Gosh, I wonder who the hack was? /sarcasm
The title of this piece is The Ben Elliott Story: What I saw at the funeral. Mr. Wheeler is not responding to a tribute to Reagan (though the piece certainly mentions Reagan, since Noonan and Elliott worked there). There is a Noonan tribute to Reagan on the web site you pull this from, and it is specifically, solely addressing RWR. Both the pieces dealing with the funeral are about just that.
I notice you had to go to newsmax to find Wheeler's screed. Noonan was subtle and classy enough not to name him, though I'm sure everyone who read the piece and knew of their feud immediately knew everyone she was talking about.
But you demonstrate in your production of this little epithet-in-html that again, it's okay to attack Noonan personally in your book. You disagree with her argument, after all. Thus, she must be a bad person, worthy of any kind of abuse you can mete out.
I demonstrated that Noonan has no problem personally attacking her fellow Reagan speechwriters, even making comments about physical appearance.
I never once attacked Peggy personally..Read my posts. I questioned her judgement on this opinion...Still puzzled..
I posted old inaugural speeches of Washington and others. and other opinion writers' opinions.