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==Poltical Views==
 
==Poltical Views==
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Though he claims to be a conservative, Will holds some conservative and some liberal views. With regards to foreign policy, Will has proposed that the United States should withdraw all troops from Afghanistan<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/31/AR2009083102912.html</ref> and defended [[Barack Obama]]'s response to the uprisings after the 2009 elections in Iran.<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/21/will-iran-foolish-criticism/</ref> He also criticized the Bush administration for engaging in warrantless surveillance<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502003.html</ref> and supported trials for detainees at the [[Guantanamo Bay]] prison camp.  On abortion, Will believes that the [[Roe v. Wade]] Supreme Court decision was unconstitutional, but thinks that the issue is unimportant, overall.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113001816.html</ref>  He is also against the death penalty.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/ponnuru/ponnuru200311060839.asp</ref> He does, however hold the conservative views that tighter border security and a "path to citizenship" is best for illegal immigrants,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902004.html</ref> and that gun ownership is a constitutional right.<ref>http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/003142.html</ref> Economically, he has been critical of liberal economic policies<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006374.html</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302003.html</ref> and praised [[Reaganomics]]<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/10/george-will-smacks-down-paul-krugman-simple-reaganomics</ref>.
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Though he claims to be a conservative, Will holds some conservative and some liberal views. With regards to foreign policy, Will has proposed that the United States should withdraw all troops from Afghanistan<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/31/AR2009083102912.html</ref> and defended [[Barack Obama]]'s response to the uprisings after the 2009 elections in Iran.<ref>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/21/will-iran-foolish-criticism/</ref> He also criticized the Bush administration for engaging in warrantless surveillance<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502003.html</ref> and supported trials for detainees at the [[Guantanamo Bay]] prison camp.  On abortion, Will believes that the [[Roe v. Wade]] Supreme Court decision was unconstitutional, but thinks that the issue is unimportant, overall.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113001816.html</ref>  He is also against the death penalty.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/ponnuru/ponnuru200311060839.asp</ref> He does, however hold the conservative views that tighter border security and a "path to citizenship" is best for illegal immigrants,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902004.html</ref> and that gun ownership is a constitutional right.<ref>http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/003142.html</ref> Economically, he has been critical of liberal economic policies<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091006374.html</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302003.html</ref> and praised [[Reaganomics]]<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/10/george-will-smacks-down-paul-krugman-simple-reaganomics</ref>.
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He also describes himself as "agnostic", claiming he was "not decisive enough [to be an [[atheist]]]."<ref>{{cite web
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He is also a self-described "low-voltage atheist."<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/02/13/george-will-is-an-atheist/</ref>
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|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=171135
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|title=George Will
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|work=The Colbert Report
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|publisher=Comedy Central
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|date=June 3, 2008
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|accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref>
      
==See also==
 
==See also==
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{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Conservative Commentators]]
   
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[[Category:Conservatives]]
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[[Category:Rino backers]]
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[[Category:Atheists]]
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[[Category:RINOs]]
 
[[Category:The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]]
 
[[Category:The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]]
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