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Noonan: Americans Vote for Maturity (FWIW)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805704575594772776292394.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop ^

Posted on 11/05/2010 10:03:10 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound

'The people have spoken, the bastards." That would be how Democrats in the White House and on Capitol Hill are feeling. The last two years of their leadership have been rebuffed. The question for the Democratic Party: Was it worth it? Was it worth following the president and the speaker in their mad pursuit of liberal legislation the country would not, could not, like? And what will you do now? Which path will you take?

The Republicans saw their own establishment firmly, sharply put down. The question for them: What will you do to show yourselves worthy of the bounty?

The Republicans won big, but both parties return to Washington chastened. Good.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: msobama; noonan; noonan4obama; noonan4romney; noonanantipalin; operationleper; rinonoonan; romney; romneyagain; sourcetitlenoturl
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I especially enjoyed this portion: "Ronald Reagan was an artist who willed himself into leadership as president of a major American labor union (Screen Actors Guild, seven terms, 1947-59.) He led that union successfully through major upheavals (the Hollywood communist wars, labor-management struggles); discovered and honed his ability to speak persuasively by talking to workers on the line at General Electric for eight years; was elected to and completed two full terms as governor of California; challenged and almost unseated an incumbent president of his own party; and went on to popularize modern conservative political philosophy without the help of a conservative infrastructure. Then he was elected president."
1 posted on 11/05/2010 10:03:12 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Retired Greyhound

Peggy Noonan has a gift for stringing together clever sounding words, but so (some say) does Eminem. After she gave us a glimpse inside her kimono in 2008, I have trouble seeing her as anything but an elitist, opportunistic, hack who will pick whichever words happen to suit the moment (and keep the checks rolling in).


2 posted on 11/05/2010 10:09:06 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Retired Greyhound

When I see Noonan, I go to the next story. Fair weather Republican and certainly a BIG RINO!

Nothing to see here move on.


3 posted on 11/05/2010 10:09:12 AM PDT by quegley (Pitchforks and torches! Tar and feathers! Time to take the country back!)
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To: Retired Greyhound

go away peggy.

Go live with Christopher Buckley at the White House doghouse.


4 posted on 11/05/2010 10:09:17 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Retired Greyhound

It was a good read. I have a tough time reading Peggy Noonan after her orgasmathon over Obama when he was elected. I suppose that when the next great liberal “uniter” comes along, she’ll be drooling all over him/her too.


5 posted on 11/05/2010 10:09:29 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Retired Greyhound

I’d rather read Karl Rove’s opinion on the recent election (and, No, I have absolutely no interest in reading Karl Rove’s opinion on the recent election).


6 posted on 11/05/2010 10:10:36 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Retired Greyhound

I dislike Noonan, and therefore, don’t give any weight to her doodlings. Noonan is an elitist, above all else. She will wander from conservative to liberal, depending on what’s required to keep her elitist card in good standing.

It’s the same reason I don’t like Colbert much more than I don’t like Stewart. Stewart is a liberal, and won’t deny it. Colbert is a liberal who satarizes conservatives as his schtick.

Alan Colmes is to Jon Stewart what Peggy Noonan is to Stephen Colbert.


7 posted on 11/05/2010 10:11:09 AM PDT by brownsfan (D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
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To: Retired Greyhound
Mature Americans read Charles Krauthammer. Not Noonan

I guess the thrill is gone for Matthews and Noonan.
And most of the electorate.

8 posted on 11/05/2010 10:11:39 AM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: Retired Greyhound

Didn’t Noonan endorse Obama?


9 posted on 11/05/2010 10:12:24 AM PDT by CrappieLuck
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To: Retired Greyhound

What a shrew. By working hard and smart, Palin just did more than anyone to bring in a conservative Congress—and Noonan calls her a ‘nincompoop’.


10 posted on 11/05/2010 10:12:44 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Retired Greyhound

Peggy go away you leftist hack...


11 posted on 11/05/2010 10:12:54 AM PDT by USSR Didnt Fall
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To: bigbob

You are exactly right.

Noonan is a fine wordsmith, but anyone who believed for a second that Obama would be a pragmatic uniter blah blah blah is just stupid.


12 posted on 11/05/2010 10:13:56 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Retired Greyhound
some additional typical reactions to Noonan here. I still enjoy seeing this 'scorned woman' waking up to the empty suit poseur she swooned over in '08.
13 posted on 11/05/2010 10:14:47 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (I'm with Jim DeMint ... on the fringe baby!)
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To: GeronL

peggy nooney is a looney.


14 posted on 11/05/2010 10:14:55 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: quegley

The question for the Peggy Noonan: Was it worth it?

Was it worth nearly endorsing Obama in 2008 and tacitly aiding the president and the speaker in their mad pursuit of liberal legislation the country would not, could not, like? And what will you do now? Which path will you take?


15 posted on 11/05/2010 10:14:57 AM PDT by flowerplough (Thomas Sowell: Those who look only at Obama's deeds tend to become Obama's critics.)
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To: CrappieLuck

Of course she did he was a ticket to a more refined type of government called marxism lenninism.


16 posted on 11/05/2010 10:15:38 AM PDT by USSR Didnt Fall
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To: CrappieLuck

She practically endorsed Obama, which solidifies her position as an idiot.


17 posted on 11/05/2010 10:16:01 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Retired Greyhound

Interesting article. But I don’t understand why she felt the need to insult Sarah Palin. :/


18 posted on 11/05/2010 10:16:51 AM PDT by USArmySpouse
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To: CrappieLuck
"Didn’t Noonan endorse Obama?"

No, but several of her articles exhibited hints of a flamboyant fantasy.

19 posted on 11/05/2010 10:18:39 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Stimulus. 0bamaCare. Cap and Tax. 9/11 Victory Mosque. TARP. Amnesty. Summer of Recovery.)
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To: Retired Greyhound
No one can use more words to say less than Peggy Noonan. This woman is well past her use by date.
20 posted on 11/05/2010 10:21:50 AM PDT by bwc2221
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