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George Will: 'You can associate many things with Mr. Gingrich, but wisdom isn’t one of them'
The Daily Caller ^ | December 2, 2011 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 12/02/2011 9:52:30 AM PST by Rufus2007

Conservative pundits have been lining up to voice their frustration over the possibility that former Speak of the House Newt Gingrich could wind up being the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. And you can add Washington Post columnist George Will to that list.

On Friday’s “The Laura Ingraham Show,” Will responded to Gingrich’s recent remarks that being the smartest isn’t enough, but instead to be the wisest.

“Mr. Gingrich said it’s not enough that he is the smartest guy in the room, he also has to be wise,” Will said. “Now you can associate many things with Mr. Gingrich, but wisdom isn’t one of them. Surely the Republican nominating electorate should understand the fact that people have patterns. Don’t expect the patterns to go away. Expect the patterns to manifest themselves again. If Newt Gingrich has any pattern at all, and he does – it is a pattern of getting himself into trouble because he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: georgewill; mittromney; newtgingrich; potus2012
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To: Rufus2007

I think George Will and Karl Rove are lovers.


21 posted on 12/02/2011 10:29:59 AM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: Rufus2007
George Will was one of those who still hates Newt from the Impeachment days. That, and the Contract With America.

But I am still confused why so many so called “Conservatives” are on the bandwagon with the media to destroy our most talented and experienced candidates who can beat Obama.

22 posted on 12/02/2011 10:30:52 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: Rufus2007
Jerry: Elaine and I were just discussing whether I could admit a man is attractive.
Kramer: Hmm. Yeah. I’ll tell you who is an attractive man: George Will.
Jerry: Really?
Kramer: Yeah. He has clean looks, scrubbed and shampooed and…
Elaine: He’s smart.
Kramer: No, no, I don’t find him all that bright.
23 posted on 12/02/2011 10:31:36 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: Rufus2007

LOL. I say much, much, worse about Will, IMO he is a puke RINO.


24 posted on 12/02/2011 10:32:16 AM PST by Sea Parrot (%)
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To: Jukeman
George Will is a pompous ass like the rest of the beltway elitists.

So is Gingrich. But unlike George Will, Gingrich is running for the presidency. Between Romney and Gingrich, the GOP is preparing to nominate the weakest candidate to take on a sitting president since Walter Mondale.
25 posted on 12/02/2011 10:32:38 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Rufus2007

George Will.....he’s very erudite, you know. In a pompous, punctilious sort of way.


26 posted on 12/02/2011 10:34:50 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: kevao

Then if Mitt is nominated, the LSM will draw and quarter him 24/7 ad nauseam.


27 posted on 12/02/2011 10:35:10 AM PST by Sea Parrot (%)
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To: kevao
Looks like they’re gunning for Newt now that he’s surging in the polls. MSM won’t stop destroying our guys until all we’re left with is Romney.

Msm, serial destroyers.

The hit jobs they put on Cain are brutal, but since Herman had this White woman as a 13 year friend, that his wife didn't know about, I'm glad it came out now instead of Herman getting the nomination and then getting blindsided by his financially strapped friend, that he has been giving money to {without his wife knowledge}.

That's the killer point, Gloria didn't know this woman was on the planet, and there is no explaining that little oversight.

I don't know if Herman can sell that line to his wife, but as an ex-Hermanator, I ain't buying it.

I bought the first group as being hit jobs, but giving money secretly to some woman, who was "just a friend in need" for 13 years...NFW.

It may even be true, and Herman can be a Saint, but it ain't sale-able. It is over for Cain as a candidate for President, he better try and maintain the home front.

28 posted on 12/02/2011 10:35:35 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke The Terrorist Savages)
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To: apillar

George Will does NOT like Mitt Romney, FYI.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will103011.php3


29 posted on 12/02/2011 10:36:34 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: Rufus2007

I missed it, when did George Will run to show us all how it is done?


30 posted on 12/02/2011 10:39:12 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: rogue yam

You anti-newt types are certainly aligning yourselves with some odd bed-pals. Next you’ll be agreeing with obumber.


31 posted on 12/02/2011 10:40:06 AM PST by JoSixChip (Top 10% of wage earners pay 70% of total income taxes collected. Bottom 50% pay less then 3%, fair?)
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To: Retired Greyhound

George Will detests all GOP presidential candidates except Romney


32 posted on 12/02/2011 10:45:14 AM PST by o2bfree
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To: sickoflibs

“because he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room”

Because HE IS the smartest guy in the room!


33 posted on 12/02/2011 10:48:52 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: Rufus2007

George Will’s wife works for Perry. He should have said that.


34 posted on 12/02/2011 10:50:00 AM PST by MNnice
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To: Rufus2007

George Will’s wife works for Perry. He should have said that.


35 posted on 12/02/2011 10:50:23 AM PST by MNnice
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To: o2bfree

Not according to himself: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will103011.php3


36 posted on 12/02/2011 10:51:22 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: murron

He’s right about Newt too. Newt as nominee will be very depressing indeed.


37 posted on 12/02/2011 10:53:12 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Retired Greyhound
Obama, a floundering naif who thinks ATMs aggravate unemployment, is bewildered by a national tragedy of shattered dreams, decaying workforce skills and forgone wealth creation. Romney cannot enunciate a defensible, or even decipherable, ethanol policy.

That's a pretty intense slam on both Obama and Mittens.

I didn't know about and I like it. Thanks for posting.

Regards,

TS

38 posted on 12/02/2011 10:53:12 AM PST by The Shrew (www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
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To: Rufus2007
If George Will takes a shot at Cain or Bachmann, watch the know nothings or FR yell "Elitist!! Went to college!! Friend of Rove!! Effeminate!! Uses big words!!"

But if he takes a shot at Gingrich, watch them discover a strange new respect for him.

39 posted on 12/02/2011 10:53:27 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Gingrich/Cain 2012)
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To: faucetman
RE :"Because HE IS the smartest guy in the room!"

Right, I saw that 'global warming is real' video he did with the smartest woman in the room: Pelosi. Two smart cookies LOL

40 posted on 12/02/2011 10:58:25 AM PST by sickoflibs (Cain :"My parents didn't raise me to beg the government for other peoples money")
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