Decision ‘08

George Will Looks To Me For Inspiration

On May 20th of this year, I composed a groundbreaking post entitled Irony, Thy Name Is McCain that has proven so influential that George Will has expanded on the concepts therein for his latest piece, For McCain, A Surplus Of Irony.

Everything I have written above is true, with the following caveats:

(1) My piece was not groundbreaking.

(2) George Will has never heard of it or me.

(3) His latest piece has nothing to do, conceptually, with mine.

I would like to point out that both do have “McCain” and “Irony” in the title - and isn’t that ironic? Don’t you think?

It’s like raaaaiiiin, on your weddin’ day…

Sorry, got a little carried away there…

Where were we? Oh, the Will piece. Well, it’s standard fare for George; he’s never liked McCain-Feingold (nor do most conservatives), and he shows the hypocrisy of the legislation as he’s done so many times before. Worth reading, if you’ve never read Will on the subject, or even if you have, as a refresher…