George Will thinks it awful that Obama talks directly to the people - he is a ass

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

This pretentious, precious man who sees denim as a threat to society comments on Obama's accessibility.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195076

THE LAST WORDGeorge F. Will
Unsilent Barack
The trajectory of his presidency may have been determined by what he did in his first 100 days.

Published Apr 25, 2009
From the magazine issue dated May 4, 2009

A 19th-century historian called the Middle Ages "a thousand years without a bath." That oversimplified somewhat, but was interestingly suggestive. So is the summation of Obama's opening sprint as 100 days without silence.

Ordinary politicians cannot comprehend that it is possible for the public to see and hear too much of them. In this sense, Obama is very ordinary. A few leaders of democracies have understood the importance of being economical with their demands for the public's attention. Charles de Gaulle believed that remoteness nurtures a mystique that is an essential ingredient of leadership. Ronald Reagan, an actor, knew that the theatrical dimension of politics requires periodic absences of the star from center stage. He spent almost an eighth—a year—of his presidency at his ranch. But when he spoke, people listened. If Obama, constantly flitting here and there, continues to bombard the nation with his presence, he will learn how skillfully Americans wield the basic tool of modern happiness, the TV remote control with its mute button.

Calvin Coolidge, the last president with a proper sense of his office's constitutional proportions, was known, not coincidentally, as Silent Cal. His reticence expressed an institutional modesty: "It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man."

In a nutshell - it's awful that President Obama talks directly to the people and avoids the media filter.

[LakeSamish706]

1. He might use a media filter if there were a media... Nope there isn't. n/t

[glitch]

9. True that (although he wouldn't need it, unlike his predecessor), media made themselves irrelevant

No use complaining about it now, George. Far too late.

[valerief]

2. The people thinks it's terrible that they have to be subjected to George Will. nt

[Botany]

3. Will is a petty bitter shriveled up little man .... he needs no pity ....

.... he just needs to be ignored.

[gratuitous]

4. "The last president with a proper sense of . . ."

Strange, I don't recall George Will opining overmuch about the proper proportions of the office of the president while Ronald Reagan or either George Bush were squatting in the Oval Office. But now it seems that Mr. Will believes presidents have been too big for their britches for the last 70 years.

What a fuckwit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. George Will is a bitter little poindexter with a bow tie

who decries the wearing of blue jeans. Dude got way too many wedgies when he was in middle school and never got over it.

[Politicalboi]

15. He kinda reminds of

[rwheeler31]

6. Oh George you are too proper for words.

You can quit writing now.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Isn't it ironic...

That a columnist who won't STFU and go away is criticizing Obama for talking too much?

George? Serious, George? You stopped being relevant in 1992.

Shut the fuck up and go away.

[mix]

8. i hate his writing, empty and snide n/t

[patrice]

11. He's superior and condescending.

[patrice]

10. Yeah, any power Our President shares with the People is less for Will.

[madeline_con]

12. I plan to wear jeans and listen to as much Obama as possible.

Who is this hateful little man?

[Schema Thing]

21. you crazy kids

[MissMarple]

13. Precious George was wrong about the Middle Ages.

Not everyone went without a bath. What an ignorant git he is. Early success went to his head and...it rotted. Too sad.

[marmar]

14. George Will is an elitist idiot POS.....

:argh:

[Cha]

16. george would whine about that since

the mediawhores would love to be the only message to the People from Obama. But, Obama's got their number so he talks to the people and george will either knows this or he's got a comprehension problem.

[Mike 03]

17. You said it. He's an ass. That is what it boils down to. NT

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

18. I wrote this post based on the first part of his column which I excerpted here

I can't even begin to translate the rest of the column which is some of the most turgid prose I've ever attempted to read. It's like Hawthorne"s "Naked Faun" for Chrissakes!

Does anyone know what this man is trying to say?

Stephen Colbert just did a bit the other day where he pulled out a George Will to English Dictionary - he must have seen this piece in advance.

[opihimoimoi]

19. SNOTTY G WILL IS A FRIGGEN SNOB....lemme shout it from the rooftops

[Orsino]

20. Well, he makes his money as a media filter.

I think he's just pissed that Obama is so much more interesting.

[DefenseLawyer]

22. In other news....

I don't care what George Will thinks about anything.

[w4rma]

23. George Will should go find Reagan's grave, dig him up, stuff him and bring him home to fellate.

That's all George Will does with his writing, anyway. Reagan was the greatest man on Earth! Why can't so-and-so be more like Reagan, the greatest man on Earth? Did I mention Raygun was the greatest man on Earth and we should all hope to copy him?

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Hey George the PResident is NOT a Caesar, I know that is a shock

nor is he a king

He is supposed to be a man of the people

By the way Coolige was a repub

[catnhatnh]

25. All this from a man...

Who dresses like Louis Farrakhan's illegitimate half brother...

[CAG]

26. OMGLMAO thanks for making me spit my diet coke out on the screen

[catnhatnh]

27. Sorry about that Chief...

I don't know where the image came from but once I thought of it, it was too funny not to post...

[Flying Dream Blues]

28. Talk about grasping at straws! Sorry, George (unfortunate name) most people disagree. nt

[Toucano]

29. Reagan was OLD, fer fuckssake!

He was SEVENTY when he took office.

He wasn't at the ranch to avoid the spotlight. He was there to REST!

I would be ashamed to admit that someone I consider a great leader spend 1/8th of his term on vacation.

Bottom line: Obama is a transformational figure in American history, and people WANT to hear and see him.

[Wizard777]

30. I'm just happy to have a President that isn't a total moron talking to us like we're the idiots.

[malletgirl02]

31. emperor of Japan

What does will want. does he want Obama to never to appear in public or speak the the emperor of Japan.