Love the phrase “OBushinton political class”.
“....the force of his movement, the soundness of his policies, and the base vacuity and snobbery of much of the criticism of him”.
Perfectly stated.
I believe the technical term for this slight lift of the left end of the upper lip is “sophistry”, an attitude that the perpetrator of this wisdom is simply the smartest person in the room.
After all, his (or her) mother had often repeated how very precious (pr precocious) her “smart kid” was. Now they believe it themselves.
Peggy Noonan was one of Reagan’s speechwriters and has become a terrific columnist. She wrote some good stuff explaining Trump and his attraction to the political class. I am deeply disappointed she has emerged as a disdainer.
All you've got is "whatabout Reagan"?
Great, great writing and I love this:
“”He is rising in the polls, has told the haters and the disdainers to stuff their complaints, bring on the impeachment burlesque, and he will see his enemies on Election Day.””
Thanks for posting...
Didn’t the Iran-Contra affair also involve a cake?
“But historians who write untainted by the cant, emotionalism, and bias ...”
Sometimes this takes less time than you think it will. Watching “Killing Jimmy Hoffa” (2015) I noticed that most of the well-below-age-fifty authors and historians they had on betrayed no special love or awe for the Kennedys and their Camelot. They seems disgusted or contemptuous if anything. It was very refreshing to see.
Peggy Noonan?
The verbose, bloviating GOP dinosaur?
The voice of the Complacent Republican Establishment?
Peggy long ago revealed that she couldn’t care less about the concerns of Trump voters.