What I Saw at the Inauguration (More Peggy Noonan Gushing)

WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | January 23, 2009 | Peggy Noonan

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Washington

It was like "The Canterbury Tales."

That's what it was like last Saturday, in LaGuardia Airport, on the shuttle to Washington packed full of people going to the inauguration of President Obama. A handsome, affluent black woman in first class—fur hat, chic silver jewelry—laughed on a cell phone as a businessman—tall, black, middle aged—hurried down the aisle in black overcoat and Burberry scarf. A young man in slouchy jeans and dark watchman's cap, iPod buds in place, nodded, in coach, to the tune in his head. Two young white men in beige cowboy hats and grey fleece jackets came on board. Where you from? "Montana!" they said in unison. A boy, 10 or so, learning-impaired, sat with his grandmother. Where you from? I asked him. Shyly: "Detroit. Kentucky." Middle-aged and older black women in their proud, broad-brimmed hats sat primly, purses clutched on laps. A young black family all in jumpsuits posed for pictures. An air of great sweetness. The tender way people laugh too loud when they're a little nervous, and excited, and know they're part of something and it's big.

Everyone had a story. It was this young woman's first time on a plane. Two little girls, 8 and 11, with their mother, from West Palm Beach, Fla., had never been to Washington. "We're going to see Mr. Obama," the older girl said, noting the obvious to another dullard adult. I told her I'd met him and he's a very nice man, and her eyes went wide: You can meet him?

[jla]

What a naive woman. The dolt, Obama, is a walking affectation, and uncouth to boot.
Noonan should again watch the inauguration parade. Several times her 'hero' wipes his running nose with his glove, then, at approximately 6:45pm he wipes again, with the side of his glove, and then immediately put this part of the glove in his mouth.
Later, a band passed while playing Scots songs, ('Will Ye Go Lassie Go' being one of them). Scotland of course has no national anthem, but there stood President Scatterbrain with his hand solemnly over his heart.
Noonan also must be attracted to the same type of *ahem* man that many liberal gals are, i.e., effete, and could easily be mistaken for gay. Or perhaps she's yearning to get a 'fist bump' from her favorite new bro.

[Old Professer]

You couth have seen this coming...

[jla]

Can't wait to see pictures of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Slouchin' Michelle standing aside each other.
Surely a moment that will make Americans beam.

[noah]

What do we NEED Peggy for anymore. We’ve already GOT one Maureen Dowd!!

[STE=Q]

“The tender way people laugh too loud when they’re a little nervous, and excited, and know they’re part of something and it’s big.”

Indeed, they’re part of something ‘BIG’...

... What’s ‘BIG’ is that half the citizens of America appear to be suffering from some form of dementia!

STE=Q

[Brett66]

Her writing style really grates on me now, she sounds like a ******* dope-smoking hippy.

She must have a mental disorder- headupthebuttitis.

[classified]

Yes and I heard Dowd yesterday in an interview and she is beginning to sound more and more like Helen Thomas...Everybody is beginning to morph into each other!