I don't know anything about Ingraham, but I think Peggy worships at the altar of Ronald Reagan (as she should; as I do) and has rarely had a kind word to say about anyone with the last name of Bush (which I think is a shame).
Yeah, that Reagan exit strategy from Lebanon sure worked.
She’s just as nasty to Reagan. Here is a direct quote from her: “The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.”
I don't get where you come up with the notion that Noonan has some long-standing anti-Bush bias. She was the key speechwriter for Bush 41 -- "kinder, gentler nation," "thousand points of light," and "read my lips: no new taxes" were all her lines. And she took a leave of absence from the WSJ to campaign for GWB in 2004.
It's perfectly fair and reasonable to differ from Noonan's view, but foolish to dismiss it.
Actually, Noonan’s columns right after 9-11 were highly complimentary toward Bush. She admired his feistiness and determination and suggested he might be a great president.
She’s probably been greatly disappointed as have many of us. I don’t think she cares for his grandiose schemes to intervene all over the world establishing democracy and trying to create utopias in dusty hell holes. It’s Wilsonian idealism run amuck.