Posted on 03/20/2008 10:20:59 PM PDT by pissant
I thought Barack Obama's speech was strong, thoughtful and important. Rather beautifully, it was a speech to think to, not clap to. It was clear that's what he wanted, and this is rare.
It seemed to me as honest a speech as one in his position could give within the limits imposed by politics. As such it was a contribution. We'll see if it was a success. The blowhard guild, proud member since 2000, praised it, and, in the biggest compliment, cable news shows came out of the speech not with jokes or jaded insiderism, but with thought. They started talking, pundits left and right, black and white, about what they'd experienced of race in America. It was kind of wonderful. I thought, Go, America, go, go. [A Thinking Man's Speech]
You know what Mr. Obama said. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was wrong. His sermons were "incendiary," and they "denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation." Mr. Obama admitted that if all he knew of Mr. Wright were what he saw on the "endless loop . . . of YouTube," he wouldn't like him either. But he's known him 20 years as a man who taught him Christian faith, helped the poor, served as a Marine, and leads a community helping the homeless, needy and sick. "As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me." He would not renounce their friendship.
Most significantly, Mr. Obama asserted that race in America has become a generational story. The original sin of slavery is a fact, but the progress we have lived through the past 50 years means each generation experiences race differently. Older blacks, like Mr. Wright, remember Jim Crow and were left misshapen by it. Some rose anyway, some did not;
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I use to really like Peggy.
Sheesh. Peggy - call Governor Paterson and get a room.
lol...Peggy makes the fainters at Obamania rallies look cerebral by comparison.
Well, she writes pretty well,,,,,most of the time. It’s what she writes that gives me pause.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72B3tUAqpo4
great video that McDole fired someone over. Did you see it?
Peggy? Is this you? Referring to Obama’s speech as a “gift”?!? This man is despicable in every way, his past, his behavior, his beliefs, his plans, his judgments. Yet because he talks in some calm hypnotic way, seemingly rational people refuse to see it. He uses a very common rhetorical trick, bringing in words and phrases that unconsciously provoke positive feelings in people. Even though he’s to the left of Marx, he managed to mention “Reagan,” “WW2” and “Patton” and so Peggy’s little heartstrings get tugged and she is swept up in the whole bag of bs.
Working at MSNBC too long?
Better hurry, it may be ex-governor Paterson soon...
Now there's a bold prediction by Peggy. I've never liked her and you can find that in my posts over the years. She is way in love with herself. She missed the part of the speech that included "Reaganism" in a list of evils that were equated to Rev Wright's diatribes, and then blamed everything on capitalism.
Peggy Noonan is the kind of self impressed snob who makes me certain I would hate top republican leaders if I had to be around them. I'm sure she's kissing up to Obama in case he ends up in power so she can sit at his table flipping her hair in that annoying elitist way of hers.
I wonder if she had similar “leg tingles” to Chris Matthews’
Her day has come - and gone
I think that first pic is actually David Bowie
Peggy is far too easily taken in by a glib con-man like Obama who gives the kind of speech she wants to hear. He evaded all the real issues about Wright and deceived his listeners about what Wright really stands for. Near the end of her column Peggy notes that the Obamas are consumed by a blinkered leftist ideology that makes them think the past 25+ years in America has been mainly a story of decline. This is not a minor passing point but another measure of how pathetic the Obamas really are and how inadequate this speech truly was.
To be honest, I cannot think of a single speech or column written by her that in my mind rises above the level of sophomoric. A second rate mind with a first class volabulary.
Yep. Can’t have a staffer forwarding such vicious lies /s
BTW, it was Laura Ingraham’s old sidekick Habib who made it.
I think her democratc roots are showing. She needs a new bottle of Miss Clairol.
Peggy is an optimist. Optimists are like good cake. I love cake. Would I want to eat cake for every meal, all the time? Nope. It’s too sweet and not good for you. Like Peggy.
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