[ohioWfan]

I'm beginning to wonder if Peggy isn't a tad bipolar.

(Can you BE a "tad" bipolar? LOL!)

[mrs tiggywinkle]

I think Peggy has a very high opinion of herself.

In answer to your question - I've been busy with work and school, usually reading through the Dose in the morning, missing all the discussion excitement. Psychogirl is on a fast track (self motivated) and will be graduating a year early. She has her major and college already chosen and she's only going to be 15 in May. haha.

[STARWISE]

I've been very stunned at the shift in Peggy Noonan's recent pieces .. more stunned that she was even capable of such a noticeable swing away from her predictable and typically grand "big picture" view of Pres. Bush's stated values, missions and administration pursuits and her graceful translations of what his words and actions indicate. It's very uncharacteristic, and, for that reason, I find it very odd and disconcerting, but VERY noteworthy.

It was so noticeable, that she publicly indicated how many negative responses she received from her column about Bush's Inauguration speech, and felt compelled to defend her position publicly. That's strange.

This is the loyal Republican, political essayist, cable TV contributor and author, who was so devoted to the re-election of George W. Bush that she took a (most likely, unpaid) sabbatical from all her official professional duties at Opinion Journal and the talkshows to campaign and help the effort.

She was completely immersed in the goings on with all the "old gang" during all the rememberances, memorials and panel discussions about Ronald Reagan's Presidency, after he died. There, she probably re-established contact with some old "party" affiliations and old guard Reagan operatives, associates and friends. She was glowing, tearful, and exuberant in her praise about Reagan, the man, and his gifts, insight and amazing achievements, and rightly so.

Whatever recent information or new input that was implanted in her psyche, or change in her relationship with the White House .. whatever the background reasons behind this new tone that have caused her to wander off the reservation ... I have to deduce that something very impactful has happened that has changed HER. It's troubling, and I just wish we knew what IT or WHO it was. Brent Scowcroft keeps popping into my mind.

[GretchenM]

Re Peggy Noonan, this, at the very least, applies:

James 1:8 "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."


She is definitely holding two conflicting opinions simultaneously.