Staunch Conservative George Will has not been a shrinking violet when it comes to showing his disdain for pizza-king-turned-presidential-pretender Herman Cain.
But this morning, on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, he held nothing back.
After comparing Santorum favorably to Cain, Will launched right into the GOP presidential campaign process and specifically into Cain’s “disrespectful approach to the selection of presidents.
George Will:
Between now and 2016, both parties have to do some serious thought as to whether they can develop some filter to prevent this process – particularly with this mad proliferation of debates – from being hijacked from charlatans, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial charlatans.
When asked by Amanpour whom he was referring to as an “entrepreneurial charlatan,” Will said without hesitation, “Well, the one that just dropped out — Mr. Cain — who used this as book tour and fundamentally disrespectful approach to the selection of presidents.”
Will was also highly critical of Republican candidates for agreeing to participate in the Newsmax debate hosted by Donald Trump. “Surely it’s about time for these candidates to stand up and say we’re going to do something presidential,” he said.
Way to go Mr. Will.
Arianna Huffington, also on the program, agreed with most of what George Will had to say and joked that Herman Cain should be given a reality show, “Keeping up with the Cains…”
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The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.