Why - what's wrong with her face?
I bet he'll have nothing but praise for Oliver Stone's upcoming 9/11 film.
Whatever Peggy, I think you will be litte noted and not long remembered.
That's an understatement!
Is Peggy upset because she did not get to write the speech?
I wonder what's happened to Peggy that she has become so far removed from the people that she thinks this speech wouldn't connect with us?
The world is moving more and more left each day...
I'll bet he has a lot to say about the Toles cartoon then. We are not supposed to have heroes that they don't give us. We are stupid, emotional, incapable of knowing our own minds and hearts. We don't get to say what should be historic, we are just dumb idiots, like our leader, easily moved by stupid things like love of country, admiration for courage, faith, family, friends.
Peggy is a geat writer, tho, and I think her issues with W come from her perspective as a speech writer. I like to think of her as Modo on estrogen. She has a lot of cat in her, and a depth thats Modo lacks, which make her scratches deep and more lethal. IMHO.
I didn't go to the link, but I read what you posted. Frankly, I don't understand her complaints, unless she's gone over to the Dark (or is that Dork?) Side, which I suspect. I watched the entire speech, and thought it was just fine--not a barn-burner, but appropriate for the occasion and well-delivered. Peggy needs to compare this one with the 'Rat "response" and some of the tirades delivered by 'Rat wannabes, or even the insufferable Bill Clinton.
Everyone is saying that the Democratic party is imploding, yet there will still be 32 to 40% who will vote for a Democrat no matter what, add that to stupid swing voters and the Democrats are in again. I think we only have to see what the Palestinians voted for-Hamas to know that even if a party is bad news, they can still win. Folks, we could easily have another Jimmy Carter era and that scares me immensely.
If only Peggy could have written the speech. /s
While Peggy has some points, she does still fall into the pattern of disparaging any political speech that she didn't write...
Peggy Noonan has morphed into such an elitist lately I almost wrech on the floor each time I hear her 'I'm-better than-you' voice which she exudes. (It's as if she were the social ediquette queen of the world.)
Speaking of queen, Noonan obviously thinks that SHE was the only person who could ever write an inspiring speech. (ever notice she is constantly reminding us mortals that she wrote speeches for Reagan)
Thirdly, I thought GWB's speech was fabulous, and accomplished exactly what he probably wanted. The first 30 minutes of the speech was outstanding in its global scope, and in the tone whereby he used to tell the world what we must do.
As for Noonan's claim that Bush's speech will be "quickly forgotten," (Noonan thinks it dull presumably because it doesn't mention the cold war or the Soviets), I will go out on a limb and predict that this speech will be the one on which people will harken back to recall how the President, and the country in general, began making a concerted effort to wean itself off MidEast oil, and/or to begin a new round of energy exploration and research.
The sad thing is that Noonan used to seem OK, but that was before she became smarter than all us plain imbiciles.
Republicans have crazies. All parties do. But in the case of the Democrats--the leader of their party, after all, is the unhinged Howard Dean--the lunatics seem increasingly to be taking over the long-term health-care facility. Great parties die this way, or show that they are dying.
Exactly so. Peggy's still got it.
How soon they forget. How sudden.
( They never even knew.)
At one point in time, you were truly the annointed one.
What's left is a dogs breakfast of cruel, heartless, uncomprehending babble. They quite simply do not get it.
Never did.
It's simply a case of "Peg before swine".
Face it. No hope is left when you are mentioned in the same breath as William Kristol.
Take heart,Lass. Some of us were there...and we fell in Love.
Worth repeating.
Peggy jumped the shark long ago. It would seem that the shark bit her on the arse as she passed overhead!
LLS
ping
Her comments about the RATs' implosion are accurate, but her petty critique of the speech itself make her look, well.............petty. Like an out of work speechwriter.
The speech was great.........strong, bold, in your face at the Dems. And Peggy is right about a party that is being yanked by their nose rings by Kos and moveon.org. She should have left her sour grapes opinion of the speech out of this.
(Then again, it's not as bad as her 'God-drenched' trainwreck of a review of the President's visionary, eloquent 2nd Inaugural Address........)
bttt