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  • A conservative who left the GOP over Trump explains why so many republicans are too late to criticize trump.
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    Conservative George Will On Why Pense Is A “Sycophantic Poodle” | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

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  • @yveparizz7154
    @yveparizz7154 6 років тому +7

    I love listening to smart folks. Thank you, Mr. George Will.

  • @starcrib
    @starcrib 6 років тому +8

    Excellent Commentary Mr. Will , Clear ethics and Intelligence .

  • @arleneleslie1937
    @arleneleslie1937 6 років тому +29

    Calling Mike Pence a sycophantic poodle is an insult to poodles.

    • @stevejordan7275
      @stevejordan7275 3 роки тому

      True! Poodles are a brainy breed; even toy poodles are smarter than average.
      Mike Pence is a...well...ua-cam.com/video/rs2RlZQVXBU/v-deo.html

  • @stevemojo2638
    @stevemojo2638 6 років тому +21

    George you're a man of courage, I'm glad you've explained this to me here.

  • @norwaysummer8874
    @norwaysummer8874 6 років тому +34

    I don't agree with George's politics, but he is extremely insightful when he comes to most things, especially Trump and his poodle, Pence.

  • @curtisingraham3545
    @curtisingraham3545 6 років тому +4

    George Will is a man of integrity, honest and grounded. If only my sister, Laura Ingraham, could find the same level of reality.

  • @sonpacho
    @sonpacho 6 років тому +85

    This is why a serious question has to be asked to the people who vote for these types of politicians. This idea that they're just "good" people who were fooled shouldn't be blindly accepted.

    • @EuropeanQoheleth
      @EuropeanQoheleth 3 роки тому

      There is such a thing as good. It's not a word to put scare quotes around.

  • @lesliemariemccaffery4611
    @lesliemariemccaffery4611 6 років тому +15

    i so agree with George Will.

  • @annmoore5680
    @annmoore5680 6 років тому +9

    Geroge I have a lot of Respect for you! Thank You! 😘

  • @inYTbio_SiteLINKs2Verses_Bruv
    @inYTbio_SiteLINKs2Verses_Bruv 6 років тому +5

    Like Will, I could no longer be a Republican with how the GOP has embraced this vile man.

    • @justinmartyr4420
      @justinmartyr4420 6 років тому

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  • @bryanwofford3815
    @bryanwofford3815 6 років тому +259

    Perfect. How scholarly and truthful … Thank you, George Will, and MSNBC. Keep it up!

    • @dianemoonstone4715
      @dianemoonstone4715 6 років тому +2

      Agree.

    • @anjalik6469
      @anjalik6469 6 років тому +3

      Bryan Wofford Agree, George Will is pretty amazing on this clip. Never thought I would say that.

    • @whalesong999
      @whalesong999 6 років тому +4

      Yes, G. Will has come forward with truly clarifying comments to help us see the direction power has taken that has been difficult to express through our own understandings.

    • @garyanderson9467
      @garyanderson9467 6 років тому +4

      Bryan Well, since George dared speak ill of republicans, I'm sure he'll be even more vilified now by the far right.

    • @TheactressCJ
      @TheactressCJ 6 років тому +3

      Bryan Wofford Amen. George always has been on point. He gets it. Decent man

  • @dr.sakilecamara8093
    @dr.sakilecamara8093 6 років тому +4

    If you asked people to make a decision to buy car insurance most would not purchase it. States require every person who owns a car to purchase car insurance. You cannot buy a car without ca insurance. You should not be able to visit a doctor if you are not covered and if you don't you should be held accountable for that debt. So, yes, healthcare should be mandatory.

  • @b.terenceharwick3222
    @b.terenceharwick3222 6 років тому +37

    However you cut it, George Will is a brilliant and perceptive conservative -- thinks and goes beyond popular pre-established categories.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade 6 років тому

      I'd say he's brilliant precisely for the opposite reason, he's ideologically consistent and intellectually rigorous. He remains well within the framework of traditional American conservatism at all times, I've been following his work for over 20 years now. Unlike undisciplined and ignorant so-called Conservatives, George Will understands the bedrock of the philosophy.

  • @gwheyduke
    @gwheyduke 6 років тому +2

    I never thought I would applaud George Will ! But he really hits the nail on the head in this interview.

  • @waltsnow1762
    @waltsnow1762 6 років тому +14

    It must have been hard for G. Will to step away from the GOP ......but Rump made it happen !!!

  • @SabaDhutt
    @SabaDhutt 6 років тому +32

    well said,George Will. Unfortunately, most Trump supporters have no idea what you mean(tribal heritage vs. laws,unity)

  • @claudec2588
    @claudec2588 6 років тому +161

    I don't always agree with George Will but I'm a fan of his because I'm a fan of reasoned intelligent argument.

    • @anjalik6469
      @anjalik6469 6 років тому +9

      I'm a liberal and I agree, he is reasonable and informed.

    • @boxsterman77
      @boxsterman77 6 років тому +9

      I'm liberal too yet have always giving grudging respect to Will because he knows how to construct and argument and bring facts and historical perspective to bear on the argument. He is definitely from the William Buckley school of conservatism. Now what passes as an argument from conservatives is just mere declaration followed by name calling and attacks.

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada 6 років тому

      Claude C. Exactly.... well said.

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada 6 років тому +3

      George Rusch Anyone who calls out Stephen Miller as an enemy of the Constitution can't be all bad, whereas anyone who would allow the likes of Miller even near the Oval Office... is clearly an enemy of all that America stands for.
      #45 looks more and more like a Putin puppet every day. He is an embarrassment and a disgrace to all things decent...and Will is certainly correct in his assessment here.
      Anyone with even half a brain and an ounce of integrity knows that #45 deserves to be dammed.

  • @janmay4598
    @janmay4598 6 років тому +11

    Exceptional report .. thank you.

  • @richardwienshienk5183
    @richardwienshienk5183 6 років тому +2

    I did not think I would live long enough to agree with George Will, thank you, God.

  • @robertovillarreal4168
    @robertovillarreal4168 6 років тому +2

    George Will has a way with words. So intellectual, and a master at describing a situation.

  • @st.jude3181
    @st.jude3181 6 років тому +7

    It is nice to see that not all conservatives are aligned with the White Nationalist Movement. I was starting to think they were one and the same. Thank you George Will for clarifying.

  • @ipfreely1281
    @ipfreely1281 6 років тому +2

    Thank you George Will

  • @joannpasco9336
    @joannpasco9336 6 років тому +10

    Thank you Mr. Will for your view of Pense as a syncophant of Trump. My opinion, too!!

  • @SonyaWongJamisonKeener
    @SonyaWongJamisonKeener 6 років тому +6

    George Will was right!

  • @chegadesuade
    @chegadesuade 6 років тому +53

    George Will has always been my favorite conservative, he's the only one on the Right who's political insights are intriguing.

    • @theweedusama
      @theweedusama 6 років тому +1

      Shiftless Lazycrat. Very true.

    • @jeffwilliams196
      @jeffwilliams196 6 років тому +2

      Him and David Frum, "axis of evil" notwithstanding.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade 6 років тому +1

      Jeff Williams Agreed, I'd nominate David Frum as a great conservative minus the "axis of evil" speech and the "Smart Approaches to Marijuana" group. I'd also nominate classic greats like William F Buckley and Charles Krauthammer.

    • @JohnPap21
      @JohnPap21 6 років тому

      Shiftless Lazycrat You're right. He should run as Democrat.
      But im not sure if anyone would vote this old warmongering shill.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade 6 років тому +1

      Leon Degrelle Why would he run as a Democrat? George Will is ideologically consistent, he might be the only consistent conservative in America today. Therefore, you are flatly incorrect in calling him a "shill", he is fiercely independent and a frequent critic of demagogues on the Right. He also criticized the Iraq War, so he's not a warmonger.

  • @dianemoonstone4715
    @dianemoonstone4715 6 років тому +2

    Wow. My respect to George Will.

  • @brentshowers741
    @brentshowers741 6 років тому +14

    George wills seems to be a very intelligent man. As a progressive I give him credit their. This is a European ethno state party . One thing not made clear in his statement is how the Republican Party paved the way for this by their policies for the past 50 years priming the base for this shift

    • @curtdenson2360
      @curtdenson2360 4 роки тому

      Conservative George Will On Why HE Is A “Sycophantic Poodle” Just wondering Who elected Will to anything ever, as a Deep state never Trumper who the fuxk do you think you are; Just a Communist in the tow of Dumocrats! November 3rd, 2020 Vote Trump/Pence, George is a Trator to the Republican Party now you Know what a Mckain RINO IS!

  • @paul1x1
    @paul1x1 6 років тому +5

    I remember when George Will was a conservative icon his arguments were always coherent and his logic was hard to argue that’s was when republicans were sane and contributing in the governance of the country I disagreed with him sometimes but I always read or listened he had quit the republicans that is due his morality the last real republicans

  • @purpleflametarot39
    @purpleflametarot39 6 років тому +1

    Thank you, Mr. Will. We appreciate your integrity.

  • @kendrasteinhauer9425
    @kendrasteinhauer9425 6 років тому +7

    Pence always looks like he's trying to hold in a fart !!!

  • @beeldi123
    @beeldi123 6 років тому +2

    Love this guy! Couldn’t agree more.

  • @marksullivan8853
    @marksullivan8853 6 років тому +4

    the Midterms cometh.

  • @paul1x1
    @paul1x1 6 років тому +2

    I never want to be on the wrong side of George Will

  • @brendaannedufaur6244
    @brendaannedufaur6244 6 років тому +15

    I love you George Will.

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      @justinmartyr4420 6 років тому

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  • @MrRogerRabbit1
    @MrRogerRabbit1 6 років тому +8

    We really need to vote them all out of office and start over. Sometimes starting over is the only way to fix your mistakes.

  • @chuckreed5085
    @chuckreed5085 6 років тому +2

    This conversation encourages me and I have a newer and higher opinion of Mr. Will.

  • @bookshawscriven
    @bookshawscriven 6 років тому +8

    "He has an advantage on me because he can say everything he knows about any subject in 140 characters and I can't."

  • @KayyHong
    @KayyHong 6 років тому +1

    I never thought I'd say it but I love George Will!

  • @russell7489
    @russell7489 6 років тому +178

    George Will. YES YES YES Pence sycophantic poodle . It's good to hear from a true conservative

  • @scotshuthats5268
    @scotshuthats5268 6 років тому +1

    Have enjoyed Mr Will for many years, he has always been refreshingly honest.

  • @robertchoward
    @robertchoward 6 років тому +7

    GREAT INTERVIEW. George Will is a giant in American political theory and practice.

  • @macnutz4206
    @macnutz4206 6 років тому +7

    My wife just informed me that the official dictionary site uses Pence as their descriptive example of a sycophant, as of today, Jan, 2, 2018.

  • @peramundsson2006
    @peramundsson2006 6 років тому +2

    I wish that there had been more people like George F Will in the GOP.

  • @nancywysemen7196
    @nancywysemen7196 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful clarity. Thank-you.

  • @sandyarmstrong6511
    @sandyarmstrong6511 6 років тому +1

    Perfect Words. MR. WILL.

  • @faithrada
    @faithrada 6 років тому +1

    George Will... A truly Class Act.

  • @Ronnylama
    @Ronnylama 6 років тому +280

    The longer trump is seen speaking, the more I miss Obama.........Trump has no idea what great is

    • @sturner973
      @sturner973 6 років тому +6

      anti establishment guess your going to love when Trump starts a nuclear war

    • @sasfunc6170
      @sasfunc6170 6 років тому

      Really?!

    • @subliminal2244
      @subliminal2244 6 років тому +2

      RonnyLama Richardson Trump can't even follow thru with a thought let alone a speech

    • @MetalDetroit
      @MetalDetroit 6 років тому +2

      Yes - Obama gave a great speech. He was a human wrecking ball for this country, but he gave a great speech.

    • @Hitler1961
      @Hitler1961 6 років тому

      RonnyLama Richardson
      I don't know...this is pretty great to me

  • @mizzypoo4827
    @mizzypoo4827 6 років тому +4

    Pence is 1 short of a penny.

  • @kenbrownfield6584
    @kenbrownfield6584 5 років тому +1

    I never thought I'd see the day when George Will stood up for democracy.

  • @emmaburgess4320
    @emmaburgess4320 6 років тому

    George Will you said what I think so eloquently and precise!!!

  • @bsolonj9773
    @bsolonj9773 6 років тому +117

    Election night was like the Twilight zone!🤐🤢😲🤑👿👹

    • @BoltRM
      @BoltRM 6 років тому +4

      B Solo Now we are living in it.

    • @bsolonj9773
      @bsolonj9773 6 років тому +2

      Artie VanDelayo Yes Sir Im just waiting for the talking Killer dummy and My man with the suit on to give commentary... Donald Trump the most psycho candidate The U.S. has ever seen surprisingly won the Election you just woke up in a Alternate universe, you just woke up in the Twilight zone

    • @davidbushinski3307
      @davidbushinski3307 6 років тому +1

      For your consideration, I offer a country where those with the most consider themselves "victims" and whine endlessly about their supposed mistreatment. And those with the least actually support the whining of the well off. Yes, indeed, you have entered.......The Twilight Zone!

    • @bsolonj9773
      @bsolonj9773 6 років тому

      david bushinski 😂🤣

    • @bsolonj9773
      @bsolonj9773 6 років тому +1

      George Rusch Im a real American born and raised Plainfield Nj ! So i know what it is to know America and God! But with Trump the elevator is broken on the 50th floor and falling fast like Roy Moore's Senate candidacy!

  • @rychardshelton4336
    @rychardshelton4336 6 років тому +1

    Bravo George Will! You didn't need a crystal ball to see Trump's incompetence! Salute!

  • @PANOP123
    @PANOP123 6 років тому +5

    While I do appreciate GW’s comments at this time, if we’re on the subject of who is responsible for Rs being led by Trump perhaps GW should reflect on the part he played; how he attacked virtually everything Obama did or said; how he treated Obama as if he was a real danger to America. Perhaps he should begin by apologizing every segment as part of a redemption effort. And that goes for BC on panel too. Trump is the culmination, the effect that they helped create. They paved the road. So yes do your part to put out the fire you helped fuel and ignite but don’t think many don’t see you helped cause it. Ps. “Identity politics” on left? What a serious, false equivalence. You mean how Rs focus on whites? And especially Southern whites? And evangelicals? I don’t for a second think establishment Ds are perfect by any stretch but they are saints in comparison.

  • @randallm7162
    @randallm7162 6 років тому +2

    "Oh no! Who's that behind the
    door, ToTa?
    "But I'm not ToTa, Sir Pense! I'm
    Tata. And why are there so
    many Elephants in this room?"

  • @marcmarinacci7378
    @marcmarinacci7378 6 років тому +2

    teach him to wag his tail

  • @theweedusama
    @theweedusama 6 років тому +1

    I've always respected George

  • @Jaywalk-uq6wy
    @Jaywalk-uq6wy 6 років тому

    Excellent post. I appreciate George Will's perspective.

  • @ransomnoteproductions5781
    @ransomnoteproductions5781 6 років тому +2

    Will wrote an excellent article about the 2nd most dangerous man in America.

  • @robv8408
    @robv8408 6 років тому +2

    Although I don't always agree with him, I enjoy listening to wills perspective . I learn something that is opinionated, but mainly factual with a consistent foundation of history and political science . We need more cerebral commentators and less screaming spin doctors . We do get more of this on msnbc, as opposed to cnn or fox news. But I watch cnn for a bit of entertainment mixed in. And I watch fox news, mainly to see how issues get spun, but then I get so dizzy, I return to msnbc for some stability and sanity.

  • @lindabrooks1863
    @lindabrooks1863 6 років тому

    Mr George Will you are so right.

  • @idklol4197
    @idklol4197 6 років тому +3

    blood and soil right wingery is a great phrase

  • @boudica3356
    @boudica3356 6 років тому +2

    I don't know why anyone would want to insult poodles

  • @bspearbach714
    @bspearbach714 6 років тому

    Mr. George Will is well grounded.

  • @Research0digo
    @Research0digo 6 років тому

    George Will never ages - amazing. He's not as 'center' as pat Buchanan, but still a great patriot.

  • @luciadelia5607
    @luciadelia5607 6 років тому +7

    Trump lies and Pence swears to it.

  • @stone1andonly
    @stone1andonly 6 років тому +2

    Make America Victorian England Again!! #MAVEA

  • @maymac2012
    @maymac2012 6 років тому

    George Will has surely proven to be a heavy-weight intellectual with moral clarity. I respect him.

  • @autumnmeadows4079
    @autumnmeadows4079 6 років тому +1

    Excellent

  • @jorgecanizares9877
    @jorgecanizares9877 6 років тому

    George Will is a true conservative that I can respect. I've watched him for several decades now.

  • @LeilaniG808
    @LeilaniG808 6 років тому +1

    Bwahahahaha You guys are hilarious. I'm old school. I immediately expect the bar will be lowered when someone can't spell....in an age of spell-check.

  • @onewomanslife
    @onewomanslife 6 років тому +1

    GO GEORGE WILL!

  • @herdfan697278
    @herdfan697278 4 роки тому

    Very much on point! It is good to hear the voice of an articulate intelligent individual! Only the absolute worst of our cultural struggles in the United States is front and center in this Federal administration! I am surprised that it has been allowed to continue this long!

  • @Wiley_Coyote
    @Wiley_Coyote 6 років тому

    George Will is pretty much the only Conservative voice I respect anymore. God bless him for holding onto the integrity which has abandoned the rest of them.

  • @erickallen5776
    @erickallen5776 6 років тому

    I am a "Utopian", far left of Bernie, but George Will is my favorite guy; the smartest guy in politics.

  • @roscoec.tarver4118
    @roscoec.tarver4118 6 років тому +1

    For once in my life I agree with George will

  • @ThePlutarch44
    @ThePlutarch44 6 років тому

    As a Canadian, I am aghast at what is happening in the corridors of power in the United States. I'm not particularly concerned about any immediate effect on my country, but on the world and even on the planet we -- and Americans, bless 'em -- call home. This is utter madness, worse than Germany in the 1930s and with far deeper -- and more destructive -- consequences.

  • @TheDgill
    @TheDgill 6 років тому +76

    GOP party before country .

    • @billiwickey
      @billiwickey 6 років тому +2

      GOP=Greed Old Party

    • @catseye1009
      @catseye1009 6 років тому

      dan gill :Where were you born? You sound like some third world wanna be Warlord. Did you learn Civics or history in school? I have not heard such idiocy since Er... a few minutes ago. Guess it is catching.

    • @Lobishomem
      @Lobishomem 6 років тому

      45 before GOP. GOP suffering from Stockholm syndrome.

    • @Lobishomem
      @Lobishomem 6 років тому

      Cats Eye100 The comment section has become the largest cesspool of ignorant Americans, most of whom cannot even spell or write a complete sentence. Unfortunately America is finished. Only in such an uneducated country could a reptilian gangster like 45 be president.

  • @tinahaynes696
    @tinahaynes696 6 років тому

    I’m a life long Democrat. I don’t know much about George Will, but I like him.
    He’s a smart man. He is scrupulous. He telling the truth about these people.

  • @fouadelkachif4793
    @fouadelkachif4793 6 років тому +1

    I respect George's opinion

  • @robertgaudet7407
    @robertgaudet7407 6 років тому +1

    This is a cruel way to treat poodles. And isn't it 'Pence'? Very British. Suspicious...

  • @alexd4060
    @alexd4060 6 років тому +1

    Did pence really get booed at a pacers game while governor of indiana?? Anyone know

  • @tm502010
    @tm502010 6 років тому

    George Will ... gotta hand it to him!

  • @michaelinhouston9086
    @michaelinhouston9086 6 років тому +2

    "Sycophantic poodle" - the ultimate put down.

  • @dragonslayer7627
    @dragonslayer7627 6 років тому +8

    George Will is the most intelligent commentator by a long mark.

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 6 років тому

      George Will was consistent more than anything else. A cheerleader that unwittingly helped to create the grotesque freak show that right wing politics has become. Now he sees the error of a lifetime of one-sided ranting. In his old age,finally.

  • @joyceboyd7380
    @joyceboyd7380 4 роки тому

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before stumbling. An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  • @marcparella
    @marcparella 6 років тому

    George Will's explanation of the difference between Conservativism and the Alt Right is dead on. Why is this hard to understand?

  • @lindaleelaw5277
    @lindaleelaw5277 3 роки тому

    Ladies , smart men are the best. They know how to have an intelligent conversation. I get excited with his use of English, and phraseology. .

  • @z.deutch1334
    @z.deutch1334 6 років тому +2

    Bahahahaha George's description of Pence is *spot on!*
    _"Pence is a reminder that no one can have sustained transactions with Trump without becoming too soiled for subsequent scrubbing."_

  • @skipanther
    @skipanther 6 років тому

    I might be somewhat liberal and have usually disagreed w/George Will,he is an American and he sure is making sense here,no doubt!

  • @MrToolmaker23
    @MrToolmaker23 6 років тому +1

    Darkness is coming. Been saying that since Election day.

  • @tomchapman9119
    @tomchapman9119 6 років тому

    I don’t fully support the Republicans and Will’s views but he is bang on about Trump !

  • @marcdorfner8446
    @marcdorfner8446 6 років тому

    George, I think you're the first Republican I'v liked in decades.

  • @divaqueenme6627
    @divaqueenme6627 6 років тому

    This man is speaking total truth !!!

  • @maryriley6163
    @maryriley6163 6 років тому +2

    George Will could see what Trump is from a distance, I wish the republicans had listened to him. I think Pence knows a lot more of the dirt in Trump's campaign and presidency than he admits.

  • @johnverney
    @johnverney 6 років тому +1

    140 characters....haha, good one.

  • @steffybabes
    @steffybabes 4 роки тому

    Radical!

  • @user-ju7ze9to4k
    @user-ju7ze9to4k 6 років тому

    All my life I’ve liked will, now I respect and admire him also.

  • @peteketners5939
    @peteketners5939 5 років тому

    After they both get thrown out of office, they could go on tour with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and call themselves "Triumph and The Sycophantic Poodles" promoting their new album "America...For Me to Poop On!"

  • @yellow9349
    @yellow9349 6 років тому

    ...somebody said they'd rather have a REAL poodle. I like cocker spaniels myself.

  • @carolewilkins9505
    @carolewilkins9505 6 років тому

    George Will seems to be a thinking person, too bad he couldn’t handle any more crap.