Monday, December 22, 2003

This charming man

Two moments in the career of well-coiffed Clinton hater and Dubya spinner, Washington Post syndicated columnist, George Will:

1. When asked by a New York Times reporter whether he should be disclosing his financial ties to Vast Rightwing Conspiracy bankroller Conrad Black when writing columns in praise of Black:

"My business is my business," [Will] said. "Got it?"

2. A Seinfeld reference:

Kramer: I'll tell ya who's an attractive man: George Will.
Elaine: Well, he's smart.
Kramer: No, I don't find him all that bright.

(quote 252)

[PS Tracking down the Seinfeld quote was an education in the weaknesses of Google, or perhaps in the blandness of George "Got It?" Will's name; Google does not search for a generic word like "will" and of course in a TV show with a character named George who, like, does stuff, and therefore earns sentences like "George will....", there is indeed a problem. We eventually solved it by having Google find the above huge page of Kramer quotes (since we knew Kramer had said the priceless remark), and having Explorer's Find function search the page. Bill Gates would be happy]

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