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Peggy Noonan: Freedom's Best Friend
Opinion Journal ^
| 12/11/03
| Peggy Noonan
Posted on 12/10/2003 9:03:47 PM PST by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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What a great man Bob Bartley was. He had guts and he was honest and independent and he worked hard. He was living proof that journalism doesn't have to be a vanity production. It can be big. It can change history. He did.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: peggynoonan; peggynoonanlist; robertlbartley; tribute
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:03:47 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Howlin; Miss Marple; mombonn; Sabertooth; beckett; BlueAngel; JohnHuang2; *Peggy Noonan list; ...
Pegy Ping!
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:04:27 PM PST
by
Pokey78
("I thought this country was founded on a principle of progressive taxation." Wesley Clark to Russert)
To: Pokey78
Excuse me; Peggy.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:04:58 PM PST
by
Pokey78
("I thought this country was founded on a principle of progressive taxation." Wesley Clark to Russert)
To: Pokey78
When Peggy drops the treacle, she writes great stuff. (asbestos pajamas on)
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:08:17 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: Pokey78
Bob Bartley was truly a great American whose writings and insights were unsurpassed. He will be sorely missed. Sincerest condolences to family and friends.
To: Pokey78; xm177e2; mercy; Wait4Truth; hole_n_one; GretchenEE; Clinton's a rapist; buffyt; ...
Ping...
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the ping, my friend.
To: Pokey78
Peggy Noonan wrote a marvelous elegy!
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:11:31 PM PST
by
Chu Gary
To: JohnHuang2
What a great writer and American we have lost.
May he rest in peace and may his family be comforted.
9
posted on
12/10/2003 9:13:56 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(One good term deserves another! Take W-04....Across America!)
To: gcruse
Absolutely right.
To: Pokey78
There was a Democratic Party lurching left and a Republican Party dominated by pale and chubby men who had reluctantly or eagerly embraced liberalism because, as they used to say, they knew what time it was.Sounds a lot like the present, except today's liberal Pubbies have lost weight and go out into the sun sometimes.
To: JulieRNR21
"What a great writer and American we have lost."
Indeed, Julie. As Peggy says, he was Freedom's best friend.
To: JohnHuang2
This is one journalist we can really admire and respect.
Cannot say that very often these days
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:20:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the ping....a great read.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:21:14 PM PST
by
BlessedAmerican
(Pray for our President and those who are fighting to preserve our freedom!)
To: GeronL
Indeed. His work exemplified true journalism. But he was more than a journalist; he was a patriot. He loved his country deeply.
To: gcruse
What is "treacle"?
To: Pokey78
I am of that age and I remember too. Bartley was a soldier in a war that seemed hopeless, and a stalwart man one could always count on. Thank you, Peggy Noonan, for this moving remembrance.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:30:38 PM PST
by
T'wit
To: Zack Nguyen
There are online dictionaries. I keep
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ in my personal toolbar.
Rather than cut right to the chase and spoil the fun, I'll define 'treacle' as syruptitious writing.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:33:50 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: JohnHuang2
Thanks for the ping!
To: gcruse
syruptitious?
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posted on
12/10/2003 10:09:18 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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