Plenty of Americans in despair
Plenty of Americans in despair
George Will has got his.
Unfortunately, he doesn't particularly care if you get yours.
Will's Washington Post column is syndicated in more newspapers than any other writer. He also has a back-page column in Newsweek, appears every Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week," has written several books and even won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1977.
But several years ago, The Daily Star dropped his column, which used to appear on these Opinion pages once a week.
We don't think it's a coincidence that Will's official Washington Post biography mentions not one major award over the last 23 years.
That's because, like so many other people who make a lot of money, George Will has lost touch with America.
Nowhere was that more evident than a week and a half ago on "This Week" when Will was spouting this nonsense while pontificating about Barack Obama:
"It seems to me Obama's problem is that you can only be a novelty once, and for a while. And he needs _ he's worked one pedal on the organ quite enough now; this stuff, I'd call it banal eloquence, where he says, ÂIn the face of despair, we can still hope.' I have news for him: Americans aren't in despair. Look around you. Who's despairing? We have mild problems."
Who's despairing?
Mild problems?
We'll tell you who's despairing, Mr. Will.
Let's start out with the 47 million Americans who don't have any health care insurance. Then, let's continue with those who are fortunate enough to have some health coverage but who can't afford the co-pays or premiums.
Who's despairing?
How about the people on fixed incomes or with low-paying jobs who just got a home heating bill over $300 and don't know how they are going to pay it and still afford their prescriptions?
Have you seen what a can of soup costs these days, Mr. Will? We doubt it. When you're not dining in a fine restaurant, you've probably got people who go to the supermarket for you and an accountant who writes them checks every couple of weeks.
Mild problems?
The experts are saying the price of a gallon of gas will hit four bucks by spring. Millions of folks have to commute an hour or more each day if they're lucky enough to have a job that hasn't been shifted overseas.
Even with Mom and Dad working, they can't for the life of them figure out how they're going to afford to send their children to college.
Honest, hard-working people are losing their homes, letting their teeth rot because they can't afford a dentist, forgoing vacations, riding on balding tires and having hundreds of other deprivations in this economy that gives so much to smug, rich, insensitive jerks.
Like George Will.
George Will has got his.
Unfortunately, he doesn't particularly care if you get yours.
Will's Washington Post column is syndicated in more newspapers than any other writer. He also has a back-page column in Newsweek, appears every Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week," has written several books and even won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 1977.
But several years ago, The Daily Star dropped his column, which used to appear on these Opinion pages once a week.
We don't think it's a coincidence that Will's official Washington Post biography mentions not one major award over the last 23 years.
That's because, like so many other people who make a lot of money, George Will has lost touch with America.
Nowhere was that more evident than a week and a half ago on "This Week" when Will was spouting this nonsense while pontificating about Barack Obama:
"It seems to me Obama's problem is that you can only be a novelty once, and for a while. And he needs _ he's worked one pedal on the organ quite enough now; this stuff, I'd call it banal eloquence, where he says, ÂIn the face of despair, we can still hope.' I have news for him: Americans aren't in despair. Look around you. Who's despairing? We have mild problems."
Who's despairing?
Mild problems?
We'll tell you who's despairing, Mr. Will.
Let's start out with the 47 million Americans who don't have any health care insurance. Then, let's continue with those who are fortunate enough to have some health coverage but who can't afford the co-pays or premiums.
Who's despairing?
How about the people on fixed incomes or with low-paying jobs who just got a home heating bill over $300 and don't know how they are going to pay it and still afford their prescriptions?
Have you seen what a can of soup costs these days, Mr. Will? We doubt it. When you're not dining in a fine restaurant, you've probably got people who go to the supermarket for you and an accountant who writes them checks every couple of weeks.
Mild problems?
The experts are saying the price of a gallon of gas will hit four bucks by spring. Millions of folks have to commute an hour or more each day if they're lucky enough to have a job that hasn't been shifted overseas.
Even with Mom and Dad working, they can't for the life of them figure out how they're going to afford to send their children to college.
Honest, hard-working people are losing their homes, letting their teeth rot because they can't afford a dentist, forgoing vacations, riding on balding tires and having hundreds of other deprivations in this economy that gives so much to smug, rich, insensitive jerks.
Like George Will.
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