# George F. Will interview on the Colbert Report **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733 "2008-06-04T08:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/21 "2008-06-05T18:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] My favorite part of his weekly column in Newsweek is to count how many historical mistakes and how many logical fallacies he commits. [/QUOTE] His column is every-other week. Gaudere’s Law? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/22 "2008-06-05T18:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] His column is every-other week. Gaudere’s Law? [/QUOTE] I thought that was first to compare to Nazi’s loses. So Gaudere’s is accusations of mistakes? In any event I’m now qualified to write for Newsweek. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/23 "2008-06-05T18:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] So Gaudere’s is accusations of mistakes? [/QUOTE] If you point out a mistake, you’ll commit the same mistake while doing so. Usually applied to spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/24 "2008-06-05T19:41:27Z")
If you didn’t know who George Will was, you would probably enjoy being aquianted with William F. Buckley. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/25 "2008-06-06T02:31:50Z")
I enjoyed the interview on Colbert, although I wish Stephen had asked him the obvious question… if conservatives favor “liberty” over “equality”, why aren’t they in favor of legalized gay marriage, pot, prostitution, etc. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/26 "2008-06-06T03:04:22Z")
I like this quote from Will: “Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” That’s about all I like about him, although I will grant that he is classier and more respectable than most right-wing bloviators these days. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/27 "2008-06-06T03:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] I thought that was first to compare to Nazi’s loses. [/QUOTE] (That’s “Godwin’s”) ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733/28 "2008-06-06T05:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=The Second Stone] I thought that was first to compare to Nazi’s loses. So Gaudere’s is accusations of mistakes? In any event I’m now qualified to write for Newsweek. [/QUOTE] Guadere’s Law is that people correcting others for grammar, spelling, etc, will make such a mistake themselves when they point it out. I have to second your opinion of Newsweek - I’ve been getting it for free for the last year and I’m actually pondering cancelling the free subscription as a waste of paper. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-f-will-interview-on-the-colbert-report/451733.md?page=1)