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Over at Atrios's house they're talking about the slightly-more-than-usually-stupid George Will column in the WaPo today. Which inspired a conversation on the topic "Will: Liar or Moron?" which I am happy to say was resolved with good humor and song (the answer, it was decided, was "Yes.) Their resident poet/parodist filkertom provided the following summation:

(chorus)
Will the Lying Moron
Lived in D.C.
And frolicked in the daily Post
In the Land of Punditry.

Little Ronnie Reagan
Taught that rascal Will
To look surprised at his own lies
And more Atwater swill!

(chorus x2)

To gather facts and trivia
That he could then misstate,
Our Will would say the damndest things
To help his candidate.

He thought he sounded folksy,
But came off elite and rude,
Remember when he blamed Clinton
For "moral turpitude"?

(chorus x2)

A Reagan lives forever,
But not so little lies,
Georgie was discredited
In everybody's eyes.

One gray night it happened,
Georgie's paper called no more,
And Will that Lying Moron...
Became a TV whore!

He got a gig on This Week,
Spent time on Meet The Press,
Every talk show in the land
Demanded him as guest.

And Dubya sure respects him,
Their bond is deep and true,
They both love baseball, are disgraceful,
And both hate me and you!

(chorus x2)

Words: Copyright 2004 by Tom Smith, after Lenny Lipton
Music: "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter Yarrow
filkertom (thanks to Gordon)