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Peggy Noonan: The President Within
Opinion Journal ^ | 11/16/2001 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:48 PM PST by Pokey78

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

He walked into history an obscure, flat footed, bantamy little fellow in a light gray suit, the inhabitant of an eloquence-free zone who gave boring speeches in a flat voice. He was not compelling. This was more obvious because he followed a charismatic leader who did big things and filled the screen. He was quickly defined and dismissed by the opinion elite as "a first-rate second-rate man." And maybe at the beginning he feared the appraisal was correct, for when he became president he said very frankly that he felt the moon and the stars had fallen upon him.


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TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: noonan; peggynoonanlist; september12era
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To: rwfromkansas
she has spoken at the Clermont institute...where Pat Sajak is a director...yeah, the game show host. I did not know he was a right-winger before now...lol.
121 posted on 11/17/2001 5:17:58 PM PST by rwfromkansas
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To: occam's chainsaw
Sorry, when Ol' Flamey gets goin', my aim gets kinda weak...

I haven't seen a Dubya lunchbox yet. But that doesn't mean you can't make your own. Click over to the Daily Dose, fire up the ink jet printer, steal Junior's lunch box and go to work!

122 posted on 11/19/2001 2:25:03 AM PST by gridlock
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To: Benoit Baldwin
"REALITY"

? In war, a statement like yours is treason. You are sir, a traitor.

123 posted on 11/19/2001 3:09:46 AM PST by auggy
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