George Will: Republican Officeholders ‘Are Terrified’ Of Their Voters
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2021
- Washington Post columnist, George Will discusses his new book, American Happiness and Discontents and the state of the Republican Party.
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They created that monster, now they can't control it...
It’s a vicious cycle of lies.
Trumpenstein's monster.
90+% of the GQP Congress are with this fascist un-American movement.
They are slaves to their voters in a way that we have never seen before, but they can't even get off that easy, the Republican party is so hungry for power that they are willing to sacrifice American democracy for it. It's despicable.
Matt Damon.
I'm sick and tired of this country being held hostage by the uneducated
For Real 🤣
Then leave the Democrat party.
And the 'uneducated' are too stupid to realize it's an insult.
@ Jock Young:. Those uneducated are CON Don's base...Trump stated that if he ran for president, he'd target the UNeducated bc they'd believe ANYTHING he'd say.
He wasn't wrong on that point. Over 30,000 lies and they are still backing this FRAUD, CON man, cheat & LIAR.
@@gabegabe2452 well you’re a perfect example of the dump cult.& draft dodger did say that he loves the uneducated. Has he asked you to marry him yet ?
Many of their constituents are unbalanced. If anything happens on Saturday, I hope arrests are swift and penalties are harsh.
Inbreeding + privilege + hate = gqp
Nothing will happen. They see the consequences that came to the others.. they see that most of their lives were ruined..
Matt Damon.
@@jwright2939 Adds up.
Same for any riot. Unfortunately there have been too many occasions in the last few years where rioting/looting/burning were met with less than decisive action on part of police leaders. Hopefully they learned to bring the headbreakers back on duty and crack some skulls early.
"Most Republican office holders are terrified of a good portion of their voters. They're afraid that any sulfuric belch from Mar-A-Lago by Tweet could send them into private life." (George Will)
Such an articulate, intelligent, wise man.
He does know how to turn a phrase!
"Private life" = minimum wage job.
@@mk1st Not necessarily. Jeff Flake is now ambassador to Turkey, and Mia Love is on The View. Since most of those congressmen are lawyers, they could probably earn more money in the private sector than in Congress!
Will does have a way with words!
Too late, Dr. Frankenstein. It’s easy to create the monster but a lot harder to control it. Don’t be shocked when it starts destroying the village and won’t listen to you yelling for it to stop.
Herding housecats at this point. Personal experience.
Perhaps a sedagive might work.
Yes, the real monster in Frankenstein was the Doctor.
You are absolutly right. It's too late. The monster has been burning down the village for centuries. The Doctor is Colonization, and the monster is White supremacy.
@@ZebraFacts There is not a habitable country on this planet that hasn't been colonized at some point and cream will always rise to the top whether the milk likes it or not....
So they acquiesce to the crazies even though they know they're wrong? That's cowardice plain and simple
Most politicians will do anything to keep their jobs, regardless of party.
Sometimes they have good reason to fear their voters. Republicans who initially refused to endorse Trump's stolen-election lie received death threats!
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@@meamamanarolledupnewspaper3884 debunked and a lie.
You know, I didn’t think of politicians’ behavior in quite that light. But, you are oh so right…
"They're afraid that any sulfuric belch from Mar A Lago by tweet can send them into private life." What a quote, George.
I bet if you asked most people from Trumps base who George Will is they would have absolutely no idea.
@@marybeth1644 Nor, would they understand a word he said, let alone,wrote!
He won the internet with that quote. Quite superb!!!
Aaah, adultspeak
Well said!
"If you wait by the river long enough, the *entire Republican Party* will float by."
--Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Love it. I must remain patient then.
HAHAHAHAHAHA ... very nice.
Immortal Asirpa - you mean if you wait by the *sewer* long enough ... right?
I'm....waiting!!!!!!!
2008....
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We open offices in Manila, the Philippines, Buenos Aires, Argentina - and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"Americans are so addicted to hysteria now. So many Americans are addicted to furiousness." Right on, man. Count me out.
Republicans
@@stefanjakubowski8222 100%
I love my peaceful boring life lol...
No I don't agree. The majority of Americans are the ones who removed Trump. If they would stop giving the attention to these crackpots and making them feel important they will mean the nothing they are. It's the media trying to sell the nonsense and many people not buying.
This hysteria addiction is the inevitable result of social media. We might have to make a choice between democracy and social media.
I remember when most conservatives were cut from the same bolt of cloth as George Will. They were eloquent, intelligent people. Nowadays, they are loud, obnoxious, and refuse to negotiate. More's the pity.
They make Joe the Plumber sound like Bill Buckley.
I used to read George Will and other thoughtful conservative writers..disagreed usually but that was the point. I liked my opinions being challenged by smart people. Where are the conservative intellectuals today? Certainly not in Public office.
True. I don’t remember exactly when it started to happen but, correct me if I’m wrong, I seem to think for me anyway (as my husband and myself were Republicans) it changed with Bush. JR. when he started to go along with Cheney & Rumsfeld . I voted for Bush Junior the first time, but that was the last time I voted for or ever will vote for a Republican .
@John Yeh My answer would not be as in-depth as yours, but I think the seeds were planted by Nixon. Ford tried as much as he could to fly under the radar after Nixon left office. Then when Reagan was elected, with some of the policies that he pushed, trickle down, under the table arms deals, etc., a true divide began to develop. With his 8 years, 4 with Sr., 8 with Jr., it grew exponentially. Then with the last administration it is now akin to the Mariana trench. Just my opinion.
We all dismissed Sarah Palin as as a dummy but I believe she sowed the seeds of the current Republican Party. Guns, God and control women’s bodies. Core conservatives thought McCain made a huge mistake in selecting Palin as his running mate. McCain realized that himself soon after choosing her. Core conservatives were not happy with McCains pick. McCain chose populism over substance with that pick. She was the Trump of her time. We should have been more cognizant of the effect her candidacy had. Republicans didn’t want her but they wanted someone just as obtuse and uninformed. They were pretty psyched when Trump fit the bill.
Trump’s base reminds me of an army of Sarah Palins rather than one of George Will.
It's not so much lying to your voters as it is telling them what they want to hear, even if it's a lie.
It’s a vicious cycle of supply & demand of lies.
Thats what politicians do
They are nothing but overpaid
Over privileged
Salesmen all for power and little to actually do with making this country better
If they were we would not have this much of a mess that we have now and not just covid
You could be a politician… Lol…
@John Yeh To be fair, there's Kinzinger. And a small handful of others. The key issue here, the one never to lose sight of, is that a high proportion of Republican politicians would have gone along with cancelling the result of a presidential election by falsely msintaining that it had been dishonestly conducted. That is an attempted coup d'etat.
Ha ha ha! That's exactly what Kathleen Turner told Jack Nicholson in "Prizzi's Honor" when *his* character discovered that *her* character had lied (to *his):*
"I told you what you *wanted* to believe, Charlie. What you *wanted* to be true."
Btw, Kathleen and Jack played gangsters in that movie.
Yes give them justice a minimum of ten years for all
Right John. Let them call the brothers in prison the same names they called the black CPD's.
It's very telling about the condition of your democracy when the happiness of one party is predicated on the unhappiness of the other party.
Cult of personality - - SO TRUE!
They created a fascist party. Now they have to deal with their fascists.
Democrats are fascist. I dislike that.
@@X2LR8 By definition, fascists are right-wingers.
@@X2LR8 Fascists lie and project just like you are now, it's right there in the M.O. I know it's all you've got, but it really is pathetic.
@@poisontoad8007 are you kidding me every single word coming out of this white house especially from Peppermint Patty is a lie sir and that's being nice your a joke
hello
George as articulate as ever
Absolutely! Plus now I need to watch a baseball game!
Basically, the inmates are running the asylum!
nope. they've been let out of the asylum en masse. now they are prancing around fully armed, believing THEY are the sane ones.
Kate Lugg, Senior GOP Senator from TN called that Whitehouse "A DAYCARE CENTER GOR ADULTS".
Reminds me of the cult classic King of Hearts finale when Alan Bates is stark naked with his carrier pigeons begging to be let into the asylum to escape the madness of the world.
The death throes of a failing party. Gonna go the way of the whigs.
Not one MAGAtt gets your reference.
Good reference
I heard someone say once that Dwight Eisenhower was the last Wig because of his political philosophy
@@fatfreddyscat5767 Nor MAGAette.
I'm a Jacobite meinself .
No Republicans will destroy themselves and everyone with them . George helped make this monster. I wish him a happy life but he and his party need to shut up and get out of the way.
Al Gore stood up at the count and filled his Constitutional role, even though he had a lot more legitimate reason to think the election was stolen than trump ever did.
And that’s the Dems problem …. They’re wimps!
@@tonys9413 that's an interesting interpretation, if you are honest you are a wimp, real men are dishonest and therefore winge constantly.
🤣
because it WAS stolen
Yeah, George Will was out of line, comparing trump to Gore. After the Supreme Court ruling, Gore accepted the outcome and congratulated Bush for his victory. trump knows he lost, but instead of being a gracious loser, he tried to overthrow the election.
The sad thing is they helped create such an ignorant voter base by lying to them in the first place.
Well, they believed them, so…
Didn’t Frankenstein turn on his own creator ?
There’s not one ounce of patriotism in the Republican Party.
They traded patriotism for worship
George Will may now be considered the "Good Conservative," but several years ago he wrote a column in which he said that everything would be just A-OK if only we turned back the clock to the year 1900. So, I tend to take what he says with a grain of salt.
I believe he enjoys the cloak of privilege birthright.
I'd say he's right on about today's repubs.
How does that saying go? "You've made your bed, now you have to lay in it." Yeah that's the one....
I like how George Will is trying to divorce himself from this craziness. Pretty sure he had some hysterical and psychotic takes during the Obama era.
Pretty sure you’re wrong on the second half of your statement.
He admits to no longer being a Republican.
They allowed it for so long, now it's an official CIRCUS!!
"....sulphuric belch from Mar-a-Lago..." Classic!
I agree. Republican politicians need to start doing their jobs and quit playing political party games. Biden does a good of doing his work as President without playing political games.
Fascists have a different view for America.
😂🤣 "Vaccines work and we need to protect the VACCINATED from the unvaccinated!"😂🤣
"Die Geister die ich rief - nun werde ich sie nicht los." "the spirits i summoned - i can't get rid of them" Goethe/Faust. For "Alfred", yes Zauberlehrling, the wizards apprentice! Thanx Alfred!
Yes!! Exactly.
Faustus, Dr. Frankenstein... rich Germans thinking Hitler would work for them - we've seen this story before. No more excuses! And forget anyone that says "Nothing to see here..."
"Der Zauberlehrling"?
@@davidreed8528 the extremist religion ideology culture is a puppet of the ultra rich donors now and with out addresses the reality of this GQP party members we will be stuck here for a long time
@@davidreed8528 Example: Topf & Sons delivered their developed, built-in and maintained incinerators to the Buchenwald concentration camp as far as Auschwitz. And as a company stands for the side of the Germans profiteers from war, forced labor, expropriation and the holocaust.
We’re still waiting for the puppet masters of the last lot to be held accountable!
Gee, it's almost like they totally ignored all the stories we were told as children about the monsters we create. Now the rest of us will have to clean up their mess.
Lock them all up.
Just make sure on Saturday September 18th, you get plenty and complete still photographs and video footage of ALL who attend , may be needed in the upcoming insurrection trials
Many Americans define happiness as the unhappiness of the other team.
"...a cult of personality.." there may be a good reason for the total disintegration of this once identifiable political party! This GOP is moving towards the last stage of its implosion.
The questions about Bush/Gore were legitimate, but short-lived because Gore had the grace to put country first and concede. We know plenty of shenanigans went on in 2016 and perhaps someday we will have a fuller picture. But neither of these instances compares with the current "Big Lie" and attempted coup.
Wow! This gentleman knows what he is talking about. We need more folks like him having a megaphone. He's right! It needs to be 2 parties that care about their voters. Not 1 party and 1 cult of personality.
George Will's unconscious irony: "Whoever caused that obscenity of a fence to be put up should be removed." ... followed by..."Americans are so addicted to hysteria... and furiousness..."
Lol ... yeah, I noticed that too ..
We need new political parties to take root.
As a Canadian where there are 6 political parties I can tell you it still evolves into dysfunction. Our Liberals are your Dems. Our Conservatives are your GOP. Now the Cons leadership losses started a new Party called the Peoples Paty who resemble themselves to the Trumplicans. Anti-everything and they are fighting for rights and freedoms to block yours. The green Party and the New Democratic Party which has been an opposition Party and fight for all our social programs and the wealthy not paying their share. The point being none of the leaders are leaders and they can't work together. Everyone thinks the other guy is corrupt and lying and their guy faultless. It's the people who need to grow up and stop dividing and becoming so tribal and closed minded to others views.
Afraid of the monsters, beasts, subhumans, they created.. why??
When he said "now a days happiness defines unhappiness of the other side" is brutal honesty
I am just terrified of the voters. I am terrified at the warped American attitudes.
Re: the headline.
They're scared of them because irrational, overreactive, violent, paranoid people are scary.
George Will put an intellectual gloss on the Monster..no lectures from Mr. Will.
This guy has an awesome vocabulary. Was a delight to listen to.
"So many Americans define happiness with unhappiness for the other team" gQp in a nutshell.
I wish we heard from George Will at times other than when he is promoting a book
Doesn’t he write a column twice a week published in the Washington Post?
@@azul8811 Never mind, he doesn’t read much!
@@azul8811 yes he does, our local newspaper runs it as well
I am hoping Virginia doesn't turn red we need to stay blue!
“the happiness of the party is the unhappiness of the other party”
This is what happens when different levels of evil - clash. Most evil thumps (just) evil !
"Any sulfuric belch from MaraLago..."
Times have really changed. George Will used to represent the extreme fascist . Now he is a a "moderate"...centrist compared to the atrocity committing GOP leaders
Wise words from a well-seasoned professional. Thank you!
"Happiness in the unhappiness of the other team." That explains a lot about these neo-conservatives.
Will lost me when he mentioned 2016 and 2001. Hillary conceded the day after the 2016 election, and in 2001 the election result hung on a few hundred votes in a state where the election was run by a Bush ally, and where there was well documented and widespread problems with the ballots.
Is “being in private life” so terrifying? It strikes me that there don’t seem to be term limits, and this issue an incentive to behave badly. The politicians who I like in my country come in for a cycle or two, they come in fresh and ambitious, try to make a difference, and then rotate out to other pursuits. This isn’t mandatory, but it does seem logical because they tend to be authentic when in the legislature and not exclusively focused on self-preservation. They do not want to stay forever. I think it helps that after two four year cycles they can retire with a full pension, but tellingly that is probably the right incentive.
They become addicted to the power, perks, and elitism. They want to be noticed and heard. Ones like Mitch are a great example of people who succumb to the corruption from dark money and elitism.
I'm less concerned with how long they hold unto office, and more concerned with how they become lobbyists when they leave office.
@@deborahfreedman333 Objectively speaking, the dark money, elitism, lobbying infrastructure are all oversized aspects of particularly American politics. They do exist elsewhere but don’t stand out as being a major concern. I’m not sure if the rules need to be changed, or the institutional and constitutional structure are inherently flawed but those things aren’t normal or inevitable.
Sulfuric belch from Mar A Lago 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If people don't respect truth, light, Science and facts, they do not accept God, Light and Love. ❤️
You have seen the light! You speak the truth. The old (now dying) republican party has been controlled by Beelzebub for decades. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...MAGA!
I'm old enough to remember when . . .
they told us the Internet would make us all smarter and better informed.
George Will helped create this mess. He has no credibility in my eyes.
Oh what a tangled "web they wove"! Appears it will catch and drown them all!
I found MR. Wills comment spot on. No Republican "party," just a cult of personality. And his analysis about status resentments vs politics sums it up about the current state of "furiousness" in America.
The republicans built this monster just like Frankenstein did, by sewing together rotten parts of different brain dead factions. It's amazing that they thought they could control their creation.
I've been sayin this .let the rep keep up their behavior. It helps dems .yeah
Deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole they fall...
They should be scared of them, they're crazy people....
George Will- Sorry sir I have no solutions! Now that would have been a genuine interview.
I don't see how the union can withstand this level of division. They're looking for a reason to use that fourth box of freedom. (Ammo box)
Just like the old Soviet Union, this country is so fragmented, discontent, and want to go their separate ways. History tell us it’ll happen here ……. I can’t wait!
SORRY BUTTHEAD THE AMMO BOX GOES ON BOTH SIDES THIS TIME IT NOT THE 1940S ANYMORE , THIS TIME THEY SHOOT BACK AND HANG THOSE VERY PEOPLE WHO WANT THE OLD DAYS BACK
@@tonys9413 it already happened. This is disturbingly similar to the civil war. Gop is killing it's voters and soon won't have a chance to win elections if they don't adapt.
@@Zak.Sparrow That's why they're trying to get rid of elections.
@@Zak.Sparrow They are adapting! Firstly with gerrymandering and also with extreme right wing propaganda. I see it happening in Australia and the UK also.
"Obscenity of a fence?" Did he not see what happened the last time these people gathered at the Capitol? It's easy to condemn the defense of the building now that the rally appears to be small and peaceful, but nobody knew this morning how it would turn out.
Wow. "Sulphuric Belch" (01:37). George Will is a poet.
Hey George, what's wrong with Civil Preparedness??? Get real.....
Anyone elected to Congress can easily use the position to get a cushy, well-paid job in a company or law firm. What is so scary about that?
First they get a 6-figure salary. They have many recesses during the year that last anywhere 4-6 weeks each recess. They ALL have FREE healthcare. No co-pays no HMO issues and the doctor comes to you. They can be on tv anytime they want. Perks in restaurants, theatre tickets, sports etc.
Lobbyist cater to them offer perks gifts, travel advantage for a bill they just need to signed to appease the big Corp. or Large investor. You really do not have to work as you see what they're doing. When repubs was in office what did they pass for the ppl? PUA? then called us lazy.
Jim Jordan of Ohio has been in office since 2007. Not 1 of his bills passed in the last 10 years and they keep voting for him.
However he's always on fox or other media platforms spreading the big lie.
Sounds like a pretty cushy job to me.
I'm older and I'm tired of listening to pompous old people.
Very articulate.
The government should fear it's citizens. Not the other way around
George Will, coherent and insightful analysis and I enjoy hearing his point of view. But then he goes and draws a false equivalency between what trump is doing now to Bush v Gore and it's like, yeah, almost forgot he's still a die hard republican
Life long Fascist like all Republicans.
Mr Will makes many valid and thought-provoking points! 👌🤔
I'm going to look for and read some of his writing.....
M 🦘🏏😎
You built it George, now own it.
George is loosing it, apparently he can't remember as far back as January. Doesn't it occur to him that the reason so many aren't coming is the knowledge that this time the authorities are prepared for them?
I'm not a big fan of George Will but I respect his knowledge and wisdom. The man knows his politics. He's very intelligent and articulate and when he talks people listen.
fake news
"If you don't like your voters, you don't respect them". One more reason they should resign from public office - how can they represent people they don't like or respect? But I guess that's the point - they don't represent them.
I'm so glad that I left the Republican party after 42 yrs, the day they nominated con man tRump.
Who’s George Will?
An old-school intellectual Conservative. They actually used to exist.
He's a columnist for the Washington Post. Can't you read?
Your dad.
@@fatfreddyscat5767 Oh.. LOL
It was sarcasm.. But funny how they’re only here trying to peddle their merch. to people who they know hate him, and only exploiting him, but he’s so compromised and desperate he’s still trying to sell a book to SOMEONE here (you know you won’t buy).
So, how smart is he? LOL
@@sweetpea3153 ah yeah... thx.. LOL (you haven’t been at this whole political. “thingy” long, have ya? )
America will better with 3 parties rather than two, one for the 20% crazies, and 2 to rule with a 51-80% majority
George Will hits the nail on the head again!
Well said.
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Challenge: on September 18th let all democrats take the day off, but all right wing Republicans stay at the capitol. No capitol police that they disdain. No protection.
Let's see what happens.
I'm terrified of their voters. Anyone with sense is.
And that makes it very important for us to Vote again in mass.
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Exactly correct. These GOP reps took an oath -- but not to Trump. This is simply a testament to how lucrative and power-trippy political office is. It's more important to most Republicans than doing what's best for the country. How stupid do you have e to be to reelect these weasels?
GOOD!! Let them eat cake!!
They should be terrified, they created monsters!!!!!
If my happiness depended on someone else being unhappy, I'd go too Home Depot and buy some rope and a flimsy chair... Thankfully I don't have that mentality, Peace and Love America.
Not enough of them will be out of jail or even alive to attend.
You harvest what you've seeded.. It's karma for their lies.
That's what they want. A government afraid of its citizens rather than vice versa
Waiting for the GOP to “ hit bottom.” It’s tragic, much like people who have addictions, the GOP hard liners have to “hit bottom” before they face their destructive behaviors. Some need an intervention telling them they need to get help to recover. Addiction is a life long struggle! And everyone around the addiction have experienced trauma in their lives. Such is what we are dealing with now.
I know exactly what to think! I think we should vote ALL Republicans out of office as soon as possible.
George Will is a rare breed nowadays - a respectable conservative.
Good man, George Will