A Sourpuss? Moi? [Peggy Noonan responds to her last column on the inaugural speech]

WSJ - Opinion Journal ^ | 1-26-05 | Peggy Noonan

[trisham]

Thank you for you're critical analysis of my grammer and spelling. It will go far in making me a better person.

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Not for long.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Its later than you think.

Only if you've been up all night.

[Preachin']

"Moderation, forgiveness and tolerance are the family values"

Tolerance is a family value?

I think banning you was a family value.

[beckysueb]

People come here from DU and say things like you are saying and they always misspell words. Maybe I jumped the gun a little and shouldn't have critisized your spelling but you are taking a very liberal stance here. Exactly the stance DU takes but with enough conservativism thrown in for good measure.

[beezdotcom]

I thank God that we control the Senate and the House and can keep this loose cannon under control during his periods of delusion.

Huh? If that's your goal, then you should wish for the Dems to regain Congress, since that'll REALLY keep him in check. Yeesh.

[woofie]

but this freedom of speech thing is quite nice.

She can say whatever she wants but it dont make it so

[MEG33]

I pinged you as he had directed that pompous lecture to you..I thought you might enjoy my bursting his bubble.

[JusPasenThru]

Too much doofen of zee boofen, ja?

[beckysueb]

What was the context of the banned comment? I missed it.

[syriacus]

But cleaning up the garbage is not pretty. And it sometimes leaves the neighborhood in an even bigger mess than it had been."

Dear Peggy: I guess you must have a maid, nowdays, and you have become out of touch with what we ordinary folks know.

If garbage is not disposed of, the pile grows and vermin spread disease.

[kittymyrib]

Who cares what this old, jaded, sourpuss with the affected voice has to say, anyway? It seems she wants attention now.

[ovrtaxt]

There is no place here for your brand of liberal sarcasm.

You are obviously new around here. There's plenty of room for sarcasm, trust me.

As for my opinion on the speech,

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven".

The will of God is freedom for all of humanity-- which is only found in Christ. The question remains as to how we go about facilitating it. I think the President expressed an accurate goal, but the finer points of his foreign policy have yet to prove themselves. We will see a big part of the proof after Jan 30 in Iraq.

[syriacus]

I fear she is lost. She has shown by this recent column that she cannot take criticism well. She doesn't know it yet, but she is now on the wrong side of history.

I wonder if she is jealous of Condi?

[beckysueb]

Dear Peggy: I guess you must have a maid, nowdays, and you have become out of touch with what we ordinary folks know. You are right. Anyone who has ever remodeled their house knows what a mess it is until all the work is done and the mess is all cleaned up and disposed of and you are left with a beautiful useful new space that once was wasted space. Liberals don't see the new space. All they see is the mess.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Post #54

[woofie]

evidently we had way too much Random Excess

[independentmind]

Peggy has guts and this is a very good article.

[MEG33]

She is not listening.

I preferred to conclude she just had an attack of speech envy .

She deprived me of allowing her that as an excuse.

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[Carolinamom]

Peggy was lavish in her criticism of the President's speech. She's smarting from criticism of her own remarks about it. Words do have meaning, Peggy, as you have said, but your words did not convince me that President Bush's words about "liberty and justice for all" are a bad thing to wish for others.