[MizSterious]

"What do you think?"

I think...that Ms. Noonan is so fond of wordy, flowery phrases that she has no respect for straight-talking. She has taken other swipes at the President's way of speaking, at least one of them insinuating (in her usualy wordy, flowery manner of course) that he wasn't as intelligent as he should be. I don't recall the exact column, just remember reading it and thinking, she really hasn't a clue, has she?

[beyond the sea]

You may be referring to the column tha she wrote after a speech Bush made where he referred to religion quite a lot.

Peggy has been not been used by this White House, to my knowkledge, and I think it shows.