Thursday, April 8, 2010

I used to be a big fan of George Will's,...

...but I think he's lost a step in recent years. On This Week, the Sunday morning show, he keeps saying the same tired things over and over again. In regard to health care reform, for example, Will is fond of pointing out that 85% of Americans are happy with their health care. (Health care? Yes. Health insurance? No.) So what does that mean? Let the other 15% eat cake?

I'd be willing to bet that 90% of American workers are happy they have a job. Does that mean we should ignore the 10% who are out of work? Will doesn't think so, apparently, because he--like all Republicans--is constantly hammering President Obama on jobs, jobs, jobs. (What does he think that record stimulus was for?)

And what about slavery? (Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia has just proclaimed April Confederate History Month.) I'll bet most southern whites were just fine, thank you very much, with that whole slavery arrangement prior to the Civil War. Maybe Will thinks we should have just left that alone. Why rock the boat?

Come on, George; come up with some new arguments.

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