Video: Best speech at CPAC delivered by … George Will?
posted at 1:30 pm on February 21, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Newsbusters, no foolin’. Some of you may be tempted to skip it in protest of his critique of Palin last week, but you’ll be missing out: This is as funny in places as Coulter’s speech and vastly more substantive, putting The One’s program in the context of history both recent and not so recent. Look out for the Tocqueville quote near the end and try not to shudder.
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I’m baffled and saddened by the those conservatives that find a point of disagreement with Mr. Will’s writing, respond with reflexive disdain and never seem to move beyond their personal dislike.
Mr. Will is one of our greatest political writers. Not only does he describe the events of our passing age deftly, he is wise defender of conservative principles. Ladies and Gents, we as conservatives and Americans can disagree on some things without viewing it as a personal insult.
This speech is indeed the best of the lot that I’ve heard
from the 2010 CPAC. Those that miss it have done themselves a disfavor.
chimney sweep on February 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Great speech. I have never doubted Will’s wit and word.
It is his heart that I worry about. Take his words and put them in Sarah’s body and take Sarah’s heart and put it in his.
Afterall, WE will be doing the heavy lifting, not him in the huge war we have before us.
Now George, get out of the way so we can f’in put a stake in the progressive heart, and don’t you dare let out a peep while we are doing it.
Sapwolf on February 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM
It is NOT his words in this speech that conservatives have a problem with. It is his elitism and intellectual vanity to a certain extent.
His criticism of Palin is wrong. She walks his words in effect with courage when few others do, and yet Mr. Burkean still does not see the little engine that could.
Words….ARE…..CHEAP!
(great speech though)
Sapwolf on February 21, 2010 at 10:29 PM
Spot on. Can’t really say I disagree with a word in the speech. As for those criticizing Will because he’s not “Palin” enough for you, keep in mind that he is a commentator, not a politician. He’s speaks his mind (even when I disagree with him) without having to worry he might misstep and say something that will alter his trajectory for election (or re-election). Even though Palin is not officially running for anything right now, it is obvious that she is in some sort of positioning mode right now. And doing it well, I might add. She’d be foolish not to ride the tea party wave right now, but don’t think for a minute that she has put out in public all of her ideas. That’s just being a smart politician (she has learned a lot quickly).
JoelD on February 21, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Cindy… I hope you do listen to Will’s speech… it is very very good and eye opening…
CCRWM on February 21, 2010 at 11:57 PM
Ready for battle. It’s going to take all we’ve got.
scotash on February 22, 2010 at 2:51 AM
George Will has been telling the same jokes once a week since the Carter administration.
And last time I checked, the Dept of Education was still standing.
Very entertaining and informative. But what concrete good has it done, and will it?
fivefeetoffury on February 22, 2010 at 6:56 AM
@fivefeetoffury,
We will always need the likes of George Will (and trust me you wont see many people like him anymore) – he is not where your disappointment should be directed at.
It should be directed at your fellow citizens who root for liberals, statists, socialists ( am I being redundant ?).
You should be disappointed at people who ignorantly say that its “Government money” that is helping them. Worse, they think Government has a “moral authority” to rob Peter and pay Paul. Not only is this co-ercion allowed, it is encouraged in the name of “morality”. How much more perverse does it get than this ?
George Will was right – FDR’s class warfare has thoroughly succeeded beyond his wildest dreams – class envy has made Americans hostile and inimical to each other like nothing else has.
I feel sorry for America – the road to serfdom is long and hard for a country that once defined individualism in its own way.
I absolutely LMAO’d at his Tug McGraw quote – you can be sure that he will find a way to get baseball in. He once wrote a book – Men at Work – this is George Fricking Will at work.
One word. Priceless.
nagee76 on February 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM
Awesome awesomeness from George Will. This one will leave a mark, precisely because people in Washington DO listen to him.
I do not understand why conservatives attack Will. I suspect some of you would be attacking William F. Buckley if he were still alive, just because his son is a jackass.
Stop making the perfect the enemy of the good. Doing this over and over again is why we are in the mess we are in.
rockmom on February 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM
This is too good, Will is the man. I am sure only about 12 people here at HA watched it, he did say something sort of negative about Palin once.
snoopicus on February 22, 2010 at 12:52 PM
+1
Given he’s a guy whose day job involves sitting around a table with the high priests of progressive ideology, he will be tested and tempted by his peers when that time comes. He will have his hands full facing their groans and death throes. He needs to steel himself for the visible discomfort and emotional blackmail he will face. Is he up to it? His work buddies will try every trick in the book to use him, get him to weaken his attacks in the name of ‘mercy’. He ought to remember that such benevolence will never, ever be reciprocated, and he should be prepared to turn them down & tell them to shove off.
Make you a deal on the spot: If George Will does, so will I. ;)
RD on February 22, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Thanks for making my point. You responded with nothing but a sloppy characterization of Will. No discussion of a point, issue, or argument.
Where is your counter-argument, your insight, your facts?
If you have only personal insults to offer, don’t be surprised if people don’t take you seriously.
chimney sweep on February 22, 2010 at 2:18 PM
He was against the Surge in Iraq. His position on troops in Iraq is almost identical to Obama’s.
He is against the Surge in Afghanistan.
He is against wearing blue jeans.
He is a smart, elitist prig just like Mr. Buckley, who was also against “foreign entanglements”. The problem with Will on military issues is that he doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground yet offers his opinions on strategy. That’s how a supposedly intelligent “conservative” ends up endorsing Joe Biden’s position on the War on Terror.
When he sticks to what he knows he’s pretty credible.
A man’s got to know his limitations.
rcl on February 22, 2010 at 2:56 PM
I agree Allah he’s great. The Palin thing drives me crazy when a total dufus in the WH is said to be smart and experienced which he has neither, but got elected.
lilium on February 23, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Very nice. Never realized his wit was that sharp. Had some weight to it, though.
Pablo Snooze on February 26, 2010 at 8:10 PM
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