Four Presidents and a Funeral (Pure CRAP not worth the Bandwidth)

Opinion Journal ^ | 2/10/06 | Peggy Noonan [a aged marooon]

[harpu]

The tripe written by this aged marooon is little more than a self-serving display of her age, admiration for the Klinton's political skills ["God I love them."], and dislike for our president.

[harpu]

If you want to read it...that's up to you. But I'm not going to waste the forum's bandwidth.

[Oschisms]

You just did.

[merry10]

she must have watched a different funeral from the rest of us.

[ClearCase_guy]

Peggy always disappoints. I remember when that wasn't the case.

I think she would prefer Jimmy Carter in the White House to George W. Bush. She really hates that man.

[linda_22003]

I get the Opinion Journal email every morning and saw that, and thought, "Wonder what FR is going to think of this....." ;-D

[harpu]

Yes I did, but it's my way of stopping a full post of her CRAP.

[ozzysmom]

What has President Bush done to her for her to be so "scorned"?
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"When George Bush 41 followed him to the podium, he teased Mr. Lowery in a way that complimented his eloquence. People sometimes marvel at the grace of George H.W. Bush. He is a warm and gracious man, and he's old enough to appreciate the humor in everything. He's old enough to appreciate life. But it is also true that when you attack him or his son from the left he doesn't get mad because in his heart he kinda thinks you're right."

[bcsco]

"she must have watched a different funeral from the rest of us."

I used to read Noonan often. She added a personal touch to the news of the day. Now, she's just another shill. I don't know what happened to turn her, nor do I care. I saw the article earlier while at WSJ_Online, opened it, and within two sentences opted out. That's it for me.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

There was nothing prissy, nothing sissy about it. A former president, a softly gray-haired and chronically dyspeptic gentleman who seems to have judged the world to be just barely deserving of his presence, pointedly insulted a sitting president who was, in fact, sitting right behind him. The Clintons unveiled their 2008 campaign. A rhyming preacher, one of the old lions, a man of warmth and stature, freely used the occasion to verbally bop the sitting president on the head.

So what? This was the authentic sound of a vibrant democracy doing its thing. It was the exact opposite of the frightened and prissy attitude that if you draw a picture I don't like, I'll have to kill you.

It was: We do free speech here.

That funeral honored us, and the world could learn a lot from watching it. The U.S. government should send all six hours of it throughout the World Wide Web and to every country on earth, because it said more about who we are than any number of decorous U.N. speeches and formal diplomatic declarations

Interesting POV, actually . . .

[harpu]

And, now you know.

[DeusExMachina05]

The inevitable descent into senility for Ms. Noonan begins.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It's obvious Ms. Noonan REALLY wanted a job in this administration.

She's so bitter, she cracking.

[Izzy Dunne]

when you attack him [ Bush 41] or his son from the left he doesn't get mad because in his heart he kinda thinks you're right.

Hubris - thy name is Noonan.

[Rudder]

It's kind of a hard thing to define, but the best I can do is to say simply that Noonan has a weird brain.

[Izzy Dunne]

he [BillyJeff] said of the beautiful Coretta that even at age 75 she still had the goods

Classy. Just classy.

[ozzysmom]

Yes but then she went on to praise those who slammed President Bush. She definitely has an agenda against the President. Didn't she campaign for him?

[ClearCase_guy]

Interesting POV, actually . . .

I think it is a childish POV. The fact is -- yeah, we do free speech. You can say just anything you want at a funeral and the government will not arrest you and execute you. That's what Free Speech is about. But it's not what the funeral was about.

According to Peggy, Free Speech is about showing up at a funeral and insulting the other mourners. Maybe calling the King Family names, and telling racial jokes while leaning on the casket would also fall under the heading of "free speech". I guess Peggy would be proud of that too.

[1rudeboy]

I love Peggy's writing, but this is the equivalent of a post-menopausal hot flash. Sorry, Peg.

[Beth528]

A moment for a distinction that must be made. Some have compared Mrs. King's funeral to the Paul Wellstone memorial. It was not like the Wellstone memorial, and you'd have to be as dim and false as Al Franken to say it was. The Wellstone memorial was marked not by joy but anger. It was at moments sour, even dark. There was famous booing.

What Peggy said here was total bull..From what I saw and read those old wind bag democrats were at it just like they were at Paul Wellstons memorial service..Using it for a political rally...And remember that backed fired on them and so will this..The dems don't know when to keep their filthy mouths shut..Stop trying to smooth it over Peggy it was a disaster for the dems once more..

[Jackson57]

In my opinion, Peggy Noonan was a trust advisor during the Reagan administration and she's not in the Bush administration. She's became bitter because she didn't regain her position and has continued to get more bitter.