George Will Says McCain "Not Suited to the Presidency"

OMG, good morning to a fellow night-owl, or are you an insanely early riser...lol? Actually, I'm not sure off the top of my head what time zone you're in but it's after 4 AM here.

Thank you for responding at this ungodly hour and for being honest and objective. Believe it or not, while as a liberal I certainly disagree with much of what Will has said through the years I have agreed with him from time to time and I do respect him. Now I think I respect him even more, not because he's said something against McCain, who you know I'm not crazy about, but because he didn't hesitate for a minute in giving his honest opinion. We both know that many columnists and commentators from both sides will more often than not just go with the flow to support their own party or ideology.
Annie

Being retired, I really don't have any kind of schedule. I've also never really had what would be called a healthy "sleep schedule". 2am and 2pm are all the same to me.

Yeah, it has entertained me to hear the commentators warming up to McCain after being so hard on him for years now. I still don't think any better of McCain than I did before but after reading up on the other candidates who will be on the Wisconsin ballot, he is still the better of the bunch. But as I said, it's a sorry bunch, which I think is why it has become Palin vs. everyone else. Like her or not, she has emerged as the one to beat.

Obama said to day because of the 700 billion dollar bail out he may not be able to deliver the good he promised to the poor bet that is a big disappointment seeing they was sure counting on it.
The news I watch was not reporting John McCain said or did anything wrong,what they said is this bail out is so big no one really knows what to do,going on to say John McCain has said he wants this to be bipartisan and overseen which is the correct steps that should be taken,John McCain with 3 other fine senators spoke up about the coming problems with Fannie Mae in 2004.
With this 700 billion dollar bail out,Russian,Iran acting out,now this race may be very well decided,I really don't think the American people see this as the time to vote in a senator with a skinny vote record and no experiences,even Gov Sarah Palin signing a 400 million dollar natural pipe line bill gives her more exp then Obama being he has never in his life signed a government bill,about what he has signed is his personal check to pay his bills.LOL

I find it very difficult to believe that someone as opinionated as you have never heard of George Will.

George F. Will, whose newspaper column has been syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group since 1974, today appears in more than 460 papers. In 1976, Will became a regular Newsweek contributor, providing the backpage essay twice a month. In the same year, he won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his newspaper column.

Will serves as a contributing analyst with ABC News and has been a regular member of ABC's "This Week" on Sunday mornings since the show began in 1981. His books include “Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy” (1992), “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball” (1989), and “Statecraft as Soulcraft” (1983).

George Will would never be mistaken as a supporter of liberal politics. He is a true conservative and has a huge following.

Lloyd

I don't doubt any of that Lloyd. I have read many Washington Post articles over time, but I honestly don't usually look at who has written the articles so it's likely I've read his articles before and simply not known it was him. I don't really watch much TV and that's especially true on Sunday mornings so if that's the only time he's on TV, I'm sure I've never seen him. If you and Annie say he's a true conservative with a huge following, I have no reason to doubt you. I'm just saying that I'm not familiar with his name.

Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't/didn't know who he is. From what I have read he is a conservative. I surely wouldn't claim him as a liberal lol.

Thanks, Lloyd, it's nice to have someone to back me up on this. I, too, was surprised that you, (Taskr), had never heard of George Will. He's been around forever and I have no doubt many conservatives hang onto his every word.
Annie

Wow, Suspenseful, do you think I have that much power, that I can help get Obama elected? I sure didn't have to search for this link or the links for any of the other items I've posted throughout the campaign, I simply try to be as informed as I can and I listen to and watch numerous news programs as well as read some news online. I was actually rather surprised when I heard of Will's column about McCain's suitability to the Presidency.

I really haven't had to go searching to find things that make McCain or Palin "look bad"; depending on one's personal point of view there has been lots of them within plain view, it's not necessary to look for them.

I tend to agree with your statement that "Actually no one is suited for the presidency they grow into it," if you mean it in the sense that it's not a matter of what "experience" someone has had in "running things" but rather a matter of having good judgment and skills in leadership and diplomacy coupled with intelligence and a real intellectual curiosity, something our current President is very much lacking.

Your last sentence, "I would believe if most of the conservative columns said it, but this is just one man," doesn't quite make sense to me since this was one man's opinion so it's not something to believed or not believed. If you're saying you'd go along with Will if most other conservative columnists said the same thing doesn't say much about your own convictions.
Annie

I agree entirely. George Will is a rare breed from either ideology - someone who is totally honest whether it goes against his own party or not. I've often seen him on TV or read his Newsweek columns and one minute I'm totally disagreeing with him and the next he says something that makes such complete sense I'm shocked, because that's something we don't get from journalists too often.
Annie