Posted on 10/18/2008 8:30:55 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
"Sometimes the leak is so bad that even a plumber can't fix it." This was the concise summation of a cable political strategist the other day, after the third and final presidential debate. That sounds about right, and yet the race in its final days retains a feeling of dynamism. I think it is going to burst open or tighten, not just mosey along.
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But we have seen Mrs. Palin on the national stage for seven weeks now, and there is little sign that she has the tools, the equipment, the knowledge or the philosophical grounding one hopes for, and expects, in a holder of high office. She is a person of great ambition, but the question remains: What is the purpose of the ambition? She wants to rise, but what for? For seven weeks I've listened to her, trying to understand if she is Bushian or Reaganite—a spender, to speak briefly, whose political decisions seem untethered to a political philosophy, and whose foreign policy is shaped by a certain emotionalism, or a conservative whose principles are rooted in philosophy, and whose foreign policy leans more toward what might be called romantic realism, and that is speak truth, know America, be America, move diplomatically, respect public opinion, and move within an awareness and appreciation of reality.
But it's unclear whether she is Bushian or Reaganite. She doesn't think aloud. She just . . . says things.
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In the end the Palin candidacy is a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics. It's no good, not for conservatism and not for the country. And yes, it is a mark against John McCain, against his judgment and idealism.
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Peggy isn’t senile but she is, I’m afraid, watching the same newscasts most American voters are. Despite what we all hope Sarah is and can be, she isn’t portrayed well. All that is ever shown are near identical snips of her vapid stump speeches (or speech)...over and over again... which has the effect of making her seem scripted beyond belief! If she weren’t so worried about going off message and would express thoughts that sound more Reaganesque I would feel alot better about her too. Sadly, her usefullness to this campaign circus has boiled down to her being a mere warm-up juggling act for a very courageous but dottering lion tamer. McCain doesn’t seem rooted in anything approaching conservative principles either, my friends!
Peggy is Judge Smails to Palin’s Al Czervik.
If you think she has to learn to be able to do the job as vice president, what do you think Obama has to learn to be president...
My answer is Obama will have to learn it all from scratch. Palin has a lot going for her in the right areas and will be a quick understudy in her job as VP. Should she have to step up (which I doubt) she will be miles ahead of Obama.
Prissiness gone wild. Imagine what these prissy East Coast ladies with their “manners,” and well-modulated voices spoken through pursed lips think of moose-huntin’ Sarah!
Peggy is starting to remind me of Rose’s mother in Titanic.
What was it she wrote at after Reagan’s funeral?
I began to doubt her then but, now I have NO doubts.
She is a fraud.
Peggy must be hanging out on the Daily Kos.
Before we get to that question, do we have proof she passed freshman English?
Peggy Noonan has deteriorated in her writing this last year. Any journalism or literature professor would tear this article apart! It is god awful writing...not even getting to the content of what she is saying.
the writing is just dreadful!In the line that says, “for seven weeks I’ve listened to her...” My high school english teacher, Miss Miner, would have torn that sentence apart..it is unreadable!
Peggy is the Maureen Dowd of the WSJ
There’s a small problem with your comments.
Palin does nothing but express thoughts that sound Reaganesque. That’s all she does, every time she opens her mouth.
Must be some explanation for your vastly incoherent mumblings. Maybe you were watching something on Cartoon Network, while thinking it’s something about Palin or McCain.
This absolutely cinches it, Noonan is a liar.
Remember his open mike surprise where she went off on Palin...the outrage had her showing her true liar colors saying it was misinterpreted.
So, now we see the truth, she’s despised Palin all along.
LOL, Peggy, you are so yesterday with your perfunctory prose.
Peggy Who???
Ever since she bitched (as in catty bitching and scratching) about an excellent speech GWB gave about 3 years ago, I knew something was wrong.
She has been tearing a piece off it every year since 9/11. It is probably done now and replace in her wallet with a DNC card,
Writes the Noonan, unable to disguise her post-menopausal crush on Marxist Obama... there is little sign that [Sara] has the tools, the equipment, the knowledge or the philosophical grounding one hopes for, and expects, in a holder of high office.
Ah, yes. Is Peggy Noonan some distinguished scholar with high honors and numerous awards (other than honorary degrees, which are truly nothing) to her c.v.?
Nupe (as a moose hunter might say)
Noonan pretends to be an elitist; but sadly, she lacks the creds. Noonan has a bachelor’s degree from (are you seated?) … Fairleigh Dickinson University. Wiki doesn’t say, but I’m guessing a B.A. in linguistics, journalism, or modern dance.
Peggy Noonan.
Your jealousy of Governor Palin’s youth, attractiveness, and success is as palpable as it is repellant.
That you think that WE don’t know you are a clandestine fellow traveler with Marxist Obama means that, just as do so many “journalists”, you misunderestimate us.
To put it in a metaphor that only you will understand, you just don’t have magic.
And, paraphrasing Lloyd Bridges in "Airplane"...This could be a good time to stop sniffing glue.
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Jealousy.
Aww, you beat me to it!
She’s no lady.
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