# Re Miers appointment Columnist George Will kinda-sorta calls President Bush an idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830 "2005-10-05T03:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/81 "2005-10-08T20:37:05Z")
A libertarian? No shit? Gee, he always seemed such a sensible, level headed fellow ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/82 "2005-10-09T01:37:07Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Bush is going to nominate some hellish tirebiter of a troglodyke female conservative Excuse me. The word is spelled troglody **t** e. With a “t”, not a “k”. Please do not associate dykes with reich wingers, er, I mean right wingers. Thank you. Your friendly neighborhood liberal dyke Johanna ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/83 "2005-10-13T15:00:32Z")
This was pretty amusing, and I just wanted to tack it on to the end of this thread [Peggy Noonan WSJ - Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT](http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/) > [@](#): > > I think I know what White House aides are thinking. > > They’re thinking: This is the part of my memoir where we faced the daily pounding of our allies. They’re thinking: This is the “Churchill Alone” chapter. They’re thinking: He was like a panther in the jungle night. For five years he sat, watchful, still as marble, his eyes poised upon his prey. And then he sprang in a sudden burst of sleek-muscled focus, and when it was over his face was unchanged but for the scarlet ring of blood around his mouth. But enough about George Will. They’re thinking: That’s good, save it for later. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/84 "2005-10-13T15:06:13Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Excuse me. The word is spelled troglody **t** e. With a “t”, not a “k”. Please do not associate dykes with reich wingers, er, I mean right wingers. Thank you. > > Your friendly neighborhood liberal dyke Johanna OK. I’m hip to the new paradyke … er, paradigm. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/85 "2005-10-14T01:01:37Z")
Paradyke? Good one. I _wish_ I was part of a pair o’ dykes. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/86 "2005-10-14T13:01:41Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Carter was pretty famous for his Cabinet appointments as well. Burt Lance was the biggest loser of that lot, IIRC. Burt Lance was Budget Director, which is not a cabinet position. Of course all presidents appoint friends and cronies to positions that are answerable only to the president. Cabinet positions, and SCOTUS appointments should be taken a little more seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/87 "2005-10-14T13:24:32Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Burt Lance was Budget Director, which is not a cabinet position. Of course all presidents appoint friends and cronies to positions that are answerable only to the president. Cabinet positions, and SCOTUS appointments should be taken a little more seriously. And of course, Burt Lance was a banker, which is a reasonable qualification for his being a Finance Director. The real problem was that he was a crook. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/88 "2005-10-14T18:36:37Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Paradyke? Good one. I _wish_ I was part of a pair o’ dykes. Which is why visions of Johanna keep me up past the dawn. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830/89 "2005-10-15T02:00:56Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Which is why visions of Johanna keep me up past the dawn. 😉 DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER. Yes, I named myself after the song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-miers-appointment-columnist-george-will-kinda-sorta-calls-president-bush-an-idiot/324830.md?page=4)