Peggy Noonan: JFK Disease

Opinion Journal ^ | 03/04/04 | Peggy Noonan

[doosee]

Kerry is too boring to be insane. I could foresee in his presidency (not) that he could easily do a repeat Bay of Pigs, say in Venezuela. Help to overthrow Chavez but dont help too much so you actually throw him out.... Democrat weakness revisited.

[Tax-chick]

She is not awed by media people; she thinks producers and anchormen are people who are lucky she invited them to dinner at Louisberg Square.

I'm prepared to like someone who treats the media like the SERVANTS they are!

[Ditter]

>>>>>> Kerry has a secret stash of Gray Poupon>>>>> LOL That is a great line too, & absolutely true. He does not appeal to the common man or woman.

[harrowup]

The great unmentioned fact of Democrats in power and foreign policy right now is that they try hard to do nothing, because if they were to do something it would be what Republicans do. And they don't want to do that.

This is so absolutely true. Clintonian FP was just a page from Introduction to Billing Hours for Partners in Waiting and merely used negotiations as an excuse for papering over the problem. Of course, James Baker in the Bush One administration was pretty good at that as well...oh, yeah, and a pretty good litigator himself.

Classic Noonan, and I mean that appreciatively.

[GailA]

He was also a drug addict. Like Elvis had Dr. Nick, JFK had his own private pill provider.

[isthisnickcool]

Peggy and I agree.

[arasina]

For all his macho posturing on Harleys and windsurfing and wearing wetsuits, John Kerry's true nature is still apparent.

JOHN KERRY IS JUST A BIG SISSY!

[arasina]

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[MeekOneGOP]

Good article on John Kerry by Peggy! ...

Peggy Noonan: JFK Disease

Excerpt:

JFK was an interesting man, privately complicated and publicly merry. When his motorcade went by in 1960, women--especially nuns, I once read--couldn't help themselves; they jumped up and down in excitement. The Kennedy campaign called them the jumpers. Mr. Kerry on the other hand--well, no one jumps for him.

I didn't think a man with a face that anguished would make it this far. I mean without other qualities that overwhelm and even counter the message of the face, which is: I suffer from mild clinical depression, do you?

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[MeekOneGOP]

bumpity ! ...

[cyncooper]

Wow.

Laugh out loud funny (the description of Al Gore is a hoot!).

I take the warning about the vicious and hateful Kerry tactics to come very seriously.

All in all an excellent description of Democrats Lost.

[Happy2BMe]

"I was there in Madison Square Garden, and the impact on the crowd was electric, as if Leonardo's painting had come alive and they were actually seeing God touch Adam."

God is NOT impressed.

[MeekOneGOP]

I can tell we're on the same page. Peggy sure has a way with words, expressing with clarity !

This was a great article. Bless her and Ronald Reagan !

[buffyt]

The only person in politics who has ever tried to morph himself into Ronald Reagan was Al Gore in his first debate with George W. Bush. He even wore makeup that echoed the heightened color of Mr. Reagan's cheeks. He wound up looking not like Mr. Reagan but like a turn-of-the-century madam in a San Francisco whorehouse, but that's not important.

LOVE THAT IMAGE!!! PEGGY is the BEST!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...I remember being so thrilled at my shaking hands with JFK on the day he accepted his Democrat Party's Nomination for President of the United States that I didn't wash my right hand for ...3 full days.

...Now that we all know what JFK was really up to during that week in Los Angeles ...perhaps I should have washed that hand..?

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[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Probably ! ;^)

[q_an_a]

she has a skill that is a gift from God. What do you think her book on the Pope will be like?

[iceskater]

That is priceless. LOL

[buffyt]

When he speaks, both in prepared text and off the cuff, Mr. Kerry is boring. I don't mean he doesn't make you laugh, nod or swoon, I mean he doesn't make you think.

I was just reading the article for the third time. This is GREAT! She nails it. I was just thinking yesterday that I don't always agree with Rush, but he makes me THINK. Peggy is right, Kerry doesn't make you think!!!! He is as exciting as a rainy Sunday night.