1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough
  8. The Braiser
Advertisement

George Will Discloses Wife’s Ties To Perry Campaign On ‘This Week’

video
» 22 comments

Christiane Amanpour asked George Will about Rick Perry‘s “very bad week” on This Week today, but before discussing the Texas governor’s presidential campaign, Will disclosed that his wife Mari Maseng joined the Perry campaign last week, making her focus campaign messaging and debate preparation. Will’s wife has worked previously as communications directors to both Ronald Reagan and Bob Dole. In the past few weeks, Will has written several columns in the Washington Post, one of which was highly critical of Mitt Romney, one of Perry’s chief rivals in the field.

Politico notes that on last Sunday’s edition of This Week, Will was very critical of not just Romney but Herman Cain. In fact, according to Will, some Romney advisors have been claiming Will now faces a conflict of interest in criticizing their candidate.

“Some of the more excitable and perhaps the less mature members of the Romney campaign have tried to make this personal. At the Michigan debate, after the debate, Mari waved a hand to Mitt Romney, they came over and talked, they’ve been guests at our dinner table, and Romney gave her a kiss on the cheek and they went their separate ways. They’re both mature professionals.”

When Amanpour asked Will if Perry now has a better chance of winning the nomination, he quipped, “Well, he’s got better advisors.” On a more serious note, Will reminded viewers of President Obama’s “57 states” gaffe and that getting tongue-tied every once in a while is natural for a politician running to be the leader of the free world.

Watch the segment below, courtesy of ABC:

Follow us on Twitter.

Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.

Email Twitter Facebook Digg Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo Buzz LinkedIn Tumblr Delicious
  • Jane

    She’ll be out in no time, as the Perry money has dried up.

  • Kid Dynamite

    Given Will’s history of adultery and dumping his aging wife, it’s surprising his wife didn’t go to work for Gingrich.

    It’s no surprise she didn’t accept the “job” offer from Herman Cain, which involved Cain offering to let her blow him.

  • Anonymous

    I noticed you highschool kids ignored Obama’s “57 states” gaffe and rather decided to leave your childish comments as you mostly do here.

    I prefer to ignore you all when your comments have nothing constructive.

  • Anonymous

    George Will: Weasel with a cheap hairpiece. That describes Amanpour, too.

  • Kid Dynamite

    Barry O’s 57 States gaffe shattered my world. I immediately questioned the validity of all my political beliefs and realized that Herman Cain is the One True Infalliable Messiah. 

    I know how hard it is for you to ignore high school kids on the web. I hope you learn something from Jerry Sandusky’s example.

  • Anonymous

    ^ + 1 !!

    What is it with these dolts that they can’t let go of this 57 states thing? Must have been hurt as kids. 

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Whoa; what’s with the cheap shot at Amanpour? Surely you’re not suggesting she wears a wig. And really, once you take on the job of hosting a Sunday Morning With The Republicans show, you park your political ethics in a blind trust. 

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Does this really make a lot of sense? I mean, who exactly is supposely being surprised all of a sudden by George F***ing Will being politically conflicted, any more than any other dyed-in-the-wool Republican hack pundit? How exactly is this some sort of undisclosed problem?

    Every R election operative in Washington DC has her or his claws into one these campaigns, except for the ones waiting for the nomination tussle to end & then join in on the general. The only problem with jumping in now for a Not Romney is if Romney is the type to hold a grudge. R U kidding? Romney took vulture capitalism to new heights, setting a new world standard for stabbing workers, shareholders, creditors and vendors of companies he vultured right in the back, not once but 150 times. He was Mitt the Ripper. 

    But it was BUSINESS, and now Mitt is in the POLITICS biz. It’s like that scene in The Godfather with the heads of the Five Families are meeting in a boardroom in the Catskills divying up the crime fronts; Don Mittens, uh, Corleone made it clear that he would not stop others pursuing their “business interests” in dealing heroin to the poor blacks and Hispanics, because that was “business”.

    I actually think Will did Mittens a favor, by being just about the only right winger going after Mitt in this nomination process, trying to make up for the fact that the entire process was SUPPOSED be about vetting Mitt, but NO ONE IS DOING IT RIGHT, not even his wife’s candidate. I mean, he did once, sort of, with the lawn care thing, but it came off clumsy and only gave ammo to the Ds.

    See, George F***ing Will is about to give a demonstration in self-vetting down the right wing way: put it all out there in some hyperbolic ceremonial blood-letting & ask for foregiveness. Winger pols do this ALL THE TIME: note David Vitter with the hookers, note Ensign with the affair before it turned out there were Congressional ethics violations. Usually Will plays the part of the Pope in these sorts of dispensation passion plays, but David Broder was the Pope before so no doubt we can expect the ex-Pope to re-surface in some Beltway kumbaya moment, and Will will gone on and one and on like before, like always.

    If you really still need proof about how circumspect Mittens can be in this dirty business, take a gander at the line-up of unindicted, even indicted, thieves and ex-Bush era has-beens in his foreign policy advisory team.

  • Bob

    It drives them crazy because they thought a simple bit of misspeaking and saying “57 states” instead of “57 primaries and caucuses” would cover for the ceaseless, neverending stupidity from the likes of Sarah “I can’t name a newspaper” Palin and Rick “Where the hell am I?” Perry.

  • Bob

    I miss “George Will’s Sports Machine.” That was a great show.

  • Pablo

    There aren’t 57 primaries and caucuses, even in the Community Based Reality.

  • Anonymous

    OMG!!!  What ever shall we do?!?!?…LOL

  • Anonymous

    Yet you allow them to live rent free in your head?

    Could you please elaborate for the rest of us about how “constructive” your own post is, or do you just want to babble?

  • Anonymous

    you need a ass kickin

  • Anonymous

    Will has no credibility. A couple of weeks ago, he was lambasting Perry, all of a sudden he is covering his disastrous debate performance by quoting a slip in tongue. 

  • Chauncy Gardner

    Pretty sure ole George ain’t votin for Perry.

  • Anonymous

    Will’s afraid of Romney because he know’s Romney will sweep the Casserole Belt.
    http://brettcottrell.blogspot.com/2011/11/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-mitt.html

  • Anonymous

    Displaying his/her wisdom once again!

  • Anonymous

    That is the eleventh “57 States” reference I’ve seen you folks put out there in the last 24 hours. Nearly 4 years on and still going strong!

  • Anonymous

    I think it reminds them of Heinz 57 Ketchup, and French (oops, Freedom) Fries, which, in turn, reminds them of John Kerry and his liberal, foreign born wife. I think it’s like Pavlov’s dog, in that whenever they hear the number 57, they all start salivating, and howling “57 States” at the moon.

  • Michael T.

    Is George Will a better man than Howard Kurtz?

    Perhaps.

    As far as I know Kurtz never stated on his CNN “Reliable Sources” Sunday show during the 2008 presidential campaign that his wife had ties to the McCain/Palin campaign.

  • Michael T.

    Remember last May when he said the only candidates with a shot were Romney, Palenty and Daniels. Guess again Mr. Know-It-All.

    Even if I don’t agree with their politics, I frequently want to know what smart Republicans like Giuliani, Gingrich and Romney have to say.

    But George Will’s smugness and arrogance are too much to take even in small doses.

© 2012 Mediaite, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram