GEORGE WILL criticism of Sherrod Brown = endorsement to me

[yurbud]

I cannot figure out how the part I highlighted at the end of this clip could be interpreted as ding on Brown.

George F. Will: GOP has a lot to lose in Ohio
By George F. Will
Published 2:15 am PST Sunday, March 26, 2006
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Brown is a harbinger of a momentous, and ominous, aspect of the 2008 presidential election: For the first time in living memory, one of the major parties - Brown's - will be essentially hostile to free trade, the foundation of today's prosperity. The Democratic Party's protectionism operates under the dissimulating label of "fair trade."

A serious student of trade policy, Brown notes that the trade deficit for all of 1992 was $39 billion, but was $724 billion last year and $68 billion just for January 2006. He wants U.S. trade policy to force "stronger labor and environmental standards" in less-developed nations - to "bring up their living standards." Oh, please. The primary point is to reduce the competitive advantages of nations with lower labor costs and lighter environmental regulations - nations many Ohioans believe caused their state to lose 222,800 manufacturing jobs in the last 10 years.

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http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/debate/will/story/14235184p-15056545c.html

[patdem]

1. And Ohioans care that India or China keeps cheap labor

by not haveing to care about global warming WHY?

[INdemo]

2. Does anyone know what the average worker in China or India earns?

Of course a 40hr week would be a luxury for the worker, but just curious as to what they earn?

[MADem]

3. Yep!

The first thing we need to do is make sure that we continue to stay alive on the big blue marble. Sustainable environmental standards are a logical first step. Otherwise, all of the cheap labor, loss of jobs, and what-have-you won't matter a fig to the cockroaches left behind....

[Botany]

4. Fuck you George Will

When is your job as the snotty high brow intellectual going to be
shipped to India? Betya ABC and the people who pay you to write and speak
can get 10 Indians who can spout your half baked crap for 1/4 of what you
make in a year. I wonder if the Indians would think it was bad karma to
use stolen documents to prep somebody for a debate? Just like you used
Carter's stolen documents in 1980 for Reagan.


http://www.fair.org/media-beat/010308.html
The New Republic declared Will to be "the one person who has been most embarrassed by Debategate" and faulted him for two aspects of his behavior: "Appearing on ABC's 'Nightline' the night of the debate, Mr. Will was one of the commentators who awarded the 'victory' to Mr. Reagan; he posed as a referee without ever making it clear that he had been one of the seconds." In addition, the columnist "knew about the purloined briefing books" but kept the knowledge to himself. "Mr. Will said nothing about this on 'Nightline'; nor did he write about it."

Perhaps a bit taken aback by the uproar, Will devoted a Washington Post column to his own defense. In essence, Time magazine noted, "Will said he was glad he had done what he had done, but would not do it again."

The controversy blew over. And in retrospect, Will's prominence in Debategate probably helped rather than hurt his career. The incident certified that he was a power player at the highest reaches of presidential politics.

Nearly three years after his stealth role in the Carter-Reagan debates came to light, a front-page Los Angeles Times profile called Will "the pre-eminent American political commentator." When the story briefly touched on Debategate and quoted Will, the tone was far from apologetic: "I simply reject the idea that I misled anyone. It wasn't a state secret who I was for."

But George Will knew that those Carter briefing papers were stolen. He made use of them. And he kept mum for as long as he co