The Enraged vs. the Exhausted

Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/24/2010 | Dame Peggy Wobbly Noonan

[Servant of the Cross]

Yes, it's Dame Peggy Noonan. Queen of the Topsider faux conservatives (Brooks,Frum,Parker) [snort]. Yes, she was stupidly in the tank for 0 in '08. But it is enjoyable to watch her finally realize that her 0 has got nothing. And she can write. Remember she wrote for Ronald Maximus. And she skewers him. Enraged vs. Exhausted is exactly what November, 2010 is all about.

[Freddd]

All anyone in America who cares about politics was talking about —

Even the first few words are misleading. That definitely is not ALL ANYONE IN AMERICA ...

[Servant of the Cross]

Hi Freddd. Happy Friday! Your focus on minutiae reminds me of these guys ....

[Daisyjane69]

I’m not a subscriber, so I’ll have to miss her words of wisdom.

Has she stopped the Kool-Aid thing, yet? She is one of the big reasons we’ve been saddled with this idiot.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Is it possible to finish reading the article without subscribing?

[Servant of the Cross]

I thought I tried to use a link that didn’t require subscription. I’ll look again.

[miss marmelstein]

Saw the deeply creepy, whispery, please-forget-I’m-from-working-class-roots-now-that-I-own-a-condo-on-Park-Avenue Peggy on Morning Joe this morning. While pushing the paperback version of her twenty-year old tome, she still has more airs than Loretta Young sweeping through the door frame. Yuck!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

thanks :-)

[econjack]

What I liked was Obama’s response, since he was completely off-guard. In essence, he said he expects differences of opinion on the way he solves problems. He concluded by saying something like: “You elected me to lead and that's what I'm doing.”

Really? As I've said before, Obama couldn't lead a group of starving people to a free buffet. I've seen ball bearings with a better grasp of economics.

[VRWCmember]

Your focus on minutiae reminds me of these guys ....

You consider the opening phrase of the opening sentence of a political commentary column to be "minutiae"? Do you agree with Peggy that out of all the big stories that dot the political landscape this week, the only one that anybody who really follows politics was talking about is this "I'm exhausted defending you" encounter? Just look at what topics have been posted this week, and count the number of threads and comments posted about this topic vs the threads and comments posted on other topics. I'm not sure this is even in the top 5, let alone "all anyone who cares about politics was talking about". Peggy's opening premise is completely wrong, so how relevant is her analysis of this seminal event? But, that's just minutiae.

[Servant of the Cross]

is this a non-subscription link?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well, I promise you she won’t be too exhausted to vote Democrat in November and also in 2012.

[Doc Savage]

Miss Marmelstein, Stop watching Morning Joe immediately. It can cause stroke, dementia, and reduced sex drive. Please, for your own sake, stop now. Your future health is at stake!

[Servant of the Cross]

Can we disagree with this pompous predictable opening statement of Dame Peggy's (which I do) and still find enjoyment in the rest of the article?

IMHO, 'Yes We Can'!

[ml/nj]

Maybe she can write, but she apparently cannot think. The questioner was no more exhausted than Joe Biden is. She is part of the team. She was on television the NEXT DAY defending him. She said she "had to defend him." Who has to defend a politician?

The questioner was merely an actor playing a part. To the extent that her "question" may have caused political embarrassment for Obama, it would be no more or less of a screw up than almost everything this Administration has done to date, or can be expected to do in the future. Really, is anyone expecting any sort of competence in any area? Virtually all his staged events and photo-ops are subjects of derision here. And this one was little different.

ML/NJ

[SanFranDan]

She’s one of the reasons I stopped subscribing to the WSJ. Remind me as I confuse the two harpies. Who is the plagiarizer Noonan or the other harpy whose name escapes me?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Subscribe? I wouldn’t subscribe to wsj online if they hosted new commentary from dead people, never mind dead-to-me people like Peggy Noonan.

[VRWCmember]

Perhaps. I didn’t read the rest of the article so I don’t know. Can we acknowledge that the pompous opening statement is ridiculous hyperbole without ridiculing someone who points that out? I hope so.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Doris Kearns Goodwin

[Help!]

is this a non-subscription link?

NOPE