St. Louis paper dumps George Will for Michael Gerson

Washington Post ^ | 6-19-2014 | ERIK WEMPLE

[rickyrikardo]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Page Editor Tony Messenger writes that readers — both liberal and conservative ones — have lobbied the paper to change its lineup of conservative columnists. But apparently a bit of a push was necessary. That came from a recent controversial piece by Washington Post columnist George Will — the one about the “supposed campus epidemic of rape” and the way in which “victimhood” serves as a “coveted status that confers privileges.”

[rickyrikardo]

The newspaper in question endorsed Obama both times. Obama has been pushing for low standard for colleges to kick men out based on baseless rape allegations. Here's a link to their last endorsement.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-obama-for-president-a-second-term-for-a-serious/article_c5371a41-ab43-5724-96e2-2d23eaa56589.html

[G Larry]

I’m betting Will gets more mileage out of this that the SLD.

[be-baw]

Michael Gerson is no conservative. He’s to the left of center of the GOPe. Aa pompous an pretentious as he is, Will is considerably more worth reading than Gerson.

[Aussiebabe]

The St Louis Post-Dispatch is one of the most leftist newspapers in the USA. It is a shadow of earlier times. The only thing that keeps it going, is the coverage of the St. Louis Cardinals, as St. Louis is one of the best baseball cities in the USA, with one of the best fan base...if they didn’t have the good coverage of the baseball team, this paper would be history.

[aquila48]

Exactamundo!

[hinckley buzzard]

Messenger interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, revealed himself to be a shamefully ignorant as well as deceitful left winger. Just par for the course in lefty land.

[SoFloFreeper]

Frankly, finding out in the past year that George Will is an atheist and pro-sodomite fake marriage, makes him less appealing as a conservative thinker.