[paulat]

You have to sling attacks at Noonan and others who disagree because you think any criticism of the President is tantamount to treason.

...uhhh...NO. I am criticising Noonan because she is as vain and self-absorbed as Maureen Dowd, and she writes sappy prose. I criticize the President all the time. Your sweeping generalizations are silly.

[LibertarianInExile]

Then you aren't criticizing her comments but her person and her characteristics. This is not appropriate in discussion--it's ad hominem--unless you're a liberal. Post 251 is an appropriate critique of Ms. Noonan's article. It's addressing her words, not her person.