Posted on 01/21/2005 4:27:12 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 01/21/2005 4:28:09 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
One can only wish Noonan a speedy recovery.
I thought it was a good speech, too, but Noonan's article about it in today's Wall Street Journal was downright nasty.
My question is what got into Dick Morris?
could he be ummmm objective? wow!!! :)
Dick Morris will say anything to get in the headlines.
I couldn't believe it coming from a Clintoonite.
Dick Morris is not a Clintoonite. He is a hired gun. Tell him you want to win an election, he'll tell you what to say and do.
She's downright vicious in her criticism of the speech.
Yes, some people have mentioned that she's been kind of marginalized for awhile now. I won't say I was ever a big fan of hers (well, since her Reagan days), but I thought she was okay; however, this article makes her look spiteful and petty.
I thought she was downright delicate in, as she put it, "reluctantly" disliking the speech. It's pretty amazing on a day when I would have bet good money she'd publish a moony, fawning gush-o-rama essay lauding every aspect. I don't remember ever seeing her this skeptical of this administration. I guess she didn't vote for Wilson. (I know, she's not THAT old.)
Morris "gets it". Peggy clearly does not.
I owe allegiance to very few people. Among them I count G.W.B. and Rush. My main alliance is with America and conservative interests. When people cross those beliefs they claim to be supportive of, they are removed from my list witout hesitancy. Peggy has allowed petty jealousy to affect her. This wasn't simple disagreement, it was vicious. Shame on her.
Noonan fancies herself the best speechwriter of all time. She wanted to write for Pres. Bush so badly she could taste it, but Bush prefers Karen Hughes and others to Peggy. Maybe he likes straight talk rather than nuance. In any case, Noonan's petty reaction to a fine inaugural address is just sour grapes. Now, we know which side she's been on all the while--her own. Poor little girl needs to grow up.
I like reading Peggy Noonan, but even still, she has always made clear that the only speechwriting she likes is speechwriting that emulates her approach.
Like you, I wish her a speedy recovery.
Noonan fancies herself the best speechwriter of all time. She wanted to write for Pres. Bush so badly she could taste it, but Bush prefers Karen Hughes and others to Peggy. Maybe he likes straight talk rather than nuance. In any case, Noonan's petty reaction to a fine inaugural address is just sour grapes. Now, we know which side she's been on all the while--her own. Poor little girl needs to grow up.
I don't think she really thinks that she is the best, but there is a certain style and approach that she likes and she shows how much she appreciates those who do the same. I don't think it's exactly the same as thinking that she is the best?
But as G.Mason indicated, I wish her a speedy recovery.
Man, do I like the way you express yourself--clearly.
An old girlfriend never speaks affectionately of those who replaced her. Were it physiologically possible . . . I would say Miss Peggy was suffering a severe bout of the teenie-weenie complex.
OUTSTANDING speech about the reality of LIFE Peggy, and man's greatest concept...FREEDOM.
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