ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George will is a conservative the way Wile E. Coyote is a sheep when he trys to sneek past the dog in a sheep costume in those cartoons.  He&#039;s just another Palin basher faux conservative otherwise there&#039;s no way Newsweek would publish him (anything outside their left wing view and adoration of Obama doesn&#039;t into their print).  Put a guy who looks like a conservative with his pencil neck and bow tie and glasses and pass him off while he espouses their views covertly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George will is a conservative the way Wile E. Coyote is a sheep when he trys to sneek past the dog in a sheep costume in those cartoons.  He&#8217;s just another Palin basher faux conservative otherwise there&#8217;s no way Newsweek would publish him (anything outside their left wing view and adoration of Obama doesn&#8217;t into their print).  Put a guy who looks like a conservative with his pencil neck and bow tie and glasses and pass him off while he espouses their views covertly.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom the Redhunter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom the Redhunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The bottom line is that the only reason John McCain is even competitive and stands a chance of winning tomorrow is Sarah Palin.  

McCain spent the past 8 years annoying conservatives, and only got the nomination because of A) a weak field of opponents and B) he does have his own hard-core base.

As a result, many or most conservatives where decidedly unenthusiastic about McCain after he secured the nomination.  Selecting Romney, Pawlenty, Huckabee, or anyone else would not have fired up the base.   

George Will represents a brand of conservatism whose day has come and gone.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tom the Redhunter&#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://theredhunter.com/2008/11/barack_obamas_energy_plan_lets_bankrupt_any_new_coal_plants.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Barack Obama&#039;s Energy Plan: Let&#039;s Bankrupt Any New Coal Plants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The bottom line is that the only reason John McCain is even competitive and stands a chance of winning tomorrow is Sarah Palin.  </p>
<p>McCain spent the past 8 years annoying conservatives, and only got the nomination because of A) a weak field of opponents and B) he does have his own hard-core base.</p>
<p>As a result, many or most conservatives where decidedly unenthusiastic about McCain after he secured the nomination.  Selecting Romney, Pawlenty, Huckabee, or anyone else would not have fired up the base.   </p>
<p>George Will represents a brand of conservatism whose day has come and gone.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Tom the Redhunter&#180;s last blog post..<a href="http://theredhunter.com/2008/11/barack_obamas_energy_plan_lets_bankrupt_any_new_coal_plants.php" rel="nofollow">Barack Obama&#8217;s Energy Plan: Let&#8217;s Bankrupt Any New Coal Plants</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Tammy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tammy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>George Will is a pencil-necked elitist geek and I no longer read him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Will is a pencil-necked elitist geek and I no longer read him.</p>
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		<title>By: nick</title>
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		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1 George will is smarter than you.

2 geroge will  did not smash the window of cars that had obama signs 

FUCK YOU bastards</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1 George will is smarter than you.</p>
<p>2 geroge will  did not smash the window of cars that had obama signs </p>
<p>FUCK YOU bastards</p>
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		<title>By: patrick</title>
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		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good fisking of Will&#039;s column. There&#039;s still a sizable group that conflates being a Conservative and being a Republican. I think Will is in that group.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;patrick&#180;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://grabourparty.org/2008/obama-on-redistributive-change/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Obama on “redistributive change”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good fisking of Will&#8217;s column. There&#8217;s still a sizable group that conflates being a Conservative and being a Republican. I think Will is in that group.</p>
<p><abbr><em>patrick&#180;s last blog post..<a href="http://grabourparty.org/2008/obama-on-redistributive-change/" rel="nofollow">Obama on “redistributive change”</a></em></abbr></p>
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