I'm disappointed in Ms. Noonan's opinion here...MUD
"I cannot believe that a non-liberal would bash this speech. Perhaps she is just not comfortable with God herself. She surely need not be embarrassed for the President, he can handle himself. As for the ending; isn't it accepted that America was founded under God to spread freedom and liberty, both religious and economic? Ms Noonan did us a disservice her by giving fuel to the anti-American, anti-religious zealots in our country."
You summed up what she said very well. I totally agree with you. Now she's given all the liberals cover to bash the President.
What is going on with her?
This is the result of the PC thought police. With all respect to Peggy Noonan. I never thought she would be influenced by the fear of a thought crime.
This is the exact result the left seeks to achieve. The left (democrats) will now point to this article every time they feeeeeeeel threatened by God.
The want to stiffle expression before it is expressed. They want people to fear speaking out when with their piers. Only the left atheist religion is allowed to speak to exercise expression? I think not.
Hey, Noonan. If you don't like it, take it up with GOD !
Noonan sang a different tune on FOX News immediately after the speech, when she had nothing but good words to say about it.
Personally, I have never understood those who think the sun rises and sets on Peggy Noonan.
She really annoys me with that soft, gooey (and supercilious) attitude of hers.
Alternatives to killing our enemies are thin on the ground. They...Islamofascists...would slaughter us in a NY minute, they've made that quite clear. It's the only reason they get up in the morning. What to do? Sit around and wait for another 9/11? Clearly this is unthinkable, so we act preemptively, either with force, aid, and example. Iraq and Afghanistan are a mix of all three. Iran's been warned. Syria, too. The rest of the usual suspects...Lybia, Pakistan, etc., are at least singing along with the choir.
Poverty, envy, anger, hopelessness, and illiteracy--(brainwashing, too), are behind Islamofascism. They have no voice in their future. What future? They'd rather be dead in the service of Islam since they believe they'll end up in paradise. But if reality meant democracy, or whatever form their country could achieve, they'd have an interest in living in the real world peacefully. Maybe this is pie in the sky, unachievable, but the alternative: killing them all, generations of young Arab males, etc., for the foreseeable future, isn't rational. It was a troubling speech, but the choice is rather stark. Somebody had to come out with it sooner or later. GW did yesterday. And did it make me happy? No. I'd rather pull up the drawbridge, mine the borders, and let the rest of the world stew in its own juice. But they won't leave us alone, and that's the sorry truth.
Peggy Noonan, June 5, 2004.
Reagan was a bit over the top, was he not?
I've always enjoyed her writing, even though I find her more than a little condescending toward mere mortals.
This is weird. All this time I thought she was a Christian.
Noonan is morphing into Maureen Dowd as we "speak"......
Frankly, I would just rather discuss and disparage the Islamic variety.
But if you insist...
BUMP
PEGGY NOONAN
"Way Too Much God Was the president's speech a case of "mission inebriation"? "
Peggy, Peggy, Peggy...
You can never have too much God
You can never have too much ammunition
You can never have too many Viking Kitty pics
I guess she didn't like it. Oh well.
How can you have "too much God?"
see tagline.
This is just sickening coming from Peggy Noonan. I hope that Sean tears her comments apart today on his show.He seems to be in Peggy's camp alot.
This is just sickening coming from Peggy Noonan. I hope that Sean tears her comments apart today on his show.He seems to be in Peggy's camp alot.
Lately she's been "cranky" as one poster wrote. Perhaps she was left out of something or was upset that she wasn't an official member of the campaign team. Whatever it is, it's coming thru in her writings of late.
"As for the ending; isn't it accepted that America was founded under God to spread freedom and liberty, both religious and economic?"
No, I doubt it is "accepted" by very many, beyond the religious faction, of Bush's party.
Many Republicans and conservatives are not among those, who insist everything political and American must be heavily infused with Christian religious references.
IIRC, Peggy has recently become somewhat religious herself. She's not areligious like me, let alone anti-religious. Her praise for the singing of GBA indicates this.
However, she does seem to understand, as President Reagan did, that some of the fragilest parts of the conservative coalition are people who believe in limited government and an assertive foreign policy....but are not devoutly religious and are indeed concerned about religion-based social/cultural laws.
The idea that there was envy here is silly. No speechwriter who wrote Ronald Reagan's D-Day speech needs ever be envious of anyone.
-Eric